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Community elanning and Environmental Sei es
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
Jon Prouty 6 August 2007
Lagunitas Companies
3944 JFK Parkway
Ste 12E
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Jon,
Thanks for your email dated July 25, 2007 and your letter dated August 6, 2007 with the
colored building elevations regarding Willow Street Lofts. The City Staff shares your
excitement about this project's potential impact on the Willow Street area of downtown.
Willow Street Lofts is one of the first new developments proposed within the Downtown
River Redevelopment District. Architectural standards within this district are unique
within our community, reflecting a balance between the natural landscape along the river
and rich architectural heritage reflected in surrounding buildings. In your message, you
did not give specific examples of projects that in your opinion do not adequately meet
the design standards, but if there are any projects that do not meet the standards,
chances are they were either approved prior to City Plan and the Land Use Code, are
located outside the RDR Zone District, or they applied for and received a modification of
standards. We would be happy to discuss any specific project with you in more detail if
you wish and would welcome reviewing that information at next week's meeting.
At this point in time, based on the August 6`h elevations, you are still not meeting the
following design standards: terracing back above the third floor of the street fronting
building, vertical articulation of the street fronting building, and the "base" standards on
the residential buildings. As your project planner, Anne has alerted you to these
problems through staff review comments, letters, phone conversations and in two face-
to-face meetings. As the Administrative Hearing Officer reviewing the development plan,
I determined that these same areas were deficient in meeting the standards required of
the project and stipulated correction in your conditional approval. Since the 14-day
period for appealing the administrative hearing decision has passed, your remaining
available options are either to change the design to meet the standards or to apply for
and receive modifications to these standards.
I will be happy to discuss these outstanding issues further at our meeting scheduled for
Wednesday, August 15 at 2pm.
Sincerely,
Cameron Gloss, AICP
Planning and Zoning Director
cc: Anne Aspen
281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020