HomeMy WebLinkAbout4235 S MASON ST - BLUE RIBBON AUTO BODY - FDP200010 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PROJECT NARRATIVE ARMFIELD ENGINEERING, LLC
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June 2, 2021
TO: Fort Collins Community Development & Neighborhood Services
Development Review
Attention: Todd Sullivan
RE: Blue Ribbon Auto Body – 4235 S. Mason Street
Project Narrative
Mr. Sullivan,
Below is the Project Narrative for the proposed improvements of the existing property at 4235 S. Mason Street
in Fort Collins, CO.
For reference, here is an excerpt from the City’s Concept review comments of November 15, 2019:
Description of project: This is a change of use request for an existing retail space to be
converted to a vehicle repair use at 4235 S. Mason St. (parcel #9735406003). Access is
taken from S. Mason St. to the east. The property is within the General Commercial (CG)
zone district and will be subject to a Planning and Zoning Board (Type 2) Review.
Additional narrative is as follows:
The applicant (Don Roy, owner of Blue Ribbon Auto Body) has purchased the building at 4235 S. Mason Street
and intends to use it as an automotive auto body repair shop. The building was most recently a vacuum
cleaner/sewing machine repair shop. No changes to the shell of the building are proposed, including lighting or
mechanical appearance.
The existing access into the building is from Mason Street and that access is proposed to be reconstructed to
meet ADA and Fort Collins standards.
The rear portion of the lot behind the building at 4235 S. Mason Street is currently gravel and pavement and
will be used to stage vehicles being repaired, and will not be open to the public or customers. This rear portion
has an existing driveway and 12’ gate that connects to the Troutman Parkway cul de sac, and this access will be
kept, but remain gated and closed to the public and customers.
In addition to the vehicle staging area behind the building at 4235 S. Mason Street, the project also includes the
incorporation of the existing empty gravel lot located to the west of 4229 S. Mason Street & to the south of
4221 S. Mason Street (PARCEL NO. 9735406012). This gravel area will also be used as a vehicle staging area
and not open to the public or customers. This area will also be used as a connection between the existing Blue
Ribbon Auto Body facility at 4221 S. Mason and the recently purchased building at 4235 S. Mason Street.
There is an existing access easement into Parcel No. 9735406012 from the north, and a ramp and 12’ gate is
proposed within that access easement to allow access into that lot from the north. This access will also be closed
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to the public and customers. Access to both the existing building at 4221 S. Mason and the north end of the
gravel lot staging area is from the existing shared access onto Mason Street located to the north of 4223 S.
Mason Street.
In summary, the proposed site improvements include:
Reconstruction of the Mason Street entrance at 4235 S. Mason Street
A 6’-tall opaque wood fence around the rear portion of the lot at 4235 S. Mason and around the existing
empty gravel lot located just to the west of 4229 S. Mason Street & to the south of 4221 S. Mason
Street.
A 5’ landscape buffer is proposed for the south side of the new fence behind the building at 4235 S.
Mason Street.
Minor grading to level out the rear enclosed staging area.
Placement of a stabilized gravel surface (using a gravel-filled geogrid) in the rear enclosed staging area.
A ramp and 12’ gate at the north end of the enclosed staging area near 4221 S. Mason Street.
No other site improvements are proposed, and no wet utility improvements are proposed.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or discussion at (720) 363-7125.
Sincerely,
Kenneth N. Armfield, P.E.
Armfield Engineering, LLC