City Council Agenda and Packet 2017 10 03

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City Council Meeting Minutes September 19, 2017 Page 3 of 14 Planner Ritchie stated this is a request for a Final Planned Unit Development to allow the construction of a 109,396 sq ft building and associated site improvements for a FedEx Boulder County Van Facility. All notification requirements have been met. The property is located in the northeast area of the Colorado Tech Center, with frontage on Highway 42, South 104th Street, Taylor Avenue and CTC Blvd. The PUD proposes to develop the entire block. The property is platted at Lot 1, Block 3, the Business Center at CTC approved in 1998. The PUD proposes a single structure with a shipping center open to the public on the west side of the building, with the remainder of the building used for distribution and vehicle maintenance. The site layout includes a parking shipping center on the western edge of the property and employee and Fed Ex van parking along the southern and eastern property sides. Ritchie reviewed the area topography, the construction materials for the building, and the landscape proposal. Ritchie stated staff has some architectural concerns about this proposal. Originally this lot was required to meet commercial design standards (CDDSG), but the City approved a rezoning of the site in 2016 to allow industrial uses but also required architectural standards above those in the IDDSG. Staff has concerns this proposal doesn't meet the intent of Ordinance 1725, Series 2016 as there is no horizontal articulation on the north and south sides of the building. Ordinance 1725, Series 2016 , Condition A, includes several provisions that apply to this development including that landscaping and berming in Easement Area No. 2 and Outlot C meet the standards of the CDDSG. Staff feels this proposal meets this condition. Ordinance No 1725 Condition C requires incorporation of a City/CTC entry feature on Outlot C acceptable to the City and to be determined at the time of PUD approval. The PUD includes the same wayfinding monument sign that City Council is considering for use throughout the City at identified entry areas. In addition, the development agreement requires that the City to provide a design by a particular date and if not, the applicant will pay a sum toward that sign. The development agreement is to be considered as a part of this application. To parking and vehicular circulation, staff has concerns about the access drive that enters the property on the western portion at CTC Blvd. Staff acknowledges there are other access drives crossing the conservation easement on other properties in CTC; however these access drives are acceptable because there are no reasonable alternatives. Staff finds the access drive on the west has reasonable alternatives and could be relocated out of the easement. 15