HomeMy WebLinkAboutHECKART SUBDIVISION - PDP - 35-03 - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORTHeckart Subdivision, Project Development Plan, #35-03
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C. The Heckart Subdivision, PDP meets the design requirements located in Section
3.2.1(D)(2) - Street Trees and the plat standards located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat
Standards of Article 3 - General Development Standards.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the Heckart Subdivision, Project Development Plan -
#35-03.
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B. The subdivision plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(A) General Provisions
in that:
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.
2) No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for construction
of any new principal building or no act which changes the use of any building
shall be permitted until the subdivision plat is filed and recorded in the City of
Fort Collins.
C. The subdivision plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(B) Lots in that:
1) The lots have direct vehicular access to a public street (Laporte Avenue). Lot
1 fronts on the street and a public access easement will be dedicated, by
plat, for access to Lot 2. The side lot lines are substantially at right angles or
radial to the street lines.
2) The general layout of lots, roads, driveways, utilities, drainage facilities and
other services within the proposed development have been previously
established in the surrounding single family residential neighborhoods.
D. The subdivision plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(C) Public Sites,
Reservations and Dedications in that:
1) An applicant shall be required to dedicate rights -of way for public streets,
drainage easements and utility easements as needed to serve the area being
platted. The right-of-way for Cedarwood Drive was previously dedicated by
separate documents and the drainage and utility easements necessary to
serve this lot will be dedicated with the Heckart Subdivision plat, if approved
and filed.
2) Reservation of sites for flood control, open space and other municipal uses
shall be made, as necessary, in accordance with the requirements of this
Land Use Code.
5. Findings of Fact/Conclusion:
A. The Heckart Subdivision, PDP contains a permitted use in the LMN - Low
Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood Zoning District.
B. The Heckart Subdivision, PDP 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 in Article 2 - Administration.
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COMMENTS:
1. Background:
The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows:
N: LMN;
existing single-family residential
S: LMN;
existing single-family residential
W: LMN;
existing multi -family residential
E: LMN;
vacant land, existing single-family residential
This property was annexed into the City as part of the West Laporte Avenue Third
Annexation in April, 1970. It has not previously been subdivided.
2. Purpose of the Subdivision:
The purpose for the platting of the Heckart Subdivision, Project Development Plan
(PDP) is to create two legally subdivided lots on a property that presently has a metes &
bounds legal description. The two -lot subdivision plat will create one lot that is 49,660
square feet in size (Lot 1) and a second lot that is 12,650 square feet in size (Lot 2).
The expressed intent is to construct a second single-family residence on Lot 2. Staff
has determined that there is no detriment to the development plan associated with the
platting of the two lots.
3. Article 2 - Administration:
The Heckart Subdivision, PDP complies with the applicable requirements of the LUC,
specifically 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 in Article 2 -
Administration.
4. Article 3 - General Development Standards:
The Heckart Subdivision, PDP complies with the applicable requirements of the LUC,
specifically landscaping (street tree) requirements located in Section 3.2.1(D)(2) - Street
Trees and the plat requirements located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards in Article 3 -
General Development Standards.
A. The Landscape Plan is in compliance with Section 3.2.1(D)(2) in that it provides
for shade and evergreen trees, spaced at 30' on -center, in the parkway between
back of curb and the detached sidewalk along Laporte Avenue.
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ITEM NO.177
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STAFF �I )2
Citv of Fort Collins HEARING OFFICER
STAFF REPORT
PROJECT: Heckart Subdivision,
Project Development Plan - #35-03
APPLICANT: Stewart & Associates
c/o Jack Blake
103 South Meldrum Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
OWNER: Frank Heckart
2105 Laporte Avenue
Fort Collins, CO. 80521
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This is a request to create a 2-lot subdivision plat for a property that presently has a
metes & bounds legal description. The current use is a single-family residence on a
62,310 square foot (1.43 acres) property that is located on the south side of Laporte
Avenue between South Taft Hill Road and Briarwood Road. The address is 2105
Laporte Avenue. It is in the LMN - Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood Zoning
District.
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This request to create a 2-lot subdivision plat for a property that presently has a metes
& bounds legal description. The intent is to construct a second single-family residence
on the property. The request complies with the applicable requirements of the Land Use
Code (LUC), specifically the procedural requirements 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 in
Article 2 - Administration; and, design standards and requirements located in Section
3.2.1(D)(2) - Street Trees, and Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards in Article 3 - General
Development Standards.
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