HomeMy WebLinkAboutSWIFT ADDITION TO FOSSIL LAKE P.U.D. - COUNTY REFERRAL - 33-01(I) - CORRESPONDENCE - (9)5. Current Planning - The choice that the applicant made to design the
Estate area into lots of this size and configuration is the driving force to
the need for this modification. One perspective to consider is that the
applicant could have prevented the need for this modification if the
layout had embraced the standards of the Estate area. This seems like a
band -aid fix to the larger fundamental problem that the layout is not
conducive to the Estate area standards.
If you have any questions regarding these comments, please contact me or
any of the departments listed above.
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Troy Jo es
City PI ner
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purposes of the standard for which modification is requested equally well
or better than a plan which complies with the standards for which the
modification is requested. In ascertaining the "public interests and
purposes of the standards," the Planning and Zoning Board will give great
weight to the specific language of the standard, taken in the context of
the regulation in which the standard is contained and in the context of
the applicable provisions of the Vision, Goals, Principles, Policies and
Structure Plan of the City Comprehensive Plan (City Plan).
3. Current Planning - The context of the applicable provisions within the
City Comprehensive Plan (City Plan) can be summarized as follows:
a.) Principle RD-3: Urban Estate development may be included in
some Residential Districts for several purposes: 1) to acknowledge
the presence of the many existing County subdivisions as part of
the community; 2) to allow for choices of very low density and
large -lot housing in the community; and 3) to provide, in some
cases, a physical transition between urban development and rural
or open lands.
b.) Policy RD-3.2 Density and lot size in new Urban Estate
subdivisions. The overall average density should be lower than two
(2) dwelling units per acre, with lot sizes of one-half (1/2) of an
acre or greater for detached dwellings.
c.) Policy RD-3.3 Housing Types. Urban Estates developments include
the following housing types:
• large -lot or clustered single family detached,
• attached dwellings with ground floor access,
• mobile homes and manufactured housing,
• accessory dwellings.
4. Current Planning - I will put this item on the agenda for the August 1,
2002 Planning and Zoning Board meeting. I will speak directly with the
applicant to obtain additional information needed. The applicant should
provide a written narrative describing how the alternative plan, as
submitted, will advance or protect the "public interests and purposes" of
the standard equally well or better than a plan which complies with the
standards.
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Commui._,.y Planning and Environmental _vices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
July 10, 2002
Matt Lafferty
Larimer County Planning Department
P.O. Box 1190
Fort Collins, CO 80522-90
City staff has reviewed the proposed Fossil Lake P.U.D. Swift Amendment
that has been submitted for the Final Plat review and hereby offer
comments.
COMMENTS:
1. Current Planning - In accordance with I.E.4.b. of the Supplemental
Regulations for the Fossil Creek Reservoir Planning area, side yard
setbacks are a minimum of 20 feet and widths are a minimum of 100 feet
for properties in the Estate Area. The City's understanding of what
constitutes lot width is consistent with the applicant's description in that
cul-de-sac lots (which at the street frontage are under 100 feet in
width) must have a front yard setback no closer to the front property
line than the point on the lot where the width of the lot is 100 feet in
width. The applicant acknowledges and City staff agrees that the
proposed setback and lot width "amendments" do not satisfy the
applicable standards.
2. Current Planning - Because the proposal requests permission to deviate
from the standards in the Supplemental Regulations for the Fossil Creek
Reservoir Planning area, it appears to City staff that such a request
should be treated as a "modification," as described in Larimer County
Land Use Code 4.2.1.H. If Larimer County staff agrees that this is how
this application is to be processed, then the City's Planning and Zoning
Board will have the opportunity to make a recommendation to be
forwarded on to the Board of County Commissioners regarding whether
or not the request will advance or protect the public interests and
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