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Home My WebLink AboutBLUE SPRUCE FARM ANNEXATION & ZONING - 33-87, A - - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSITEM NO. 12 PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING OF STAFF REPORT PROJECT: Blue Spruce Farm Annexation and Zoning - #33-87, A APPLICANTS: Blue Spruce Farm, Inc. C/O G. T. Land Colorado Inc. 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO State Board of Agriculture Room 202 Administration Building Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO PROJECT PLANNER: Ken Waido OWNERS: Same i PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Request to annex and zone approximately 173.24 acres located east of Timberline Road, south of Drake Road and north of Horse - tooth Road. The requested zoning is the T-Transition, Zoning District. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the annexation and zoning request. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a request to annex and zone approximately 173.24 acres of property, located east of Timberline Road, south of Drake Road and north of Horsetooth Road. The property is presently undeveloped. OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT 300 LaPorte Ave. • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 • (303) 221-6750 SERVICES, PLANNING DEPARTMENT Blue Spruce Farm - Annex. and Zoning - #33-87, A P & Z Meeting - June 22, 1987 Page 2 COMMENTS: 1. Background: The applicants and owners, Blue Spruce Farms, Inc., (168.5244 acres), and the State Board of Agriculture, (4.7198 acres) are requesting annexation of approximately 173.24 acres of property, located east of Timberline Road, south of Drake Road and north of Horsetooth Road. The property is presently undeveloped. If approved, the annexation will leave a 1.0664 acre enclave adjacent to Timberline Road owned by the United States Department of Agri- culture which could be annexed by the City in three years. The property is located within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area. Accord- ing to policies and agreements between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County contained in the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA, the City will annex property in the UGA when the prop- erty is eligible for annexation according to State law. The property gains the required 1/6 contiguity to existing city limits from a common boundary with the Timberline Horsetooth Second Annexation to the south, and the Nel- son Second Annexation and the Greenwalt Tenth Annexation to the west. The requested zoning for this annexation is the T-Transition, Zoning Dis- trict. The T district designation is used as a holding zone for properties not in an immediate development mode. The only uses allowed in the T zone are the uses which existed at the time the property was annexed. Prior to the approval of any development application, the property will have to be rezoned to another of the City's zoning districts. There are no known immediate development plans for the property. 2. Findings 1. The annexation of this area is consistent with the policies and agree- ments between Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins contained in the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA. 2. The area meets all criteria included in State law to qualify for a voluntary annexation by the City of Fort Collins. 3. The requested T-Transitional zoning district will act as a holding zone until the property is ready for development. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the annexation and requested zoning. t =a 11a PETITION FOR ANNEXATION THE UNDERSIGNED hereby petition the Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, for the annexation of an area, to be referred to as the Blue Spruce Farm Annexation to the City of Fort Collins. Said area, consisting of approximately 173.2442 acres is more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto. The petitioners allege: 1. That it is desirable and necessary that such area be annexed to the City of Fort Collins. 2. That the requirements of Sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S. 1973, exist or have been met. 3. That not less than one -sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the boundaries of the City of Fort Collins. 4. That a community of interest exists between the area proposed to be annexed and the City of Fort Collins. 5. That the area to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future. 6. That the area proposed to be annexed is integrated with or capable of being integrated with the City of Fort Collins. 7. That the petitioners herein comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners in the area and own more than fifty percent (50%) of the area to be annexed, excluding public streets, alleys and lands owned by the City of Fort Collins. WHEREFORE, said petitioners request the Council of the City of Fort Collins approve the annexation of said area. Furthermore, the petitioners request that said area be placed in the T (Transition) zoning district pursuant to Chapter 118 (Zoning) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. This Petition may be signed in counterparts by each petitioner hereto and all such counterparts shall constitute one agreement. 0 • OWNER: BLUE SPRUCE FARM, INC. a corporation C/O G. T. Land _Colorado Inc. NA E 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 100 _ ADDRESS Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 CITY STATE ZIP _June 4, 1987 DATE STATE OF COLORADO ) ss. COUNTY OF LARIMER ) The undersigned being first duly sworn upon his oath states: That he was the circulator of the attached petition for annexation and that each signature therein is the signature of the person whose name is purports to be. Subscribed and swor to before me this � day of L 1987, by: mi (' �lr4e 1 ,!"A Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires: Jt� Not ry Pu 1'c Addressn \ ( It C.i cj�� C'F� L06J4 • • ATTORNEY CERTIFICATION i, ( /< �f an attorney licensed to practice in the State of C lorado, hereby certify that I have examined the title to the property proposed for annexation herein, a description of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and have verified that the signers of the attached Annexation Petition are owners of real property in the area proposed for annexation. Furthermore, I certify that said owners constitute more than 50% of the landowners in the area proposed for annexation and own more than 50% of the land in said area, exclusive of streets, alleys, and lands owned by the City of Fort Collins. t% Signa ure > Da te„/ li DESCRIPTION OF BLUE SPRUCE FARM PROPERTY A part of the Northwest 1/4 and of the South 1/2 of Section 29, Township 7 North, Range 68 West, of the Sixth P.M., County of Lar.imer, State of Colorado, which, considering the West line of said Northwest 1/4 as bearing N 00025' E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto, begins at a point on said West line which bears N 00025' E 530 feet from the West 1/4 corner of said Section 29, and runs thence N 00025' E 793.00 feet; thence S 88055146" E 1380.61 feet; thence S 00038140" W 800.00 feet; thence S 88055146" E 1266.09 feet to the North -South centerline of said Section 29; thence along said centerline, S 00022101" W 622.98 feet; thence S 88055146" E 1295.89 feet; thence S 00022101" W 1226.89 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of said Section 29, thence along said South line N 88059126" W 3941.59 feet to the West line of the South 1/2 of said Section 29; thence along said West line, N 00026135" E 1231.07 feet; thence S 88055146" E 400.00 feet; thence N 00026135" E 630.00 feet; thence N 88055146" W 400.24 feet to the point of beginning, containing 168.5244 acres more or less.