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Home My WebLink AboutUTE FARM SPECIAL REVIEW COUNTY REFERRAL - 1 92 - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTES0 • PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING MINUTES January 27, 1992 Gerry Horak, Council Liaison Tom Peterson, Staff Support Liaison The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board began at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall West, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. Board members present included Chairman Bernie Strom, Lloyd Walker, Jim Mataske, Joe Carroll, Laurie O'Dell, Jan Cottier, and Rene Clements -Cooney. Staff members present included Planning Director Tom Peterson, Sherry Albertson -Clark, Ken Waido, Ted Shepard, Kirsten Whetstone, Deputy City Attorney Paul Eckman, Mike Herzig, Kerrie Ashbeck, Patti Schneeberger, and Georgiana Taylor. Chairman Strom started the meeting with a presentation to two former P & Z Board Members. The plaques which were presented to these former members represented the service that those past members gave to the City of Fort Collins and to the Planning and Zoning Board. Margaret Gorman served on the P & Z Board from August 1990 to July 1991. David Edwards served on the Board from August of 1985 to February of 1989 and is now a member of the City • Council. Mr. Peterson presented the Consent Agenda which included: Item 1 - Clarendon Hills Subdivision - Overall Development Plan, #35-86K; Item 2 - Clarendon Hills Subdivision, 6th Filing - Preliminary & Final, #35-86L; Item 3 - Kingston Woods PUD - Preliminary, #58-91; Item 4 - CONTINUED (02/24/92) - Housing Authority Maintenance Facility PUD, #28-89A; Item 5 - CONTINUED (02/24/92) - Mourning Subdivision, 2nd Replat, Lot 1 & 2 - Final, #13-91A; Item 6 - The English Ranch Subdivision, 1st Filing - Final, #75-86F; Item 7 - South Glen Subdivision, 1st Filing - Replat, #110-79I; Item 8 - Spradley-Barr - Enlargement of a Building Containing a Non Conforming Use, #63-91; Item 9 - Resolution PZ92-1 - Vacation of Utility Easement; Item 10 - Resolution PZ92-2 - Endorsing and Accepting the Framework for Environmental Action; Item 11- K-2 Annexation and Zoning, #51-91A; Item 12 - Pinecone P.U.D. Rezoning, #60-91; Item 13 - Barnes Annexation and Zoning, #53-91A; Item 14 - Strobel Annexation and Zoning, #62-91A; and Item 15 - which was pulled for discussion by Member Cottier, Ute Farm Special Review - County Referral, #1-92. Mr. Peterson presented the Discussion Agenda which included: Item 16 - Pickett Second Annexation and Zoning, #56-91, A; Item 17 - Pickett Third Annexation and Zoning, #56- 91B,C; Item 18 - Taco Bell Restaurant PUD - Final, #50-90A; Item 19 - CONTINUED (02/24/92) - Laurie Subdivision, PUD, 2nd Filing - Final, #44-89E; and Item 20 - Woodridge PUD - Preliminary, #55-87E. I P & Z MINUTES January 27, 1992 Chairman Strom asked if there were any Consent items that the Staff or Board wished to pull for discussion. Member Cottier pulled Item 15 - Ute Farm Special Review - County Referral, #1-92. Chairman Strom asked if there were any Consent items for which the audience wished to pull for discussion. There were no items pulled for discussion. Chairman Strom stated that two motions were to be taken due to a conflict -of -interest between Member Klataske and the Pinecone P.U.D. Rezoning. Member Klataske moved to approve Consent Agenda items 1-3, 6-11, 13 and 14. Member Cottier seconded the motion. The motion to approve carried 7-0. Member Carroll moved to approve Consent Agenda Item 12. Member O'Dell seconded the motion. The motion to approve carried 6-0. Member Klataske did not participate in approving Item 12. UTE FARM SPECIAL REVIEW - COUNTY REFERRAL. #1-92 Chairman Strom asked Member Cottier if there was a specific point in which she wanted to address or if the topic needed to be open for general discussion. Member Cottier felt that a general discussion was not necessary and that her concern was the approval of accessory recreational uses to a golf course. In the event that the golf course were to never be established, Member Cottier suggested that a condition be attached to abandon the accessory uses of the project. Member Cottier also was concerned that something other than a 50 acre golf course would be approved for that parcel. 2 P & Z MINUTES January 27,1992 Mr. Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, felt that an absolute guarantee could not be put in place. The first phase to be built is a driving range, a nine hole pitch and putt golf course, chipping greens, putting greens, and a temporary club house with the intent that when the par 3 golf course is complete a permanent club house would be erected. Mr. Ward stated that they are working on an agreed phasing plan with the County Planning Staff. Mr. Ward stressed that the desire of the applicant was that if for some reason the golf course did not happen as planned, that they would not lose the better part of $2 million. Mr. Ward felt that the basic intent was to create an open space break between the two communities. Across from the project, Mr. Ward felt that the best thing that would be done would be to leave a 250 ft. wide strip along Highway 287. He also felt that the worst case scenario of leaving the golf course incomplete, would be a landscaped area, which is over 1,600 ft. wide. Mr. Ward stated that he felt it would be better to have a landscaped area than just a 250 ft. wide strip along the highway. Member Cottier stated that if the golf course did not happen that a 50 acre parcel is more likely to end up in a commercial type use, rather than a 100 acre open parcel. Member Cottier asked Mr. Ward if any alternative plans were discussed for that 50 acre parcel. Mr. Ward stated that the client has gone ahead and hired Dick Phelps, a world renown golf course architect, and that they are going ahead with plans for the golf course. Mr. Ward stated that the plan calls for having the driving range open this coming summer, which means the client would like to get the turf seeded in April. The client only had an option on the first 50 acres. If the client were to wait for all the practical matters to be worked out on the whole project, then the ability to get the driving range open this summer would be impossible. Member Cottier felt that the item was a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Board to the County and she felt that a condition should be added to the approval of this project. Member Cottier moved to approve the Ute Farm Special Review - County Referral, #1-92; noting that the proposed recreational uses are acceptable, with the condition that the uses be abandoned at such time if the northern 50 acres of the parcel were approved for something other than a golf course. The motion died for lack of second. Chairman Strom asked if there was an alternate motion or further discussion. 3 P & Z MINUTES January 27, 1992 Member O'Dell felt that the condition was a somewhat an unreasonable on their use of the land and that was not to say that they could not come up with some other project that was equally as good on the north 50 acres. Member O'Dell moved to recommend approval of the Ute Farm Special Review - County Referral, #1-92, as outlined in the staff report. Member Clements -Cooney seconded the motion. The motion to recommend approval carried 6-1. Chairman Strom stated that the next item up for discussion was Item 16 - Pickett Second Annexation and Zoning, #56-91A, and asked if this item should be considered with the Pickett Third Annexation and Zoning, #56-91B,C or should they be treated separately. A member of the audience approached the podium to reconsider Item 11 - K-2 Annexation, #51- 91 A. Chairman Strom asked Deputy City Attorney Paul Eckman if this type of request could be considered. Deputy City Attorney Paul Eckman stated that this item passed with a unanimous vote on the Consent Agenda and that anyone could move to reconsider that matter. If the motion to reconsider passed then the main motion of that Annexation would be back on the table for discussion. Member O'Dell moved to reconsider Item 11 - K-2 Annexation and Zoning, #51-91A. Member Carroll seconded the motion. The motion carried 7-0. K-2 ANNEXATION AND ZONING, #51-91A Ms. Kirsten Whetstone gave a description of the proposed project. Staff recommended approval of the annexation and zoning. El