HomeMy WebLinkAboutRICKARDS SUBDIVISION, 630 S. WASHINGTON - 5-04 - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORTRickards Subdivision Replat, File #5-04
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B. The Rickards Subdivision Replat meets the procedural
requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural
Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review
Procedures for Development Applications, and Section 2.4 - Project
Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration.
C. The Rickards Subdivision Replat meets the plat requirements
located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 -
General Development Standards.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the Rickards Subdivision Replat, file #5-04.
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The proposed lots within the plat have a lot width greater than 40 feet.
3. Article 3 of the Land Use Code — General Development Standards
A. Section 3.3.1(A), General Provisions:
1) The subdivision plat will be filed and recorded only after
having been approved by the Director of Planning, with such
approval evidenced in writing on the plat and signed by the
City Clerk.
B. Section 3.3.1(B), Lots:
1) The lots within the Rickards Subdivision have vehicular
access to the adjacent public streets, and do not have direct
access to more than one street. The side lot lines are
substantially at right angles to the street, and comply with
the minimum lot area of the NCL Zone District.
2) The general layout of lots, roads, driveways, utilities,
drainage facilities and other services within the proposed
subdivision have been designed to enhance an
interconnective street system within and between
neighborhoods, preserves natural features and generally
accomplishes the purposes of this Land Use Code.
C. Section 3.3.1(C) Public Sites, Reservations and Dedications:
1) All public street rights -of -way adjacent to replatted lots were
dedicated with the Westlawn Addition. Utility easements will
be dedicated with this plat.
Additional utility and pedestrian easements have been
included on the plat to accommodate existing and proposed
utilities which will serve these lots.
2) Subdividing the land will not result in the need for additional
open space or detention areas.
4. Findings of Fact/Conclusion:
A. The Rickards Subdivision Replat contains residential uses, which
are permitted in the NCL — Neighborhood Conservation, Low
Density Zone District.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This project has been reviewed in accordance with the applicable requirements
of the Land Use Code (LUC) and was found to be in substantial compliance with
the following:
The process located in Division 2.1 — General Procedural Requirements,
Division 2.2 — Common Development Review Procedures for
Development Applications, and Division 2.4 — Project Development Plan
located within Article 2 — Administration; and the design standards located
within Article 3 — General Development Standards; and the standards
located in Section 4.6, Neighborhood Conservation, Low Density District.
(NCL) of Article 4 — Districts.
FINDINGS and ANALYSIS:
Background:
The zoning and land uses that surround the Rickards Subdivision Replat are as
follows:
N: NCL — Single Family Residential
S: NCL — Single Family Residential
W: NCL - Single Family Residential
E: NCM — Single Family Residential
This property was annexed into the City as part of the Westlawn Annexation in
May 1920.
2. Division 4.6 of the Neighborhood Conservation, Low Density Zoninq District
The subdivision plat meets the applicable Land Use Standards as follows:
The minimum lot area for single family residential within the NCL zone
district is equivalent of three (3) times the total floor area of the buildings,
but not less than 6,000 sq.ft. for single family residential. The existing lot is
17,860,060 sq.ft. The two proposed lots would each have a lot area of
11,844 sq.ft. and 6,016 sq.ft. This is in excess of the minimum area
required in the NCM Zone District. Both existing houses have less than
2,000 sq.ft. of floor area.
The current regulations within the NCL zone district prohibit the
subdivision of the rear dwelling unit. This plat was submitted prior to
adoption of the ordinance, April 30, 2004, prohibiting such division.
ITEM NO.
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STAFF
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Citv of Fort Collins HEARING OFFICER
STAFF REPORT
PROJECT: Rickards Replat, File #5-04
[Type I, Administrative Review]
OWNER: Jill Rickards/Karl Zeller
1575 E County Road 66
Wellington, CO 80549
APPLICANT: Karl Zeller
1575 E County Road 66
Wellington, CO 80594
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Rickards Subdivision is a replat of Lots 10 and 11, Block 6, of the Westlawn
Addition. The subdivision plat is dividing this existing lot into two new lots. The
larger lot will be 11,844 sq.ft. with the smaller lot at 6,016 sq.ft in area. The
current lot contains an existing single family residences, and an accessory
residential building in the rear of the lot. The property is located along at 630
Washington Street.
The property is zoned NCL — Neighborhood Conservation Low Density.
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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