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District as listed in the Fort Collins Land Use Code. (Meaning that if the office use is
abandoned, then the building must be converted to some other permitted use - it can
not become only a detached, single family dwelling per the Code in effect on January
12, 2000);
4. The owner of the building agrees to inform any successive owner of the contents of this
agreement.
Once the Building & Zoning Department receives an agreement containing these items,
then the permit approval will be based on approved building plans that comply with code
regulations for single family dwellings, but the use and occupancy will be classified as
mixed -use.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
/ 166 &_-
Peter Barnes
Zoning Administator
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CC: Felix Lee
Mike Gebo
Steve Olt
Commi...ity Planning and Environmentai-cervices
Building and Zoning Department
City of Fort Collins
January 12, 2000
Jim Richter
Vaught Frye Architects
1113 Stoney Hill Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Jim:
This letter is a follow-up to our phone conversation earlier this morning regarding The
Edwards House at 218 W. Magnolia Street. This property is located in the Downtown
zoning district, wherein detached single family dwellings are not a permitted use. In order to
approve the building permit application, the use must be classified as a permitted use in the
D district, meaning in this case that it must be a mixed -use dwelling. A residence combined
with a home occupation does not qualify as a mixed -use dwelling becauses the home
occupation is an accessory use to the dwelling unit. It is not a considered to be a
nonresidential use. Thus, a building that contains a dwelling unit and a home occupation
office use is always classified as a detached, single family dwelling..
I have met with Steve Olt, City Planner, Felix Lee, Director of Building & Zoning, and with
Mike Gebo, Building Inspection Supervisor, for the purpose of determining if there is a way
to classify the proposed building as a mixed -use occupancy, while still being built only in
compliance with the Uniform Building Code regulations for single family dwellings. We have
decided that as long as we are in receipt of a letter of agreement from the owner that
stipulates to certain requirements, the Building & Zoning Department will issue a permit for
a mixed -use, residential/commercial office (R3/B) building. Further, we will issue a
certificate of occupancy for the same upon completion of the project. The letter of
agreement should contain statements that are similar to the following:
1. The office area above the garage of the building located at 218 W. Magnolia Street shall
be used by the current and future occupants of the dwelling unit of said building in a
manner that is in compliance with the home occupation regulations contained in the Fort
Collins Land Use Code (see attached);
2. The owner(s) of the building understands that in the event the above -referenced office
area ceases to be used in compliance with the home occupation regulations of the Land
Use Code, the building must be brought into compliance with the applicable building
code regulations for mixed -occupancy buildings;
3. The owner(s) of the building understands that the building must continue to be occupied
by a use or uses that are permitted in the Canyon Avenue Subdistrict of the Downtown
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