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Planners OK development,:"soutof Fort Collins_h,.,°'
By KATHLEEN HALLORAN
The Coloradoan
A proposed 118-acre residential devel-.
opment along U.S. Highway 287 between
Fort Collins and Loveland got a green
light from the Larimer County Planning
Commission Wednesday night.
The preliminary appr
oval of the Mid-
land Greens development came over the
protests of several irate property own-
ers who worried the project mould block
their view of Long's Peak. The board
made the approval contingent on the
developers working with the homeown—
ers to ensure that they will only "mini-
mally obstruct the view."
"There is still a wealth of good envi- .
ronmental life in that area," said Gary
ties of the other neighborhoods in the
Mink,a property owner and environ
John Chilson, an attorney represent ;
mental scientist, who objected to the
ing the developers, said the frontage ; .area but slightly lower than the maxi,
proposed density. "I would encourage.
property was the most valuable part of . mum the developers could have sough
you to provide the habitat. We all know: _
the land. He said the developers spent.: under current zoning.
growth is inevitable, but you have an
thousands of dollars to redesign the..; Following the recommendations of the
opportunity here to do something spe- .
`.
project to make it more acceptable to county planning staff, the board,
Wednesday night also denied a request
cial, and the developer has an opportu-
the two cities and the county. But he .
nity to do something special."
added, "This is a bottom line.'.' by the developers to rezone a 1.43-acre
The proposal now goes before the Lar- Parcel to allow the expansion of they
The biggest concern of those speaking'
gg g
imer County Commissioners, who are -.-Alpine Autobahn, a go-cart race track
against the plan was preserving the
open space between Fort Collins and ,
scheduled to consider it at 9 a.m. Aug. and entertainment center. The develop
15. ers — Robert Underwood, Harry Van
Loveland and the rural character of theDer
area. As part of the master plan, the
Noord and Consolidated Industries
The development, on the east side of: based in Laguna Niguel, Calif. -+
developers have agreed to give the
-U.S. Highway 287 just south of the Col- intended to sell this portion of thelrI
county a 250-foot-wide quarter -mile
land Center subdivision, will incorpo property . to the . racetrack � owner,,
strip of land fronting the highway. The
rate 120 houses, with a proposed density
strip will remain undeveloped to help
of 1.02 homes per acre. That density is :` George Bayda.
maintain a green belt.
higher than the densities than the M1densi Jim Ringenberg, an attorney ,3
I
x representing the Bruns Home-
' owners Association, called the
race track "a public nuisance."
After the meeting, Chilson said
that if the county commissioners
don't approve the rezoning of
`-that parcel as part of the com-
promise, the developers will
' probably revise the plan and not
offer the county the highway
frontage for open space.
Instead, they would develop
the land as a subdivision, not a
planned unit development, he
said, and would be able to, claim
the same density "as a matter of
right."
Planning Commissioner Henry
Patterson was the only member
of the seven -person board to vote
i
against approving the proposal.