HomeMy WebLinkAbout617 WOOD ST. (MORIE AT CAPITOL HILL) - PDP - 22-06 - REPORTS - MODIFICATION REQUEST(4) the plan as submitted will not diverge from the standards of the Land Use Code that are
authorized by this Division to be modified except in a nominal, inconsequential way when
considered from the perspective of the entire development plan, and will continue to advance
the purposes of the Land Use Code as contained in Section 1.2.2.
➢ The modification lessens the required setback by only 1 foot. This still maintains the
intent of the code to have the garages setback further than the front of the building.
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Modification of Standards Request
Project: Movie at Capitol Hill
Location: 617 Wood Street, Fort Collins
Applicant: Craig McKee for McKee Brothers, LLC
Zoning: NCM
Modification request:
Modify the requirement listed in 4.7 (F)(1)(c) of the Land Use Code that requires a 10' setback
from the principal building for attached garages as listed:
4.7 (F) Development Standards
(1) Building Design
(c) Accessory buildings and attached garages shall have a front yard setback that is at
least ten (10) feet greater than the front setback of the principal building that is located
on the front portion of the lot.
We would like to change this requirement to allow for only a 9' setback instead of 10'. -Coe ()P.;+ V .
Justification for request:
The reason for this request is better position the front porch around an existing old tree and to
increase the volume of on -site detention.
2.8.2(H)
(2) the granting of a modification from the strict application of any standard would, without
impairing the intent and purpose of this Land Use Code, substantially alleviate an existing,
defined and described problem of city-wide concern or would result in a substantial benefit to
the city by reason of the fact that the proposed project would substantially address an important
community need specifically and expressly defined and described in the city's Comprehensive
Plan or in an adopted policy, ordinance or resolution of the City Council, and the strict
application of such a standard would render the project practically infeasible; or
➢ Allows for better protection of existing tree
➢ Increases the volume of on -site detention
(3) by reason of exceptional physical conditions or other extraordinary and exceptional
situations, unique to such property, including, but not limited to, physical conditions such as
exceptional narrowness, shallowness or topography, or physical conditions which hinder the
owner's ability to install a solar energy system, the strict application of the standard sought to be
modified would result in unusual and exceptional practical difficulties, or exceptional or undue
hardship upon the owner of such property, provided that such difficulties or hardship are not
caused by the act or omission of the applicant; or
➢ The site contains existing, older trees that we would like to maintain. Modifying this
requirement allows for better positioning of the front porch and eliminates the need for a
complicated porch design that is built around the tree.
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