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Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
June 23, 1992
Doug and Mary Donaldson
1110 W. Prospect Rd.
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Dear Doug and Mary,
City Staff has reviewed your submittal -for Camera -Corner Inc. PUD,
and offers the following written comments:
Please add a note to the plan that all landscaping in the
. public right of way will be maintained by the adjacent
property owner.
2. A water meter must be installed on the existing water service,
with this change of use.
' 3. As this will be a commercial use, the Zoning Code requires
that the driveway and parking associated with the commercial
use be paved.
4. The vicinity map, prepared by the City, has an error.
Prospect Road is switched with Shields Street.
5. On your site plan, west is labeled "north" and east_ is labeled
"south".
6. Staff would like more information on how much actual retail
space you propose, how many employees would work at one time,
how much space would be for service and repairs, and how much
traffic you anticipate the business would generate. What is
the scale of the commercial operation? Are there any
comparable businesses in Fort Collins to use as an example?
There are 1200 sq. ft. commercial operations in Fort Collins
which are considerably busier than your home occupation scale
use. How many customers per hour or per day do you
anticipate? Could you base your numbers on an examination of
your current business and project your anticipated growth (at
10% or 30% or 80%?) to give a better picture of the scale?
7. What would the hours of operation be?
8. Please label the business entrance and the residential
entrance. Label residential and employee parking.
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9. Consensus among the Planning Staff is that a residential unit
for a caretaker or family member does not meet the intent of
mixed use in the Land Development Guidance System. It was
discussed whether the unit would be a "significant" land use,
as opposed to an accessory use. Without mixed use credit, the
project does not meet the point chart and therefore, you must
request and justify a variance to the point chart. You could
put this request and justification on the PUD plan.
10. Please show how the site's Prospect Road frontage will be
impacted by the widening of Prospect Road. You could show
this as a dotted or dashed line and indicate that this is the
location of a proposed City Capital Project for right-of-way
improvements. Show the proposed relocation of your parking,
in a dashed line and label it. If information is available on
the Shields Street widening, please include this information
as well.
11. Will the upper parking area be used for the commercial use?
How will cars turn around, or would they back out to Prospect?
I would suggest 90 degree parking, with a minimum of 20' for
the drive aisle. There should be enough space east of the
northern most space for a car to back into and head out.
12. Will you be changing the site by removing buildings, trees,
shrubs, or lawn in order to add the upper parking that you
show? If so, please note this on the plans.
13. Please label the various ground surfaces and covers, on the
site plan, ie. lawn, gravel, paving, etc.
14. Please provide one handicapped parking space (12' wide as
opposed to the standard of 91) and label it with "HC". Be
sure that there is access onto the sidewalk from the parking
area, including a ramp if necessary.
_ 15. Indicate storm water flow lines and directions of flow on the
site plan. These can be shown with arrows to show the general
direction of flow as it crosses the site and where it leaves
the site. If the parking lot is paved, Stormwater Utility
will require a submittal addressing the increased run-off from
the paved area and information on how any off -site impacts
will be mitigated.
16. Staff has concerns that a commercial use at this corner would
set a precedent for other commercial uses to become
established along Shields Street. The issue of whether
commercial uses are compatible with the neighborhood poses a
problem. The difficulty arises from the definition of a
commercial use. At this time we do not have a definition of
a "limited scale, home occupation type commercial use" and we
therefore must view the 1200 square feet of retail sales and
service as we would any other commercial use.
Staff feels that, although the activity of the proposed
commercial use and it's impact on the neighborhood could
possibly be adequately mitigated through buffering;
landscaping; restrictions on lighting, signage, architecture,
and hours of operation; and other design elements, mitigating
the overall neighborhood impact of a commercial land use at
this corner is another issue and is not as straight forward.
The PUD must address these overall neighborhood impacts.
At this time, Staff needs more information on the scale of
this commercial use in order to evaluate the overall impact on
the neighborhood.
This concludes staff comments at this time. In order to stay on
schedule for the July 27,-1992 Planning and Zoning Board hearing,
please note the following deadlines:
Plan revisions (5 blue prints of the revised PUD plan) are due
July 1, 1992 by 12:00 noon.
One a 1/2" by 1111 PMT of the mylar, a colored rendering of the
PUD plan, and 10 blue prints of the PUD plan are due July
20th.
If you have any questions about these comments or would like to
schedule a time to meet to discuss them, please contact me at 221-
6750.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Whetstone
Project Planner