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Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
February 29, 2000
Drew Thomas
VF Ripley
1113 Stoney Hill Drive
Fort, Collins, CO 80525
Mr. Thomas,
The Land Use Code requires in section 3.6.3(F) that all development plans shall provide for
future public street connections to adjacent developable parcels by providing a local street
connection spaced at intervals not to exceed 660 feet along each development plan
boundary that abuts potentially developable or redevelopable land.
You asked for clarification on this standard, specifically, does the 660 foot interval start at
the corner of a property boundary, or does it start at a street? After discussing the issue
with Bob Blanchard (Director of Current Planning) and Mark McCallum (Development Review
Engineer) about the answer to that.question, we determined_that it really depends on the
surroundings of the site. In the case of the Concorde Capital site, it lies at the interior of
a larger block bounded by Conifer Street on the north, Redwood on the west, the future
alignment of Vine Drive on the south, and Lemay Avenue on the ^east. After considering your
question relative to this particular larger block, we determined that the 660 foot spacing
intervals of streets makes the most sense when looked at over the entire larger block.
When looked at in those terms,it makes sense that two east -west streets and three north -
south streets be provided on the interior of this larger block. This translates into one
crossing of Lake Canal adjacent to the Concorde Capital property, and one crossing of the
canal on the property to the southwest of the Concorde Capital property. I have included a
sketch of this large block concept.
Just to be sure, we showed this interpretation to Greg Byrne (Director. of Community
Planning and Environmental Services) who supported it.
incerely, f'
Thoy-�ones
City Planner
CC: Mark McCallum
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