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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCIVIC CENTER PARKING STRUCTURE - PDP - 35-98 - CORRESPONDENCE - (3)23. The sidewalks internal to the parking structure should be 6' wide instead of 5' to allow for potential car overhang and unobstructed pedestrian movement. Curb stops could be used. Current Planning 24. Red -lined copies of plans with comments are being forwarded to the applicant. This completes the staff comments at this time. Additional comments will be forthcoming as they are received from City departments and outside reviewing agencies. Under the development review process and schedule there is no revision date mandated by the City. The amount of time spent on revisions is up to the applicant. Upon receipt, the revisions will be routed to the appropriate City departments and outside reviewing agencies, with their comments due to the project planner no later than the third weekly staff review meeting (Wednesday mornings) following receipt of the revisions. At this staff review meeting the item will be discussed and it will be determined if the project is ready to go to the Planning and Zoning Board for a decision. If so, will be scheduled for the nearest Board hearing date with an opening on the agenda. Please return all drawings red -lined by City staff with submission of your revisions. The number of copies of revisions for each document to be resubmitted is on the attached Revisions routing Sheet. You may contact me at 221-6341 to schedule a meeting to discuss these comments. Si rely, t ve It Project Planner cc: Engineering Stormwater Utility Zoning Water & Wastewater Traffic Operations Transportation Planning Advance Planning Parsons and Associates Fentress Bradburn Architects Project File 12. Mason Street has to be widened 6' to the east to provide for a northbound bicycle lane. 13. The staircase at the southwest corner of the parking structure should be designed to appear more as an emergency entry/exit for the facility to discourage pedestrians from using it as a primary access. This should be done to discourage excessive mid -block street crossings on Mason Street. 14. The TIS has not yet been submitted to the City for review. 15. Maybe the ticket booths at the entries into the parking structure from Laporte Avenue and Mason Street should be moved further into the structure to allow for additional vehicle stacking space. Stormwater Utili 16. The applicant's engineer has used the HEC-2 stormwater modelling method to calculate the inflows and outflows for stormwater on this site. An analysis must be done on the flows and the information put on a diskette and provided to the Stormwwater Utility. Additional cross-section information must be modelled, using the "no rise" criteria, and provided to the City for review. A floodplain exhibit is required. 17. The grading plan must show all existing and proposed contours on the site. 18. Encasement must be provided around the storm sewers for protection to the other utilities. 19. Cross -sections and a profile of the alley must be provided that show how it works, from a storm drainage standpoint, relative to this site and development proposal. 20. How have water quality measures pertaining to this development been addressed? 21. The effect of the stormwater from this site on the alley and properties to the east must be addressed. The alley cannot take all of the stormwater because the existing storm sewer in the alley is undersized. Flows from this development should go west to Mason Street. . Advance Planning 22. Some sort of shelters (for protection from inclement weather) for pedestrians should be provided at the corners on Laporte Avenue and Mason Street. . g. A red -lined copy of a PDP Site Plan, with additional comments, is being forwarded to the applicant. Please contact Kathleen, at 224-6140, if you have questions about these comments. 9. A copy of the comments received from Mark McCallum of the Engineering Department is attached to this letter. Red -lined copies of plans, with additional comments, are being forwarded to the applicant. 10. A copy of the comments received from Basil Hamdan of the Stormwater Utility is attached to this letter. Red -lined copies of plans and reports, with additional comments, are being forwarded to the applicant. 11.. Roger Buffington of the Water/Wastewater Department offered the following comments: a. Coordinate the landscape design with the civil design. Show and label all water and sanitary sewer lines on the Landscape Plan. Provide the required landscape/utility separations on the Landscape Plans. b. Will the existing sanitary sewer manholes located in the alley need adjusting to finish grade? If so, label the adjustment and include a manhole adjustment detail. C. Maintain a 5' separation between water services and street lighting on the Site Plan. d. Provide a traffic rated clean -out detail on the detail sheet. e. Separate all notes on the utility plans for clarity. f. Provide a profile of the storm sewer line showing the sanitary sewer crossing. g. Red -lined copies of plans, with additional comments, are being forwarded to the applicant. Please contact Roger, at 221-6681, if you have questions about these comments. The following comments and concerns were expressed at the Staff Review meeting on August 19th: Transportation Planning d. A red -lined copy of a PDP Site Plan, with additional comments, is being forwarded to the applicant. Please contact Eric, at 224-6062, if you have questions about these comments. 7. Bruce Vogel of the Light & Power Department offered the following comments: a. Any relocation of existing electric facilities will be at the owner's expense. b. Existing underground electirc lines in the alley will need to be protected from site excavation work. C. The proposed shade trees on Mason Street are shown to be placed much too close to the existing streetlight. The trees need to be 40' from the streetlight. Please contact Bruce, at 221-6700, if you have questions about these comments. 8. Kathleen Reavis of the Transportation Planning Department offered the following comments: a. Need to widen Mason Street by 6' on the east side, from Mountain Avenue to Laporte Avenue, to accommodate 8' wide northbound bicycle lane. Possibly 6' can be taken from the sidewalk. b. Provide enhanced cross -walks on all 4 legs of the intersection of Laporte Avenue and Mason Street, and across both driveways into the parking structure. C. Provide directional pedestrian/ADA ramps at the intersection of Laporte Avenue and Mason Street, and at driveways (do not use corner ramps that direct people out into the streets). d. Need on -street bicycle parking racks along Mason Street in front of the retail spaces. e. The internal walkways should be widened to 6' to provide better walkway clearance given the possiblility for car overhangs; or, if the parking spaces are deep enough, curbstops can be provided. f. Provide exterior canopies or large awnings at the southeast corner of Laporte Avenue and Mason Street to give pedestrians a covered area to wait for street crossings when trains are present. g. Show building dimensions or envelope dimensions and relative distances to nearest property lines. Please contact Peter, Gary, or Jenny at 221-6760 if you have questions about these comments. 4. Ron Gonzales of the Poudre Fire Authority offered the following comments: a. Address numerals shall be visible from the street fronting the property, and posted with a minimum of 6" high numerals on a contrasting background (example: bronze numerals on a brown brick is not acceptable). b. Fire hydrants are required with a maximum spacing of 600' along an approved roadway. Each hydrant must be capable of delivering 1,000 gallons of water per minute at a residual pressure of 20 psi. Hydrants shall be of an approved type as defined by ther water department and the fire department. No commercial building can be greater than 300' from a fire hydrant. C. The retail use section of the structure shall be fire sprinklered. Occupant notification is required within all retail tenant spaces, in accordance with N.F.P.A. 72. Manual pulls are not required. d. The parking use section of the structure shall be protected with fire standpipes. Please contact Ron, at 221-6570, if you have questions about these comments. 5. A copy of the comments received from Sharon Getz of the Building Inspection Department is attached to this letter. 6. Eric Bracke of the Traffic Operations Department offered the following comments: a. Off -site improvements that are needed include: 1) westbound left turn off of Laporte Avenue into the parking structure; 2) northbound left turn on North College Avenue into Laporte Avenue. Need to remove parking on North College to accommodate this need. b. Need to find a way to discourage mid -block crossings on Mason Street. C. More details will follow after the required Transportation Impact Study (TIS) is submitted and reviewed. Commur4y Planning and Environmental ' -vices Current Punning City of Fort Collins August 19, 1998 City of Fort Collins c/o Eldon Ward Cityscape Urban Design, Inc. 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105 Fort Collins, CO. 80525 Dear Eldon, Staff has reviewed your documentation for the CIVIC CENTER PARKING STRUCTURE, Project Development Plan (PDP) development proposal that was submitted to the City on July 29, 1998, and would like to offer the following comments: 1. This development proposal, being in the Civic Center Subdistrict of the Downtown Zoning District, is identified as a Planning and Zoning Board (Type II) review under the City's Land Use Code (LUC). Parking lots and garages (as a principal use) and retail establishments are permitted uses subject to a Type II review in the Subdistrict. 2. Representatives of the Zoning Department offered the following comments: a. Show ramps at the handicapped parking spaces. b. The bicycle locker area does not look to be very large. How many bicycles will it hold? C. There are no evergreen plant materials (shrubs and trees) being proposed on this site. Some color during the winter months would be desirable. d. Show typical parking stall dimensions and drive aisle widths. e. Show bicycle racks in front of the retail space entrances. f. Has the issue of snow removal from the top floor of the parking structure been addressed? Loaders will need to bucket the snow and drop it over the edge into an awaiting truck in the alley or street, which would then haul it away. 281 North College Avenue • PO. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020