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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHORSETOOTH EAST BUSINESS PARK - REZONING - 78-88C - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSITEM NO. 13 MEETING DATE 6/24/91 STAFF Sherry A1hartainn—Clark City of Fort Collins PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD STAFF REPORT PROJECT: Horsetooth East Business Park Rezoning - #78-88C APPLICANT: W. W. Reynolds Companies c/o Cityscape 3030 S. College, #200 Fort Collins, CO 80525 OWNER: W. W. Reynolds Companies 4909 Pearl East Circle, S. #300 Boulder, CO 80301 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A request to rezone 32.2 acres from r-h, conditional High Density Residential, to I-P, Industrial Park, located at the southwest corner of Horsetooth and Timberline Road. RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a request to rezone 32.2 acres from r- h, conditional High Density Residential to I-P, Industrial Park. The rezoning is intended to create zoning on the property that is more in character with the approved Horsetooth Business Park Master Plan and Preliminary/Final Plan (Public Service Company offices/service yard) for the site and surrounding zoning and existing land uses. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 300 LaPorte Ave. P.O. Boa 580 Fort Collins. CO 80522-0580 (303) 221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT 0 0 Horsetooth East Business Park Rezoning - #78-88C June 24, 1991 P & Z Meeting Page 2 COMMENTS 1. Background• The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: IP; PRPA Offices S: IP; CBW, Inc. (Collindale Business Park) E: RMP; Fox Meadows Business Park (approved Master Plan and preliminary plan for neighborhood convenience center) W: RLP; Collindale Golf Course This site was approved in January of 1982 as the South Collins Tech Center Master Plan. Final plans for this site were approved in 1982 and 1983 for office, industrial, warehouse, restaurant and a financial institution. Also in 1982, the site was rezoned from r- h, with a condition that the uses be non-residential, to r-h with the condition that the site be developed through the PUD process. In 1986, an amended master plan and preliminary/final plan was approved for a 3.3-acre site at the corner of the Horsetooth and Timberline intersection. This plan consisted of a 37,500 square foot retail and office center, including convenience and gasoline sales. This preliminary/final plan has since expired. The master plan was amended in 1988 (under the name Horsetooth- Timberline Properties Master Plan), to incorporate a neighborhood service center into the master plan. No preliminary phase plan was submitted at that time. In April of 1991, an amended master plan was approved, deleting the neighborhood shopping center for four larger tracts planned for industrial and business services uses. Phase One of this master plan was also approved in April of 1991 for the administrative offices and service yard for Public Service Company. 2. Zoning: The requested rezoning is I-P, Industrial Park. The Industrial Park designation is for light industrial park areas containing controlled industrial uses in proximity to areas zoned for residential use and along arterial streets. The I-P District permits those uses listed in the I-L, Limited Industrial District, as follows: light industrial uses, including manufacture of electronic instruments, preparation of food products, pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and scientific laboratories; automobile repair; automobile sales; builders' supply yards and lumberyards; • Horsetooth East Business Park Rezoning - #78-88C June 24, 1991 P & Z Meeting Page 3 offices; parking lots and parking garages; personal service shops; veterinarian hospitals; plumbing, electrical and carpenter shops; printing and newspaper shops; publishing plants; warehouses and enclosed storage; public utility installations; public and private vocational and technical schools; assembly, packaging or installation of gauges, electric or electronic instruments; recreational uses; standard and fast-food restaurants; and child care centers. All of these land uses require approval of a site plan by the Director of Planning. This review provides the Director with authority to approve, approve with conditions or deny a site plan. The Director may require Planning and Zoning Board review of I-L/I- P Site plans. The level of detail and type of information is essentially the same as that required for a PUD site plan. There are specific bulk, area, performance and landscape requirements that must be met on such site plans, or a PUD site plan may be submitted that could allow these requirements to be varied through the review process. A public hearing is held on I-L/I-P site plans and property owner notification is the same as for PUD's. This rezoning request is in conformance with the following City Land Use Policies: 60 - Industrial uses should locate near transportation facilities that offer the required access to the industry but will not be allowed to create demands which exceed the capacity of the existing and future transportation network of the City. 61 - Industrial development should locate within the City or consistent with the phasing plan for the urban growth area, where the proper sizing of facilities such as water, sewer and transportation has occurred or is planned. This site is located at the corner of Horsetooth Road (an arterial street) and Timberline Road (major arterial street), which provide excellent access to City and regional transportation systems. Utilities are available to serve the site, some of which have previously been installed. The proposed rezoning would bring the zoning into conformance with Horsetooth East Business Park Rezoning - #78-88C June 24, 1991 P & Z Meeting Page 4 the approved Horsetooth Business Park Master Plan and the type of uses planned and approved for the site. The I-P zoning would also be consistent with existing zoning to the north and south of this site. There are several uses listed on the approved master plan that are not permitted in the I-P Zone as uses -by -right, such as banks, shopping centers, hotels and motels, multi -family dwellings and medical clinics. These uses would still necessitate an approved PUD. With the proposed I-P Zoning (without a PUD condition), the approved Horsetooth Business Park Master Plan would remain in effect, guiding access and street systems. Timberline Road is designated as a major arterial and therefore, is anticipated to carry large volumes of traffic. It is logical to expect this corridor to continue to develop as an industrial area, with some uses that provide secondary support to the employment base that is developing in the area. Thus, staff believes that the I-P Zone at this site is appropriate and that the I-P Site Plan review will promote uses in character with the industrial nature of the area, while establishing landscape and design treatments to provide buffers to areas zoned for residential use and along arterial streets. 3. Findings• A. Section 29-401 of the City Code states that the I-P Zone is designed for light industrial park areas containing controlled industrial uses in proximity to areas zoned for residential use and along arterial streets. B. The requested zoning of I-P, Industrial Park is in conformance with the City's Land Use Policies Plan. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the Horsetooth East Business Park Rezoning, #78-88C. No Text • CITY OF FORT COLLINS REZONING PETITION Petitioner: Name The W.W. Reynolds Companies Owner: Name Tir-barline Partnership Address 4909 Pearl East Circle Suite 300 Boulder, Co 80301 Address c/o The W.W. Reynolds Companies 4909 Pearl East Circle Suite 300 Boulder, CO 80301 To the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. I (We), the undersigned, do hereby respectfully petition and request that the City Council amend the zoning ordinance of the City of Fort Collins by changing the zoning of the hereinafter described parcel, containing32.24acres, more or less, from RH zoning district to IP zoning dirt:ict: (Legal description) Please See Attached Reason for Request: (Please attach additional sheets if more space is needed.) To establish Zoning more in character with the approved Master Plan-, the Proposed Land Uses, the existing development, and the existing zoning of the adjacent properties. Please attach listing of names and addresses of all persons owning land (as per Larimer County Assessor's office on date of request) within 500 feet of any portion of the area under petition for rezoning. Respectfully submitted, State of Colorado) ss. County of Larimer)._— - — - The forgoing instrument was acknowledged before me this l day of 1971 . BYY`6-Q_c a-XA�. Lem for the purpose therein set forth. My commission expires �4 R'44 y` otary Public Note: Filing of a petition to rezone requires a deposit of $50 . 00 with the City Clerk to defray the cost of the amendment. Please return to the Planning Department - City of Fort Collins. LEGAL DESCRIPTION A tract of land situated in the Northeast 1 of Section 31, Township 7 North, Range 68 West of the Sixth P.M., Fort Collins, Colorado, which, considering the North line of said Northeast 1 as bearing N89057'E and with all bear- ings contained herein relative thereto, is contained within the boundary lines which begin at the Northeast corner of said Section 31 and run thence South 1329.85 feet along the East line of said Northeast 1; thence N89°57'30"W, 1056.87 feet to a po.int on the Easterly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad; thence along said right-of-way line, N00'01'E, 1328.16 feet to a point on the North line of said Northeast 1; thence N89°57'E, 1056.48 feet to the point of beginning, containing 32.2388 acres, more or less.