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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREGISTRY RIDGE PUD, PHASE I - PRELIMINARY ..... APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL - 32-95A - MEDIA - (7)u .nwwas u WW rypw Ut McQuay to be castrated while on parole, raising the possibility of state payment for the procedure. Parole board amannn Victor Ro- driguez says the state will urge M,Quay to follow through, but cannot make caseation a condi- tion of his pamle. McQuay's c m feeds into a na- tional debate over how to ef- fectively treat pedophiles. Experts are divided over whether child molestation is purely a sexual act, controllable by controlling sexual urges, or something more com- plex. "Castration is not a paracea While it can, reduce testosterone and sexual urges. he's going to need extensive therapy to learn how to avoid risk factors: says Collier Cole of the Council on Sex Offender TreatmeaL 'Surgery is not going to give someone a con- science. CamYoaa Kam •qa AL that's not the case. He advised the council during executive session March 5, just before its vote, to approve the Registry Ridge project. 'he council made the decision (to approve the project) with the best interest of the city in mind .. relying on criteria applicable to overall development plans.' Boy said `Well certainly defend i both the system and the decision.' "in the springthey tell ors what ditch - cleaning projects they have scheduled' Zentz said. Then the city helps them find ways to minimize tree removal and notifies neighbors before the projects start. This system works about 80 percent of the time. he said — but not this time. New Mercer Ditch Co. did not discuss its plans with the city, Zenu said. 'It's a little on the excessive side' al- though some tree removal is necessary to maintain local ditches, he said. But -if Ithe ditch superintendent) and I had walked through it, we could have done a betterjob of selettvrg trees," Zentz said. However, the city has no legal jurns- diction to stop tree removal or even to re- quire local city sresidents or companies to con - suit with taffers before chopping down tees. said city f neater Tun Buchanan. If property is going through the develop- ment -review process, city policies encour- age landowners to save trees that are 'in good condition," Buchanan said. In some cases, the city also recommends The controversy surrounding the Registry Ridge subdivision began last year when area resi- dents realized the size and scale of the project The overall develop- ment plan, or ODP. calls for more than 700 dwelling units (homes, patio homes, townhomes and apartments), a day-care cents school. neighborhood park acre commercial area acres of open space on 15S ace project It's in a part o Fort Collins that is exclusively Ex-L.A. mayor suffers stroke air i cos AoW. runes LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley was in serious condition late Thursday aRer suderhlg a attire earlier in the day, leaving doctors concerned but cautiously hopeful about his chances of regaining the speech and movement lost in the episode. llnlntEy Bradley suffered the seizure a day after undergoing successful triple -bypass heart surgery at Kaiser Permanente's Hollywood hospital. The five -term mayor has been hospitalized for the past two weeks, after suffering a heart at. tack as he returned after a busi- ness meeting. '.4s to his prognosis, time will tell," said Fred Alexander. Brad- ley's lead doctor, at an afternoon news conference. "We don't like to speculate. We are hopeful that he will have a frill return of function, but I cannot say that will occur." Early in the day, the 78-year- old Bradley lost all movement on his right side and was unable to speak. He initially responded 'Very poorly" to commands. Later in the day. Bradley seemed to recoprri doctors and familv members and was nodding in response to questions. He also regained some movement wig- gling his toes slightly. Doctors speculated a blood Clot. perhapsoriginating in Bradley's heart broke loose and became lodged in the left side of his brain. Doctors said the bypass surgery itself had proven successfa] and that Bradley's blood pressure and heart rhythm were greatly an - proved following the operation. "He is very strong in that respect." Alexander said. 11 think ithese guidelines) are generally effective, but they're somewhat open- ended," Buchanan said - Also, he said, they put a large burden on city staffers to monitor ongoing develop- ment applications. rather than putting the 'burden of proof on developers. City Council members discussed the pos- sible need for a tree conservation ordinance about a veer ago but didn't take anv action. Since then, the cites forestry department has clarified existing development -review policies, to make them more effective. But councilman Will Smith did not know of any council committees that were work- ing on an ordinance at this time. Zentz said a Fort Collins tree ordinance might not bind fire )oral ditch companies because they have had water rights for so long, but Fischer said the ditches in city limits do fall under cityjuuisdiction. .If (im,,) are really perceived as M.nng part of a public way, it would be nice if folks would talk to the city forester to see if there are other options.' Smith said. land. ed when e res dents who live in the a attended a number of meet ings and voiced their opposition. But when the Planning and Zoninffaptged thetry Riand prenary 13, thedeats a week later with the City Council. err caw.men Nature lovers would like to see Fort Collins pass a tree conservation or- dinamx that would prevent incidents such as the unannounced tree -chopping this week near Shields and Stuart streets. 'frees that are in urban area+ can be considered part of natural resource amenities of our city." said city forester Tim Buchanan Trees provide shade and wildlife hab- itat they control erosion and stormwa- ter flow, and they am just nice to look at Buchanan said. About 15 percent of U.S. cities and towns have some kind of tree conserva- tion ordinance, he said, although he did not know of any along the Front Range. For example, in Oakland. Calif.. land- owners have m get permits before re- moving oak trees. The ordinances very from city to city. Buchanan said. Some ordinances apply to all trees an ve'nar,n , come, inner otmnanma -Pp' - just to certain species and sizes of trees. Others apply to trees only on develop- ment sites — not private property — and they require approval of tree site surveys before development can occur. At this point, the am has no plans for a tree conservation ordinance, although City Council received a recent memo- random encouraging them to begin these discussions. And that worries Gene Fischer, secrc Lary tremurer of New Mercer Ditch Co. People want other people to main- tain these trees." Fischer said. 'They don't understand that it costs a lot of money to maintain a tree." Besides, he added, a tree ordinance would be against the Constitutional rights of pmmv propercy owners. Balancing these rights with en- vironmental concems would certainly be me of the big challenges in these die- cusvions. Buchanan said. On Feb. 13. the council voted 4- 3 to the board's approval five session, the council listened to the developer and area rest- the meaning of the citvs land -use regulations. the cites lawyers and ' uphold of the ODP but voted 4-3 to over- dents, then voted 4-3 to approve planner' gave an answer thr�a- -TEfldnhetevelopment. turn the board's approval of the preliminam PUD. the ODP and PUD. The move upset the residents "We weren't eager at all to take On March 5, the council re- and instigated the lawsuit said LeArm Thieman, a member of the this step. Really. it's to make a statement for the citizens of Fort viewed the Registry Ridge project a second time. Before taking pub board of directors for Citizens for Collins: When will it (develop- lic comment the council went into session to "consider Sensible Community Planning. 'The entire process was tilted went) stop?" Lucia Liley, the local attorney executive legal matters of an adversarial in favor of the developer," Thie- who represents the developers of nature." councilwoman Gina man and. -Every time a question about the project. its Registry Ridge. was m meetuno Thursdav and could not be Janett later said. After coming out of the execu- was asked impact upon the neighborhood yr reached for wnmrent Bunny business Swartz stumbles 7w"'� cal moves Rabbits may be cute for Easter, Fort Collins boxer Shane Swartz yr Dance Company on but as pets they require proper care eliminated from U.S. Olympic Trials center stage at Lincoln Center Fort Collins, Colorado FRIDAY April 5, 1996 In brief Inmates six times likelier to have AIDS ATLANTA — Inmates in the nations largest jails and prisons are nearly six times more likely than other Amenrans to have AIDS, the government said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention reported that 5,279 such prisoners had AIDS in 1994, or 5.2 cases per 1,000 in- mates. In the general adult popu- lation, the rate is 0.9 per 1.000. AIDS deaths among inmates in the nation's largest city and coun- ty )ails and state and federal pris- ons totaled 4,588 from the early 1980s to the and of 1994, the CDC said Skeletons victims of 1625 uprising VIENNA, Austna — Archaeolo- gists excavating 10 mass graves that were recently discovered in Austria say the skeletons prob- ably are those of pessnnts who died centuries ago rather than the remains of Holocaust victims. The bones of 102 people have been found in the graves. un- earthed two months ago during construction of a power plant near Lambach, about 140 miles west of Vienna Initially the remains were thought to be chose of Holocaust victims but archaeolaidets say they appear to be more than 300 years old. _The.lustria Press Agency ctmt. A Gannett Newspaper FORT COLLINS P E' OLOMD 05 cents TODAY'S WEATHER Cloudy and cool with chance of rain and snow. High: 45 Low: 30 Details, Page Al2 1 South residents sue over plan Action prompted by council's OK of subdivision tg DAVID PERSONe ma Cdaeown Some frustrated south Fort Collins residents, bitterly disap pointed with the City Council's decision last month to deny their appeal and approve plan for the controversial Registry Ridge sub division, have filed a lawsuit against the City Council, the city of Fort Collins and developer Dales Land LLC. Michael M. Schultz, a Fort Col- lins attorney, filed the suit this week on behalf of Citizens for Sensible Community Planning, a nonprofit organization of resi- dents who live ajiacent to the proposed project at the southwest comer of Shields Street and Tril- by Road. Aavrding to the suit, the group wants: Growth ■ The council to reverse its ap- proval of Regls'try Ridge's planned unit development, or PIID. ■ The oWs aureat land -use regulations declared unlawful. ■To prohibit the approval of all new planned unit develop- ments until the city enacts lawful land -use regulations. Schultz said the suit stems from the otys Planning and Zen - ing Board and City Council wa- vering in recent months between existing land -use regulations Passed in 1979 and new ones that soon will become pact of the drys overhauledwmpreheao plan. 'The Fort Collin eland -use reg- ulatianl system Broken," Schul- tz said "It's been a topic of con- cem for some time. They don't w tM an-umey Steve Roy said S. "WSW, Pap A= v Proposed Registry Ridge development .- . Bonn tit' •. ,'�e� Bombe:' SLiSleect held an 1 charge av ne n mares press HELENA. Mont. — Investiga- tors found a partially assembled pipe bomb, chemicals and meticu- lous notes on making explosives in the mmm- tain cabin of the farmer Ber- kelev math pro- fessor sus-