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CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TYPE 1 ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
FINDINGS AND DECISION
HEARING DATE: October 1, 2014
PROJECT NAME: GRE Prospect Subdivision
CASE NUMBER: FDP140016
APPLICANT: Brad Schwindt
GRE Holdings, LLC
1331 17
th
Street, 2
nd
Floor
Denver, CO 80202
OWNER: GRE Holdings, LLC
1331 17
th
Street, 2
nd
Floor
Denver, CO 80202
HEARING OFFICER: Kendra L. Carberry
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a combined Project Development Plan and Final Plan
(PDP/FP) to plat a currently unplatted 18,677 square foot property at 2430 West Prospect Road,
and change the use of the property from a child care center to a single-family residential use. The
parcel is located on the corner of West Prospect Road and Fuqua Drive. The lot contains an
existing house that was originally developed outside of the City boundaries on an unplatted parcel.
SUMMARY OF DECISION: Approved
ZONE DISTRICT: Low Density Residential (R-L)
HEARING: The Hearing Officer opened the hearing at approximately 5:00 p.m. on October 1,
2014, in Conference Room A, 281 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado.
EVIDENCE: At the hearing, the Hearing Officer accepted the following evidence: (1) Planning
Department Staff Report; (2) application, plans, maps and other supporting documents submitted
by the applicant; and (3) a copy of the public notice (the formally promulgated policies of the City
are all considered part of the record considered by the Hearing Officer).
TESTIMONY: The following persons testified at the hearing:
From the City: Clark Mapes
From the Applicant: Brad Schwindt
From the Public: Ron Young
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FINDINGS
1. Evidence presented to the Hearing Officer established the fact that the hearing was
properly posted, legal notices mailed and notice published.
2. The PDP/FP complies with the applicable General Development Standards contained in
Article 3 of the Code.
a. The PDP/FP complies with Section 3.3.1(C), Public Sites, Reservations and
Dedications, because the PDP/FP dedicates the required land area.
b. The PDP/FP complies with Section 3.3.2(A)(1), Approval of City Engineer,
because the PDP/FP provides for the construction of an accessible sidewalk curb ramp at
the corner of Prospect and Fuqua.
c. Because the house is existing, no additional development standards apply to this
PDP/FP.
3. The PDP/FP complies with the applicable standards contained in Article 4 of the Code for
the R-L zone district.
a. The PDP/FP complies with the purpose of the R-L zone district, because the
PDP/FP proposes a single-family residential use.
b. The PDP/FP complies with Section 4.4(D)(1), Density, because the existing house
of 3,017 square feet will remain on a lot of 15,606 square feet.
DECISION
Based on the foregoing findings, the Hearing Officer hereby enters the following rulings:
1. The PDP/FP is approved as submitted.
DATED this 13
th
day of October, 2014.
_____________________________________
Kendra L. Carberry
Hearing Officer