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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLINDIMER SUBDIVISION FINAL - 26 93A - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTESPlanning and Zoning Board Meeting Minutes August 23, 1993 Page 8 Chair Walker asked if the city would require the road to be blocked off beyond the driveway. Ms. Ashbeck said that would be difficult to do. The city would like to encourage people to use the existing cul-de-sac. Mr. Linder noted there will be a visible fence across the property line to encourage use of the turnaround and noted that he appreciates the difficulties this variance request may cause in setting precedent and is asking for it in response to the stable -owner's request for more of a buffer. Member Strom moved approval of the Lindimer Subdivision Final with the variance to permit the driveway on the south side of the house to add buffering and sees the variance as equal to or better than. This does not establish a precedent for other developers not to construct a temporary cul-de-sac. Member Winfree seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-0. TOPANGA AT HILLPOND PUD - PRELIMINARY, CASE #2-87H Chair Walker noted that this item was a continuance request. Ted Shepard, Project Planner, noted that this project, also known as Spring Creek PUD, was heard by the Planning and Zoning Board last month. The Board instructed the applicant and the developer to have another neighborhood meeting, revise plans, and report back. The applicant has conducted the meeting and based on input, has asked that the plan not be considered at this meeting and be considered at the September meeting. Staff recommends a motion to continue this item to September, when it will be heard as a preliminary PUD. PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input. Member Strom moved to continue this item to the September 27 meeting. Member Klataske seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-0. REFERRAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE OF RAINTREE PUD. CASE #146-79B Sherry Albertson -Clark, City Chief Planner, stated this was a request to change the approved final site plan (which consisted of multi -family units), deleting the portion of this site which is now the approved Senior Center PUD. The site is located north of Drake Road, west of Planning and Zoning Board Meeting Minutes August 23, 1993 Page 7 barbed wire; 4) since the stable is full to capacity, the owner's livelihood has not been adversely affected by the building of Kingston Woods in the past year; 5) reducing the number of lots from 15 to 11 will add at least $4,00045,000 to the price of each home, making the houses less affordable since the cost of development is the same for 11 or 15. Therefore, he is asking the Board to consider granting a variance to allow them to build the house on lot 11 with the garage access off the dead-end as requested by the owners of Horsetooth Stables. They feel the project meets the code and request approval. PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input. Member Strom asked Paul Eckman, Deputy City Attorney, to read the conditions for granting a variance under the subdivision code. Mr. Eckman confirmed with Ms. Whetstone that the applicant was applying under the provisions of the "equal to or better than" variance. Member Winfree asked how close the dwelling on lot 11 would be to the adjacent property line. Mr. Linder responded that they will build the house as far to the north as possible. The lot is 65 feet at the setback and he expects the house to be possibly 20 or 25 feet from the property line. Chair Walker asked why a variance was needed. Ms. Whetstone clarified that the request for a variance comes from City Council after the project had been appealed. The City Council requested that Planning and Zoning look at the possibility of using the garage on the south side to buffer the house. Kerrie Ashbeck, City Civil Engineer, said that the City Code requires that at a dead-end street, there is either a temporary cul-de-sac or no house access to the street, for reasons of fire safety and allowing a public turnaround without going on private property. The options for meeting the code are to provide a temporary off -site easement or build a temporary cul-de-sac on the developer's property. The City Council suggestion takes the lot out of compliance. The cul-de- sac is not good for such a small development. Other solutions have been to grant a variance for the driveway as an access easement or not get a building permit on that lot. Chair Walker asked if the city requires paving to the property line. Ms. Ashbeck confirmed that would be required so the lot would have complete street frontage. Planning and Zoning Board Meeting Minutes August 23, 1993 Page 6 requirement and if it went to commercial development, then the homeowners would know the landscaping would happen. If the property to the south develops as single family, then the landscaping would not be necessary. No irrigation would be provided. Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, represented the owner, Geneva Homes, Inc. He explained that this information was not required by city staff but reflects a pre-existing agreement between the owners. At the time of the master plan, they could see that residential areas would abut commercial areas and agreed on the criteria for a buffer. This landscaping reflects the minimum of what already exists. Member Cottier asked if the owner of Parcel G would be responsible for the fifteen foot landscape buffer in the private agreement. Mr. Ward confirmed they would. PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input. Member Cottier moved to approve Sunstone Village PUD, 8th Filing - Final. Member Fontane seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-0. Kirsten Whetstone, Project Planner, said this was a request for 15 single family lots on 4.3 acres, located one quarter mile north of Horsetooth Road and one half mile west of Shields Street at the end of Birmingham Drive. Mark Linder, applicant, represented himself and Bret Larimer. He stated that this was an infill project and through the site plan, covenants, new property owner disclosure, fence, and landscape buffer, the developers have attempted to address the neighborhood concerns. They are unwilling to provide the 100 foot setback requested by the owners of the Horsetooth Stables property for several reasons: 1) the 100 feet is off the widest part of the property and would reduce density to 11 units, which is less than the minimum required in the city; 2) neighborhood meetings with residents of Rossborough, Wagonwheel, and Kingston Woods showed no complaints about odor, lights, or night noise from the stables. A resident of Rossborough who is 35 feet from the stable property line had no complaints and this is the same distance as Lindimer's closest proposed unit; 3) the wood fence they are building is safer than the current • i PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING NIINUTES August 23, 1993 Council Liaison: Gerry Horak Staff Support Liaison: Tom Peterson The August 23, 1993 regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 6:35 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall West, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. Board members present included Chair Lloyd Walker, Sharon Winfree, Jim Klataske, Jennifer Fontane, Bernie Strom, Jan Cottier and Rene Clements -Cooney. Staff members present included Assistant Planning Director Joe Frank, Kirsten Whetstone, Ted Shepard, Steve Olt, Sherry Albertson -Clark, Mike Herzig, Kerrie Ashbeck, Deputy City Attorney Paul Eckman, Kayla Ballard and Diane Slater. AGENDA REVIEW Mr. Frank reviewed the Consent Agenda, which consisted of: Item 1—Minutes of the July 26 and August 2, 1993 Planning and Zoning Meetings; Item 2—Greenbriar Village PUD, 2nd Filing - Preliminary, Case #19-93C; Item 4—Harmony 66 - Non -Conforming Use, Case #46- 93; Item 5—Silver Oaks PUD, 2nd Filing - Final, Case #14-88H; Item 6—CAT 15th, Cinema Savers - Preliminary, Case #53-85F; Item 7—Wildwood Farm PUD, 1st and 2nd Filings - Preliminary, Case #90-85H; Item 8—Modification of Conditions of Final Approval; Item 10- -Sunstone Village PUD, 8th Filing - Final, Case #57-86M. Mr. Frank reviewed the Discussion Agenda, which included: Item 11—Lindimer Subdivision - Final, Case #26-93A; Item 12—Topanga at Hillpond PUD - Preliminary, Case #2-87H; Item 13—Referral of Administrative Change of Raintree PUD, Case #146-79B; Item 14—Raintree PUD - Two Year Extension of Final Approval, Case #146-79B. Member Strom requested Item 7, Wildwood Farm PUD, 1st and 2nd Filings - Preliminary be pulled for discussion. Member Winfree requested Item 6, CAT 15th, Cinema Savers - Preliminary be pulled for discussion. Member Cottier requested Item 10, Sunstone Village PUD, 8th Filing - Final be pulled for discussion. Member Clements -Cooney moved to approve Consent Agenda Items 1, 29 49 5, and 8. Member Fontane seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-0. Ted Shepard, Project Planner, stated that this was a request for a 19,344 square foot 6-plex movie theater located in Tract R of the Centre for Advanced Technology, 3.15 acres near the northeast corner of Drake and Shields on Worthington Circle and zoned BP, Planned Business. Access is provided by an extension of Worthington Circle.