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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGRAHAM BED & BREAKFAST PUD - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 26-89 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGServices Planning Department 0 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING MINUTES PROJECT: Graham Bed and Breakfast P.U.D., 730 West Prospect Road MEETING LOCATION: Plymouth Congregational Church DATE: June 1, 1989 APPLICANT/OWNER: Pat Graham PROJECT PLANNER: Ted Shepard QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS 1. Will there be any employees? RESPONSE: No. Barb Crowfoot is a profit sharing partner but not an employee. 2. Will rooms be for rent to students by week or month? RESPONSE: No. The business will be registered with the Bed and Breakfast Association of the Rocky Mountains. It will function as such and not as a student rental situation. 3. What is the typical length of stay for a guest? RESPONSE: A typical stay is overnight. However, guests may stay longer and the longest stay would be one week. It is anticipated that most guests will be associated with a function at C.S.U. Another typical guest would be someone attending a large family gathering (wedding, graduation, holiday) where there is not enough room at the family member's house. These spillover guests find it more personal to stay in a bed and breakfast rather than a hotel or motel. 4. What would the price be? RESPONSE: It is estimated that the price would be $30 per day. This price could fluctuate depending on recommendations from the Bed and Breakfast Asso- ciation and market demand. 300 LaPorte Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 0 i 5. Will there be enough business to sustain the operation on an annual basis? RESPONSE: Spring, Summer, and Fall are expected to be busy but winter may be slow. 6. Will there be a signage? RESPONSE: The impulsive "drop -by" guest will not be solicited. The objective of signage is to identify the residence for someone who has already shopped around via the Association's guidebook. A bed and breakfast customer does not typically drive around looking for a spot. Since the home is on Prospect Road, some form of identification will be necessary for the out of town guest not familiar with the territory. 7. Will a sidewalk be built along Prospect? RESPONSE: The City Engineering Department will evaluate the need for a side- walk at this location and make a determination during the plan review process. 8. Will the garage remain? RESPONSE: The garage will remain but will not be accessible for guest parking. Four parking spaces are allotted in the circular drive for guests. The garage will be for private use. 9. Will there be any additional streetlighting or other exterior lighting? RESPONSE: No. There will be no additional exterior lighting as a result of the Bed and Breakfast. 10. Will there be any new construction? Will there be a new patio on the north side of the house? RESPONSE: No. The front porch is a very attractive sitting area and will be the primary outdoor amenity for the guests. Nothing new will be constructed. 11. Does the P.U.D. approval run with the land or owner/operator? RESPONSE: The P.U.D. approval would run with the land. 12. Could the neighborhood request that the approval run with the owner rather than the land? RESPONSE: This request could be made to the Planning and Zoning Board but please keep in mind that such a request could potentially undermine the poten- tial market value created by the applicant. A successful Bed and Breakfast operation that meets the requirements of the Planned Unit Development should not be unduly penalized in the market place. The Planning and Zoning Board governs land use. As long as the land use is in compliance, successive opera- tors should not have to be re -reviewed. 13. There is a concern that a successive operator may not exhibit such a high level of citizenship as the present applicant. What assurances are there that the Bed and Breakfast would not be subverted into a long term student rental situation? RESPONSE: This would become an enforcement issue. As is customary in Fort Collins, any change in use would have to brought to the attention of the Zoning Administrator. After an investigation, the illegal use would have to cease within 30 days of receiving written notice. 14. Does the Zoning Administrator have the ability under the Code to differ- entiate between bed and breakfast guests and long term student rentals? Is there sufficient language or definitions that would make a clear and distinct difference so the Zoning Administrator is not hampered by imprecise or vague language? RESPONSE: The Zoning Code is silent on what constitutes a "tourist home". Therefore, in the eyes of the Zoning Administrator, the only difference between the bed and breakfast guest and the long term student rental is the length of stay. It may be that after a complaint is filed by citizen regarding the length of stay of a guest/renter, the Zoning Administrator would ask the complaining citizen to keep a log of the situation so as to generate a record on which to base a violation notice. The Zoning Administrator has recommended that a definition of a tourist home be attached to the Bed and Breakfast P.U.D. to lay the ground work for what con- stitutes an expected length of stay of a typical guest. This definition would not replace the need to investigate and log any alleged violation of either the P.U.D. or the Zoning Code. Any allegation would follow standard enforcement procedures. PROJECT: TYPE OF MEETING: b696HBd4ydd o � fG,�i'�•`triao� DATE: 6-1- C?43 fL Y.A9e u'T.ff C,o1VC- NAME Mcf/itxo ri MWA, tv ADDRESS /TY 0 1733 ldDO t�v �.POs�C c i oho . (,r) kxt' WRITTEN NOTIFICATION YES/NO OWNER I I