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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning And Zoning Board - Minutes - 05/26/1981A PLANNING & ZONING BOARD MINUTES MAY 26, 1981 Board Present: Ben Napheys, Dave Gilfillan, Dennis Georg, Carolyn Haase, John Clarke, Ed Stoner, Alan Apt. Staff Present: Curt Smith, Joe Frank, Paul Deibel, John Dewhirst, Cathy Chianese, Linda Hopkins, Mauri Rupel, Josh Richardson, Linda Gula. Legal Representative: Pete Ruggiero Called to order at 6:30 p.m. Haase: Explained the Planning and Zoning Board functions and the procedure for testimony at Planning and Zoning Board meetings. Agenda Review: Item #5 Foothills National Bank at the Arena PUD has been continued until June. Item #16 Foothills Square Second Amendment has also been continued until June. Item #6 Stockbridge Village PUD will be pulled from the Consent Agenda as the Board had requested. Haase: Explained that there were several editing corrections necessary in the minutes because of the difficulty with the taping system. These will be listed and given to the secretary. Clarke: Moves to approve the minutes with corrections and the Consent Agenda Items 2,3,4,7, & 8. Stoner: Second. Vote: Motion carried 6-0. (Apt had not arrived.) 6. #122-80B Stockbridge Village PUD A request for final approval of a 12.19-acre residential PUD with 63 townhome and patio home units, located south of Horsetooth Road and 1/2-mile west of Shields, zoned R-L-P, Low Density Planned Residential. Applicant: Milt Alsum, c/o Gefroh Associates, Inc., One Drake Park, Suite 23, 333 W. Drake Road, Ft. Collins, CO 80526. Smith: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Napheys: Expressed concern about impact of several relatively high density develop- ments planned for the area upon the collector streets, the arterial streets, the lighting system, and the Transfort system. The Traffic Department has indicated that there is no problem, but the people of the City indicate that there is a problem. There are problems that need to be addressed. P & Z Board Minutes • 5/26/81 Page 2 Haase: Indicated that answers were available from the Public Works Department and that copies of appropriate reports were requested for the Board. Clarke: Moves to approve Stockbridge Village PUD. Stoner: Second. Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 9. #42-81 Triangle Farm Annexation A request to annex 33.75-acres located south of Trilby Road and the Hermitage Inn, and west of Highway 287. Existing County zoning is FA -Farming. Applicant: Lester M. Kaplan, Planning Consultant, 528 S. Howes, Ft. Collins, CO 80521. Smith: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Les Kaplan: Presented petitioner's proposal. Napheys: Raised questions concerning location and availability of public services. Smith: Indicated the location of available public services. Clarke: Indicated importance in terms of design on the property of the north/ south ridge line. Apt: Questioned how various public services and facilities will be provided and financed. Smith: Indicated how various public services would be provided. Georg: Moves to recommend approval of the Triangle Farms Annexation. Clarke: Second. Note: Stoner would not be voting because of a conflict of interest and Apt would not be voting to maintain an odd number of voting members. Vote: Motion carried 5-0. (Apt, Stoner not voting.) 10. #42-81 Triangle Farm Zoning A request for R-P, Planned Residential zoning in Tract A, the 19:7-acre north portion of the site and R-L-P, Low Density Planned Residential in the 14-acre southern portion. Applicant: Lester M. Kaplan, Planning Consultant, 528 S. Howes, Ft. Collins, CO 80521. Smith: Gave a staff report recommending approval. P & 2 Board Minutes • 5/26/81 Page 3 Clarke: Move to recommend approval of the Triangle Farm Zoning with the stipulation that it be developed as a PUD. Gilfillan Vote: 11. #48-81 Second. Motion carried 5-0. Overland Trail Urban Growth Area Amendment A request to include approximately 1,000-acres into the Urban Growth Area located west of Overland Trail between Michaud Land and Harmony Road. Applicant: Lester M. Kaplan, Planning Consultant, 528 S. Howes, Ft. Collins, CO 80521. Smith: Gave a staff report recommending denial, basing the recommendation primarily on the capacity to accommodate the projected growth within the Growth Area and the fact that services had not been extended into the area at this time. It would be more efficiently used to provide for development within the Growth Area. Kaplan: Made a presentation of Applicant's proposal amending the requested change to only include property below the 5200 contour line south of LaPorte Avenue. Apt: Expressed concern over the impact development on the west side of Overland would have on views of the foothills. Napheys: questioned where water and sewer could be provided -to -.the property. Kaplan: Pointed out general areas that could be serviced. JimlRothwell: Representing Rothwell property on the south. Indicated location of water and sewer service to his property and that in 1979 2-1/2 acre plats on 12 acres were denied because of the Taft Hill Canyon PUD in favor of a higher density. Alvin Miller: Indicated investments made in water and sewer facilities to his property. Also indicated that farming value of this property is marginal at best and this is a better place for development than productive farm land presently being developed. Jerry Nix: Requested his property be considered separately from the entire request. Apt: Expressed reservations about making a decision on this until the Board could go out and examine the Pine Ridge Open area and see how surrounding land relates to it. Clarke: Indicated it was necessary to re-evaluate the UGA in relation to the foothills in more detail before deciding on this issue. Move to recommend denial of this request. Gilfillan: Second. Supported need to re-evaluate UGA. P & Z' Board Minutes • • 5/26/81 Page 4 Stoner: Indicated that some of these properties are eligible for development because there is such an abrupt ending from the City limits. Vote: Motion carried 5-2. (Napheys, Stoner voting no.) 12. #22-81A Parkwood East Townhomes PUD A request for final approval of an 8.4 acre.PUO south of Kirkwood Drive with 51 units, zoned R-L-P, Low Density Planned Residential. Applicant: Everitt Enterprises, c/o Robb & Brenner, Ind., Architects/ Planners, P.O. Box 251, Ft. Collins, CO 805221 Smith: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Bill Brenner: Presented proposal for applicant. Napheys: Moves to recommend approval of Parkwood East Townhomes PUD Final. Georg: Second. Susan Sheppard: Indicated there are some differences of opinion as to traffic patterns between the developer and the homeowners in the area. Made a request to the City Traffic Engineer to monitor the two intersections of Tangle - wood and Kirkwood on Rollingwood. Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 13. #41-81 G.S.M. West Mountain PUD A request for preliminary approval of a 0.275-acre PUD at 408 and 412 West Mountain for an office and parking variance, zoned R-H, High Density Residential. Applicant: G.S.M. West Mountain PUD, c/o Peter Gunderson, 320 W. Olive, Ft. Collins, CO 80521. Dewhirst: Gave a staff report. Apt: Questioned the impact of vehicular movement on the alley and the street. Smith: Indicated the consolidation of the parking lot with the Edwards House has provided a very good connection that would not have been there had the properties developed independently. Ethel Taylor:, Expressed concern about parking on Sherwood and that every nice house that could be lived in is a loss if it isn't lived in. Georg: Moves to recommend approval of G.S.M. West Mountain PUD subject to the conditions as stated by staff, and also subject to the fact that the parking variance be granted only as long as the owner maintains agreement for parking spaces sufficient to bring the property into conformance with the Parking Ordinance of the City of Fort Collins off the site of the property, and that the R-H approval should be conditional on the PUD itself. Napheys: Second. Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 3 P &-Z Board Minutes • • 5/26/81 Page 5 14. #8-80A Boardwalk at The Landings A preliminary and final PUD proposal on 9.683 acres consisting of 112,000 sf retail/office center, located on the northeast corner of Whalers Way and Boardwalk Drive, zoned B-P, Planned Business. . Applicant: The Landings Ltd., c/o ZVFK Architects/Planners, 218 W. Mountain, Ft. Collins, CO 80521. Joe Frank: Gave a staff report recommending approval. ' Apt: Questioned the elimination of the health club. Rosenthal: Explained it hasn't been eliminated, it has been incorporated into Envelope C. Napheys: Moves to recommend approval of preliminary and final plans of the Boardwalk at The Landings with the retail Envelope C being changed to be Retail/ and Health Club. Gilfillan: Second. Vote: Motion carried 5-0. (Stoner, Apt not voting.) 15. #180-78A South College Avenue Superblock Plan No. 1 Land use and circulation plan for Superblock No. 1 located on the north- east corner of Harmony Road and College Avenue, zoned HB and BP. Applicant: City of Fort Collins. Frank: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Apt: Asked for specific response to emergency access question raised by Bob Sutter's letter. Frank: Indicated the site has good fire access from the Harmony Road Fire Station and it has been reviewed by the Fire Authority and they felt there is no problem. Norman West: Normar Meadows Representative. Expressed opposition to the east/west streets as designated because it cuts up their property and creates undevelopable areas. Frank: Explained this was only a concept plan and specific street alignments would be worked out at the time each property develops. Mr. Rich: ♦ Propertyowner. Indicated he thoroughly objects to the two proposed roads through his property. If the roads go through there will not be enough property in that area to be worth developing. William K. Strickfadden: Ft. Collins Assemblage, Ltd. Expressed opposition to road alignments and points of access. P & Z Board Minutes . • 5/26/81 Page 6 Bob Sutter: Indicated several discussions had been held with the propertyowners concerning the concept and planning and that the plan was revised to what it is now. Gilfillan: Expressed that there is a concensus of the Board for the land use and the circulation concept but also to have some future review and control. Smith: Indicated that all of this property is also zoned under the condition that it be done as a PUD and that any development in this area will come back for specific site plan review. Clarke: Moves to grant approval of South College Avenue Superblock Plan No. 1 subject to each PUD that comes in reflecting it's overall compatibility with the rest of the superblock. Georg: Second. Napheys: Indicated that there are far too many areas of vagueness as to what a superblock is. There are too many unknowns concerning access, signal- ization, drainage, and the canal that have to be dealt with. Vote: Motion carried 4-3. (Napheys, Haase, Stoner voting no.) Haase: Indicated that the situation on the right-of-ways needs further clari- fication, compromise and negotiation; and that there are too many unknowns. Stoner: Indicated that not enough has been worked out to make this feasible. 17. #142-80A Willow Park Subdivision A request for preliminary approval of a 80.06 acre subdivision at Troutman Parkway and South Shields Street with 309 single family lots, zoned R-L, Low Density Residential. Applicant: Medema Homes, Inc., 5295 DTC Parkway #43, Englewood, CO 80111. Chianese: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Kaplan: Representing the property west of the proposed site. Questioned what kind of landscaping treatment would be on Shields Street for this single- family standard subdivision. John Franklin: Medema Homes Representative.- Indicated the intent to meet the City requirements with respect to Shields and then work up something that is workable and interesting on Troutman. There will be a landscape plan presented for the Shields right-of-way and designs for Troutman. Stoner: Recommends approval of the Willow Park Subdivision Preliminary Plan subject to the final landscaping plan being approved on Troutman and Shields and that it be resubmitted at the time of final. Apt: Second. Vote: Motion carried 4-3. (Georg, Gilfillan, and Napheys voting no.) P & Z Board Minutes • . 5/26/81 Page 7 18. #154-78A Amendment to the Fossil Creek Commercial Plaza PUD A preliminary and final amendment to the Fossil Creek Commercial Plaza PUD, located on the northwest corner of Troutman Parkway and College Avenue, zoned H-B, Highway Business. Applicant: Pioneer Commercial Inc., 1660 E. University, Mead, Arizona 85203. Frank: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Georg: Moves to recommend approval to the Amendment to the Fossil Creek Commercial Plaza PUD. Clarke: Second. Vote: Motion carried 5-0. (Stoner, conflict of interest.) 19. #143-80A Spring Creek Manor PUD Replat A request for preliminary approval of a residential PUD located west of Shields Street, 700-feet south of Stuart Street and west of Spring Street, consisting of 98 multiple -family units on 6.1 acres, zoned R-P, Planned Residential. Applicant: Poudre Valley Construction, c/o Bill Brenner, P.O. Box 251, Ft. Collins, CO 80522. Frank: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Clarke: Moves to approve the Spring Creek Manor PUD Replat. Stoner: Second. Vote: Motion carried 7-0. 20. #23-80B Overland Trail Amended PUD Approval of an amendment to the Overland Trail residential PUD consisting of 122-townhome units, located east of Overland Trail and north of West Lake Street, zoned R-L, Low Density Residential. Applicant: American Development Corporation, 11059 East Bethany Drive, Suite 104, Aurora, CO 80014. Frank: Gave a staff report recommending approval. Stoner: Moves to recommend approval of Overland Trail Amended PUD. Clarke: Second. Vote: Motion carried 7-0. P & Z Board Minutes • 5/26/81 Page 8 21. #40-81 Schrader Commercial PUD A request for preliminary approval of an 8-bay carwash and commercial building on North College, south of Willox Lane with a total area of 1.1 acres, zoned H--B4 Highway Business. Applicant: Kurt Reid, Gefroh Associates, Inc., One Drake Park, Suite 23, 333 W. Drake Road, Ft. Collins. CO 80526. Chianese: Gave a staff report recommending approval." Stoner: Move to recommend approval of the Schrader Commercial PUD. Clarke: Second. Vote: Motion carried 7-0. Meeting adjourned 11:20 p.m. P & Z Board Minutes 5/26/81 Page 9 Date: Time: Place: Agenda: Board Present: PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD WORK SESSIONS May 22, 1981 12:00 Noon CIC Room - New City Hall Work Session for regular P & Z meeting of May 26, 1981 Napheys, Gilfillan, Ross, Haase, Stoner, Apt, Clarke CORRECTIONS TO THE APRIL 30, 1981 MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD Special Work Session, May 8, 1981 should include Carolyn Haase with Board Present. Include as part of the minutes attendance by Carolyn Haase at the Wednesday, May 20, 1981 meeting of the Public Works Department regarding proposed capital improvements, street oversizing, and the storm drainage 5-year plan.