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Home My WebLink AboutDUECK COLORADO PROPERTIES - REZONING - 9-87B - CORRESPONDENCE - REZONING RELATED DOCUMENT� � ��C�� Febr�ary 17, 1987 �EB 18 1987 PLANNIiVG Mr. Kenneth G. Waido and ; DEPARTMENT tr:.,. The Planning ar�d Zoning Board of The City of Fort Collins 30� LaPvrte Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80521 REs The Proposed Annexation and Zoning for Dueck Colorado Properti�:s, Ltd.o Case Number #7-87,A Dear Mr. Waido and Board Memberss We are respon8ing to your letter.dated February 11, 1987, regarding the rezoning of the 20.1 acres north of Benson Lake along the east side of College Avenue. We would like to attend the meeting in person on February 23rd, but we have a conflict that evening. It is necessary for us to be at Loveland High:5chool for the registration process for our son for high school in the Thompson R2J School District. One of our major concerns with this land being zoned highway business is tl�at it will encourage and make possible more businesses similar to those found along the highway just north of the area affected by this proposal. Mar�y of the.businesses in the northern area are open only for a few months. Then the buildings set empty and become prime targets for vandalism. Some_.of the businesses are not ver�r conducive to a moral commu- nity; such as, at one time there was a topless bar, v�l�ich is now a bar with lingerie shows. A large percentage of the businesses deal in used merehandise (flea markets� used furni- ture, used bi�es, etc.). This has a tendency to draw less affluent people to the area. We would like to make it clear that we are not condemning these businesses. The Trilby Heights area ne�ds a positive community appearanee to h.elp�it grow and not regress into a"run down" area of Fort Collins or Larimer County. If the reasoning behind the rezoning is �o promote area growth and irnproverr�ent, why.not zone it single family residential with "middle class" pro- tective covenants. Another of our eoncerns is that approximately two years ago, there was a meeting at Good Samaritan Retirement Village called by �he Sheriff's Department to which all area residents were invited. At that meeting, Investigator David M. Shipley informed us that the area on Highway 287�from Trilby northward approximately one and a half miles� was the highest non-violent crime area in Larimer.County for crimes such as breaking and enteriMg and vandalism. We don't believe we need to encourage � � Zoning Proposal 2 2-27-87 this kind of environment and atmosphere. Since the area is so far from normal patrol areas by the City Police� what are your plans for protection and law enforcement in the area? Even if_we could be assured of high quality businesses in the area, the situation would still only be manginal, at best, In summaryo we do not believe highway business would promote the appropriate type of growth of the area; and w� therefore� are registering our o��osed opinion in this matter, and request that you deny this petition-for annexation and re- zoning, 5ir.cerely, .�-- Kenneth Gene Becker � ; �� Pamela Sue Becker 209 Gary Drive Fort Collins, GO 80525 ,, ,�. — ;.� i � � ��. — - _ - _ _ .� �._ _ — _ — - — ,•. �, ;.: e, :� � ��.; . �. ,.: ., ; �1= - — - - — - . . _ j - — - , , . � � . � - � , � .. _ . 1, �; : . _ ,�, � , ,, . � . : , .