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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMOUNTAIN & FREY REZONING (AMENDMENT TO WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN) - 55-05 - REPORTS - PLANNING OBJECTIVESReason for Request: This is a resident -initiated request for rezoning of Frey subdivision from its current LMN designation to NCL designation, and for a modification to the West Side Neighborhood Plan changing from "retain or convert to multi -family" to "retain or convert to single- family" - Article 2, Division 2.9.4 (4(2)(a) The proposed amendment is compatible with the City's Comprehensive Plan as stated in the Fort Collins Land Use Code. The change would maintain (and possibly enhance) the existing integrity and character of the Frey subdivision, and help to minimize any threat to the West Side Neighborhood's continuation as one of the oldest single-family residential areas in Fort Collins. Article 2, Division 2.9.4(H)(21(b): The signers of the attached petition consider the zoning amendment warranted by the changed conditions within the Frey subdivision. When the current LMN zoning for the subdivision was designated, the subdivision contained three light -industrial businesses: a small trucking company, a small greenhouse/nursery, and a small cemetery monument company. The trucking company and greenhouse/nursery have gone out of business; the monument company has relocated east of town. The change would stabilize the residential core by curtailing further development of multi- family and commercial enterprises, and would be commensurate with, and a positive extension of, the maintenance of Mountain Avenue boulevard as a landscaped east/west neighborhood design element. Consistent with the City's policy of encouraging in -fill development, nine (9) new custom houses have been built in the Frey subdivision in the last 14 years on land vacated, in large part, by the three no longer present businesses. Frey subdivision is now 100% residential, the positive addition to the property tax base has been considerable, and the neighborhood is developing a strong sense of integrity. The proposed amendment is compatible with existing uses surrounding the subject land (Grandview Cemetery to the west, City Park Nine to the south, NCL zoning to the east, and light industrial on the north side of LaPorte Avenue). There would be no adverse impacts on the natural environment because of this change.