HomeMy WebLinkAboutLINDENMEIER ESTATES PUD - PRELIMINARY - 24-94 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESAll open space areas have been designed to be privately owned and maintained.
We have no plans for business, commercial or industrial uses other than any service
business that might in the future operate as functional part of the residential development.
Any employment which might result from these endeavors would be mminor in nature and
any guess as to the numerical equivalent would be purely circumspect.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
12. Urban density residential development usually at three or more unit
to the acre should be encouraged in the urban growth area.
26. Availability of existing services shall be used as a criteria in
determining the location of higher intensity areas in the City.
39. The City should direct efforts to promote improved traffic and
pedestrian circulation and public transit to areas north and northeast
of City.
40. The City should promote the utilization of existing vacant land in the
northeast by offering incentives such as utility and infrastructure
provisions of revenue bonds and tax increment financing.
41. The City should encourage residential development in the northeast,
particularly giving special consideration to the undeveloped
industrially zoned land in the area adjacent to the existing residential
areas.
LOCATION POLICIES FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
64. Alternative transportation modes such as pedestrian and bike access
shall be planned for as primary modes of transportation to
neighborhood service centers from adjoining residential uses.
75. Residential areas should provide for a mix of housing densities.
78. Residential development should be directed into areas with
reinforces the phasing plan in the Urban Growth Area_
79. Low density residential uses should locate in areas:
a. VVhich have easy access to existing or planned
neighborhood and regional/community shopping center;
b. Which have easy access to major employment centers;
C. Within walking distance to an existing or planned
elementary school;
d. With walking distance to an existing or planned
neighborhood park and within easy access to a
community park; and
LAND USE
development of business, industrial, and residential areas in
the northern and northeastern areas of the City.
* Encourage residential, commercial, and industrial
development in the northeastern area of Fort Collins in a
manner conducive to the desirable redevelopment of North
College Avenue and the central City, especially downtown.
* Urban Development in the urban service area should be
consistent with the provision of utilities, schools, parks, and
other public services and preferably contiguous to existing
development.
* Encourage housing development within the City and
immediately adjacent to the City.
* Use open space as a buffer between conflicting land uses
and to preserve neighborhood identity.
* Encourage joint use of drainage facilities, such as open
channels and detention ponds for open space purposes.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
* Encourage the development of future land use plan which
deals sensitively with the relationships between the man-
made and natural environments.
* Support with subsidies if necessary, public transit in the Fort
Collins area, and facilitate bicycling, walking and car-pooling.
* Coordinate the development of facilities and parks within
redevelopment areas with increased population densities.
THE LAND USE POLICIES PLAN
GENERAL POLICIES
3. The City shall promote
A. Maximum utilization of land within City
B. Alternative transportation modes
C. ...Efficient mass transit systems...
D. Location of residential development close to environment,
recreation and shopping facilities.
LINDENMEIER ESTATES P.U.D.
STATEMENT OF PLANNING OBJECTIVES
Lindenmeier Estates P.U.D. is a residential one and two family residential development
located in the 1700 block of Lemay Avenue on the west side of the street the project is
surrounded by large lot single family subdivisions on all sides, Linden lake and
Lindenmeier to the east, Greenbriar to the south, the City of Fort Collins detention
facilities to the west and Puebla Vista and Pheasant Ridge Subdivisions to the North. the
new Greenbriar Park is in close proximity to the south and Tavelli Elementary School to
the north. The northern edge of the property is bounded by the Larimer & Weld Irrigation
Company Canal while the City Detention Facility is envisioned as a natural area
supportive a large selection of wildlife species. Reviewing the Goal and Objectives and
the Land use Polices Plan of the City of Fort Collins:
We are locating our in -fill project close to existing City infrastructure such
as utilities, parks, mass transit and open space.
2. We are locating a higher density project in what appears to be a very
appropriate place.
3. We are providing a mixed density housing project located close to
environment and shopping.
The following is an outline of how the project more specifically follows in relation to the
appropriate elements of the City's COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
The "LAND USE POLICIES PLAN" is one element of the City of Fort Collins'
"COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'. The foundational element of the Comprehensive Plan is the
Statement of "GOALS AND OBJECTIVES" adopted by the City in 1977. This statement
clearly delineates the City's Goals as they relate to northeast Fort Collins in Several
Sections.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Promote increased development in the north and northeastern areas of the
City.
* Encourage increased residential development of the
northeastern area in order to support and direct the
redevelopment of the area.
* Provide a rational pattern of land use for the older parts of the
City which promotes the integrated redevelopment and