HomeMy WebLinkAboutWESTBROOKE PUD FIRST FILING FINAL - 3 90D - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTESPLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING MINUTES
August 26, 1991
The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 6:40 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall West, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. Board
members present included: Chairman Jim Klataske, Bernie Strom, Jan Cottier, Laurie O'Dell,
Joe Carroll, Lloyd Walker and Rene Clements -Cooney.
Staff members present included Tom Peterson, Paul Eckman, Sherry Albertson -Clark, Steve Olt,
Kirsten Whetstone, Mike Herzig, and Georgiana Taylor.
Identification of citizen participants is from verbal statements and not necessarily correct since
none signed in.
AGENDA REVIEW
Planning Director Tom Peterson reviewed the Consent and Discussion Agenda. The Consent
Agenda included: Item 1 - Westbrooke at Platt Properties PUD - Final, #3-90D; Item 2 -
Sunstone Village Subdivision PUD, 6th Filing - Preliminary and Final #57-86J; Item 3 -
Raintree Extension, #146-79B; Item 4 - Resolution PZ91-11 Vacation of Utility Easement at
Foothills Apartments PUD; Item 5 - Resolution PZ91-12 Utility Easement Vacation, Lot 15,
Clarendon Hills. Discussion Items; Item 6 - Poudre Valley Hospital PUD - Preliminary Plan
Continued until September 23 meeting; Item 7 - Laurie Subdivision PUD - Preliminary, #44-89D;
Item 8 - Fairbrooke PUD, 5th Filing - Amended Final, Continued until September 23 meeting.
Member Strom moved to approve consent items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Member Walker seconded the motion.
Motion was approved 7-0.
LAURIE SUBDIVISION PUD - PRELIMINARY. #44-89D.
Sherry Albertson Clark, Chief Planner, stated that this request was for preliminary approval
for 9 lots on 6.4 acres. The property is zoned RLP, Low Density Planned Residential and was
located west of Shields Street approximately 1/2 mile south of Harmony Road. The site is part
of the approved South Shields Veterinary PUD Master Plan that was approved by the Board
approximately 2 years ago. The project was evaluated by the Land Development Guidance
System as a single family Planned Unit Development. The density proposed was less than the
minimum required 3 dwelling units per acres as required under the Land Development
Guidance System. The applicant has requested a variance to the density requirement, which
Staff was recommending that the Board approve. Staff believes that the lower density was
consistent with the surrounding development occurring primarily to the north and west of the
property and that the lower density was appropriate given some of the topographical
constraints of the site. Staff has evaluated this project under the All Development Criteria of
the Land Development Guidance System and Staff does believe that the project meets all of the
applicable criteria in that section of the Guidance System. Staff believes the applicant has
done the best job possible given the limited alternatives or seemingly limited alternatives for
access to the property, particularly the western portion of the site. While it is Staff's
preference not to cross a ravine that exists on the site that is an area of high sensitivity, a very