HomeMy WebLinkAboutRYLAND (EAST RIDGE) ANNEXATION & ZONING - 33-98 - CORRESPONDENCE - (6)Again, this item is tentatively scheduled for the February 18`h hearing of the
Planning and Zoning Board. PMTs and eight (8) copies of the plan are due by
Wednesday, February 2, 1999.
Please contact me at 221-6206 if you have questions or concerns related to
these comments, and for the number of revisions required. Under the new
process, revisions may be submitted at any time. If you would like to schedule a
meeting to discuss these comments, please contact me as soon as possible.
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Article II Section 30(1)(b), adjacent railroads must also be included into
an annexation. To that end, you need to provide a new map of the
proposed annexation reflecting the addition of the Rail Road, East
Vine Drive right of way, and the Summit View right of way into the
annexation.
d) Within your new petition for annexation you will need to have 3 legal
descriptions including an overall annexation description, a description
of the railroad right of way, and a description of your client's property,
all with land owner signatures.
e) Because of the addition of the railroad property into the annexation;
we need you to list them as one of the land owners on your revised
application form. This also includes a letter from them authorizing Jim
Snell Design to act on their behalf in the annexation process.
f) When we worked with Burlington Northern on a 1997 annexation, our
point of contact person was: Everett J. Thomas; Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railroad Company; 3700 Globeville Road; Denver, CO
80316. Also, Mark Sears (221-6583) from the city engineering
department is our staff expert on dealings with the railroads.
g) We talked on the telephone that we tentatively are going to shoot for
putting this on the Planning and Zoning Board agenda for February 18,
1999. To make this time frame, the revised annexation petition will
need to be submitted to our office prior to January 29, 1999.
2. The Light and Power Utility offers the following comments:
a) Service rights fees will apply to the portion of this annexation served
by Poudre Valley REA (This is the North 'h and the Southeast'/ of the
annexation.) Existing customers will pay a 25% service rights fee on
their electric bills for 10 years following transfer of service. New
customers will pay 5%.
b) The SW '/ of the proposed annexation is within the Public Services
electric service territory. No service rights fees will apply to this
portion of the annexation.
c) See attached letter to owners regarding the service rights fee issue.
3. The Advance Planning Department offers the following comments:
a) Annexation and requested LMN zoning are consistent with policies of
City Plan and agreements with Larimer County.
b) The City cannot annex only the east '/z of Summitview Drive. The
annexation must include all of the ROW.
4. The Mapping Department offers the following comments:
a) North boundary should go to the north line of Vine Drive. This would
include the railroad right of way and Vine Drive right of way.
b) Show existing addresses.
c) Plat should show who prepared it, etc.
Commui Planning and Environmental IF
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
January 8, 1999
Brad Saucerman
Jim Snell Design
153 West Mountain Ave
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Dear Brad:
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Staff reviewed the original submittal for the Ryland Annexation and Zoning,
#33-98 back in August 1998. A letter was sent on August 27, 1998 to the
previous applicant/consultant, Ric Hattman which summarized the staff review
comments for the original annexation submittal. The purpose of this letter is to
pass along those August staff comments and offer some new relevant -
comments.
1. The Current Planning Department offers the following comments:
a) Because the applicant has changed from Hattman Associates to Jim
Snell Design, you will have to fill out a new Application Form. We will
also need a letter from the current land authorizing Jim Sell Design to
be the "Applicant / Consultant for the annexation.
b) You will need to:resubmit a revised Petition for Annexation. The
original annexation petition included a sentence that was added to the
standard "petition for annexation" form that stated "Special uses of
industrial allowed adjacent to Rail Road right of way." This sentence
cannot be added to the petition. If you refer to the Land Use Code
Article 4.4(D)(5), we interpret the phrase "buffer and transition from
rail switching and industrial uses to the south" to mean that "certain
uses permitted along East Vine Drive" is only referring to property on
the north side of Vine Drive. Attached is a copy of the original petition
for your reference.
c) We require that the annexation boundaries must be extended to
include the Burlington Northern Railroad right of way, the entire
adjacent right of way of East Vine Drive, and the entire -adjacent right
of way of Summit View Drive. It is city policy to include adjacent to a
property into the annexation, and according to Colorado's Constitution
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