HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-072-07/15/2025-FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE AND INITIATING ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE MOOR ANNEXATIONRESOLUTION 2025-072
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE AND INITIATING
ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE MOOR ANNEXATION
A.A written petition, together with four prints of an annexation map, have been
filed with the City Clerk requesting the annexation of certain property to be known as the
Moor Annexation, as more particularly described below.
B.The City Council desires to initiate annexation proceedings for the Moor
Annexation in accordance with the Municipal Annexation Act, Colorado Revised Statutes
("C.R.S.") Section 31-12-101, et seq.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby accepts the annexation petition for the Moor
Annexation, located northeast of the intersection of North Taft Hill Road and Laporte
Avenue and more particularly described as situate in the County of Larimer, State of
Colorado, to wit:
A parcel of land, situate in the No rthwest Quarter (NW1/4) of Section Ten (10),
Township Seven North (T.7N.), Range Sixty-nine West (R.69W.) of the Sixth
Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), County of Larimer, State of Colorado and being more
particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at the West Quarter corner of said Section 10 and assuming the
South line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW1/4NW1/4) of
Section 10 as bearing South 89 °31 '38" East, being a Grid Bearing of the Colorado
State Plane Coordinate System, North Zone, North American Datum 1983/2011,
a distance of 1324.95 feet, monumented by a #6 rebar with 2.5" aluminum cap
stamped LS 29407 at the West Quarter corner and a #6 rebar with a 2.5" aluminum
cap stamped LS 31169 at the Center-West 1116th corner and with all other
bearings contained herein relative thereto;
THENCE South 89 °31 '38" East, along said South line, a distance of 280.00 feet to
the Southeast corner of the Kennedy's West LaPorte Avenue Annexation as
recorded November 14, 1972 as Reception No. 42752 of the Larimer County Clerk
& Recorder (LCCR) and to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence along the East and North lines and extensions thereof, said Reception No.
42752, the following four courses:
THENCE North 00°35'52" East a distance of 30.00 feet;
THENCE North 89 °31'38" West a distance of 30.00 feet to an extension of the
West line of that parcel as described in the General Warranty Deed as recorded
November 30, 2021 as Reception No. 20210108643 of the LCCR;
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Thence along the West, South, North and East lines and extensions thereof, the
following five courses:
THENCE North 00 °35'52" East a distance of 150.00 feet;
THENCE North 89 °31'38" West a distance of 199.9 2 feet to the Easterly Right of
Way line of Taft Hill Road and to the Easterly line of the Sanctuary on the Green
Annexation as recorded November 16, 2018 as Reception No. 20180069904 of
the LCCR;
THENCE North 00 °37'24" East, along said Easterly lines a distance of473.87 feet;
THENCE South 89 °22'36" East a distance of 280.53 feet;
THENCE South 00 °32'39" West a distance of 653.13 feet to the North line of the
City Park Prospect Park and Grandview Cemetery Annexation;
THENCE North 89 °31 '38" West a distance of 51.43 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING.
Said described parcel of land contains 146,728 Square Feet or 3.368 Acres, more
or less.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the annexation
petition for the Moor Annexation is in substantial compliance with the Municipal
Annexation Act in that the annexation petition contains the following:
(1)An allegation that it is desirable and necessary that such area be
annexed to the municipality;
(2)An allegation that the requirements of C.R.S. Sections 31-12-104
and 31-12-105 exist or have been met;
(3)An allegation that the signers of the petition comprise more than fifty
percent of the landowners in the area and own more than fifty percent of the area
proposed to be annexed, excluding public streets and alleys and any land owned
by the annexing municipality;
(4) The signatures of such landowners;
(5)A request that the annexing municipality approve the annexation of
the area proposed to be annexed;
(6)The mailing address of each such signer;
(7)The legal description of the land owned by such signer;
(8)The date of signing of each signature; and
(9)The affidavit of the circulator of such petition that each signature
therein is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
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Section 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the annexation
map, four copies total, accompanying the annexation petition for the Moor Annexation is
in substantial compliance with the Municipal Annexation Act in that the map contains the
following:
(1)A written legal description of the boundaries of the area proposed to
be annexed;
(2)A map showing the boundary of the area proposed to be annexed;
(3)Within the annexation boundary map, a showing of the location of
each ownership tract in unplatted land and, if part or all of the area is platted, the
boundaries and the plat numbers of plots or of lots and blocks; and
(4)Next to the boundary of the area proposed to be annexed, a drawing
of the contiguous boundary of the annexing municipality and the contiguous
boundary of any other municipality abutting the area proposed to be annexed.
Section 4. The Notice attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby adopted as a part
of this Resolution. Said Notice establishes the date, time and place when a public hearing
will be held regarding the passage of annexation and zoning ordinances pertaining to the
above-described property. The City Clerk is directed to publish a copy of this Resolution
and said Notice as provided in the Municipal Annexation Act.
Passed and adopted on July 15, 2025.
Sr. Deputy City Clerk
Effective Date: July 15, 2025
Approving Attorney: Brad Yatabe
Exhibit: Exhibit A -Notice of Hearing
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EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION 2025-072
NOTICE
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of Fort Collins has adopted
Resolution 2025-072 initiating annexation proceedings for the Moor Annexation, consisting of
approximately 3.368 acres and generally located northeast of the intersection of Notth Taft Hill
Road and Laporte Avenne, and said A1111exation being more particularly described in Resolution
2025-072, a copy of which is available from the City Clerk's Office. The area to be annexed will
be concurrently reviewed for zoning to the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (LMN) zone
district. The area to be annexed is more particularly described as:
A parcel ofland, situate in the Northwest Qnarter (NWl/4) of Section Ten (10), Township
Seven North (T.7N.), Range Sixty-nine West (R.69W.) of the Sixth Principal Meridian (6th
P.M.), County of Larimer, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as
follows:
COMMENCING at the West Qua1ter corner of said Section 10 and assuming the South
line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SWl/4NWl/4) of Section 10 as
bearing South 89°31 '38" East, being a Grid Bearing of the Colorado State Plane Coordinate
System, North Zone, North American Datum 1983/2011, a distance of 1324.95 feet,
monumented by a #6 rebar with 2.5'' aluminum cap stamped LS 29407 at the West Quarter
corner and a #6 rebar with a 2.5" aluminum cap stamped LS 31169 at the Center-West
I/16th corner and with all other bearings contained herein relative thereto;
THENCE South 89°31 '38" East, along said South line, a distance of 280.00 feet to the
Southeast comer of the Kennedy's West LaPorte Avenue Annexation as recorded
November 14, 1972 as Reception No. 42752 of the Larimer County Clerk & Recorder
(LCCR) and to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence along the East and North lines and extensions thereof, said Reception No. 42752,
the following four courses:
THENCE North 00°35'52" East a distance of 30.00 feet;
THENCE No1th 89°31'38" West a distance of 30.00 feet to an extension of the West line
of that parcel as described in the General Warranty Deed as recorded November 30, 2021
as Reception No. 20210108643 of the LCCR;
Thence along the West, South, North and East lines and extensions thereof, the following five courses:
THENCE North 00°35'52" East a distance of 150.00 feet;
THENCE North 89°31 '38" West a distance of 199.92 feet to the Easterly Right of Way
line of Taft Hill Road and to the Easterly line of the Sanctuary on the Green Annexation as
recorded November 16, 2018 as Reception No. 20180069904 of the LCCR;
THENCE Notth 00°37'24" East, along said Easterly lines a distance of 473.87 feet;
THENCE South 89°22'36" East a distance of280.53 feet;
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EXHIBTT A TO RESOLUTION 2025-072
THENCE South 00°32'39" West a distance of 653.13 feet to the N011h line of the City Park
Prospect Park and Grandview Cemetery Annexation;
THENCE North 89 °31 '38" West a distance of 51.43 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Said described parcel of land contains 146,728 Square Feet or 3.368 Acres, more or less.
That, on September 2, 2025, at the how-of 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter
may come on for hearing in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort
Collins, Colorado, the Fort Collins City Council will hold a public hearing upon the annexation
petition and zoning request for the purpose of finding and determining whether the property
proposed to be annexed meets the applicable requirements of Colorado law and is considered
eligible for annexation and for the purpose of determining the appropriate zoning for the property
included in the Annexation. At such hearing, any persons may appear and present such evidence
as they may desire.
The Petitioner has requested that the Property included in the Annexation be placed in the
Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood ("LMN") Zone District.
Individuals who wish to address Council via remote public participation can do so through
Zoom at https://zoom.us/i/98241416497. (The link and instructions are also posted at
www.fcgov.com/councilcomments/). Individuals participating in the Zoom session should watch
the meeting through that site, and not via FCTV, due to the streaming delay and possible audio
interference.
Dated this __ day of _______ , 2025.
City Clerk
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