HomeMy WebLinkAboutMARCH, OLIVE & PHARRIS, LLC LAW OFFICES - PDP - PDP140008 - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONNoah Beals
City Planner
City of Fort Collins
I am writing as a follow up to our conversation on June 25, 2014 regarding Development
Proposal #148 for 1312 South College Avenue. I own the property to the south at 1318 South College
Avenue. The potential purchasers of the 1312 South College Avenue property are applying to change to
RH Zone from RL Zone. The 1312 South College Avenue property has been a private residence in the
past, with an accessway to South College Avenue. According to an agreement made in 1978, if the
current zoning is changed, the current accessway would be abandoned and the 1312 South College
Avenue property would potentially use the 1318 accessway to South College Avenue. This is contained
in a recorded agreement dated March 17, 1978, Book 1842, Pages 0507-0512.
In the cited agreement, the 1312 South College Avenue property is referred to Lots 3 and 4, and
the 1318 South College Avenue property is referred to as Lots 5 and 6. To quote from a portion of #2 of
the cited agreement "if the use of Lots 3 and 4 is changed, the present accessway to College Avenue
shall be terminated and access to these lots shall be taken through the accessway to Lots 5 and 6 or an
extension of that accessway. A different use of these lots shall not be made until the City's Department
of Engineering Services has approved the location and plan for the new accessway to these lots."
The finding of Matthew Delich of Delich & Associates, traffic & transportation engineer is: The
current accessway to Lots 5 and 6 is approximately 12 feet wide. It serves as an access to/from the
parking lot behind the 1318 South College Avenue building. At best, it meets the needs of the occupants
of 1318 South College Avenue. The site plan provided by the new owners of 1312 South College Avenue
shows diagonal parking on the north side of the current accessway to Lots 5 and 6, with no "extension of
that accessway." If the cited agreement is valid, then an appropriate "extension of that accessway"
would be to widen it by 12 feet within the 1312 South College Avenue property. This will allow
sufficient width for two-way vehicle movement on the accessway. The wider accessway will be more
functional for both properties.
The present accessway for Lots 5 & 6 is sufficient for 1318 South College functioning as a 2 way
access. To add another business at 1312 South College with 3 attorneys, their assistants, receptionist
and their clients will more than double the demand on this accessway. I believe it would be very unsafe
to add this much additional traffic. I agree with Matthew Delich that the accessway needs to be
widened by 12 feet to the north on the 1312 South College property. The only other solution would be
to keep the present accessway on the north side of 1312 South College. If this was done, there would
not be an issue of having to cut down any trees as well. It would be my preference to have the 1312
South College property utilize the existing access on the north side of their property. Thank you for
giving me the opportunity to express my concerns regarding this matter.
Sincerely,