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Planners and Landscape Architects
February 5, 2007
To the Administrative Review Committee
C/O Randy Maizland
City of Fort Collins Eingineering Department
281 North College Ave.
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
Project: Agnew Car Wash
RE: Request for Variance to Larimar County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS)
Code Reference: Chapter 19.3.1: Minimum Distance (from Street Curb faces to nearest parking
space in an off-street parking area).
Figure 19.6: Minimum Off Street Parking Setback Distance
Introduction
The Agnew Car Wash is situated at the terminus of a cul-de-sac that is used as a service road south of
State Highway 14. The Preliminary Development Plan proposes a small parking lot (5 spaces) situated at
the drive entry of the car wash. The parking spaces will be used by car wash staff, supervisors and
vendors. The distance between the edge of pavement for the roadway and the face of the curb for the first
parking stall is 37 feet. The average trip generation for the parking lot is 200-300 trips, (per Delich
Associates, Traffic Memorandum Dated November 8, 2006). The LCUASS requires a setback of 40' for
parking lots with volumes between 100 and 750. This request is to reduce the requirement by 3' from 40'
as required to 37' as proposed.
Justification
1. The parking lot lies at the terminus of a cul-de-sac; there will be no through traffic that could be
impacted by a reduced setback.
2. The parking lot in question is relatively small, (5 spaces) which will have little potential for
traffic to "back-up" into the public R.O.W.
3. The 5 spaces as proposed are the minimum required for the function of the car wash facility. The
use for these spaces will be for staff, management and vendors for the facility.
4. The health, safety and welfare of the general public are not compromised.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sin r ly,�--
Deanne Frederickson,
Project Planner
CC: Brian Krombien, Jones Engineering
John Agnew, Andrea Agnew, Applicants
Ted Shepard, Fort Collins Staff Planner
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From: "Hiceddler, Gloria" <Gloria.Hice-Idler@ DOT. STATE. CO.US>
To: "Randy Maizland" <raizland@fcgov.com>
Date: 10/31/2006 8:50:21 AM
Subject: RE: Mulberry Question
Randy,
How are you?
If the City has done this in other locations, ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS, then
I think it would be okay to do again. It's so hard sometimes to balance
development with future need, especially when the future is so unknown.
If we can find ways to do both, with a little give and take, then I
believe we've done our jobs well.
The thing that we're concerned about is being able to maintain what's
ours (road, signs, etc.) without having to maintain what's not
(sidewalks, landscaping). If responsibility can be assigned, then we're
okay with allowing.
I hope I've understood what you proposed, and I hope I made sense in my
reply.
-----Original Message -----
From: Randy Maizland [mailto:rmaizland@fcgov.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:40 AM
To: Hice-Idler, Gloria
Subject: Mulberry Question
Hi Gloria,
We met a couple weeks ago at the City of Fort Collins with Sheri to talk
about a proposed car wash project at the SE corner of Mulberry & Lemay.
We did come to a good conclusion on how much ROW we should get and the
layout of the frontage road cul-de-sac but the developer is making a
request now to build the sidewalk and parkway in an access easement and
the ROW will be located at the back of the curb on the south side of the
cul-de-sac. They are proposing this idea because they want to reduce
their bulding set back which will be measured from the ROW rather than
the back of walk. They are limited on the south by a natural area buffer
and so they are trying to squeez between the buffer and the ROW.
Anyway, if this isn't really clear maybe I could talk with you on the
phone and try to explain it better. I would just like to get your input
regarding the location of the ROW. There are several examples of this
scenario in the City where we have allowed the walk to be in an access
easement rather than within the ROW. If you are agreeable to something
like this I would probably suggest that the parkway be within the ROW as
well for purposes of posting signage & street maintenance and only the
sidewalk itself be allowed in the access easement.
Thanks,
Randy Maizland
Fort Collins Engineering
970-416-2292