HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUNRISE RIDGE - ANNEXATION & ZONING - 13-05 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (3)That anyone can completely lack the sensitivity for the existing wholesome situation
defies our understanding of what it means to be a good neighbor.
We urgently recommend that your Board do all possible to halt this disruptive and
harmful proposal.
Sincerely, /
Ken and Ethel Ashley
5227 South County Road 7
Fort Collins, CO 80528
Copy to Howard Mounts (proponent)
DECEIVED
MAY 1 8 2005
May 11, 2005
City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board
Fort Collins, Colorado
Subject: Sunrise Ridge Annexation and Zoning Amendment #13-05
This amendment, simply stated, is a terrible idea.
The area we live in.is.known as the Solomon -Exemption and consists of 8 five -acre
parcels, located along County Road Tbetween Harmony and Kechter Roads: There are
seven owners: Until this proposal, every owner moved here and accepted the land at face
value with the understanding there would be no break-up of the parcels or any additional
structures erected.
We have resided in our home since 1983, longer than any of the other residents. Only a
half dozen changes in ownership have occurred during that time so it has been a very
stable neighborhood. Residents have used their property for keeping horses, participating
in 4-H Activities and erecting antennae for ham radio use. We have a large garden and a
small tree nursery. All of us enjoy and appreciate the openness of our homes.
As a group we have notified the proponent of our vigorous and passionate opposition to
what he aims to do. In our opinion, greed has overcome any logical reason for what he is
attempting to accomplish. The proposal certainly violates the City Structure Plan Map
and the Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan, documents meant to offer guidance to your
Board and to the City, for the use of this land. The Plan calls for these parcels to be
Zoned U-E (Urban Estate).
Should the proponent be successful, the impact on our neighborhood would be dramatic
and tragic. It would render the adjoining parcel to the southgood for nothing except
f irther,degradation. Our parcel,would be next'in line.and.the domino�effectwould
follow. It,would be a case of "neighborhood. busting." It would destroy over a quarter
century of the harmonious practice of gentle park -life atmosphere.