HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-066-07/18/2017-FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE AND INITIATING ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE NEWTON FIRST ANNEXATION RESOLUTION 2017-066
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE AND INITIATING
ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE NEWTON FIRST ANNEXATION
WHEREAS, a written petition, together with four (4) prints of an annexation map, has
been filed with the City Clerk requesting the annexation of certain property to be known as the
Newton First Annexation, as more particularly described below; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to initiate annexation proceedings for the Newton
First Annexation in accordance with the Municipal Annexation Act, Section 31-12-101, et seq.,
Colorado Revised Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED 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 City Council hereby accepts the annexation petition for the
Newton First Annexation, more particularly described as situate in the County of Larimer, State
of Colorado, to wit:
A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER
OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF LARIMER _STATE OF COLORADO,
BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS :
BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF
SECTION 3. TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, ASSUMED TO BEAR S89002'48"E.
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 3,
TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.,
THENCE ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID
SECTION 3, S89002'48"E A DISTANCE OF 264.53 FEET;
THENCE DEPARTING SAID 'SECTION LINE, N00057'12"E A DISTANCE OF 30.00
FEET, TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF VINE DRIVE
AND THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SECOND
ANNEXATION , SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE N 12029'25"E A DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET;
THENCE S10035'02"E A DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET. TO A POINT ON SAID NORTHERLY
LINE:
THENCE ON SAID NORTHERLY LINE, N89°02'48'W A DISTANCE OF 50.00
FEET,TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
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CONTAINING A CALCULATED AREA OF 3,062 SQUARE FEET OR .0703 ACRE.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby finds and determines that the annexation
petition for the Newton First 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 Colorado Revised Statutes 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.
Section 4. That the City Council hereby finds and determines that the annexation
map, four copies total, accompanying the annexation petition for the Newton First 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;
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(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 5. That 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 at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
18th day of July, A.D. 2017.
•,y Mayor Pa Tem
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NOTICE
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of Fort Collins has adopted
Resolution 2017-066 initiating annexation proceedings for the Newton First Annexation,
consisting of less than one acre and generally located at 1516 West Vine Drive, east of Lincoln
Middle School, said Annexation being more particularly described in Resolution 2017-066.
That, on September 5, 2017, at the hour 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
Urban Estate ("U-E") Zone District.
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City
services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for,persons
with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 (V/TDD:'Dial 711 for Relay Colorado) for assistance.
Dated this 18th day of July, A.D. 2017.
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