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ARCHITECTS\PLANNERS
145 W. SWALLOW RD
Ft. Collins Co. 80525
July 3, 1992
Rick Endsdorff
City Traffic Engineer
Transportation Department
City of Ft. Collins
RE: MARKET PLACE P.U.D. LOT THREE
AMENDED FINAL
Dear Rick;
This letter is submitted as a verification of the parking and
traffic flows from this site as the addition of a restaurant may
cause variation to the initial traffic study.
The initial Traffic study submitted by Matthew J. Delich address
this site as a regional shopping center and does not address the
site specific uses. This method was utilized because specific
uses were not known at the time of initial preparation and due to
the nature of Shopping Centers, there uses tend to change over
time as business change and new marketing concepts fill in.
What the Institute of Transportation Engineers has determined
through studies is that the traffic generated by Shopping Centers
tends to remain a constant with respect to square footage of
retail space and only fluctuates on a minor basis due to land use
that occur within Shopping Centers.
The base study on Shopping Centers in the 100,000 to 200,000 sq.
ft. range. The study included the Market Place site and the Best
Buy site directly to the north which utilizes common interior
circulation. The original study assumed a site build out of
100,000 sq. ft.for the Market Place site and 50,000 sq. ft. for
the Best Buy site. The actual constructions will be at a minimum
of 10,000 sq. ft. less then the calculated construction build out
which the traffic study was based. With the actual site building
less space then the traffic study anticipated, there is ample
room for site specific variation in the land uses that may
develop greater then anticipate traffic volumes with out causing
any variation from the traffic volume values found in the study.
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The second verification requested by your department with respect
to this project is that of the parking found on the site.
Currently the site has constructed 94,834 sq.ft. of buildings. To
serve this space 349 parking spaces are provided. This provides
3.68 parking spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor space. The Urban
Land Institute provides the following recommendations for parking
requirements based on land uses.
Retail shopping 4.4/ th sf
Restaurants 7.5/ th sf
personal service shops 4.0/ th sf
Assuming no cross over parking according to the Urban Land
Institute the project would need 414 parking spaces. This is 84%
of the suggested volume with out considering cross parking
agreements. With the addition of this construction of 4,650 sq.
ft.we are adding 29 spaces. According to the standards we need 35
spaces without assuming any cross over parking. This is 83% of
the recommended value which is what the center is averaging. With
the addition of this construction the overall parking ratio
provided is 3.79 parking spaces per 1000 sq.ft. of construction,
which is an improvement for the overall Center. The use of 15% to
18% cross over parking is consistent with the Institutes
standards.
Sincerely
Fri-edrI _ tman