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Home My WebLink AboutSETTLERS CREEK - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2008-04-23October 10, 2004 39402.00 Ms. Katie Moore City of Fort Collins Engineering Department 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 J•R ENGINEERING Reference: Settler's Creek PDP — Variance request for driveway separation on an arterial street Dear Ms. Moore: The intent of this letter is to request a variance for the distance between the proposed access drive for the above referenced project and the existing access drives serving the adjacent properties. The distance between the access drive for the proposed development and the existing access drive to the north is approximately 245-feet, which is less than the distance required by the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards, January 2, 2001" edition. The length required is 460-feet between the centerline of driveways along a 4-lane arterial roadway. This standard is found in Table 7-3 on Page 7-7 of the design criteria. Support for the variance described above is discussed in the line items listed below: 1) The proposed access drive has been located so the through lanes align with the through lanes of the future Pavilion Drive improvements. 2) The existing drive to the south that currently services the Home Depot is located approximately 550-feet from the proposed access drive. If the proposed access drive were shifted south to provide 460-feet to the access drive to the north, only 335-feet would be provided to the existing Home Depot access drive. Therefore, any location of the proposed access drive along the JFK Parkway frontage would require a variance. If you have any questions or comments, or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation. � Sincerely, Lee W. Watkins, P.E. /se,Ce Project Manager Engineer 2620 Halt ProgPe t Road, Suite 190, Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-491-9888 • Fax: 970-491-9984 • �.irengin"ringxoa October 27, 2004 10 J-R ENGINEERING A `NeYidn C¢f,tpa=� Ms. Katie Moore CITY OF FORT COLLINS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT PO Box 580 Fort Collins CO 80522 RE: Settler's Creek PDP — Revised variance request for driveway separation on an arterial street Dear MS. Moore: The intent of this letter is to request a variance for the distance between the proposed access drive for the above referenced project and the existing access drives serving the adjacent properties. The distance between the access drive for the proposed development and the existing access drives, servicing the Parkway Town homes and the Reflections Senior Apartments to the north, are approximately 230-feet and 245-feet respectively. In addition, the proposed access drive is located approximately 430-feet north of the existing access drive that services the existing King Soopers. These aforementioned distances are less than the distance of 460-feet required between the centerline of driveways along a 4-lane arterial roadway by the " Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards, January 2, 2001" edition, This standard can be found in Table 7-3 on Page 7- 7 of the aforementioned design criteria. Support for the variance described above is discussed in the line items listed below: 1) The proposed access drive has been located so the through lanes for the subject site are no more than 2' offset from the through lanes of the future Pavilion Lane improvements. 2) The existing drives to the south that currently service the Home Depot and King Soopers are located approximately 550-feet and 430-feet respectively from the proposed access drive. If the proposed access drive were shifted south to provide 460-feet to the access drive to the north, only 320-feet and 200-feet would be provided to the existing Home Depot and King Soopers access drives respectively. Therefore, any location of the proposed access drive along the JFK Parkway frontage would require a variance. 3) As mentioned previously, the proposed access drive has been aligned with the future Pavilion Lane and JFK Parkway intersection to minimize traffic conflicts in the vicinity of the subject site. Consequently, a driveway separation similar to that provided by the intersection has been provided. The proposed driveway 2620 Fast Prospect Road, Suite 190, Fun Collins, CO 80525 970-491-9888 • Fac: 970-491-9984 • w jrenginecringcona Ms.kw Moore CiN of For? Collins FtgQmeering Depm7menl nctober?7 2004 Page 2 location is the best location available for the project site based on the existing driveway locations and the proposed pavilion lane alignment. It is not anticipated that any public health, safety, and/or welfare problems will be created by the proposed driveway design. If you have any questions or comments, or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, JR ENGINEERING, LLC Lee W. Watkins, P.E. Project Manager cc: Cathy Mathis Michael '.Mintz Eric Bracke Enclosure JCS/hmb seph C. Sparone Design Engineer Anjea No. 3000-940L00 October 27, 2004 Ms. Katie Moore CITY OF FORT COLLINS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 RE: Settler's Creek PDP — Combined access with Home Depot. Dear Ms. Moore: R ENGINEERING a wrls'_rian cam: Attached please find an I I" X 17" drawing entitled "Combined Access Exhibit" dated October 21, 2004 for the above referenced project. As requested by the City, our office has prepared this exhibit to depict a possible design scenario for a combined access that would serve the subject site and Home Depot and alleviate the existing conflict between the existing King Sooper and Home Depot access drives. To prepare the attached design our office made the following assumptions: • The proposed combined access drive must align with the existing King Sooper access drive. • Home Depot truck deliveries would utilize the combined access drive. • A WB-67 truck, typical delivery truck utilized for a home improvement warehouse, would have to be able to safely navigate the access drive. • Deliveries would come from 1-25, west along Harmony Road, and north along JFK Parkway. The intent of this design is to minimize the impacts to the site layout and the existing Home Depot while providing a combined access. Although our office made every effort to achieve this design goal, the following concerns still remain: • 26 stalls and one garage would be lost on -site and 11 stalls would be lost on the Home Depot site due to this design. • Access drives would intersect at irregular angles and on -site traffic circulation would be negatively impacted. • The combined access would negatively impact pedestrian circulation between the subject site, JFK Parkway and King Soopers. 2620 East Prospect Road, Suite 190, Port Collins, CO 80525 970-491-9888 • Fax: 970-491-9984 • wmw.jrengineering.eotn Ns. Katie lfoore Cin ()%'Fort Collin+ Engineering Department Paget • Access to the Home Depot via the combined access drive would be indirect and awkward. This may confuse motorists, which could negatively impact traffic circulation both on -site and on JFK Parkway. • Home Depot patrons utilizing the combined access may gravitate to the parking located on the subject site and not proceed to the parking stalls provided by Home Depot. This would reduce the amount of parking available to residents and unnecessarily increase on -site traffic circulation. • Truck traffic would be forced to travel through a residential area. This could lead to conflicts with pedestrian, bicycle and passenger vehicle traffic. In addition, noise and truck exhaust may irritate residents especially during the morning and evening hours. • The truck route would become awkward and indirect and more difficult to navigate than what exists today. In addition, please note that relatively few northbound vehicles enter the northerly King Soopers driveway. This is primarily due to the location of the drive relative to Harmony Road and the extended entry drive length making it inconvenient for patrons to access the overall shopping center. It is the opinion of this office that the majority of the vehicles traveling from Harmony Road enter at the main central entrance. Due to this reduced use, entry left turn conflicts are minimal. Kindly review the attached exhibit and inform our office of any comments you may have. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, JR ENGINEERING, LLC ee .Watkins, P.E. Project Manager cc: Cathy Mathis Michael Mintz Eric Bracke Enclosure JCS/hmb G� J seph C. Sparone Design Manager .o.:....u.wu�w�.,.r+rv��1 LL.11aMl�Myuglgp[p�yq4"�. :` �_.�.OI6R1v'ppppyn:X