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Home My WebLink AboutSPRING CREEK FARMS REZONING - 24-00C - CORRESPONDENCE - (3)residential development and associated trip patterns and volumes. The proposed and existing street categories and widths will be revaluated with any new proposal on the site. Department: Light & Power Topic: zoning Number: 2 [1/9/06] No comments Department: Transportation Planning Topic: zoning Number: 3 [1/10/06] No Comment. Department: Zoning Topic: zoning Number: 1 [12/22/05] No comments Issue Contact: Monica Moore Created: 1 /9/2006 Issue Contact: David Averill Created: 1 /10/2006 Issue Contact: Jenny Nuckols Created: 12/22/2005 If you have any questions regarding these issues or any other issues related to this project, please feel free to call me at (970) 221-6750. Sincerely, i Cameron Gloss Current Planning Director Page 3 there were approximately 600 acres of MMN zoned land north of Mulberry and about 110 acres south of Mulberry. Most of this land on the south side of the city has not been readily available for development. Analysis further indicated that land cost and rents for multi -family sites were escalating. However, given the small site area (5 acres) involved in the present rezoning request, staff has concluded that there would be a nominal impact to the supply of MMN-zoned properties should the property be rezoned to NC. Topic: Neighborhood Meeting Number: 8 Created: 1 /17/2006 [1/17/06] Staff would like to coordinate the scheduling of a meeting with affected property owners residing within the Parkwood East and Lake Sherwood Neighborhoods. Please contact Cameron Gloss at 22106750 to schedule a suitable time and location for the meeting. Topic: Property Description Number: 6 Created: 1 /11 /2006 [1/11/06] The GIS department has found discrepancies between the rezoning legal description provided by the applicant and the property boundary as indicated in City records. The applicant may wish to investigate further into the property survey information to determine the physical boundaries of ownership (see attached site vicinity map). Topic: Public Meeting Schedule Number: 9 Created: 1 /17/2006 [1/17/06] 1st Reading of a potential rezoning ordinance will be reviewed by City Council at its meeting on April 18, 2006, with the 2nd Reading occurring on May 2nd. The applicant may elect to schedule the Planning & Zoning Board review of the request at either the February 16, 2006 or March 16th hearings. In order to stay on -track for the February 16th hearing, the applicant will need to submit a revised written statement no later than January 26th. Topic: zoning Number: 10 Created: 1 /17/2006 [1/17/06] The list of permitted uses within MMN zone district was recently expanded to allow small restaurants, coffee shops, delis and similar complementary non-residential uses within mixed use buildings, provided that strict size and operational requirements are met. The requirements are intended to ensure that the non-residential use is compatible with the surrounding area both in terms of physical appearance and intensity of use. The applicant may want to consider providing support uses made available through these code provisions as an alternative to the rezoning request. Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Sheri Wamhoff Topic: General Number: 5 Created: 1 /11 /2006 [1/11/06] Intensification of the site could require widening of the internal streets (soon to be existing streets being constructed surrounding the police station site and other planned streets in the area) to accommodate the increased traffic and volumes. This will be , evaluated and determined at such time as traffic study(ies) are prepared for the proposal(s) to be submitted on the site. The existing and planned street widths were based on Page 2 STAFF PROJECT REVIEW City of Fort Collins � a JIM SELL DESIGN, INC Date: 01/17/2006 DAVE SHOUP 153 WEST MOUNTAIN AVE. FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 Staff has reviewed your submittal for SPRING CREEK FARMS REZONING - TYPE II, and we offer the following comments: ISSUES: Department: Current Planning Issue Contact: Cameron Gloss Topic: Comprehensive Plan Number: 4 Created: 1 /10/2006 [1/10/06] Staff has evaluated the rezoning application and found that the request is not consistent with principles and policies found within City Plan. The expressed purpose of the Neighborhood Center (NC) zone district within the Land Use Code is to provide a "mixed -use commercial core anchored by a supermarket or grocery store and a transit stop. The main purpose of this District is to meet consumer demands for frequently needed goods and services, with an emphasis on serving the surrounding residential neighborhoods...". This City Structure Plan configuration for Neighborhood Centers is a different approach to commercial area design than the past. Structure Plan limitations have been a response to proliferation of commercial developments along arterial streets, like along College Avenue. The limits focus commercial services in a way that best address the aesthetic and urban form implications, as well as traffic impacts, brought about by strip development oriented to arterial streets. The limits also enhance economic strength of NC districts so that they are able to provide high quality amenities, and site and architectural design, as envisioned under the Plan. The recently constructed Rigden Farm Neighborhood Center, located diagonally across the intersection from the property, fulfills the basic consumer demands needed to serve multiple neighborhoods located within a reasonable distance. Tenants of this Center include a King Soopers grocery with a pharmacy, a freestanding bank, gas station, and several existing and future inline retailers providing a range of goods and services. Approval of the proposed rezoning will reduce the economic strength of the Rigden Farm Center. The segment of Timberline Road between Harmony Road to Conifer has also been designated as an Enhanced Travel Corridor (ETC) within the Comprehensive Plan. An ETC provides high frequency /high efficiency travel opportunities, including transit services that link activity centers within the City. The Rigden Farm Neighborhood Center provides special design opportunities, including a future bus stop and a site plan with enhanced pedestrian access to and from the future bus stop located along Timberline Road. Topic: Land Supply Number: 7 Created: 1 /17/2006 [1/17/06] When the subject property was previously rezoned in 2001, the staff concluded that it was justifiable to rezone the property from E-Employment to MMN in order to help the balance of supply and demand for apartments and other multi -family buildings. Land zoned MMN is in scarce supply south of Mulberry Street. 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