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HomeMy WebLinkAboutINTERSTATE LAND PUD - PRELIMINARY - 34-88B - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSCommjftty Planning and Environmentajervices Current Fanning City of Fort Collins September 15, 1995 Eldon Ward Cityscape Urban Design, Inc 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105 Fort Collins, CO. 80525 Dear Eldon, Staff has reviewed your documents for the Interstate Land P.U.D. - Preliminary that were submitted to the City on August 21, 1995, and would like to offer the following comments: 1. The East Larimer County (ELCO) Water District has stated that the water line improvements shown on the preliminary utility plan need to be revised. A 12" water line must be extended from the 8" line in East Prospect Road to connect to an existing 12" water line located in the intersection of Smithfield Drive and the West Frontage Road. The new 12" line must be connected to the existing 6" line located on the west side of the Interstate off - ramp. The 6" line under the Interstate will someday be replaced by a 12" water line. Provisions also need to be made to extend a water line to the property immediately north and west of the Frontage Road. 2. Copies of letters received from the (New) Cache La Poudre and Lake Canal Reservoir Companies are enclosed with this letter. 3. The Zoning Department has offered the following comments: a. Show dumpster and bicycle rack locations. b. Parking needs to comply with the City's Parking Lot Guide. Show "typical" spaces/back-ups, etc. The 100' scale is difficult to portray true sizes. C. Add the standard note about the landscaping regarding installation or 125% of valuation for securement prior to issuance of certificates of occupancy. d. Need to show lot sizes on the subdivision plat. e. Show dimensioned building envelopes. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 FAX (9 0) 221-6378 • TDD (9770) 224-6002 4. A copy of the comments received from the Building Inspection Department is enclosed with this letter. 5. The Poudre Fire Authority has offered the following comments: a. Fire hydrant locations and fire flows will be determined by occupancy and building size. b. Buildings in excess of 5,000 square feet in size must be provided with an approved fire suppression system. 6. The Light & Power Department has stated that it appears on the utility plans that storm drains go behind the curb on both sides of Gateway Drive, in Light & Power's normal position. This will have to be worked out prior to development. 7. Tim Buchanan, the City Forester, has stated that the adopted Prospect Road Streetscape Plan indicates that: sidewalks should be parallel to the road on the Frontage Road the tree rows should relate to road geometry, not sidewalks. Copies of blue -lined portions of the Streetscape Plan and Interstate Land Landscape Plan are enclosed with this letter. 8. The Natural Resources Deparment has stated that you need to contact Myrna Hanson of the Larimer County Health Department regarding a State Air Quality Permit for control of fugitive dust during the construction process. You will need to provide evidence that you are exempt from State requirements or that you have applied for the permit by the time of plan submittal for Final P.U.D. approval. 9. The Planning Department would like to meet with you and discuss the building layout on this proposal. A more realistic portrayl, fitted to this site, may be possible. This completes the review comments at this time. Additional comments will be forthcoming as comments from various departments and reviewing agencies have not yet been received. Please be aware of the following dates and deadlines to assure your ability to stay on schedule for the October 23, 1995 Planning and Zoning Board hearing: **************************************************************** Plan revisions are due no later than the end of the working day, October 5, 1995. Please contact me for the number of folded revisions required for each document. PMT's, renderings, and 8 folded copies of final revisions (for the Planning and Zoning Board packets) are due on October 16,1995. ****************************************************************** • • Please contact me at 221-6750 if you have questions or concerns related to these comments. I would like to schedule a meeting with you as soon as possible, if necessary, to discuss these comments. Sincerely, Steve Olt Project Planner Yc: Sheri Wamhoff/Kerrie Ashbeck Clark Mapes, Advance Planning Stormwater Utility Transportation Overlook Farm Inc. RBD Engineers file/Project Planner No Text • • THE LAKE CANAL COMPANY THE LAKE CANAL RESERVOIR COMPANY (970) 352-0222 September-8, 1995 Planning and Zoning Board Attn: Steve Olt P 0 Box 580 Ft Collins, Co 80522-0580 RE: Interstate Land PUD Mr. Olt: The Lake Canal Company exists in Larimer County and Weld County for the purpose of servicing stockholders with irrigation waters. Access is a major concern of canal companies for maintenance and operation of the canal. This at times requires wider access than a mere roadway for the use of heavy equipment, a place to temporarily store maintenance material and adequate space to allow excavation operations with minimal interference. Enough forethought has not always gone into these easements causing very poor access to exist along some current residential sections. As you are aware, we have frequently ask that paralleling utility easements be utilized to establish green belt borders to minimize future maintenance on the neighboring development. The Lake Canal Company has a major flume structure in the northeast corner of Lot 8 of Interstate Land PUD. The Lake Canal Company is requesting that their easement be established at seventy five (75) feet wide from the center of the existing canal on the service road increasing to one hundred (100) feet wide at the intersection of The Cache La Poudre Reservoir Company inlet canal. The Lake Canal Company is requesting this to accommodate the extensive maintenance and operation of the structure which includes periodic burns. One plan that has been utilized in development along the canal system has been to leave a green belt parallel to the canal. Starting from the center of the canal, allowing room for the canal itself and the paralleling maintenance road, a green belt area is designated at part of the covenants of the development and regulations written specifying that only native grasses are ever to be seeded in the green belt area. This green belt area is established to be wide enough to serve the needs of both the canal and the utilities. In viewing the plan, we are very alarmed to see trees located in the potential canal easement. It is absolutely essential that a buffer area parallel the canal that is restricted to native grass only to prevent future frictions due to maintenance and operation of the canal. 33040 Railroad Avenue • P.O. Box 104 • Lucerne. Colorado 80646 Another concern is the additional exposure of the canal system to people. Exposure to water delivery and storage systems creates a considerable amount of risk. The Lake Canal Company is of the opinion that development along the system should not increase our liability. It is the hope of The Lake Canal Company that those who choose to develop along the system and those who choose to neighbor along the system will take such precautions as are reasonable to develop safety measures within their own real property and accesses. It is the practice of The Lake Canal Company to refuse drainage from developed properties to control exposure to undesirable contaminates that may exist in drainage waters. We request that it be made clear what the drainage plans are for this plat. The Lake Canal Company supports the rights of neighboring property owners to develop their property in an orderly manner consistent with the county and local master plans. It is the opinion of The Lake Canal Company that adjustments need to be made to the plans of Interstate Land PUD to accommodate adequate access for the maintenance and operation of the canals, to insure that adequate storm drainage is in place and to seed all easements to native grasses. If it is necessary for any services to cross the right-of-way of The Lake Canal Company, it will be necessary for each entity to contact the office of The Lake Canal Company, establish and record crossing agreements. It would be preferred that these crossings be established during planning and approved before The Lake Canal Company signs the final plat. S' cerely, Don Magnu o Superinte ent