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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/17/2016 - PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO.Agenda Item 13 Item # 13 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 17, 2016 City Council STAFF Ted Shepard, Chief Planner SUBJECT Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 070, 2016, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Mountain's Edge Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to zone the property included in the Mountain’s Edge Annexation into the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood zone district. This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(d) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2015-091. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION In compliance with the City’s Structure Plan Map, an element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan (City Plan), the requested zoning is L-M-N, Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood. Context The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: County FA-1 Drive-In Movie Theatre S: R-L Quail Hollow and Burns Ranch Subdivisions E: R-L Brown Farm Subdivision W: P-O-L Pine Ridge Natural Area Zoning Per the Structure Plan Map, the proposed zoning for the subject annexation is L-M-N, Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood. The Land Use Code describes this district as: “…intended to be a setting for a predominance of low density housing combined with complementary and supporting land uses that serve a neighborhood and are developed and operated in harmony with the residential characteristics of a neighborhood. The main purpose of the District is to meet a wide range of needs of everyday living in neighborhoods that include a variety of housing choices that invite walking to gathering places, services and conveniences, and that are fully integrated into the larger community by the pattern of streets, blocks, and other linkages. A neighborhood center provides a focal point, and attractive walking and biking paths invite residents to enjoy the center as well as the Agenda Item 13 Item # 13 Page 2 small neighborhood parks. Any new development in this District shall be arranged to form part of an individual neighborhood. Typically, Low Density Neighborhoods will be clustered around and integral with a Medium Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood with a Neighborhood Commercial Center at its core. For the purposes of this Division, a neighborhood shall be considered to consist of approximately eighty (80) to one hundred sixty (160) acres, with its edges typically consisting of major streets, drainageways, irrigation ditches, railroad tracks and other major physical features.” BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its April 7, 2016 regular meeting, the Planning and Zoning Board voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the annexation. Further, the Board recommended that the parcel be placed into the L-M-N, Low Density Mixed- Use Neighborhood and into the Residential Neighborhood Sign District. Minutes of this hearing are attached. Most of the comments raised at the hearing were related to the potential development aspects of a Project Development Plan. PUBLIC OUTREACH Given the location of the parcel within the City’s Growth Management Area, with 84.3% of the total perimeter boundary being contiguous to be existing municipal boundary and with the Intergovernmental Agreements in place with Larimer County, no neighborhood meeting was held for this annexation and zoning. Please note, however, that all required mailings and postings per Section 2.9 (Amending the Zoning Map) and 2.12 (Annexation of Land) of the Land Use Code have been followed. A neighborhood meeting will be required prior to submittal of a Project Development Plan. ATTACHMENTS 1. Zoning Map (PDF) 2. Planning & Zoning Minutes April 7, 2016 (PDF) Site Annexation - Mountain's & Zoning Edge - L-M-N W S t u a r t S t H a m p s h i r e R d Y o r k s h i r e S t County Rd 42C W Horsetooth Rd W Drake Rd W Prospect Rd RF LMN MMN POL UE RL NC Growth Management Area City Zoning Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (LMN) Medium Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (MMN) Neighborhood Commercial (NC) Public Open Lands (POL) Residential Foothills Low Density Residential Urban Estate (UE) ± Mountain's Zoning Edge Annexation 1 inch = 1,250 feet ATTACHMENT 1 ATTACHMENT 2 ATTACHMENT 2 -1- ORDINANCE NO, 070, 2016 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND CLASSIFYING FOR ZONING PURPOSES THE PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE MOUNTAIN’S EDGE ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHEREAS, Division 1.3 of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins establishes the Zoning Map and Zone Districts of the City; and WHEREAS, Division 2.9 of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins establishes procedures and criteria for reviewing the zoning of land; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposed zoning of the Mountain’s Edge Annexation property, as described below (the “Property”) is consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and/or is warranted by changed conditions within the neighborhood surrounding and including the subject property; and WHEREAS, to the extent applicable, the City Council has also analyzed the proposed zoning against the considerations as established in Section 2.9(H)(3) of the Land Use Code; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the foregoing, the City Council has considered the zoning of the Property described below and has determined that the Property should be zoned as hereafter provided. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins adopted pursuant to Section 1.3.2 of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby changed and amended by including the property known as the Mountain’s Edge Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, in the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (“L-M-N”) Zone District, which property (the “Property”) is more particularly described as: A PORTION OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SW CORNER OF SECTION 21 AND RUN THENCE EAST 655.51 FEET; THENCE NORTH 1393.18 FEET; THENCE WEST 651.78 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 21; THENCE SOUTH 1393 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; -2- LESS THAT PORTION AS CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS JANUARY 25, 1967 IN BOOK 1353 AT PAGE 280, AND THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO LARIMER COUNTY FEBRUARY 21, 1968 IN BOOK 1380 AT PAGE 296 SAID PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINS 18.516 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Section 3. That the Sign District Map adopted pursuant to Section 3.8.7(E) of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby changed and amended by showing that the Property is included in the Residential Neighborhood Sign District. Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to amend said Zoning Map in accordance with this Ordinance. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of May, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of June, A.D. 2016. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: __________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of June, A.D. 2016. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: __________________________ City Clerk