HomeMy WebLinkAboutFORT COLLINS VETERINARY EMERGENCY & REHABILITATION HOSPITAL - FDP - FDP130038 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - MODIFICATION REQUESTRequest for Modification 1:
The Applicant requests a modification that is applicable to Section 4.27(D)(2):
1)4.27(D)(2): Secondary Uses. All secondary uses shall be integrated both in function and appearance into a
larger employment district development plan that emphasizes primary uses. A secondary use shall be
subject to administrative review or Planning and Zoning Board review as required for such use in
Section 4.27(B). The following permitted uses shall be considered secondary uses in this zone district
and together shall occupy no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total gross area of the
development plan.
Land Use Code Modification Criteria:
“The decision maker may grant a modification of standards only if it finds that the granting of the
modification would not be detrimental to the public good, and that:
(1) the plan as submitted will promote the general purpose of the standard for which the modification is
requested equally well or better than would a plan which complies with the standard for which a
modification is requested; or
(2) the granting of a modification from the strict application of any standard would, without impairing
the intent and purpose of this Land Use Code, substantially alleviate an existing, defined and described
problem of city-wide concern or would result in a substantial benefit to the city by reason of the fact that
the proposed project would substantially address an important community need specifically and
expressly defined and described in the city's Comprehensive Plan or in an adopted policy, ordinance or
resolution of the City Council, and the strict application of such a standard would render the project
practically infeasible; or
(3) by reason of exceptional physical conditions or other extraordinary and exceptional situations,
unique to such property, including, but not limited to, physical conditions such as exceptional
narrowness, shallowness or topography, or physical conditions which hinder the owner's ability to install
a solar energy system, the strict application of the standard sought to be modified would result in
unusual and exceptional practical difficulties, or exceptional or undue hardship upon the owner of such
property, provided that such difficulties or hardship are not caused by the act or omission of the
applicant; or
(4) the plan as submitted will not diverge from the standards of the Land Use Code that are authorized
by this Division to be modified except in a nominal, inconsequential way when considered from the
perspective of the entire development plan, and will continue to advance the purposes of the Land Use
Code as contained in Section 1.2.2.
Any finding made under subparagraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) above shall be supported by specific findings
showing how the plan, as submitted, meets the requirements and criteria of said subparagraph (1), (2),
(3) or (4).”
Applicant’s Explanation of the Nature of the Modification Request:
e. It will
return t
ndscaping improvements that this proposal offers in comparison to the
existing property conditions.
Applicant’s Justification:
ndary Uses, is justified by the applicable
andards in contained in Section 2.8.2(H). This is because:
Use Code with respect to a small
dividual infill redevelopment within the Employment zone district.
t plan, and will
ontinue to advance the purposes of the Land Use Code as contained in Section 1.2.2.
The proposed expansion of the Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency and Rehabilitation Hospital is
eliminating and redeveloping a blighted property that has been an eyesore along the S. Lemay Avenue
right-of-way for several years. The proposed expansion of the existing veterinary facility will return this
adjacent parcel to an attractive building façade, complementary to the existing veterinary façad
he property to a productive use and expand the employment base of the current facility.
The reuse of a potion of the existing car wash facility in the extreme northeast corner of the site,
along with required connection points to the existing veterinary facility for operational efficiency
resulted in a 3% overage in the allowable floor area. This amount is truly negligible given the added site
and building esthetics and la
A Modification of Standard to Section 4.27(D)(2), Seco
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A.The granting of the Modification would not be detrimental to the public good because it meets the general
purpose of the standard while providing for the property to be otherwise greatly improved in a wide
variety of ways. It does not impair the intent and purpose of the Land
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B.The request satisfies Criteria 4 (2.8.2(H)(4): The plan as submitted does not diverge from the standards of
the Land Use Code that are authorized by this Division to be modified except in a nominal,
inconsequential way when considered from the perspective of the entire developmen
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