HomeMy WebLinkAboutNICO COST RESTORATION/OFFICE PUD AT 921 E PROSPECT RD AMENDED FINAL - 43 92C - CORRESPONDENCE - APPLICANT COMMUNICATIONC'O- 1925 Yorktowi. -ourt • Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 • . , .J3) 484-3327
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.
June 20, 1994
Kristen Whetstone
City of Fort Collins
Planning Department
P.O. BOx 580
Fort Collins CO 80522
Dear Ms. Whetstone:
We have put in an offer and are currently in the process of purchasing a
property at 921 E. Prospect Road. The property consists of two entities -
a house and a shop. We would like to use the -mop area for our business,
Nico Cost Professional Services, Inc. It is a janitorial, carpet cleaning
and fire and water damage restoration company. The shop area would be our
office warehouse only - no cleaning work would actually take place on the
property as our truck -mounted carpet cleaning vans travel to our customer's
homes and offices. Our office would also not be open to the public. It will
be used as a base of operations and would have very little impact as far as
traffic, as most of our employees work at job sites around the city. Our
business operates Monday - Friday, 9 to 5. We have 1 employee who would be
at the office Monday - Friday mornings. The shop was previously rented by a
boat repair company who received a special zoning variance for that use. We
feel that our company will actually have less neighborhood impact than the
boat repair business, as we will not be starting up engines, etc. and are not
open to the public.
We would like to lease the house and already have a tenant who is interested
in a long-term lease for the property. As the property is zoned residential,
we need to ask for a variance on the house to be used as a business. Our
prospective tenant is the Alpha Center for Women, which is a non-profit agency.
They would use the house as their office and operate Monday through Friday from
9 to 4. They have 1 full-time employee who is at the office each working day.
They also have 2 part-time employees who are at the office from 10 to 20 hours
per week. The Alpha Center has about 35-40 clients each month who would be
coning to their office one time each month. There is a circular driveway in
front of the house that would provide ample client parking for them and a
grafelled driveway in the back of the house that would be suitable for their
employees. Again, we feel that this use of the house as a quiet office that
would be open Monday -Friday 9 to 4 would have very little neighborhood impact.
In fact, there would b e considerably more neighborhood impact if we leased
the house to a family or to students who were there 24 hours per day 7 days a
week. There is an insurance agent next door, which also leads us to believe
that an office use for the house is not incompatible with this area of Prospect
Road.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Kristen. I hope I've included
all the information that you might need, but please feel free to contact me
if you have any additional questions or need more information.
We would like to receive permission for these 2 variances soon, so that our
lease to the Alpha Center can be submitted to our bank to aid in mortgage
approval. We are excited about purchasing this property, and will maintain
it in excellent condition. In fact, we plan to upgrade it and make considerable
improvements to the property as it has been neglected for some time and needs to
be painted, weeded, etc.
Sincerely,
i
Brenda K. Cox
Vice -President