HomeMy WebLinkAboutALTA VISTA WTF (903 BUCKINGHAM ST.) - PDP - PDP160004 - DECISION - FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS & DECISION (5)City of Fort Collins
Planning Department
August 10, 2016
To Whom it May Concern:
I am one of three owners, along with Corkie Odell and Doug Odell of 800 and 804
Lincoln Avenue, the site of Odell Brewing Company. I received notice yesterday
about today's hearing regarding a cell phone tower being proposed for 903
Buckingham Street.
My ownership group is opposed to the tower for the following reasons:
80 feet is significantly taller that any structure in the immediate region. As a
comparison, the tallest portion of Odell Brewing Company's structure is our grain
handling tower which has a height of about 50 feet.
The cell phone tower is planned to be disguised as a grain silo. The largest tanks on
our site are about 40 feet tall. The cell tower is too tall to be disguised as a grain silo
and will simply look massive.
A massive faux grain silo will be a significant eye sore. The tower is located just
south of the corner of our 804 Lincoln property. It will detract from the ambience
we have painstakingly created in our community beer garden at 800 Lincoln Ave
and will compromise our plans to develop our 804 Lincoln Ave property for
additional community engagement.
Colorado Iron and Metals was visited in September 2015 by representatives of both
the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County regarding an estimated 30 foot tall, 100
foot wide pile of lime and beet pulp on the southwest corner of their property and
the dust it generates. Colorado Iron and Metals has had multiple contacts from both
us and a tenant of the building to the east of Lincoln Ave and has done little to
mitigate the dust issue. This cell tower will be placed in a cleared out corner of this
pile. Their history as a property owner suggests that they will neither install nor
manage the landscaping required for the cell tower to the extent required.
Sincerely,
Wynne Odell
800 EAST LINCOLN AVENUE t FORT COLLINS, COLOKADO 80524 t 970-498-9o7o t WWW.ODELLBKEWING.COM