HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIDGEVIEW CLASSICAL SCHOOL PHASE IV ADDITION - SPAR - 16-01A - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARINGThe building is too large relative to the size of the lot; the property provides a
ratio of less than three (3) times the total floor area as prescribed in Section
4.3(D)(1) of the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code;
• Architecture of the proposed addition does not comply with the "Base and Top
Treatments" specified in Section 3.5.3(D)(6) of the Land Use Code requiring
all institutional building facades to have recognizable "base" and "top"
treatments;
• The proposed conversion of the Lemay Avenue access (south of the school)
from right-in/right-out to a three-quarter access, by allowing traffic to enter
from southbound Lemay Avenue, creates an unsafe condition;
• The school violates the sharing parking agreement established in 1984
between the church (former building tenant) and Stuart Professional Park
immediately north of the school across Stuart Street. This parking agreement
was a condition of City approval for the Stuart Professional Park;
• The size and operating characteristics of the school are too intensive given its
location abutting a residential neighborhood; and
• The proposed building expansion compounds existing compatibility problems
with the surrounding neighborhood. Even if a different use occupies the
building in the future, these issues will persist.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter. The Planning and Zoning Board
looks forward to your response.
Respectfully,
Cameron Gloss, Director of Current Planning &
Secretary to the Planning and Zoning Board
cc: Planning and Zoning Board
Paul Eckman, Deputy City Attorney
Greg Byrne, CPES Director
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Cite of Fort Collins
May 24, 2004
Poudre School District, Board of Education
c/o Bill Franzen, Executive Director of Operations
2407 LaPorte Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Subject: Request for Hearing
Ridgeview Classical School Building Addition
Site Plan Advisory Review
Dear Mr. Franzen and Members of the Board:
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On May 20, 2004, the City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board considered
the Ridgeview Classical School building addition as an advisory review pursuant
to 22-32-124 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. Under the statutory provision, it
was the duty of the Planning and Zoning Board to "review and comment" on the
proposed expansion to the Ridgeview Classical School Plan within thirty (30)
days after receiving the plan. Accordingly, the Planning and Zoning Board did
review and make its comments on the plan and received the response from the
applicant (the governing body of the charter school). Both the submitted plan and
the response were not satisfactory to the Planning and Zoning Board as I shall
describe in greater detail later in this letter.
According to the statute, if the Planning and Zoning Board is not satisfied with the
response to its comments, the Planning and Zoning Board may request a hearing
before the Poudre R-1 Board of Education regarding the plan. The statute goes
on to provide that the hearing shall be held within thirty (30) days after the
request of the Planning and Zoning Board and that the charter school may then
proceed with its site development plan, unless prohibited from doing so by
School Board resolution. It is the School Board's responsibility to publish at least
one notice in advance of the hearing, and provide written notice of the hearing to
the requesting planning commission (Planning and Zoning Board).
Therefore, the purpose of this letter is to request a hearing before your board to
discuss the concerns of the Planning and Zoning Board regarding the proposed
expansion to the Ridgeview Classical School. Those concerns are as follows:
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