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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFOX HILLS 2ND FILING RF SITE PLAN REVIEW - 36 93C - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSIf you have any questions about these comments or would like to schedule a time to meet to discuss them, please contact me at 221- 6750. Sincerely, Kirsten Whetstone, AICP, Project Planner cc Kerrie Ashbeck, Engineering Department Stewart and Associates proposed white, but just in case someone else does). . 17. Do you know anything more about the timing of the proposed signal at Taft Hill and 38E? This was a major concern at the neighborhood meeting and we need to have information to present to the Planning and Zoning Board. Has the developer had a second meeting with the neighbors to discuss their concerns and suggestions for diverting, slowing, stopping traffic through their subdivision? 18. The location of the trail head parking lot was an issue at the neighborhood meeting. I will contact Parks and Recreation to find out where they stand on this issue. 19. Is there any potential for a connection to the south to connect to Westridge Estates? If so, it may be a good idea to dedicate an access easement from the side of the cul-de-sac of Red Fox Road to the property line, for potential, future connection. Also, is there any need to provide a connection to the east between lots 3 and 4 to allow the large single family parcel access to Red Fox Road? I have not heard back' from the Transportation Department, 'but will pass on their concerns when I do. 20. curb and gutter will be required on Luther Lane. No sidewalks is OK with the Engineering Department, but Planning and Parks suggest that you consider a walk on one side to provide pedestrian access to the trail. Or possibly, walks part way down from Lot 25 with a short connection over to the trail at the bend in the road, or before. 21. Stormwater comments will be forwarded under separate cover. This concludes staff comments at this time. In order to stay on schedule for the January 24, 1994 Planning and Zoning Board hearing, please.note the following deadlines: Plan revisions are due January 4th (4 sets of plans and written documentation responding to the above concerns), PKTIa (one PKT of each plan sheet), colored renderings, and 8 prints are due January 17th. Final mylars and other documents are due as soon as possible following the hearing. Please be aware that the development agreement and utility plans must be signed prior to the Planning and Zoning Board Hearing, for all PUDIs. If not, a condition will be placed on the project giving you 30 days to finalise the plans and agreement, after which time, you must submit a request for an extension, to the Planning and Zoning Board. gas main construction prior to pouring sidewalks, in order to tie into the existing gas main. 9. Emergency Services Dispatch has suggested that Kit Fox Road and Kit Fox Court be renamed as there is a subdivision to the north (off of -Drake Road?) that has a Fox Run, Kit Court, Foxhole Court, and Foxglen Court. 10. The Fire Authority has some concerns about a 28' wide street for Kit Fox Court, but Engineering believes the layout and number of lots meets the criteria for a 28' wide street. Do you anticipate three car garages, or larger driveway aprons on these lots to provide adequate off-street parking? 11. The RF Zone has setback requirements which can not be varied, without approval of the Zoning Board of Appeals. There is no administrative process to change setbacks, as this is not a PUD. Setbacks should be as follows: 20' front, 15' rear, 5' side, and 15' corner side. 12. The entry sign and associated entry, landscaping need to be located in a separate tract and maintained by the HOA. The. City will not accept this area as part of the open space dedication. 13. The City Forester will need to approve any proposed plantings in the open space area. Comments will be 'forwarded to you when they are available. 14. Please revise language on the site plan and plat concerning the trail. It should not be shown as a trail easement, but rather as a "proposed trail alignment (exact location may vary)". If the area is dedicated to the City, there will not .be a need for a separate easement for the trail. 15. Parks and Recreation has requested that the narrow area between lots, ie between Lots 5 and 6, 13 and 14, 20 and 21, 17 and 18, 25 and 26, and 31 and.32 be deleted from the open space dedication. The City does not want the responsibility of maintenance for these areas. Staff suggests that you put .these areas in the lots, and if utility easements for sewer are needed, show them on the lots. If Lots 4 and 5 are shifted to the west into the open area, it would provide a more optimal corridor for the trail through that area. 16. The Natural Resources Department requests that the conservation easement on Lot 18 be removed. This area should be part of the open space area. Staff suggests that the open space area between Lots 17 and 18 be added to Lot 18 to compensate for this. Conservation easements are not very enforceable. Rear and side yard fencing along the open space area should be natural colors as opposed to white. These houses will be fairly prominent on the hill and white pickets would call unnecessary attention to them (not that you had Community Planning and Environmental Services Planning Department City .of Fort Collins December 22, 1993 Eldon Ward Cityscape Urban Design, Inc. 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105 Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Mr. Ward, City Staff has reviewed your submittal for Fox Hills Second Filing, RF Cluster Plan, and preliminary subdivision plat, and offers the following written comments: 1. Review of these plans should not be construed as a commitment that telephone facilities sufficient to serve this project are presently available. US .West will provide telephone service in accordance with the rates and tariffs on file with the Colorado Utilities Commission. 2. Telephone facilities generally occupy platted utility easements, which must be located on terrain which permits trenching operations. 3. The developer is responsible for provision of all trench, street crossings, and ditch crossings for telephone facilities within the project, and the developer pays up front construction costs for facilities within the development. 4. Any relocation of existing telephone facilities required by these plans will be paid for by the developer. 5. The developer may be required to provide off -site easements to Taft Hill Road from the development, in order to make electric service available to this site. Please contact Doug Martine at Light and Power (221-6700) to discuss this issue. 6. Front lot utility easements need to be 91. This is a new standard and should be reflected on both the plat and site plan. 7. If Wildflower Ridge PUD has approval at the County, it would be helpful to some of'the reviewing agencies (and they have asked for it) if this subdivision, lots and streets, were shown on the site plan, as was done with Taft Canyon and Fox Hills 1st. 8. The existing 4" gas main in Red Fox Road will end up under the sidewalk. Therefore, PSC will need to do part or all of their 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750