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City of Fort Collins
October 24, 1988
Ms. Wendy Irving
Architecture Plus
318 East Oak Str
Fort Collins, CO.
Dear Wendy:
Staff has reviewed the request "for Master Plan, and Preliminary and Final P.U.D.
for the Poudre River Business Park, Please note the following comments.
nlaster Plan:
I. Any relocation of Light and Power facilities on Hoffman Mill Road will be
the financial responsibility of the developer.
2. Prior to acceptance by the City of the Open Space Area, a legal description
must be submitted for field verification. In addition, a commitment for the
title insurance should be provided by the current property owner.
3. For fire protection, a second point of access must be provided as future
phases arc developed beyond 660 feet from Lemay Avenue. All temporary
fire department turn-arounds must be minimum standards for radius and
surface treatment.
4. The Public Service Company cautions that some reinforcement of existing
natural gas lines in Lemay Avenue, south of the C & S R.R. tracks may be
required to serve the development.
5. The City would need an access casement to maintain the slope.
6. The title of the Master Plan should be placed in the lower right hand corner
of the sheet.
7. The Land Use Data table should indicate that the existing zoning is B-P,
Planned Business.
8. The "Proposed Use - Professional Office Bldgs" should appear in larger, bolder
type.
9. The adjacent land uses that are identified should also indicate the zoning.
Please label where the adjacent uses are "existing".
300 LaPorte Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750
Poudre River Business Park — Master Plan, Preliminary and Fina.L
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10.
The bike trail should be called
please indicate the
out on the document in bolder type.
Also.
access to the
bike trail on Lemay Avenue.
11.
The right-of-way for Hoffman
wide and
Mill Road is shown on the plat as 60
feet
on the Master Plan as
54 feet. Please resolve discrepancy.
12.
A note should be added to the
terms, the potential architectural
Master Plan document describing, in general
character of the proposed development.
a note would establish a minimum level of expectation for future
Such
would help unify the site in the
users
face of conflicting demands by tenants.
and
13.
There are some minor problems
with legal description. Please refer to
the
enclosed copy for details.
11.
Each developable parcel should be designated in size by acreage.
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL P.U.D.
1. The re-alignmcnt of Hoffman Mill Road will require a vacation of the old
right-of-way. This vacation procedure is a separate action that must be
approved by City Council. Please contact Jim Faulhaber of our staff to
coordinate this vacation procedure.
2. A geotechnical report is required for our review of the Utility plans.
3. The driveway location for Phases One and Two does not align with Hoffman
Mill Road. This creates an offset "T" intersection. This should be corrected
by shifting the parking lot entrance to the west so the centerline of the
driveway lines up with the centerline for Hoffman Mill Road.
4. Since the storm sewer crosses two.. easements (P.R.P.A. and City Bike Path),
offsite easements are required.
5. Erosion protection for the storm sewer outfall at the river is needed. The
Utility plan should include a plan and profile detail of the outfall describ-
ing how the velocity will be checked.
6. The Storm Drainage Report should include the following additional informa-
tion:
A. Street capacities and/or street capacity calculations
B. Drainage sub -basins with existing and proposed contours
C. Drainage tables as per the submittal criteria
D. Downspout locations and drainage paths to be identified
E. Show or note the erosion controls to be taken during construction.
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7. The closest existing natural gas source is in
line of East Laurel Street.
an easement parallel to the south
The developer
of the Public Service Company for an
needs to contact Mr. Gary Huett
agreement
with a natural gas line.
on access to Phase One
8. U.S. West Communications (Mountain Bell) requests a 10 foot utility casement
on the east and north property lines of Lot
One.
9. Staff is very concerned about the treatment
bike trail along Lemay Avenue.
of the area adjacent to the City
In order to
trail in this
fully evaluate the impact on the
area, a cross -sectional detail
Staff strongly recommends
would be helpful. In addition,
that the 8 foot
trail and the line
wide section between the bike
property be landscaped and
The landscaping of this
maintained by the developer.
area would present a more attractive streetscape for
Lot One as well as enhance the
quality of the
bike path.
10. Staff is also concerned about the use of river rock at the entry to the
project. It is Staff's belief that river rock would be more appropriate
somewhere internal to the site but not on the corner of an arterial street and
at the entrance to the bike path. As this would be a highly visible and a
high use corner, river rock seems too harsh and could possibly be hazardous
to bicyclists who are navigating the slope on the bike path. Please consider
using sod or a hardy ground cover in this area.
I. Will there be any erosion or drainage impacting the trail along Lemay
Avenue? Please discuss how the trail will be protected from erosion and
drainage from the site.
12. The planting of street trees along Poudre River Drive may conflict with the
underground Light and Power facilities. For this area to accommodate both
street trees and electrical cables, a minimum of 6 feet is required with 10
feet being preferred. If the parking lot layout cannot be revised to provide
the necessary space, then the street trees may have to be deleted.
13. The following comments refer to the species selection and sizes:
A. All shrubs, vines, and trees that are indicated to be one gallon in size
should be upgraded to 5 gallon in size.
B. The Newport Plum should be specified as 1 1/2 inch in caliper.
C. The Glob Willow should be replaced by Marshall Green Ash and speci-
fied to be 2 inch in caliper.
D. The Sunburst Honeylocust should be replaced by the Skyline Honeylocust
and specified to be 2 inch in caliper.
E. It is recommended the Russian Olive be replaced by the Narrowleaf
Cottonwood which is considered more native to the area. Russian Olives can
become weedy and "outcompete" the native species.
Poudrs River Lasi.-less Ta_k — 1vlaster P i.an, Pre' it inary and Final
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14. There is a concern with the parking lot layout. The. primary concern is
that the Poudre Fire Authority cannot achieve the 20 foot minimum inside
turning radius and the 40 foot outside turning radius with the 20 foot wide
parking lot drive aisle. This 20 foot 'wide drive aisle should be widened to
24 feet to allow fire equipment to navigate the parking lot.
15. The Poudre Fire Authority also has a concern about the fire flow capability
of the existing water line. The flow of this line must be determined and
the building must be designed and constructed within the water supply
limitations. Also, a fire hydrant must be provided on the south side of
Lemay within 400 feet of the proposed building.
16. The following are other concerns relating to the parking lot layout:
A. As mentioned earlier, the alignment of the parking lot entrance drive should
align with Hoffman Mill Road to avoid an offset T intersection.
B. The width of the landscaped islands is less than adequate. In particular,
the island at the entrance is only 2 feet wide and does not contain any
landscape materials.
C. The entrance drive should be designated as an access easement since it
will serve two lots.
D. The site plan should show that the landscaped islands will be protected
by raised concrete curbs.
E. The parking ratio is 3.13 spaces per thousand square feet of floor area.
This is below the recommended range of 3.5 to 5.5 spaces per thousand.
Have you considered enlarging the lot to add more parking area? This
would add more spaces and add more buffering along the public street.
17. Please show a building envelope around the building and indicate the distance
from the nearest property lines.
18. Please add the following note to the landscape plan:
All landscaping must be installed or secured with a letter of credit,
performance bond, or escrow account for 125% of the valuation, prior to the
issuance of a building permit.
19. Please provide more detail about the freestanding ground sign. Will this sign
be for the entire Business Park or just the Phase One tenants? The location
is not specified. The length of 24 feet seems out of scale since the distance
from the property line to the building is only 27 feet. Is it really your
intention to use almost the entire width of the setback for signage? Also,
will there be any building signage? If so, please indicate. Since the P.U.D.
document establishes signage specifications, a shematic of the freestanding
ground sign should appear either on the site plan or the architectural
elevation.
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20. The State of Colorado, Division of Highways has reviewed the P.U.D. and
cautions that the site is located in the vicinity of the "Lemay Avenue
Corridor" for the Fort Collins Expressway. A copy of their letter is
attached.
This concludes Staff comments at this time. Please note the following deadlines
for the November 21, 1988 Planning and Zoning Board hearing:
Plan revisions are due November 3, 1988.
PMT's, colored renderings and 10 final prints are due November 14, 1988.
Final, signed mylars and documents are due November 17, 1988.
Please feel free to call to set up a meeting to discuss these comments at your
earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
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Ted Shepard
City Planner
cc: Joe Frank, Assistant Planning Director
Mike Herzig, Development Engineer