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December 7, 1990
City of Fort Collins
Planning and Zoning Board
c/o Planning Department
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Board Members;
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urban design, inc.
3030 south college ave., suite 200
fort collins, colorado 80525
(303) 226-4074
In May of 1990, a petition for annexation of the Burns Ranch
was submitted to the City of Fort Collins with the agreement that
the Second Reading of the Annexation and Zoning Ordinances would
be scheduled for City Council action after the Planning and
Zoning Board's public hearing on the Preliminary Cluster Plan.
The Annexation was approved on First Reading on that basis.
Because existing plans approved for the site could become
"nonconforming" — and because of the extensive open space
requirements of the RF zone — the applicant may not wish to
complete annexation if a well designed cluster plan, meeting all
requirements of the RF Zone, cannot gain City approval. The
Planning and Zoning Board Public Hearing for the Preliminary Plat
and Cluster Plan was therefore scheduled for December 17th, and
Second Reading of the Annexation and Zoning Ordinances for
January 15th.
This week, however, the City Attorney decided that the Planning
and Zoning Board may not give even Preliminary approval to a plan
for property not yet annexed. In light of this late change in
the rules, we are requesting that the Planning and Zoning Board
review the proposed Cluster Plan, and allow public comment as
scheduled at your December 17th meeting, but not vote on the item
until your January 28th meeting. Staff review of the Preliminary
Plat and Cluster Plans is complete, and no changes in the plans
are anticipated between December 17th and January 28th. Final
engineering design of streets, drainage improvements, and
utilities will — as always — be completed with Final Plats in the
future.
Thank you for your consideration of this item. If we can
provide any further information, please do not hesitate to call.
Sincerely,
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Eldon Ward, President
Cityscape Urban Design, Inc.
cc: Rex Burns
Jim Martell
Dan Jensen