HomeMy WebLinkAboutREA ANNEXATION AND ZONING FEBRUARY 28 1994 P AND Z BOARD HEARING - 64 93 A - MEDIA -Car dealer's move goes to planners
ByTONY BALANDRAN
The Coloradoan .
City' officials are scheduled
to begin `consideration Monday
of the potential uses on a 9.4-
acre parcel in. south Fort Col-
lins, including a proposal for a
car dealership that neighbors
hope to stop.
Zoning the property at 4809
S. College Ave., which is the
location of the Poudre Valley
Rural Electric Association, will
be among the items discussed
by the . city's Planning and
Zoning Board meeting -
In recent , months, nearby
residents of the property have
voiced their objections to a
proposal that the Spradley-
Barr Ford car dealership move
onto that property, which is
just south of the Arbor Plaza
Shopping Center.
Neighbors said they are
worried that a car dealership
at that property would in-
crease the amount of traffic
The existing 'property is
Gro� W ,t about one-third larger , than
tJ 111 Spradley-Barr's lot at College
Avenue and Drake Road.
The Fort Collins City Coun-
Lduringits
ng slated cil annexed the REA property
rt Collins Planning into the city limits in early
g Board will dis- December, but council mem-
ng options for the bers agreed to postpone the
alley REA property zoning until mid -February
meeting at 6:30., Monday, members of the
dayat Planning and Zoning Board
rte Ave a. ' will examine six zoning op-
tions for the property.
The board will choose and
and become the source of noise
recommend an option to City
pollution and annoying bright
Council members, who will de-
lights.
cide whether to approve the
However S radle
p y officials
zoning.
said they intend to address
.. ,: One of the options — high -
the residents' concerns.
- ,pay business zoning — would
Using pagers instead of
automatically allow the car ,
dealership to move onto the
loudspeakers and installing a'
property.
lighting .system that would
keep ,the illumination focused
- Another of the options —
limited business zoning — also
on the property are some ways
"will
.
- would permit Spradley-Barr to
they` answer the com-
plaints:
move, after approval in a pub-
lic hearing.