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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARAGON POINT PUD PHASE FOUR PRELIMINARY - 48 91G - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSCommu..Lty Planning and Environmental _ervices Planning Department City of Fort Collins April 23, 1993 Mr. Jim Sell Jim Sell Design 117 East Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Jim: Staff has reviewed Paragon Point Phase Four Preliminary P.U.D. and offers the following comments: 1. The Public Service Company advises that the planting of trees in the 15 foot utility easement adjoining the east line of South Lemay Avenue will have to be coordinated to avoid conflicts. No trees may be planted within four feet of any underground natural gas line. There will be a six inch diameter gas main installed in this easement. 2. The islands in the cul-de-sacs will have to be equipped with the proper pavement section, perimeter drains, etc. as required by the Engineering Department. The developer should be aware that the City reserves the right to remove the islands in the right-of-way if they become a problem for safety or maintenance. 3. The Fort Collins - Loveland Water District and the South Fort Collins Sanitation District offer the following comments: A. Easements on the District's standard easement form wirl be required for all facilities .that are not located within the public right-of-way. The width of the easement will be dictated by OSHA trenching requirements. B. The distance between the water and the sanitary sewer line may need to be increased depending on the depth of the sanitary sewer line. 4. The developer is reminded that there needs to be an analysis of the floodplain volume being filled compared to removal of fill. This is to document no net loss of storage volume in the floodplain. 5. At the time of Final, Columbine Cable will require standard easements in order to install their system. Easements may be necessary in the open space areas. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 6. U.S. West requests that the open spaces on this plat should be described as utility easements, and an easement would be required across the rear of Lot 59 for access to Lot 60. 7. Be sure that the selected street names do not duplicate existing street names in both the City and the County. 8. Staff respectfully suggests that consideration be given to name a street in honor Cpl. Peter Maciel Jr., killed in Viet Nam on January 23, 1967. Cpl. Peter Maciel graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1964 and received the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with the seventh through 13th clusters, signifying a minimum of 350 combat missions flown. He was a helicopter crew chief and a gunner and received his medals for heroism. The City of Fort Collins encourages developers to name streets in honor and recognition of deserving citizens. Further information on the medal citation and biographical information is available from the Planning Department. 9. Staff recommends that the Brittany Court and "B" Court cul-de- sacs feature a six foot wide bicycle/pedestrian connection to the Fossil Creek Trail. These connections can be located between side lot lines. A 48 inch high open fence can be constructed from the front building line to the front property line along the path to protect front yards of the adjoining lots. 10. The narrow open space (ten feet) behind Lots 66 through 69 and Lots 56 through 58 may become undesirable and difficult to maintain. If this narrow corridor cannot be widened, perhaps it should be eliminated. If these rear yards have a six foot privacy fence, then this area will become a tunnel. 11. As a P.U.D. the Site Plan does not have to reference a variance for the 16 foot front yard setbacks in the cul-de sacs. The key is to provide a 20 foot driveway apron_so __ parked vehicles do not overhang the sidewalk. 12. Under "Project Statistics", it is not clear what is "dedicated open space".- Please clarify where this space is, to whom it is dedicated, and for what purpose. 13. The Natural Resources Department is concerned areas disturbed during construction and buffering of the wetlands. Also, at Final P.U.D., the grass mix for revegetation will have to be specified in detail. It is suggested that the developer set up a meeting with Rob Wilkinson as soon as possible to discuss the issue of protecting the wetland area. This issue should not be put off to the Final P.U.D. stage but should be addressed, in detail, at Preliminary. 14. The first paragraph of the Planning Objectives should be clarified as to the dates of approval of previous phases. Without more detailed references, it is confusing. 15. The vicinity map should contain street names. This concludes Staff comments at this time. Please be aware of the following deadlines: Plan revisions are due May 5, 1993. P.M.T.'s, 10 prints, colored renderings are due May 17, 1993. As always, please call to set up a meeting to discuss these comments in detail. sincerely— k : Ted Shepard Senior Planner xc: Sherry Albertson -Clark, Chief Planner Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer