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PROSPECT PLAZA P.U.D. APPLICATION
1. Planning Objectives. The objective of the Prospect Plaza P.U.D. is to
enable the owner to install eleven motel units in the existing commercial building located
at 304 West Prospect, Fort Collins, Colorado. The "footprint" of the building will remain
unchanged. The motel units will be constructed entirely within the existing space. The
commercial building formerly housed a billiard parlor and video game facility. This use
caused several management problems with the Prospect Plaza Apartments including;
loitering, noise associated with customer use in the late evening hours, additional traffic
in the late evening hours, and other problems associated with groups of people having
congregated in the area. With the proposed motel, these problems would be eliminated.
In addition, management of the motel can be carried out with the existing management
facilities and personnel for the Prospect Plaza Apartments. The motel is more consistent
with the uses in the area including the Prospect Plaza Apartments, the Green Pepper
Restaurant, and the University Park Holiday Inn.
The motel is not a permitted use in the existing zone necessitating this P.U.D.
application. however, use of the subject property as a motel is substantially more
compatible with other land uses in the area and will be a desirable upgrading of property
utilization.
2. Parking Plan. At the present time, there are 59 plus 3 motorcycle and one
handicapped parking spaces available on the site for use by the occupants of the
commercial building at 304 West Prospect including the Green Pepper Restaurant, the
proposed motel, and laundromat. With the replacement of the billiard and game facilities
with a motel, the parking demand should actually decrease. An 11-unit motel would
general 11 additional vehicles on the site. The billiard parlor and video -game room
generated a far greater traffic, particularly on weekend evenings. Details of the parking
layout and location is as shown on the site plan. One additional handicapped space will
be added immediately adjacent to the handicapped accessible motel unit.
3. Landscape Plan. Landscaping was recently added when the Green Pepper
Restaurant opened. All available space for landscaping the site has been accomplished.
No additional landscaping is proposed except for the modifications to the landscaped area
next to Prospect Street mentioned at Conceptual Review.