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Home My WebLink AboutWEST FOSSIL CREEK REZONING - 61-88, B - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSITEM NO. 10 PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING OF November 21,E D88 STAFF REPORT PROJECT: West Fossil Creek Zoning, #61-8813 APPLICANT: James Stewart and Associates 214 North Howes Fort Collins, CO 80524 OWNER: U.S. Limited and Foothills Office Park Limited 1624 Market Street, No. 204 Denver, CO 80202 PROJECT PLANNER: Linda Ripley PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request to zone approximately 4.4 acres from T Transition to H-B Highway Business and to zone approximately 44.6 acres from T Transition to B-P Planned Business. The property is located on the west side of South College Avenue in the vicinity of Fossil Creek Parkway. The property is presently undeveloped. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the zoning request with a planned unit development condition. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a request to zone approximately 4.4 acres from T Transition to H-B Highway Business and to zone approximately 44.6 acres from T Transition to B-P Planned Business. The property is located on the west side of South College Avenue in the vicinity of Fossil Creek Parkway. The property is presently undeveloped. The requested zoning is consistent with the city's LAND USE POLICIES PLAN. OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT 300 LaPorte Ave. • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 • (303) 221-6750 SERVICES, PLANNING DEPARTMENT West Fossil Creek Zoning #61-88B P & Z Meeting — November 21, 1988 Page 2 COMMENTS 1. Background: The applicant, James Stewart and Associates, on behalf of the owner, U.S. 287 Limited and Foothills Office Park Limited, has submitted a written petition requesting the zoning of approximately 49.0 acres located on the west side of South College Avenue in the vicinity of Fossil Creek Parkway. The request is to zone approximately 4.4 acres from T Transition to H-B Highway Business and to zone approximately 44.6 acres from T Transition to B-P Planned Business. The property is presently undeveloped. The property was annexed November 15, 1988. When the property was initially annexed it was placed in the T Transition zoning district to allow the property owners some flexibility in determining future land uses. According to City Code, the City must zone properties in the T Transition zoning district within 60 days of the request being heard by the Planning and Zoning Board. The B-P Planned Business district designation is for areas planned as a unit to provide business services while still protecting surrounding residential areas. The H-B Highway Business district designation is for automobile -oriented businesses. Given the properties location along South College Avenue it likely that the property will eventually develop with a mix of retail/commercial and business service uses. The LAND USE POLICIES PLAN describes a regional/community shopping center as a "cluster of retail and service establishments designed to serve consumer demands from the community as a whole or larger." The retail /commercial land uses proposed for West Fossil Creek would fall under this definition. Under the locational criteria described in the plan, regional/community shopping centers should locate in areas easily accessible to residential areas, near transportation facilities that can offer the required access without exceeding the capacity of the existing transportation network, where they can be served by public transportation and in areas served by existing water and sewer facilities. The site addresses these locational criteria. Fossil Creek flows through the property at the southeast corner before crossing College Avenue. Other unique natural resource areas on the property include wetlands, existing ponds, significant vegetation, significant wildlife habitat, areas of steep topography and rock outcroppings. Staff is recommending that the zoning be conditioned on the property being developed as a planned unit development under the criteria of the Land Development Guidance system to ensure that these environmentally sensitive areas are preserved or mitigated. Findings The requested B-P Planned Business and H-B Highway Business zoning designations are in conformance with the policies of the City's Comprehen- sive Plan. West Fossil Creek Zoning ##61-88B P & Z Meeting - November 21, 1988 Page 3 2. A planned unit development condition would be appropriate for these zoning designations to ensure that development responds appropriately to environ- mentally sensitive areas on the site. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the zoning requests with a planned unit develop- ment condition on both. n ITEM WEST FOSSIL CREEK REZONING nz • • CITY OF FORT COLLINS REZONING PETITION Tli.l-; L:---- Name J. Paul Heffron, as General Partner of U.S. 287 Limited and Foothills Office Park Limited Owner: Name U.S. 287 Limited Foothills Office Park Limited Address P.O. Box 1345 Boulder,, CO 80306 1624 Market Street,, No. 204 Denver,, CO 80202 1624 Market Street,, No. 204 Denver,, CO 80202 To the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. I (Wel, 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, containing 49.0292 acres, more or less, from T Transition zoning district to R_P an H_B zoning district: (Legal description) See Exhibit A Page 2 Rezoning Petition • • Reason for Request: (Please attach additional sheets if more space is needed.) Final Zoning District has been determined. Please attach listing of names and addresses of all persons owning land (as per Larimer County Assessor's office on date of requests within 500 feet of anv portion of the area under petition for rezoning. Respectfully submitted, U.S. 287 Limited A Colorad9_m=E�d P rtnershi By: 7' , J PauT Heffron,, % / al Partner Foothills Offer Park Limited A Color , U i 6d rt rs . By: J Paul Heffron General Partner State of Colorado) ) ss. County of Larimer) The forgoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _j()_ day of NnvPmhar 19 88. by J. Paul Heffron,, General Partner BY U.S. 287 Limited and Foothills Office Park r,;m; tr,1 for the pur- pose therein set forth. My commission expires t /, �5 / , C.) C, _ /Nvcr aryl Public Note: Filing of a petition to rezone requires a deposit of with the City Clerk to defray the cost of the amendment. Please return to the Planning Department - City of Fort Collins. 0 r EXHIBIT A� TRACT TO BE ZONED H.B. A tract of land situate in the Southeast 4 of Section 2, Township 6 North, Range 69 West of the Sixth P.M., Larimer County, Colorado, which considering the East line of the said Southeast a as bearing N 00' 47' E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto is contained within the boundary lines which begin at a point on the West right-of- way line of U.S. Highway No. 287 which bears S 88' 30' W 75.00 feet, and again N 00' 49' 30" E 1201.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 2, and runs thence S 85' 30' W 277.00 feet; thence N 23' 15' W 325.00 feet; thence N 69' 00' E 218.00 feet; thence N 34' 30' W 251.44 feet; thence S 88' 45' E 376.51 feet to a point on the West right-of- way line of U.S. Highway No. 287; thence along said West right-of-way line S 00' 51' 10" W 471.89 feet, and again S 22' 31' W 67.30 feet, and again S 00' 49' 30" W 20.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 4.4112 acres more or less. TRACT TO BE ZONED B.P. A tract of land situate in the Southeast a of Section 2, Township 6 North, Range 69 West of the Sixth P.M., Larimer County, Colorado, which considering the East line of the said Southeast a as bearing N 000 47' E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto is contained within the boundary lines which begin at a point on the West right-of- way line of U.S. Highway No. 287 which bears S 88' 30' W 75.00 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 2, and runs thence S 88' 30' W 1169.01 feet to a point on the East right-of-way line of Burlington - Northern Railroad; thence along said East right-of-way line N 24' 18' E 253.65 feet and again along the arc of a 2936.14 foot radius curve to the left a distance of 239.15 feet, the long chord of which bears N 21' 58' E 239.06 feet and again along the arc of a 1532.70 foot radius curve to the left a distance of 374.51 feet, the long chord of which bears N 120 38' E 373.58 feet and again along the arc of a 2936.14 foot radius curve to the left a distance of 239.15 feet, the long chord of which bears N 03' 18' E 239.06 feet, and again N 00' 58' E 1533.62 feet; thence N 69' 45' E 154.88 feet; thence S 87' 45' E 189.79 feet; thence S 27' 25' E 154.75 feet; thence S 88' 45' E 337.73 feet; thence S 00' 48' 20" W 119.93 feet to a point on Coronado Court right-of-way; thence along said Coronado Court right-of-way, N 89' 11' 40" W 162.84 feet, and again along the arc of a 15.00 foot radius curve to the right a distance of 19.11 feet; the long chord of which bears N 52' 41' 33" W 17.85 feet, and again along the arc of a 50.00 foot radius curve to the left a distance of 182.02 feet, the long chord of which bears S 590 31 ' 14" W 96.91 feet; thence S 000 48' 20" W 172.02 feet to a point on the Southerly right-of-way line of Cameron Drive; thence along said Southerly right-of-way line along the arc of a 145.00 foot radius curve to the right a distance of 174.21 feet, the long chord of which bears S 610 An' ill' F irq Q? foot• +hanra S F2° a5' W 216.1E faa+- +hanre S 36° 45'