HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARAGON POINT PUD FINAL - 48 91B - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSDevelopn
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January 24, 1992
Byron Collins
Trustar Inc.
#1 Old Town Square
Fort Collins, CO. 80524
Dear Byron,
The staff has reviewed your submittal of the PARAGON POINT PUD,
Phase 1 - Final, and offers the following comments:
1. The Fort Collins - Loveland Water District / South Fort
Collins Sanitation District has a number of comments. Attached
is a copy of their letter.
2. The Commission on Disabilities is concerned about the
locations of the handicapped ramps, as shown, adjacent to the
tennis courts. These access ramps must not empty into the
parking spaces. There is potential for them to be blocked by
vehicles in these locations. The ramps should be located
between parking spaces with marked. passageways or at the ends
of islands, such as the one at the northeast end of the
parking lot. Is there to be a restroom and/or drinking
fountain in the neighborhood park? If so, they must have
handicapped access. A ramp should be provided at all entrances
to the concrete trail, such as the connection adjacent to Lot
58. Have you determined what the grades will be throughout the
trail system?
3. U.S. West and Columbine Cable TV both require rear lot utility
easements on Lots 59 - 62. Columbine Cable would like a 2"
conduit be placed under the necessary street crossings. Also,
the homes should be wired for cable TV in a home run system
with the cable meeting Columbine Cable's standards.
4. The naturalized areas referred to in Plant Note 7 should be
more clearly defined. What are the limits of these areas
within this phase?
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5. Public Service Company will require and exclusive 20' x 60'
easement for a natural gas regulator station somewhere near
the intersection of South Lemay Avenue and Trilby Road. The
developer needs to contact Gary Huett with Public'Service
Company to formalize this requirement. This easement must be
shown on the subdivision plat. Also, the planting of street
trees in or near front lot utility easements must be
coordinated closely with PSC to assure that no trees are
planted closer than 4' to any natural gas line.
6. Poudre Fire Authority has stated that the Paragon Drive -
Paragon Place - Paragon Court street names will create
confusion in the event of necessary emergency response. Please
reconsider these street names so as to give better
differentiation. The temporary gravel access roads must be
completed prior. to building construction, or; any building
over 660' from an improved access must be sprinkled.
7: Plant Note 11 would require all landscaping to be installed or
secured by bond prior to issuance of a certificate of
occupancy on any home, including the very first home. Is this
the intent?
8. A meeting with the Parks & Recreation staff should be arranged
to discuss materials, methods, and design standards for the
park site. A master plan for the park, at a scale of 1' = 301,
should be submitted to Parks & Recreation for review by staff
and approval by the Parks & Recreation Board. The P & R Board
approval is scheduled for the February 26th meeting. If the
City takes over the park the berms in the open space area
would be eliminated or reduced in number. Parks & recreation
will not take over the 9.62 acre park/open space if it is
required to stay in its natural condition.
9. Street trees should be added along the north and south sides
of Paragon Drive.
10. Note 3--on the Subdivision Plat refers toa a —conservation -----
easement along the rear of Lots 23 - 28, as shown on the Final
Site & Landscape Plan. This conservation easement must be
shown on the Subdivision Plat, sheet 3 of 5, as well.
11. In respect to Note 4, can the open space tracts and Lot 4 be
used inclusively as utility easements? If not, then utility
easements will be necessary within them.
12. Chord bearings and distances must be shown for all curves.
13. City Transportation Division has reviewed the documents and
the traffic study and does not have any concerns.
14. A copy of the Stormwater Utility comments is attached.
15. It is unclear as to when the pedestrian connections between
the residential areas and the parks are to be provided. A note
should be added to the Site & Landscape Plan identifying the
schedule of improvements. What is to happen at the stubbed end
of Paragon Drive? Will this be barricaded in some way?
16. There is a perimeter ditch along the north side of Lots 33 -
44 that requires a drainage easement. Please contact Glen
Schlueter at 221-6589 to get the specifics on this easement.
1 No calculations have been provided for the stormwater sheet
flows that occur at the west end of Cactus Court.
1 A channel stability.study for Fossil Creek, from the Trilby
Road .crossing upstream to the Lemay Avenue crossing,- is being
requested at this time.
19. An enlargement of the entries to Paragon Point PUD, Phase 1
should be submitted for review. This would include the
landscape and wall treatment, and a detail of the proposed
signage.
20. The line weight on the temporary gravel roads, Paragon Place
and Southridge Greens Boulevard, should be increased to make
them more visible on the Site & Landscape Plan.
21. The note at the north and south end of Southridge Greens
Boulevard through Phase 1 does not appear to allow
construction, traffic to access from either end. Should the
south note be modified to address this concern?
This completes staff's comments at this time. Additional comments
from City departments and outside agencies may be forthcoming as
they continue to review the plans. To stay on schedule for the
February 24, 1992 Planning and Zoning Board hearing .you should be
aware of the following deadlines:
Plan---revisions.--are--due February 5, 1992 by 12:00--noon.—Please=
contact me for the number of copies of each document required.
PMT1s, renderings, and 10 copies of the second round of revisions
(for the Planning and Zoning Board members packets) are due
February 18, 1992.
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Final documents are due February 20, 1992 by 12:00 noon. This
includes all signed mylars, the development agreement, and
landscape covenants.
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Please contact me at 221-6750 to schedule a time when we can get
together to discuss these comments. This should be done as soon as
possible due to the upcoming revision deadline.
Sincerely,
ASep en Olt
project Planner
xc: Jim Sell
Kerrie Ashback
Steve Humann