HomeMy WebLinkAbout1516 REMINGTON, REMINGTON HOUSE GROUP HOME - PDP - 11-00 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (11)April 16, 2000
Members of the Zoning Board
City of Fort Collins
Subject: Proposed Increase in Group Home residents from 8 to 20
1516 Remington Street
As the next door neighbor of the recently established group home at 1516
Remington Street, will be directly effected by their operation and activities. We
have discussed this change of use with representatives of the Jacob Center and
various City of Fort Collins staff members at neighborhood meetings and other
occasions. Through these meetings we have developed an understanding of
how the group home will be run and as a result believe they will make every
effort to be good neighbors. Unfortunately our knowledge about group homes
is only though these meetings, and we have no personal experience.
As residents of a single-family neighborhood we are concerned with the request
that the group home more than double the permitted number of residents, from 8
to 20. We believe the group home should be required to operate for at least one
year before such a change in zoning is considered. Currently the group home is
not in operation. By keeping the number of permitted residents at 8, consistent
with single-family zoning, the neighborhood is allowed to better understand the
impact -and associated -issues. Because this decision -permanently changes the
zoning -for this property -and this neighborhood, we -request that this proposed
change -not- approved.
We want to thank the Zoning Board for listening to our concerns.
Sincerely,
Ted & Ellen Zibell
1520 Remington Street
cc: Troy Jones, City of Fort Collins Planning Department
Peter Barns, City of Fort Collins Zoning Department
Joel Painter, The Jacob Center