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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEAST ELIZABETH STREET REZONING - 2-02 - CORRESPONDENCE -Page 2 East Elizabeth Street Rezoning Petition The reason that the petition is being made at this time is that we as owners must make some changes in our lives and these properties are a large part of that (in golf terms, we have all reached the age of "Super" seniors and beyond). Mr. and Mrs. Hyder (1008) hired a professional appraiser to evaluate their property, and both their yard and home are in excellent condition, but the value of their property was discounted 20% because the Appraiser said their home could no longer be considered as being in a "Single Family residential neighborhood". No one has or would propose to build a single family detached home on the vacant lot (1004), nor would any Lender approve a loan for that purpose. It is really not possible to start any kind of reasonable planning for this lot at this time under the present zoning. We Owners realize that we have been "passed over" during this time of change in the Zoning and use of the Properties around us. Our petition is not so much to change Zoning, but to correct it. It is our understanding that the Zoning on the Property adjoining to the East (1040 E Elizabeth) is to be corrected to NCB (Buffer). In studying the requirements and purpose of the NCB Zoning in the Land Use Code, it is proper and reasonable for this location and situation. Bob Conlon lives at 725 East Elizabeth and I lived at 704 Garfield Street (behind him), so we both recognize what a really fine residential neighborhood is to the West of these properties, and the need of a "Buffer Zone'. This NCB Zoning would also be consistent and compatible with the NCB Zone buffering the West side of the Commercial property adjoining our property. Our purpose for this Zoning is that we can move forward with the planning to become a useful part of our neighborhood and community. We appreciate your consideration of this matter so important to us. Sincerely, Paul F. Harder EAST ELIZABETH STREET REZONING PETITION February 8, 2002 TO: Fort Collins City Staff, Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board, Fort Collins City Council and other interested parties. FROM: Paul F Harder, Owner and Representative for the Properties. Phone # (970) 223-2408 SUBJECT: Rezoning of 1004 and 1008 East Elizabeth Street to NCB (Buffer). This Property is located at the very eastern edge of the "East Side Neighborhood" and is impacted by the Riverside-Lemay Shopping Center to the North, and the Poudre Valley Hospital Area Medical, Office, Business, and Apartment development to the East and South. All of the Property on this Eastern Edge is Zoned Commercial (NC) or Employment (E), which is essentially business; except for a small "finger" of property on the North side of East Elizabeth Street (zoned NCL residential). This is where our property (1004 and 1008) is located, completely "sandwiched" and surrounded by commercial and business development. In section 3 (Buffer Areas) of the East Side Neighborhood Plan the statement is made that "the close proximity to the more intense Fringe Areas tends to make many sites less desirable for most single family residential uses". It then states "a wider range of land uses is appropriate in these areas" and goes on to explain these low intensity Buffer uses. Certainly, our property qualifies as being in such a "more intense Fringe Area". These properties have been owned for (1004) thirty years and (1008) forty years. During this time we have experienced all this planning and growth with the necessary changes in zoning encircling and even jumping over the top of our property. In recent history, the Hospital purchased the Commercial Building adjoining our property to the North, changing it into a Medical Center. They then acquired land to the West and developed it into a Parking Lot. The zoning for this Parking Lot development is designated as NCL (residential), but this, of course, is not correct. By constructing this Parking area, the complete West side of the Commercial Shopping Center is effectively NCB (Buffer) Zoning. Actually some of the Hospital employees from this development walk across our property as a short cut to the Hospital and a restaurant and businesses to the South. Not only have we experienced all the building around our property, we have also seen the expansion of utilities, streets (especially Lemay), transportation (city bus stops right in front of 1008), and a Neighborhood Park. All of this has of course changed the nature of our "immediate" Neighborhood and the practical use of the Property.