HomeMy WebLinkAboutTESTA BEAUTY SALON, 1635 S. LEMAY AVE. - PDP - 12-07 - REPORTS - ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUESTLETTER OF AUTHORIZATION
June 8, 2007
To whom it may concern,
Frank and Susan Montoya, located at 1623 South Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado authorize John and
Nancee Testa, who will operate a business at 1635 South Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado to maintain
landscaping on a portion of the Montoya's property. In 1997 a wooden privacy fence was constructed
which belongs to Frank and Susan Montoya located between the 1623 and 1635 South Lemay Avenue
properties. The actual property boundary lies approximately 2.5 feet on the south side of this fence. The
owner at 1635 South Lemay Ave has been maintaining this area to the south of the privacy fence since
installation. When the Testa's submitted a proposed business plan to the City of Fort Collins Planning
Department, it was found that the land Use Code requires a 5 foot landscape setback from the
Montoya's fence to the north side of the driveway. Approximately 2.5 feet of Montoya's property is
Included in this setback. This letter will allow the Montoya's portion of land south of the fence to be
considered as part of the required 5' landscape setback, which will be maintained by the Testa's
business.
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Alternative Compliance
Interior Parking Lot Landscaping
This request is for an alternative plan for landscaping and parking lot design at
1635 South Lemay Avenue. Section 3.2.1(E)(5) of the Fort Collins Land Use Codes
states that "six (6) percent of the interior space of all parking lots with less than
one hundred (100) spaces... shall be landscaped areas." The proposed Landscape
Plan at 1635 South Lemay Avenue is an Alternative Compliance plan in
accordance with Fort Collins Land Use Code 3.2.1(N). By including 6% interior
landscaping, the parking area would have to be increased in size, moving south
into the Spring Creek Buffer Zone (please refer to Exhibit a Landscape Plan). To
avoid this infringement, the proposed alternative Landscape Plan is constructed
to accomplish a desired overall design by keeping the parking area as far off of the
buffer as possible. Additional shade trees will also be added to the perimeter of
the parking area to batter accomplish desired goals.