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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAFFORDABLE SELF STORAGE - PDP - PDP170005 - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTES� Jeff Schneider, Chair Jeff Hansen, Vice Chair Jennifer Carpenter Michael Hobbs Ruth Rollins William Whitley • City Council Chambers City Hall West 300 Laporte Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado Cablecast on FCTV Channel 14 & Channel 881 on Comcast The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 (TDD 224- 6001) for assistance. Regular Hearing May 17, 2018 Chair Schneider called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Roll Call: Carpenter, Hobbs, Rollins, Schneider and Whitley Absent: Hansen Staff Present: Gloss, Yatabe, Tatman-Burruss, Frickey, Kleer, Wray, Bethurem Harras, Sullivan, Beane and Gerber Chair Schneider provided background on the board's role and what the audience could expect as to the order of business. He described the following procedures: . While the City staff provides comprehensive information about each project under consideration, citizen input is valued and appreciated. • The Board is here to listen to citizen comments. Each citizen may address the Board once for each item. • Decisions on development projects are based on judgment of compliance or non-compliance with city Land Use Code. • Should a citizen wish to address the Board on items other than what is on the agenda, time will be allowed for that as well. • This is a legal hearing, and the Chair will moderate for the usual civility and fairness to ensure that everyone who wishes to speak can be heard. Agenda Review Planning Manager Gloss reviewed the items on the Consent and Discussion agendas, stating that all items will be heard as originally advertised. • Planning & Zoning Board May 17, 2018 Page 2 of 9 Public Input on Items Not on the Hearing Agenda: • Eric Sutherland, spoke about making mistakes and the ability to correct them and how he feels the Board does not have that luxury. Consent Aqenda: 1. Draft Minutes from April 19, 2018 P&Z Hearing 2. (Pulled from Consent) Affordable Self Storage, PDP170005 3. Ginger and Baker Temporary Parking Lot 4. Aweida Annexation, Plan Amendment and Zoning ANX180002 Public Input on Consent Agenda: Erik Sutherland, spoke of mistakes that happen and being the guy to fix those mistakes. He referred to the Board and not having the opportunity to do that at this time. He went on to discuss that through trial and appeals courts one has the ability to petition with a motion for reconsideration of a decision. In the case of the Planning and Zoning Board this is not an option. He would like to see consideration toward allowing a means to petition. Member Carpenter commented that she believes that the development community is not our only customer. Chair Schneider commented that he wanted to close public comment and then open it for other comment. Member Rollins commented to Mr. Sutherland (left directly after speaking) that she would like to see a draft of what he is speaking of, to see what he is proposing. Chair Schneider commented that he appreciates Mr. Sutherlands due diligence in the process and further explained the reason and project behind Mr. Sutherland's comments. Chair Schneider conducted a final review of the items that are on consent and reiterated that those items will not have a separate presentation unless pulled from the consent agenda. Member Hobbs requested to have the Affordable Self Storage, PDP170005 pulled from the consent agenda. Member Rollins requested to have the Ginger and Baker Temporary Parking Lot pulled from the consent agenda. Chair Schneider recused himself from the Aweida Annexation item. Member Hobbs made a motion that the Planning and Zoning Board approve the minutes of the April 19, 2018 Planning and Zoning hearing. Member Carpenter seconded the motion. Vote: 5:0 Member Hobbs made a motion that the Planning and Zoning Board approve item 4 of the consent agenda, Aweida Annexation, Plan Amendment and Zoning, ANZ180002. Member Whitley seconded the motion. Vote: 4:0 Pulled from Consent: 2. Affordable Self Storage, PDP170005 Project Description: This is a Project Development Plan to develop 4 lots of the Evergreen Park Replat (Parcel #'s 9701310009, 9701315001, 9701214008 and 9701214007) as a self-storage facility. The proposal consists of in a mix of drive up and interior storage units. Building A on the corner of Conifer Street and Red Cedar Circle will be a 2-story facility with interior storage units while the remaining five buildings will each be one story. The overall proposal contains 96,773 feet of building area and is located in the Industrial Zoning district. Recommendation: Approval Secretary Gerber reported that there were no citizen communications received. I • Planning 8� Zoning Board May 17, 2018 Page 3 of 9 • Staff and Applicant Presentations Planner Frickey gave a brief overview of this project. Curtis Koldeway, Hauser Architects, provided a presentation in relation to the project and areas addressed, such as, Conifer and Red Cedar, use of complementing materials, and how the project has helped start the process of cleaning up the area. Public Input (3 minutes per person) None noted Staff Response Planner Frickey addressed previous concems from the Board in relation to nearby buildings and overall fit. Planner Frickey further discussed the modification request for a fence being longer than 100' along an arterial street. The applicant is requesting a 104' fence. The second modification is to exceed the maximum fence height of 6' in specific areas, applicant would like a height of 7' in these specific areas. The third modification request is for landscaping, wherein the applicant would like to use dense landscaping and the fencing. Staff is recommending approval on all three modifications requested and presented. Board Questions / Deliberation Member Hobbs asked Planner Frickey if he had any pictures of the frontage on Conifer. Planner Frickey pulled up a front facing picture of the Raw Earth building. Member Hobbs also questioned the use types of the townhomes that will go in across from the storage facility. Planner Frickey corrected the language used in conversation; the units are all for-rent apartments as opposed to townhomes. Member Hobbs asked what the classification for Conifer was in regard to City planning. Planner Frickey responded that it is considered an arterial street. Member Rollins asked Planner Frickey to pull up the elevations that would be seen if you were at Crown Pointe, and to see if the fence went all the way around the property. Planner Frickey pulled up the slide and responded that the fence extends from the East portion of the emergency access only drive aisle to the East property line and that the building makes up the remainder of the frontage on Conifer to the West of the access aisle. Member Rollins asked if there was landscaping in front of this area. Planner Frickey responded yes. Member Hobbs commented that his concerns are not with the modifications. He feels that the design work and the fence is a good substitute, but rather with the mass, scale and look along Conifer. The concern is due to the project being along a District boundary, across from residential and destination shopping. He feels that unlike the Raw Earth site, this site does not match the overall feel. Member Schneider asked Planner Frickey how the height of this proposed structure compares to that of Raw Earth. Planner Frickey responded that he will have to revisit the information, but does know that Raw Earth is not 260' long, and that he would look the information up on City Docs. Upon completion of his research, Planner Frickey returned and provided additional information; Raw Earth is 110' in length and is 30' tall. In proportion, this proposed project is comparable at 263' in length and 27' in height. Raw Earth has a multiple level roof and windows. Member Rollins shares Member Hobbs' concerns in regard to the mass and scale of the building and she is unsure that this was addressed enough with the current plan. Chair Schneider asked Member Rollins if this concern was due to the length of the wall. Member Rollins stated that it seemed like a huge wall, long and tall with very little architectural elements that would make it more compatible with the surrounding residential and in line with Raw Earth. Member Hobbs does not think that there has been enough done to give style, character and transition at the edge of a zone. Member Hobbs would like to continue this project and give the applicant a chance to circle back with staff with improvements. Member Whitley agrees with Member Hobbs on the landscaping and fencing area, he feels as though it looks like a correction facility. • Planning 8� Zoning Board May 17, 2018 Page 4 of 9 • Chair Schneider stated that he feels that the Board would like to continue the item and asked that the applicant team return to the podium. Chair Schneider asked for confirmation of understanding of the concerns being expressed. The applicant team stated that they are complying with the land use code for the zoned district and that they do have some redundancy in the columns that come down Conifer to break up the mass of the building. They do acknowledge that the metal panel might be of concern and that they are using a stucco covered panel so that it looks more like a stucco building instead of a commercial or industrial metal panel. They felt that they should ask for a continuance and take a look at the concerns. They are ok with the decision for continuance. Member Rollins asked if it was possible for the applicant to put in some windows to break it up. The applicant agreed and will take a look at that. Planner Gloss offered that the Board could condition the application to provide very specific direction to staff and the applicant that could be addressed in the next stage in the process. Member Hobbs stated that he would not feel good about designing this at this hearing. He feels that since Curtis was the architect on Raw Earth that he has the capability to do this right and within budget. Chair Schneider agreed the design team and applicant should be the ones to come back with a better design. Member Hobbs made a motion that the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board continue the Affordable Self Storage, PDP170005 to the June 21, 2018 Planning and Zoning Board hearing. Member Rollins seconded. Vote: 5:0. 3. Ginger and Baker Temporary Parking Lot Project Description: This is a request to develop a temporary surface parking lot located at the southeast corner of Linden and Willow Streets. The proposal consists of a gravel overlay to the existing undeveloped lot and addition of a chain link fence enclosing the south end of the parking lot. The parking lot will accommodate up to 58 vehicles. The development site is'/z acre and zoned R-D-R, River powntown Redevelopment. Recommendation: Approval Secretary Gerber reported that there were no citizen communications received. Member Rollins reported that she had ex parte communication directly after work session. A friend of hers spoke to her regarding new parking at Ginger and Baker. Member Rollins does not feel that this communication will have an effect on her decision making for this item. Staff and Applicant Presentations Planner Gloss gave a brief overview of this project. The applicant, Jake Graham gave details of the current state of the vacant lot and that they would like to use half of the lot for parking. They will fix the chain link fence and add a fence line on the East as well as add road base to reduce dust and mud. Public Input (3 minutes per person) None noted Board Questions / Deliberation Planner Gloss further detailed improvements to be made and stated that the land use code does allow for interim parking lots and that the approval is good for three (3) years with two successive one (1) year extensions. Landscaping, paving and lighting will not be required.