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John & Julie Fax
516 S. Washington street
Ft. Collins, CO 80521
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Community Planning and Environmental Services
City of Fort Collins
291 N. College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Re: By y Desin Project DMv ft tent Plan #6-07
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of your letter dated March 22, 2007, wherein you advised us of an
Administrative Hearing for a development proposal in our neighborhood as referenced above.
We are asking that our neighbor, Michael Haddorff who resides at 520 S.Washington Street,
read the following to you on our behalf.
Our names are John and Julie Fox and we are the current owners of the 526 S. Washington
Street. Our property is directly. adjacent to the proposed development plan #6-07. We just
purchased our home this past summer of 2006. One of the reasons we purchased this property is
because of the large areas of land that surround our house. While the property in question, that is
500 South Washington Street, has not been maintained according to our standards and those of
other neighbors in the area, it is still a spacious piece of property that gives our neighborhood a
spacious and old neighborhood feel to it. The "new lot" in question, will abut to our driveway.
This will close off the view we currently have to the north and "close in" the north side of our
house, giving it a totally different look and feel than what we intended when we purchased our
home less than one year ago. Had we been made aware of these pending plans, we would
probably have reconsidered purchasing this home.
Adding another house to this lot will "clutter" the property, it will darken the north side of our
house and create shade that we don't want. To have -a bunch of trees on that side is one thing, to
have a building is another. This will take away the low density feel to our property and change
the entire feel of our home and the neighborhood. We also feel this will lessen the value of our
home. Additionally, we would probably be asked to grant permission for a utilities easement
which could cause damage to our property and great inconvenience to us. For these reasons and
others we probably haven't even begun to think of, we strongly urge you to deny this request to
subdivide the lot located at 500 South Washington Street.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
John F. Fox 11 and Julie A. Fox