HomeMy WebLinkAboutFLATIRON EAST PROSPECT ROAD FIRST ANNEXATION & ZONING - 28-88, A - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORTITEM NO. 11
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING OF lsipril 25, 19io
STAFF REPORT
PROJECT: Flatiron East Prospect Road First Annexation and Zoning - #28-88,
A
APPLICANT: Cottonwood Farms
P.O. Box 229
Boulder, CO
PROJECT PLANNER: Ken Waido
OWNERS: Flatiron Companies
Prospect Land Company
same address
James G. Milne, Jr.
Box 54
Lucerne, CO
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Request to annex and zone approximately 144.498
located south of East Prospect Road and east of the Poudre River. The
requested zoning is the I-G General Industrial District.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the annexation and zon-
ing request.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a request to annex and zone approximately
144.498 located south of East Prospect Road and east of the Poudre River.
The requested zoning is the I-G General Industrial District. The property
is presently developed and utilized for sand and gravel processing oper-
ations.
OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT 300 LaPorte Ave. • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 • (303) 221-6750
SERVICES, PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Flatiron E. Prospect Rd. 1st Annexation #28-88, A
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Backparound:
The applicant, Cottonwood Farms a Colorado general partnership, on behalf of
the owners the Flatiron Companies, the Prospect Land Company and Mr. James
G. Milne Jr. of Lucerne, Colorado, has submitted a written petition requesting
annexation of approximately 144.498 located south of East Prospect Road and
east of the Poudre River. The requested zoning is the I-G General Industrial
District. The property is presently developed and utilized for sand and gravel
processing operations. This is a voluntary annexation.
The property is located within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area. According
to policies and agreements between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer
County contained in the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE
FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA, the City will annex property in
the UGA when the property is eligible for annexation according to State law.
The property gains the required 1/6 contiguity to existing city limits from a
common boundary with the Northern Colorado Nature Center First and Second
Annexations to the south and east.
The City of Fort Collins has desired to annex its Resource Recovery Farm for
several years. In order to gain the necessary contiguity to allow the annexa-
tion of the Resource Recovery Farm several other properties had to annex into
the city. The first properties to annex were owned by the Colorado Board of
Agriculture and were annexed under the names Colorado Nature Center First
and Second Annexations in 1987. The Flatiron East Prospect Road First
Annexation gains its contiguity from the state owned property and will provide
the necessary contiguity required for the City to annex its property.
The requested zoning for this annexation is the I-G General Industrial District.
The I-G District designation allows any business, commercial, industrial or
manufacturing use. The property is presently developed and utilized for sand
and gravel processing, a use the owner wishes to maintain and expand in the
future. According to the City's LAND USE POLICIES PLAN, industrial uses
should locate near transportation facilities that offer the required access to the
industry but do not exceed the capacity of the existing and future transporta-
tion network of the City. This site addresses these locational policies.
As indicated above, the property is presently developed and utilized for sand
and gravel processing, a use the owner wishes to continue and expand at some
point in the future. In an analysis of the requested I-G zone, staff saw no
problems with the continuation or expansion of the existing use. Staff,
however, identified several potential problems with future uses of the property
if zoned I-G, a zone which allows any commercial, business or industrial use.
To address the potential problems, staff successfully negotiated two zoning
conditions with the applicant and owners of the property as part of an annexa-
tion agreement (see Attachment B): (1) the first condition defines the "existing
use" of the property and indicates that such a use can expand without a
requirement of a planned unit development (PUD); and (2) the second condition
indicates that any proposed redevelopment of the property from the "existing
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use" shall be required to be a PUD. Staff believes these conditions satisfy the
owners and protect the community in regards to controlling future development.
Findings
1. The annexation of this area is consistent with the policies and agreements
between Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins contained in the INTER-
GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS URBAN
GROWTH AREA.
2. The area meets all criteria included in State law to qualify for a voluntary
annexation to the City of Fort Collins.
3. On April 19, 1988, the City Council approved a resolution which accepts the
annexation petition and determines that the petition is in compliance with State
law. The resolution also initiates the annexation process for this property by
establishing the date, time and place when a public hearing will be held
regarding the readings of the Ordinances annexing and zoning the area. Public
hearing and second reading of the Ordinances annexing and zoning the prop-
erty will be considered by the City Council on June 7, 1988.
4. The requested I-G General Industrial District is in conformance with the
policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the annexation and requested zoning.
ITEM FLATIRON EAST PROSPECT ROAD FIRS
Annexation &Zoning
NUMBER 28-88, a