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March 9, 1989
MEMORANDUM
TO: James M. Davis, Director of Development Services
Tom Peterson, Director of Planning
FM: Ken Waido, Chief Planner
RE: Noel Annexation, Mr. Noel''s Compromise Offer
The Planning Department has received a letter from Mr. Wallace Noel in which
Mr. Noel offers what he considers to be a compromise on the zoning for his
annexation request. In a letter dated March 8, 1989, (copy attached) Mr. Noel
proposes a change to his request from 587 total units to 430 total units which
he states will cut the density from 2 units per acre to 1.5 units per acre.
Derivation of 1.5 Units Per Acre
I can only assume that Mr. Noel's
1.5 units per acre proposal is
based on
comments the
City received from the
Latimer County Planning Department
via
a January 3,
1989, letter from Jill
S. Bennett, Senior Planner, in
which Ms.
Bennett refers
to City Council Resolution 86-140 which amended
the Fort
Collins UGA
boundary to include
1,360 acres of privately owned property
located west
of Overland Trail. Resolution 86-140 contains the
following
statement:
" to the extent that it is legally permissible, residential density
within the geographic area added to the Urban Growth Area by this reso-
lution shall be limited to 1.5 units per acre;'
At the same August 19, 198.6, City Council meeting in which Resolution 86-140
was passed, the Council also approved Ordinance No. 123, 1986, which created
a new R-F, Foothills Residential_, Zoning District, which provided for develop-
ment of properties in the foothills area with a standard maximum density of I
unit per 2.29 acres, but also included a Cluster Development option which
could allow an increase in density to 1 unit per acre.
In September of 1988, the City Council and County Commissioners re -adopted
the UGA Agreement which contains policies indicating that density in the
foothills area should be 1 unit per 2 acres.
Impact of Mr. Noel's 1.5 Units Per Acre on the City Council's Decision of
February 21, 1989.
At the February 21, 1989, City Council meeting the Council voted 6-0 to
approve Ordinance No 6, 1989, annexing Mr. Noel's property. The Council also
voted 5-1 to amend Ordinance No. 7, 1989, and placed all of Mr. Noel's prop-
erty into the R-F Zone. Ordinance No. 7, 1989, initially contained a section
which would place 100 acres of Mr. Noel's property into the R-L-P, Low Den-
sity Planned Residential, Zoning District.
In order
to implement Mr.
Noel's
proposed compromise
offer of
1.5 units per
acre (430
total units), the
City
Council would have
to either
reverse their
February
21, 1989, decision
to place
all of Mr. Noel's
property
into the R-F
Zone, or
amend the current.
R-F
zone and increase the
allowable
gross density
in a Cluster Development proposal
from 1 unit per acre
to 1.5 units
per acre.
Under the
first scenario, about 48 acres of Mr.
Noel's property would need to
be placed
into the R-L-P, or some other
zone
which allows a PUD option, in
order to generate about 4 units per acre
or the potential for 192 total units.
The remaining
239 acres of Mr. Noel's property
could be placed in the present
R-F Zone
and potentially generate 239
units
under a Cluster Development
proposal.
The following chart compares
Mr.
Noel's initial and compromise
proposals:
INITIAL PROPOSAL
COMPROMISE PROPOSAL
ACRES ZONING UNITS DENSITY
ACRES ZONING UNITS DENSITY
100
R-L-P 400 4.0
48
R-L-P 192 4.0
187
R-F 187 1.0
239
R-F 239 1.0
287
587 2.0
287
431 1.5
Please forward this information the City Manager and the City Council as it
will be a matter of discussion at the March 21, 1989, City Council meeting.