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Nextel Communications
4643 So. Ulster Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80237
303 714-8200 FAX 303 714-8504
NEXTEL
July 27, 2000
City of Ft. Collins Current Planning Department
281 N. College Ave.
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
On behalf of Nextel Communications (Applicant) please accept this letter as proposed
Applicant's request for an Administrative Review (Type One), and approval, for an
unmanned, wireless, telecommunications facility to be located at 1314 Red Cedar Circle,
Ft. Collins, CO 80524. Current use of this site location is as a recreational vehicle
storage yard.
Proposed Applicant's intent is to install an unmanned, collocatable, wireless
telecommunications facility. The purpose of this installation is to provide wireless
telecommunications coverage in and around the northeast area of Ft. Collins, CO.
Statement of Planning Objectives
Proposed Nextel Wireless Telecommunications Facility (Josh Ames/CO-0398C)
Owner: John C. Dixon
Location: 1314 Red Cedar Circle, Ft. Collins, CO 80521
Assessor's Parcel Number: 9701214004
The Zone District is Industrial (I). Wireless Telecommunication Facilities are permitted,
subject to Administrative Review, in this Zone, according to the City of Ft. Collins Land
Use Code (updated December 1998), Division 4.23 (13)(2)(d).
Maximum building height in this Zone is 4 stories (100 feet) for nonresidential uses,
according to the City of Ft. Collins Land Use Code (updated December 1998) Division
4.23 (D)(1)(a). Nextel is requesting approval for an 80-foot, collocatable, monopole. This
request is 20 feet below the allowable height maximum.
Required Setbacks, for the monopole, from the east and west lot lines are satisfied (1 foot
of setback for each foot of height, from the City of Ft. Collins Land Use Code, Division
3.8, Section 3.8.13 (C)(1)). The required Setbacks from the north and south are not
satisfied, however a Stamped letter from a Colorado licensed PE stating that this
monopole is engineered to avoid structural failure, is a part of this Application (and is
required in order to waive the required setback).
There will be a solid cedar fence around the base of this 40' by 40' (total footprint)
facility, for screening. The facility will include a 12' by 22' equipment shelter and an 80'
monopole. The facility is to be located inside an existing fenced area, the outside of
which has been landscaped according to a landscape plan that was approved by the City
of Ft. Collins in 1998. The owners of the property have recently brought this landscaping
plan into compliance (as of 7/12/00) by completing the original planting schedule and by
replacing some of the original plantings that had died. Out of 81 plants and trees that
have been planted here, 9 are dead or dying. These will be replaced with identical, live,
plants.
It should be noted that even with the 9 dead plants (out of a total of 81 in the landscaping
plan), this property has by far the most, and nicest, landscaping on Red Cedar Circle. The
property to the south (1232 Red Cedar Circle) has only 4 trees and 8 shrubs. The property
across the street, to the west, (1331 Red Cedar Circle) has 48 various trees and bushes
(mostly untrimmed and neglected), some of which have overgrown the sidewalk so badly
that a pedestrian would have trouble walking on the sidewalk in some places. The
property adjacent, to the north and east (no address, but the owner is Scott R. Milan) has
no landscaping whatsoever on either of the two sides (north and east) that face city streets
Red Cedar Circle and Blue Spruce, respectively.
The original landscaping plan for 1314 Red Cedar Circle leaves little room for new
landscaping along the north and west sides of the property. However, the existing fence is
an additional screen on these sides. Additionally, views from the north side of the
property are well screened by existing buildings on the property, with additional
screening being provided by the outside perimeter fence and the proposed inside fence at
the base of the facility. The views from the east and south will be screened by an existing
building, a covered parking structure, and the recreational vehicles stored thereunder, and
the proposed fence surrounding the facility. Because it would appear that this area seems
to be adequately screened from public view, Nextel is not planning on adding any
additional landscaping to this property unless specifically directed to do so by the Current
Planning Department, as a condition of approval.
Nextel will paint the monopole a tan or medium brown color as preferred by the City.
Additionally, the antennas will be enclosed with fiberglass shields (painted'to-match-the
monopole) in order to make the antennas resemble light fixtures atop the monopole.
Thank you for your consideration. Please call with any questions or comments.
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Wireless Facilities Inc., for Nextel
210 University Blvd. Ste.B 12
Denver, CO 80206
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