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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARAGON POINT PUD PHASE FOUR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL - 48 91i - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTS (2)Commu. l Planning and Environmental Planning Department City of Fort Collins June 28, 1993 Mr. Jim Sell Jim Sell Design 117 East Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Jim: 'vices Staff has reviewed the request for Paragon Point Amended Overall Development Plan, and Paragon Point, Fourth Filing, Preliminary and Final P.U.D. The following comments are offered: Overall Development Plan 1. As we have discussed in a recent meeting, the Land Use Statistics should reflect the density of dwelling units per acre on a gross acreage basis, not net acreage. Our calculation is that 233 dwelling units on 148 acres equals 1.57 dwelling units per acre. The O.D.P. may also include information on net density due to the unusual amount of undevelopable land. Fourth Filing, Preliminary and Final P.U.D. 2. Comments from the Fort Collins -Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District have been prepared under separate cover. A copy is enclosed for your records. 3 U.S—West—has concerns —that -there—appears to—be®patios or decks across the rear utility easements on Lots 41 and 46. U.S. West requires access to these easements for maintenance purposes. 4. Public Service Company requires a minimum horizontal distance of four feet of separation between trees and underground gas lines. 5. Public Service Company again reminds the developer that a natural gas regulator station will be required at the northeast corner of Lemay Avenue and Trilby Road. This must be contained within an exclusive easement, dedicated to Public Service Company, must be a minimum of 20' by 60' in dimension. 6. The City's Stormwater Utility has indicated that the floodplain storage issue has not been resolved or verified.. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 e 7. The following comments apply to the plat: A. Presently, the parcel has not been "tied down", and, therefore, would be impossible to locate in the field. B. The parcel must be located in relation to 50 feet of half of the arterial right-of-way, not 30 feet. C. Portions of the plat are not readable with letters and numbers plotted over each other. This should be cleaned up. D. Open space areas should be identified by a tract designation with explanatory notes. E. Solar lots should be indicated on the plat. F. The signature block for the Secretary of the P & Z Board does not need to be notarized. 8. Parks and Recreation Department is still waiting to finalize the dedication of the Fossil Creek Trail Easement through the open space area. This dedication should be executed prior to the July Planning and Zoning Board meeting. 9. Note Number Five, under "Project Notes", should be amended to. include the Lemay Avenue right-of-way. 10. It is recommended that a fescue blend be used in open space turf areas. 11. Based on a recommendation from the City Forester, the Autumn Purple Ash should be deleted as a street tree. Instead, please consider: Hackberry, Little Leaf Linden, Burr Oak, Marshall Green Ash, Patmore Ash, Honey Locust,.Summit Green Ash, Redmond Linden, 12. Staff is concerned about the proposed access to the seven foot trail located between Lots 40 and 41. This access point is mid block. It would be safer to make this connection so that it aligns with one of the ramps. at the Canvasback Drive/Hawkeye intersection. A connection at Canvasback is more central to the balance of the project. Since drivers look for cross -traffic at intersections and not mid block, the access should be shifted. 13. Also, it appears that there is an opportunity to provide trail access between Lots 12 and 13 or between Lots 14 and 15. Presently, both cul-de-sacs feature lots with a path behind the rear yards but with no access from the street. Trail access should be improved so that it is linked with the public street system. 14. Note Number eight implies fencing in the narrow strip between the rear yards of Lots 48-56 and 57-65. This is a relatively narrow area where fencing may create an unintended tunnel effect. It is suggested that this area be investigated for either limited or no fencing. 15. The landscape details should provide grass seed mix. The Department of Natural Resources would like to review the seed mix to be used in revegetative efforts. 16. The issue of buffering the wetlands during construction has not been resolved. As mentioned previously, it is strongly encouraged that a meeting with Rob Wilkinson take place to discuss the buffering issue. 17. Note Number Two should reference the Final Plat, not Preliminary. 18. East of Lot 31, within the path, there is a "porkchop" island. It is suggested that this be removed as it becomes more of a hindrance than a traffic flow device. 19. The vicinity map is blurry and difficult to read. It should include street names and a north arrow. This concludes Staff comments at this time. In order to remain on schedule for the July 26, 1993 Planning and Zoning Board meeting, please note the following deadlines: Plan revisions are due July S. 1993. P.M.T.Is, 10 prints, colored renderings are due July 19, 1993. Final documents are due July 22, 1993.* * If final documents (Plat, P.U.D., Utility Plans, Development Agreement, Drainage Report, Drainage and Grading Plan, Erosion Control Plan) are not in final form and delivered to the City for recording by this date, then the Planning and Zoning Board is authorized to grant a final approval with-a-two-month-grace-per-iod as a condition of approval. If, after this two month grace period, additional time is still needed, then the Board may allow a one month extension. As always, please call to discuss these comments or to arrange a meeting to discuss the issues in depth. Sincerely: T- *f4 Ted SheparcY Senior Planner xc: Sherry Albertson -Clark, Chief Planner Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer