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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDUECK COLORADO PROPERTIES - REZONING - 9-87B - REPORTS - SECOND READINGAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT : ITEM NUMBER: 13 DATE: �uly 21, 1987 FROM: Ken Waido Second Reading of Ordinance No. 108, 1987, Rezoning 23.37 Acres from the T-Transition to the H-B, Highway Business, Zoning District. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of development condition and a be master planned as a single The Planning and Zoning recommendation. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: the H-B rezoning request with a planned unit condition requiring the entire 23.37 acres to unit at the time of any development proposal. Board voted 7-0 to support the staff's This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 7, rezones approximately 23.37 acres located east of S. College Avenue, south of the Trilby Road, and north of Robert Benson Lake, from the present T-Transitional Zoning District to the H-B, Highway Business, Zoning District, with a planned unit development condition and a condition requiring the entire 23.37 acres to be master planned as a single unit at the time of any development proposal. APPLICANT: Dueck Colorado Properties, Ltd. OWNER: Same 15701 W. lst Ave, Suite 200 Aurora, CO 80011 BACKGROUND: The applicant and owner, Dueck Colorado Properties, Ltd., is requesting rezoning, to the H-B, Highway Business, Zoning District, of approximately 23.37 acres of property, located east of S. College Avenue, south of the Tri 1 by Road, and north of Robert Benson Lake. The property was part of a voluntary annexation approved by the City Council on May 5, 1987, and was initially placed into the T-Transitional Zoning District. The applicant had initially proposed to zone the property into the H-B zone at the time of annexation but opted for the T zone to act as a holding zone for the property in order to have further discussions with City staff concerning the eventual development of the property. The requested rezoning is for is the H-B, Highway Business, Zoning District, with a planned unit development condition. The H-B district designation is for automobile oriented businesses. The primary criteria for evaluating a rezoning request is its conformance with officially adopted elements of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The City's Comprehensive Plan contains goals, objectives and policies designed to discourage strip commercial development in the community, particularly along arterial streets and highways. For these reasons staff gave great DATE: ,)uly 21, 1987 I -2- I IT'�M NUMBER: 13 thought to this proposal for a zoning classification which sets an expectation for highway oriented commercial development along South College Avenue. During the staff's review several meetings were held with the applicant where alternative zoning options, including the B-P, Planned Business, and B-L, Limited Business, zoning districts, were discussed. The applicant shares the City's concern about strip commercial development along arterial streets and highways and has asked that a planned unit development condition be attached to the H-B zoning. The PUD condition would require that all development proposals be reviewed through the criteria of the LAND DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM, which means there would be public review of proposed land uses and project design. The LDGS was developed and designed as the major implementation "tool" for the City's Comprehensive Plan. The criteria and point charts within the LDGS were derived directly from the goals, objectives, and policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The staff's concern with the H-B zone is again based on City land use policies against strip commercial development. The City has used the practice of zoning properties adjacent to arterial streets in the B-P, Planned Business, Zoning District. The commercial portion of the Oak Ridge Master Plan and the Smith and Stute Annexations along Narmony Road are examples of this practice. While this has been recent City practice, it is not in the form of an adopted City policy. By applying a planned unit development condition to the property there is essentially no difference between any zone, whether it be a B-P, H-B, I-G, or R-L zone, all require conformance to the criteria of the LDGS. The staff is highly confident that the LDGS can protect the City against the "strip commercial" development referred to in City policies. The City has received authors of the letter hearing on this item. Findinqs two letters in opposition to this rezoning but, the s did not appear at the Planning and Zoning Board's 1. The present T-Transitional Zoning District was applied to the property at the time of annexation to act as a holding zone for the property. 2. The H-B zone with a planned unit development condition will require development to proceed under the criteria of the LAND DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM which means that development will be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the requested H-B zoning with a planned unit development condition and a condition requiring the entire 23.37 acres to be master planned as a single unit at the time of any development proposal. PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION: At their regular monthly meeting on May 18, 1987, the Planning and Zoning Board voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the rezoning request with the planned unit development and master plan conditions recommended by staff.