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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMULBERRY & LEMAY CROSSINGS, APTS. (BUFFALO RUN) - PRELIMINARY PUD - 36-96A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESBuffalo Run Apartments Statement of Land Use Policies Achieved by Planned Unit Development 12. Urban density residential development usually at three units or more units per acre should be encouraged in the urban growth area. The Buffalo Run Apartments density will be 17 units per acre in a location already served by utilities and adjacent to complementary commercial and industrial land uses. 22. Preferential consideration should be given to urban development proposals which are contiguous to existing development within the city limits or consistent with the phasing plan for the urban growth area. The Buffalo Run Apartments is located on an infill parcel within the urban growth area. 39. The City should direct efforts to promote improved traffic and pedestrian circulation and public transit areas north and northeast of the City. 41. The City should encourage residential development in the northeast, particularly giving special consideration to the undeveloped industrially zoned land in the area adjacent to the existing residential neighborhoods. The Buffalo Run Apartments are located in the northeast quadrant of the City of Fort Collins and is adjacent to the industrial corridors along Lincoln Avenue. 49. The City's Land Use Policies Plan shall be directed toward minimizing the use of private automobiles and toward alleviating and mitigating the air quality impacts of concentrated use of automobiles. The Buffalo Run Apartments are located adjacent to service and employment centers which will reduce the traffic generated by the development by allowing multimodal transportation options. 80. Higher Density residential uses should locate: a. Near the core area, regional/community shopping centers, CSU main campus, or the hospital; The Buffalo Run Apartments are located next to a site which has Overall Development Plan Approval for a regional shopping center and is approximately 2 miles north of the hospital. b. Within close proximity to community and neighborhood park facilities; The project is'/2 mile to the east of the c. Where water and sewer facilities can be adequately provided; Water and sanitary sewer facilities are located along both Lincoln Avenue and Lemay Avenue. d. Within easy access to major employment centers; The Buffalo Run Apartments are 1 mile west of the Fort Collins downtown area and is immediately adjacent to the west of the Lincoln Avenue industrial corridor e. With access to public transportation; The site is not on current Transfort bus routes, however the commercial center to the south will likely provide a bus service shelter for future expansion of the system to the site. Buffalo Run Apartments Statement of Planning Objectives Summary a. Please see enclosed Land Use Policy Analysis b. The site will be owned by the applicant upon completion of the development review process with only the right of way for 12'h Street to be owned by City upon that street's dedication. c. The multifamily community will provide five full time jobs. Two full time and one part time employee will be in the property management functions and two full time and one part time employee will be in the property maintenance function. d. The Buffalo Run Apartments were conceived to correspond with the Land Use Policies in the City of Fort Collins. The applicant investigated numerous locations for this type of project throughout the city and was drawn to this site for its availability of utilities and location near two major employment centers and services. The community's affordable component with 86 units deed restricted to residents making no more than 50% of the area median income will provide a unique housing opportunity in this area of Fort Collins. See enclosed analysis of Land Development Guidance System criteria. e. See enclosed residential density chart and overall development criteria chart. The high density residential use is the less intense use of the surrounding existing and proposed uses. The land to the north and east is or will be industrial. The development is mitigating impacts from those uses with significant setbacks and landscaping along the northern property boundary and locating a .25 acre retention pond on the eastern portion of the property closest to the existing industrial use. The western boundary of the property, we believe, offers an amenity to the Buffalo Run Apartments with the Link-n-Greens golf course providing views of open green space and the mountains to the west. The commercial use to the south will be mitigated by this development primarily with the different elevations between the two properties. The commercial center is proposed at an elevation over 4 feet above the grade of the Buffalo Run Apartments which will provide a strong visual and noise barrier between these two uses. g. See enclosed energy conservation worksheet.