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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREGISTRY RIDGE - OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 32-95 - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (27)We respectfully request that the Planning and Zoning Board grant a variance to the developer to build acreage home sites on the Proposed Development. He assured us last year at the home owners meeting that he would be happy to build acreages if the city would grant a variance. Thank you for your time in this matter. Sincerely, Clark & Claudia Whitcomb R E C c I V q OCT 0 4 1995 September 21, 1995 Mr. Mike Ludwig, City Planner. Planning and Zoning Board 281 North College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Mr. Ludwig: We are residents of 1300 W. Trilby Rd. in Fort Collins and are writing this letter in response to the Proposed Development on the Southwest corner of Trilby Rd. and Shields. There are several concerns that we have regarding this development. 1) All of the land surrounding the proposed development is either open space or acreage home sites. The Cathy Fromme Open Space is to the west and north of this area. And the proposed open space corridor between Loveland and Fort Collins is to the south. It seems innappropriate to allow a development this dense to sit right in the middle of this type of area. We have heard that Fort Collins wants to create a soft edge to the city. This development as proposed will most certainly ruin an chance of a' soft edge. 2) According to our home association's sources, the developer also owns the land on the northeast corner of Trilby and Shields and has promised to donate the*land between the railroad tracks and the ridge to the east of the tracks, to the city and that this was a strong selling point to the city for this development. We would like to point out that this land is virtually worthless as a development site anyway and that there is not much use for this land anyway except as open space. It does not seem to us that the developer is donating anything that is income producing to him. 3) A major concern of ours is the stagnation pond proposed at the northwest corner of the development site. We have heard any where from 3 to 8 acres for this pond. We don't pretend to be well versed in storm drainage legal matters, but this is ridiculous. The fact that the city would even consider this to be acceptable is an outrage. We can't believe that this is an acceptable alternative for storm drainage or is part. of the. city code. Legal advice has allready been sought by the three families being asked to give up the easement rights and this issue is a health concern for all of the community, existing and proposed.