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REGULAR MEETING City Council Chambers – 300 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521
8/14/25 – LURC SUMMARY AGENDA 1
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approval of July 10, 2025, Minutes.
4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Special Guest: Mayor Jeni Arndt
5. VARIANCE REQUESTS
a. APPEAL ZBA250020
Address: 608 Peterson St
Owner: JRA Property Solutions LLC
Petitioners: Jamie Allen, Better Blueprint Realty
Tom Martinez, Valiant Construction Holdings LLC
Zoning District: OT-B
Code Section: 2.1.6
Project Description:
There are two requests associated with this variance application:
1. A request for a new detached accessory building (1-story garage) that is replacing
an existing detached accessory building (carriage house converted to a garage) to
be constructed 2 feet from the north (side) property line. The minimum required
interior side setback for this lot in the OT-B zone district is 5 feet. The request is for
the new detached accessory building to encroach approximately 3 feet into the
required side setback.
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2. A request to allow for the garage door of the proposed detached accessory
building to be built 5 feet from the rear property line. The minimum setback for a
garage door from a rear alley is 8 feet. The request is for the garage door to
encroach 3 feet into the required 8-foot garage door setback from a rear alley.
b. APPEAL ZBA250021
Address: 1805 Laporte Ave
Owner: Colin Barry and Celeste Wieting
Petitioner: Jeremy Cameron, General Contractor, Intelligent Designs
Zoning District: OT-A
Code Section: 2.1.6
Project Description:
There are two requests associated with this variance application:
1. A request to construct a 175 square-foot addition (sunroom) to an existing 1,020
square-foot detached house. The proposed location of the sunroom is along the
southwest corner of the house where the addition will follow the wall line of the
existing attached garage, which was built up to the western property line. The
minimum required interior side setback in the OT-A zone district is 5 feet. The
request is to therefore allow an encroachment into the existing side setback by 5
feet.
2. An after the fact request for approval of an existing 5 feet 6-inch-tall x 25 feet long
masonry wall located at the front of the property along Laporte Avenue. The
maximum allowable fence/wall height located between the front building line and the
front property line is four feet. The request is for approval to exceed the maximum
allowable wall height by 1 foot 6 inches.
6. OTHER BUSINESS
7. ADJOURNMENT