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By MATTHEW BENSON
Matt6enson@coloradoan.com ` arcel along
river set for
A
mixed -use
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The Fort Collins City
Council on Tuesday gave
parcel ,— bordered by the
river on the west and Buck-
for by the city's 1989 Down-
town Plan,
uses as well as golf courses
and other recreation.
unanimous preliminary ap-
Ingham Park on the south
"(The zoning 'change)
"There's no question in
proval for mixed -use re-
— would change to C-C-R,
seems to fit the vision of
my mind this parcel was an
zoning of the Poudre River
or Community Commer-
several plans for that area,"
integral part of the plan
corridor's Oxbow property,
cial-Poudre River, zoning.
Councilman Kurt Kastein
when the Downtown Plan
clearing the way for future
.Poudre,Development Ltd.,
said.
was developed," said Tom
development, on the' 217;
a group,of.individuals who
"'' " G-C-R zoning is de=
Peterson, a representative
acre site'
own parts of the site, are,'
signed for '� downtown
for Poudre Development
No development is al :',
seeking the change.
fringe areas of the river
Ltd.
lowed with the site's cur-
. Ted Shepard, the city's
corridor with both river
Exactly what the Down -
rent T, or Transition, zon-
chief planner, said the zon-
and street . frontage. It al-
town Plan calls for remains
ing. l
With the the,r-velopment
, ing change reflects the de-
called.
lows for a wide range of
.commercialandresidential
in dispute, however,
In its April 54ecision, the
rezoning,
pattern'
Oxbow
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that close to downtown any-
where in the city.
The Oxbow property long has
been a favorite topic of develop-
ment rumors. The city even has
discussed . building a 2,500-seat,
open-air amphitheater on the site.
While no development plans
have been submitted, Peterson
said, "over time, something will
happen."..
Julie Horton, a three-year res-
ident of the adjacent Bucking-
ham neighborhood, worries that
any development on the Oxbow
property would be placed in
harm's way. '
Most of the parcel — about 16
acres — lies in the Poudre River's
100-year floodplain. Poudre De-
velopment Ltd. has promised to
build a dike that would bring the
parcel and Buckingham neighbor-
hood out of the floodplain.
That would simply place oth-
er areas at risk Horton said, not-
ing that in the event of a flood,
"the water's got to go some-
where."
city's Planning and Zoning
Board recommended L-M-
N residential zoning for the
parcel
"To, us, (the Downtown
Plan) very blatantly said
they'd like to see housing in
that area," said board mem-
ber Sally Craig, who voted
for the residential zoning,
along with ; three other
members. "Residential is'
needed downtown."
Shepard, however, said
L-M-N zoning isn't in place
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