HomeMy WebLinkAboutNORTHERN COLORADO NATURE CENTER 3RD ANNEXATION & ZONING - 33-88, A - CORRESPONDENCE - OTHER JURISDICTIONS1
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PLANNING DIVISION
July 14, 1986
Mr. Arthur D. Jesser
Director of Administrative Services
309 Administration Building
Colorado State University -
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Dear Mr. Jesser,
The City of Fort Collins is interested in annexing a piece of property it
owns, approximately 320 acres in size, located just west of Interstate
Highway 25 and south of Prospect Road. This property is presently being used
and operated as a sludge farm. Because the property is not presently
contiguous to existing municipal boundaries, several other properties would
need to be annexed before annexation of the sludge farm could be possible.
One such property, commonly known as the Northern Colorado Nature Center,
approximately 80 acres in size, is owned by the State Board of Agriculture.
I have had several discussions with Mr. Robert H. Burnham of your staff,
and Dr. Howard Alden, Nature Center Director, about the potential annexation
of the SBOA property. The discussions were generally favorable towards
annexation. Recently, Mr. Burnham and I discussed several items the State
Board of Agriculture would like to attach as conditions of any annexation of
the Nature Center property. Mr. Burnham has forwarded to me a copy of your
June 11, 1986, letter to Ms. Lucia Liley, containing conditions which have
been applied to other SBOA property annexed into the City of Fort Collins.
Mr. Tom Peterson, Planning Director, Mr. Steve Roy, Assistant City Attorney,
and I reviewed the conditions as stated in your June 11, 1986, letter and
have added a slight modification which has been attached for your review.
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OFFICE OF COMMUNITY 300 LaPorte Ave. • P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 (303) 221-6750
DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING DIVISION
The City of Fort Collins would like to immediately begin a process which
will eventually lead to the annexation of the sludge farm. The first step of
the process would be for the State Board of Agriculture to annex the Nature
Center property. City staff is willing to recommend approval to the Planning
and Zoning Board and the City Council of an Annexation Petition from the
State Board of Agriculture for the Nature Center property with an annexation
agreement outlining the conditions as set forth in the enclosed attachment.
If you have any questions concerning this matter please feel free to
contact me.
Sincerely,
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Kenneth G. Waido
Chief Planner: -
cc. Tom Peterson, Planning Director
Conditions for the Annexation of the Northern Colorado Nature Center
Modification shown in CAPITAL letters.
Petitioner specifies as a condition of the proposed annexation that the
proposed annexation in no sense shall be interpreted as: (1) conveying to
said City any right, title or interest in the property so annexed; (2)
conveying any right to establish new streets or extend existing streets upon
or across said property, or to construct utility lines of any kind upon or
across said property; (3) granting any right to apply the provisions of any
municipal ordinance, and specifically any building code, zoning code, or
licensing ordinance, upon the property so annex so long as title shall remain
in the State Board of Agriculture AND SO LONG AS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY
CONTINUES TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY AND DIRECTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES;
provided, however, that the jurisdiction of the City of Fort Collins shall
extend over the property annexed insofar as it relates to the application of:
.(1) city traffic ordinances; (2) city ordinances relating to police
enforcement of the traffic code, city ordinances relating to offenses against
the person, offenses against public peace, offenses relating to morals, and
offenses relating to public health and safety, and (3) the jurisdiction of
the municipal court is extended to include violations of ordinances included
in the foregoing items 1 and 2 of this paragraph occurring on the lands so
annexed; provided, however, that nothing contained in the annexing ordinances
shall be construed to limit the authority of the University officials to
impose upon its students and employees any supplemental traffic regulations
or restrictions or to impose such other penalties as are consistent with
their status with respect to the University.