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this and observe courtesies while driving within the area. I do not see this same awareness of
the neighborhood with the drivers of at least 5 more vehicles with transient ties only to the
neighborhood. The addition of this number of vehicle and drivers will decrease the relative
safety within this area.
With the current homes both family rented and owned, you see the pride in the care of the
home, the yards, etc. You place five or more occupants in a small residence you will not
see this same pride of residence where you see that the residence is being taken care of, kept
up, etc. What we will have with this, is a large cement pad with at least four vehicles if not
more parked, little or no front yard and the property itself will eventually show decline.
By introducing this type of residence within this residential neighborhood, there will be
effective decrease in surronding property values. Which can be documented.
Another concern, in some multi occupant dwellings where there are numerous unrelated
occupants in a small area, you do have potential for an increase in problems and with that, law
enforcement involvement in dealing with those problems. You have residents who will not be
long term, who will have no ties or concerns to the neighborhood. Granted, this also does
occur with owner occupant residences as well. But you do have an increase in the problems
with this type of setting, whether it be how the property is being maintained, the dynamics of a
group of unrelated people living under the same roof, or an increase in the area criminal
activity (there are examples of that can be sighted that have occurred in the area bordered by
Stover, Stuart, Remington and Prospect).
This is a neighborhood in the true sense. Residents know each, help each other, get
together, etc. 1 urge to come to our neighborhood, drive around, meet the residents and then
picture what the impact will be, should this zoning proposal go through. I urge that this
proposal be turned down so that Deines Ct and the surrounding neighborhood can be
maintained as a family style neighborhood.
Thank you for your time.
With respect,
John Stitt
512 Deines Ct
Ft Collins
2244348
3/21 /2012
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Steve Olt
From: tonkam@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 2:22 PM
To: Steve Olt
Subject: Fwd: proposal for zoning change at 516 Defines Ct
Dear Mr Olt,
I write you today in reference to the proposed zoning change for the property at 516
Dairies Ct. The proposed change would allow for the increase in occupancy of the
current single family residence to an extra occupancy rental. The proposal would allow
for five unrelated renters to live in this home as opposed to three unrelated if were to
remain as is.
First let me say, I am not in opposition to idea of rental properties with this area.
Currently there are several within the area of Dairies Ct. and those are single family
units with either families or low occupancy unrelated. They are part of the neighborhood
and reflect that in how they are cared for, the occupants who have some longevity
within the neighborhood as opposed to a transient renter population.
The points that I have in opposing this proposal, are basically of what aspects
associated that this multi parry -unit will bring to a small residential neighborhood. The
immediate area within Deines Ct is a small court with five homes lining each the street.
Each home is a single level home with basement total sq feet of 1600 - 1800 sq feet
single car garage with small front yards. Vehicle access is the one entrance to the ct
and access to that from Smith St which itself has a narrowed single lane entrance off of
Prospect St and entrance on to Parker. The streets surrounding are of a narrower
variety. Current residents are retired couples, singles young couples, young couples
with small children and singles.
First I disagree with the idea that only five unrelated people will be residing in this
home. It may initially start as such but as with other cases I have come across, this
number usually increases by at least 75%. And with that the traffic and parking needs
also increase. My conclusion on this point comes years of working in the emergency
services field within this city and having responded to dwellings throughout the city
where it was quite evident there are residences which were not observing limited
occupancy rules. Within our neighborhood this has occurred, and within in the past 3-4
years a residence at the entrance to Smith off of Prospect on the west side, held up 5-
6 occupants. Which created parking issues and violations along that
narrowed entrance. This however is no longer the case.
In light of the proposed increase, it would bring a detrimental impact to the traffic
within the court, the parking availability, (as it currently limited) and with the increase in
the number of vehicles (any where from an additional 5 - 8 vehicles) a safety issue for
the residents. There I sight, that the current residents are aware of the foot traffic, the
bicycle traffic, and the children that play within this area. Current residents are aware of
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