HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIND PROPERTY - OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 39-94A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 2 -The following issues justify the waiver to contiguity for the Lind Property:
Special Benefits
The Lind property development will produce special benefits to the City; in terms of
large scale open space preservation and the completion of regional trail linkages. In the
Southwest corner of the property there will be grade separated trail connections to the
south and to the west to complete the regional trail. This regional trail is delineated on
the Mountain Vista Subarea Framework Plan as a connection from the southeast corner
of the Mountain Vista study area within the Cooper Slough through the school site north
to Richards Lake. Without these trail crossings the regional trail will remain incomplete
terminating at County Road 52 on the south and County Road 11 on the west. A large
open space tract will provide a natural link to the canal, a pedestrian trail will run parallel
to the canal for the entire length of the property with bridges crossing the canal for
future trail access across the No 8 Outlet ditch to the property on the east. These
development benefits meet the contiguity exemption criteria by meeting the open space
and recreational goals as defined in the City Plan.
1/6th Boundary Contiguous
The Lind property does not presently have 1/6th of its boundary contiguous to existing
urban development within the city or the county. The Richards Lake property directly
across County Road 11 will receive approval from the City of Fort Collins for
development this spring with construction to start immediately following approval.
Following construction of the Richards Lake project the Lind property would meet the
Contiguity requirements. The Gillespie Property has recently submitted an ODP, which
will be heard by the Planning Commission on February 15th, and will continue through
the process as quickly as possible. This propert� is south of the Lind property and
would also give the Lind property more than 1/6t contiguity when it is built. The Lind
Property would like to proceed with the ODP process, knowing that it will be in full
compliance with the contiguity requirements in the year 2001, prior to any development
construction on the property. The adoption of the contiguity criteria was a means to
alleviate leapfrog development. The Lind property clearly follows a sequence of
development from the south and the west in the Mountain Vista Subarea.
Long-term economic development opportunities
The residential development in this area will provide approximately 800 residences that
will attract commercial interest in the Mountain Vista Subarea. The existence of the 800
homes will produce the need for commercial uses in the area and thus create the long-
term economic opportunities desired by the City Plan.
Thus we request the city consider exempting the Lind Property from the Contiguity
requirements of the City Plan to assure the completion of the Mountain Vista "green
way" trail system. Please feel free to call me with any questions.
Sinc rely,
1
vonn Seaman
Land cquisition Planner
X HOMES • 9250 East Costilla Avenue • Suite 200 • Englewood, Colorado 80112 • (303) 792-9810 - FAX 792-9811
CENTEX HOMES
March 26, 2001
Brian Grubb
City of Fort Collins
Planning Department
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
9250 E. Costilla Ave., #200
Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: 303-792-9810
Fax: 303-792-9811
RE: Waiver/exception request for contiguity requirements Lind Property, Overall
Development Plan (ODP)- Type II Review under the Land Use Code (LUC)
Dear Brian,
Centex Homes, developer of the Lind property, is requesting a waiver to the City of Fort
Collins contiguity requirements. The Lind property will provide an essential link in the
Mountain Vista "green way" trail system, consequently providing a special benefit to the
Mountain Vista Subarea.
The Lind property is located at the northeast corner of County Road 11 and County
Road 52, and consists of 172 acres, zoned Low Density Mixed -Use Development. The
proposed ODP utilizes "Neo-traditional " style planning concepts concentrating the
higher density neighborhoods around the commercial area. Lower density residential
development will radiate out from the commercial center. Connections will be provided
throughout the project for multiple modes of transportation to the neighborhood center
and adjoining neighborhood amenities.
The Mountain Vista regional Greenway will cross the Lind property on the southwest
corner in a grade separated trail under County Road 52 and County Road 11. This
connection will complete the link to the Richards Lake property on the West and the
Gillespie property to the south. The property will also provide a trail corridor along the
No 8 Outlet ditch along with a park located directly adjacent to the ditch. An interior trail
system in the Lind development will provide access to the park, the regional trail, and
the neighborhood center.
Open space will be an integral part of the development creating a distinct open
neighborhood identity. The site road system will be laid out to emphasize the views and
vistas to the southwest. This design format is shown in the layout of the collector
streets and will be reflected in the local neighborhood street design. This design format
will create a true neighborhood with the neighborhood parks, trails, and a neighborhood
center located in optimal locations.
The low -density mixed -use neighborhoods represent the largest land use on the Fort
Collins Framework Plan. Residential neighborhoods like the Lind Property will provide
the majority of the future growth in the Mountain Vista Subarea. These residential
developments need to be present to provide the demand for commercial uses desired in
the Commercial Center of the Mountain Vista Subarea Plan.