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HomeMy WebLinkAboutADRIAN ODP - 42-03B - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (22)Steve Olt -development proposal at 3333 W. Vine Drive Page._2 I urge the zoning and planning commission to deny the proposal for 3333 Vine Drive as it currently stands; and to require the Adrians and the developer Mr. Mikal to develope the property in a way that is not a liability to the property values, life styles, or the safety of neighborhood residents current and future. Sincerely, Corey W. Cartwright 509 N. Impala Dr. Fort Collins CO 80521-1518 970 484- 3771 CC: "'gbyrne@fcgov.com"' <gbyrne@fcgov.com> Steve It - development proposal at 3333 W. Vine Drive Page 1 From: "Cartwright, Corey" <Corey.Cartwright@frontrange.edu> To: I"cgloss@fcgov.com"' <cgloss@fcgov.com> Date: 9/15/04 9:33PM Subject: development proposal at 3333 W. Vine Drive City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board 09/15/04 Dear Board Members, I have owned my home on North Impala Dr. since September of 1987. As I currently understand the proposal in question, it leaves open the probability of adding housing density that would be detrimental to those already in the neighborhood and even to the new residents who would live there. The owners and the developer have presented a proposal that seems to strictly seek to maximum profit with little or no consideration for the quality of the development and its affect on the neighborhood. In short, breaking the development into two phases will create a significant risk to public safety. The developer will avoid the costs of improvement to the surrounding streets, sidewalks and curbs by building in two parts. The corner of Vine Drive and North Impala Drive is not the "safest' intersection as it is. There are no street lights at or near the site. There is no sidewalk and little or no shoulder to the streets. The possibility of EIGHT SEPARATE LOTS Behind 3333 Vine Dr. without adequate improvements to the infrastructure will create a significant (even unacceptable) increase in hazard to pedestrian and motor traffic there. There is no doubt in my mind that someone will be hurt within 24 months of completion of the development. When I first heard of the development, I thought that that two three, even four homes would do nicely there. If I owned the property, I too would consider dividing it into a couple of lots. The thought of EIGHT HOMES squeezed onto that lot which I pass almost every time I leave and return home is hard to imagine. Such developments are usually unsightly and uninviting. Such a development will likely make our neighborhood less desirable. As I pointed out in my first letter to the city council, the Adrians plan to leave the neighborhood (for better or worse) with their profit from the subdivision. They would not wish to live next to the kind of development they currently plan to leave behind. Surely there is a way for the Adrian family and a developer to profit from the subdivision without hurting and perhaps instead enhancing the "Green Acres" neighborhood. Is the profit to be gained from building two to four nice, modest homes that fit the neighborhood to be dismissed as insignificant? Does the potential profit, to made by developing as many lots as can squeezed through loopholes in the zoning statutes, render any detriment to the residents and home owners of Green Acres insignificant?