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January 19, 2022
City of Fort Collins
Engineering Department
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80522
RE: Bloom Filing One – 5 feet Utility Easement Variance
Dear Marc Virata,
Galloway, on behalf of Hartford Homes and in support of the Bloom project currently under
review, is providing the following written justification for the 5 feet utility easements along the proposed
cottage home product types, south of the single-family homes, per the request of the City of Fort
Collins.
A)Identification of the standard to be waived or varied and why the standard is
unfeasible or is not in the public interest.
A variance is requested for the utility easements of the proposed cottage home product
types, south of the single-family homes. City of Fort Collins typically requires a 9’ utility
easement, per chapter 7 of LCUASS standards, but due to site-specific, spatial restraints, a
9’ utility easement is not feasible. Thus, Galloway is requesting a variance from 9’ utility
easements to 5’ utility easements.
B)Proposing Alternate Design. Identification of the proposed alternative design or
construction criteria.
In the proposed cottage home product types, south of the single-family homes. Galloway
is proposing 5’ utility easements when gas will not service homes.
C)A thorough description of the variance request including impact on capital and
maintenance requirements, costs, and how the new design compares to the
standard.
City of Fort Collins has a stated goal of all electric and the cottage home types aim to
provide for that direction. Gas has been removed for these which will lessen maintenance
costs and reduce costs in developing the proposed cottage home products.
D)Justification. The Professional Engineer must determine and state that the
variance will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare, will not
reduce design life of the improvement nor cause the Local Entity additional
maintenance costs. The proposed plan (as varied) must advance the public
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purpose of the standard sought to be varied equally well or better than would
compliance with such standard.
The proposed variance will reduce maintenance costs and reduce development costs for
the proposed development. There is no impact on public health, safety, or welfare of the
future homeowners.
Sincerely,
GALLOWAY
James Prelog, PE
Civil Engineering Project Manager
JamesPrelog@GallowayUS.com
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