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Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
March 2, 1994
Mr. Eldon Ward ,
Cityscape Urban Design
3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Eldon:
Staff has reviewed the request for multi -family apartments, known
as Oak Hill Apartments Preliminary P.U.D., and offers the following
comments:
1. The Public Service Company is concerned about the location of
gas mains. Since there is minimal area behind walks, gas
mains may have to,be placed under paved access drives. This
may conflict with other utilities. It may be necessary to
have a utility coordination meeting to discuss size and
location of utility easements and maintaining the required
separations.
2. U.S. West cautions that review of plans should not be
construed as a commitment to provide telephone service. Also,
the owner is responsible for provision of all conduit, ditch,
and street crossings for telephone facilities within the
project,., and the owner provides terminal room space (usually
6' x 61) and power for the main terminal at one building,
generally in a janitors' closet or utility room. The owner's
vendor provides all facilities beyond the main terminal. Many
vendors, including U.S. West, are available to install the
facilities beyond the main terminal. Please contact U.S. West
engineer for conduit specifications for the main telephone
entrance cable.
3. Any relocation of existing telephone facilities required by
these plans will be paid for by the developer.
4. Columbine Cablevision would like to work with the developer on
installing main lines in the complex. Columbine cold possible
go joint trench with Light and Power. Also, the wiring of the,
buildings should be reviewed with Columbine for compatibility.
5. At the time of Final, the Utility Plans must contain a
complete set of "General Notes."
281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins; CO 80522-0580 (303) 221-6750
6. At the time of Final, the Plat must be complete and properly
tied in according to state law.
7. The Preliminary Drainage Plan should include flow arrows.
S. There is a concern that the sidewalk along Boardwalk Drive
meanders too far away from the street and too close to
Building N. As indicated, this walk may, appear to be a
private walk versus a public walk. This portion of the walk
should be shifted closer to Boardwalk Drive.
9. Similarly, the walk along Oak Ridge Drive, in the northeast
corner of the site, starts to meander away from the street and
toward the future parking lot of the Tennis and Fitness
Center. This walk should be brought back to the north so that
the pedestrian is crossing the Tennis Center access drive at
the intersection.
10. Poudre Fire Authority has provided the following comments:
A. The two main entrance points feature split, 14 foot wide,
access lanes. These lanes must be widened to 20 feet.
B. All no parking areas must feature curbs that are painted
red. Also, garage doors should contain signage stating
"No -Parking - Fire Lane."
C. All fire hydrants must be within 400 feet of all
buildings and be capable of supplying a minimum of 1,000
g.p.m., with 20 p.s.i. residual pressure.
D. Building E is out of the 150 fire access limit.
11. Staff is concerned about the lack of pedestrian/bike access to
adjacent properties. Since the Tennis and Fitness Center will
be an attractive amenity, it is recommended that a sidewalk be
extended over to the Fitness Center on the south side of
Building F. This would tie into the front entry of the
Fitness Center, a public space not fenced in by health club
liability requirements.
12. Similarly, the sidewalk on the east side of Building E should
be extended south, along the west side of the tennis courts,
and then swing east along the south side of the tennis courts
to tie into the northern greenbelt of the Courtyard Homes at
Miramont project. (Conceptual plans for the Courtyard project
are available from the Planning Department.)
13. To enhance this pedestrian system a sidewalk should be
extended north and east from. Building C to tie into, the
sidewalk coming down from Building E, on the southside of the
tennis courts. This sidewalk network could then tie into a
walk that extends north to Rule Drive (extended) and thus
allow non -vehicular access to church/school, Collinwood, Lemay
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Avenue, and whatever develops on the Everitt parcel. Linking
the neighborhood with non -vehicular paths promotes the goals
and objectives of the recently adopted Air Quality Policies
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14. The bike rack location for Buildings G and H are close to the
building entries and appear safe and convenient. The rack
locations for Buildings C, E, K, L, N, and O, appear to be
further removed, and thus less desirable. Has any
consideration been given to placing racks closer to the
entries for security purposes?
15. A bike rack should be provided at the clubhouse.
16. Please indicate if mail will be distributed at the clubhouse
or in scattered kiosks throughout the project.
17. Additional street trees should be provided on Boardwalk Drive
along the right-of-way. Spacing should be on approximate 40
foot intervals.
18. The architectural elevations should describe the exterior
building materials.
This concludes Staff comments at this time. In order to stay on
schedule for the March 28, 1994 Planning and Zoning Board meeting,
Please note the following deadlines"
Plan revisions are due March 9, 1994:
P.M.T.'s, 10 prints, renderings are due March 21, 1994.
As always please call if there are any questions regarding these
comments.
Sincerely:
Ted Shepard
Senior Planner
xc: Joe Frank, Chief Planner
Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer