HomeMy WebLinkAboutTHE FARMSTEAD - PDP - 8-03 - REPORTS - MODIFICATION REQUESTMarch 22, 2004
Steve Olt
Current Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
281 North College
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Mr. Olt
I am writing to request a modification of standards for the Farmstead PDP on
Laporte and Taft Hill Roads.
Section 3.6.2(C) of the Fort Collins Land Use Code says:
Except as provided in (B) above for cul-de-sacs, no dead-end streets shall be
permitted except in cases where such streets are designed to connect with
future streets on adjacent land, in which case a temporary turnaround
easement at the end of the street with a diameter of at least eighty (80) feet
must be provided. Such turnaround easement shall not be required if no lots in
the subdivision are dependent upon such street for access
Because this proposed PDP includes a full hammerhead turn around at the
termination of Pennsylvania Avenue, it is my position that this project as
proposed without an 80 foot diameter temporary turnaround easement would
not diverge from the standards of the Land Use Code with regard to section
3.6.2(C) except in a nominal and inconsequential way since a temporary
turnaround is provided in the form of a hammerhead. In addition, I have visited
with Ron Gonzalez of the Poudre Fire Department regarding this requirement
for the PDP. Mr. Gonzalez indicated in this meeting that the 80 foot diameter
turnaround would not be required by the Poudre Fire Department, as we are
providing a full fire lane loop from the temporary termination of Pennsylvania
Avenue east to Taft Hill Road.
In addition, because The Farmstead PDP application is a qualified affordable
housing project, it is my position that the granting of this modification from the
strict application of the standard would, without impairing the intent and
purpose of this Land Use Code, substantially alleviate the existing, defined and
described problem of affordable housing, which is a city wide concern.
Therefore the Farmstead PDP would result in a substantial benefit to the city by
reason of the fact that the proposed project would substantially address an
important community need specifically and expressly defined and described in
the city's Comprehensive Plan.
Sincerely,
Mikal S. Torgerson