HomeMy WebLinkAboutK MART PLAZA - Filed MA-MINOR AMENDMENT -City of Fort Collins Zoning Department Comments Due By: 5''a-(-a'?
281 N. College Ave, PO Box 580 Minor Amendme # i11/9-t7?d s 91
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City of Fort Collins (970) 416-2745 FAX (970) 224-6134
Effective Date
Minor Amendment Application Form
Date Submitted: July 30, 2007
Project Name: K-Mart Plaza
Project Location (Street Address): 2531 South College Avenue Minor Amendment Fee: $192.00
Legal Description: K-Mart Plaza Tract 1, 2, 4 & extension of K-Mart Tract 2
General Information: List allproperty owners having a legal/equitable interest in theproperty (Attach separate sheets if necessary).
Owner's Name (s): SW Fort Collins. LLC
Street Address: 333 West Hampden Avenue, Suite 810 City/State/Zip: Englewood, Colorado 80110
Telephone: 303-534-1040 Fax: 303-534-6700
Applicant's/Consultant's Name: Gary M. Harrison
Street Address: 831 South Nevada Avenue, Suite 100
Telephone: 719-576-1555 Fax: 719-576-1631
Name of firm: Concepts West Architecture, Inc.
City/State/Zip: Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
Email: garyna.cwarch.com
SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:
1) Six (6) copies of RECORDED plan (i.e. site, landscape, elevation, etc. - whichever is being altered) on
24" x 36" size (usually available at the Technical Services Department at 281 N. College) — RED -LINE
THE CHANGES ON the six plans or provide six copies of revised drawings showing the changes in
addition to the six originals;
2) Completed and signed application form; and
3) Application fee of $192.00.
MINOR AMENDMENT
Detailed description of the change and reason(s) for the request: see attached narrative.
CERTIFICATION
I certify the information and exhibits submitted are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and that in filing this application, I am acting with
the knowledge, consent, and authority of the owners of the property (including all owners having a legal or equitable interest in the real property, as
defined in Section 1-2 of the City Code; which is the subject of this application) without whose consent and authority the requested action should not
lawfully be accomplished. Pursuant to said authority, I hereby permit City officials to enter upon the property for the purpose of inspection, and if
necessary, for posting a public notice on the property.
Name (please PRINT):
Address:
Gary M. Harrison - Concepts West Architecture, Inc.
831 South Nevada, Suite 100, Colorado Springs, Colorado 8C
Telephone: 719-576-1555 Signature:
KMART PLAZA
Minor Amendment to the Site Plan
July 30, 2007
NARRATIVE
The Kmart Plaza development dates back to the 1970's. In it's time; it was a prominent shopping center
at the northwest corner of the South College Avenue and Drake Road intersection.
Although the Kmart store and some of the freestanding pad buildings are occupied, changes in the retail
market as well as aged architectural design have left the site under utilized. In addition, the retail building
in the southeast corner of the site was damaged in the 2003 snow storm and can no longer be occupied.
The Site Plan amendment is intended to give the site and buildings a facelift as well as replace the
abandoned Retail Building C. The Kmart shore will not receive an exterior facelift because this building is
not within the control of the Owner / Developer.
The proposed changes to the site are summarized as follows:
1. New exterior finishes on the presently empty retail Building A.
2. New exterior finishes on all four sides of the partially occupied Retail Building B.
3. Demolition of the vacant Retail Building C.
4. A replacement Retail Building C, enlarging the building slightly and rotating the building for
better visibility from South College Avenue. The new building was also moved north to clear
the existing water main. An exterior plaza will be built between the building and College
Avenue to entice tenants with outdoor seating.
5. The two facelift projects and one new building will utilize the same material and color palette
to create some uniformity in the shopping center's architecture.
6. The primary entrance into the shopping center would be redesigned to improve traffic flow
and to add landscaping medians.
7. The parking lot on the north side of the site, north of the main entry, would be reconfigured
with ninety degree parking stalls to make the lot more efficient and to allow for the
realignment of the South College entrance.
8. The landscaping would be trimmed, cleaned up and enhanced.
9. The seventies era site lighting would be replaced with more efficient cut-off site lighting for
better illumination and uniformity.
As a parallel process with the Minor Site Plan process, a lot consolidation application will also be made to
combine the Tract 1 with the large Tract 2 Kmart plaza.
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