HomeMy WebLinkAboutCITY OF FORT COLLINS UTILITY SERVICE CENTER 5TH FILING PDP AND FDP - 16 90C - DECISION - HEARING OFFICER DECISIONThe hearing was called to order at 2:10 p.m. in the 281 Conference Room by Director
of Current Planning Bob Blanchard.
Staff Present: Bob Blanchard, Director of Current Planning a.nd.Ted Shepard, Senior
Planner.
Others Present: Citizen John Kosalis.
Director Blanchard reviewed the procedures set forth in the Land Use Code for the
hearing.
Ted Shepard, Senior Planner gave a brief staff report stating this was a request for a
one -lot subdivision 4.8 acres in size located at the northeast comer of Wood Street and
Elm Street. He stated this was part of the 700 Wood Street Utility Service Center
Complex.
Planner Shepard stated that the project was reviewed by Section 3.3.1 of the Land Use
Code and that the project complied with the criteria in the Code. Staff recommended
approval of the project.
Director Blanchard stated that the applicant was not present.
PUBLIC INPUT
John Kosalis, 604 Sycamore Street commented that the neighborhood concerns were
still there regarding traffic. He was concerned with the access to the parking lot on Elm
Street and the additional traffic that would create on. that street: He asked that all traffic
be diverted to Wood Street and that employees be encouraged to car pool and use
alternative transportation. Mr. Kosalis encouraged a satellite location on the south end
of Fort Collins.
Director Blanchard responded that there would be signage on Elm Street to route truck
traffic to Wood Street and that the City would also encourage its employees to use
Wood Street.
Director Blanchard concluded the hearing and would render his decision in a couple of
days.
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City of Fort Collins
and Environmental vices
Current Planning
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER
TYPE I ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION
HEARING OFFICER: Bob Blanchard
Current Planning Director
PROJECT NAME: City of Fort Collins, Utility Services Center 5th Filing -
Type 1 PDP
CASE NUMBER: 16-90C
APPLICANT: City of Fort Collins Facilities Services
117 North Mason Street
Fort Collins, CO 80521
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Request for a Final Plan for a Final Plat for a portion
of the Utility Service Center. The area of the plat
includes 4.86 acres located to the south of the
service center complex. This additional area is a
former concrete pipe manufacturing facility. The site
is located at 700 Wood Street.
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION AND DECISION:
Staff recommendation: Approval
Hearing Officer Decision: Approval
ZONING DISTRICT: LMN - Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood.
281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750
FAX (970) 221-6378 • TDD (970) 224-6002
NOTICE OF PUBLIC_HEARING: Notice of public hearing was made on June 18, 1997
by mailing to property owners within 500 feet of the
subject property.
The public hearing was advertised in the Coloradoan
on June 25, 1997.
PUBLIC _HEARING
After reviewing the Staff Report and recommendation, a public hearing was held on the
subject application at 2:00 PM on July 3, 1997. The hearing was held in the main
conference room at 281 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado.
The following is a List of those who spoke at the meeting:
From the City:
Ted Shepard, Senior City Planner
From the applicant:
None
From the Community:
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John *vaalis, 604 Sycamore Street
Written Comments:.
None
Community Concerns:
jLEFAGAS
Mr Kese" , while recognizing that this was a hearing on the platting of the
property in question not on the proposed use and design of the project (a parking
lot expansion) noted concerns that had been presented at the Planning and
Zoning Board meeting of June, 1997 when the am.:endment to the. Overall
Development Plan had been approved.. Specifically, he questioned why this
facility needed to expand when most of the growth in the City was to the South
and there had previously been discussions of establishing a satellite facility with
similar uses in the southern portion of the City. He also asked if there was a way
that trucks exiting the parking area onto Elm Street. could, in turn, be routed onto
Wood Street rather than proceeding east on Elm Street.
City Response:
City staff noted that Facilities' had indicated that they would take into
consideration the Planning and Zoning Board's recommendation of signing the
exit onto Elm Street directing truck traffic to Wood Street. This was not made a
condition of the Board's approval.
BACKGROUND
This proposal is to plat a portion of the City of Fort Collins' Utility Service Center,
located at 700 Wood Street, to create a lot which would allow the expansion of the
parking area for both staff and maintenance vehicles. All plats must comply with
Section 3.3.1, Plat Standards, of the Land Use Code. The specific review criteria
include:
Section 3.3.1(B)(1) - Lots:
Lots within a subdivision are required to meet the minimum lot size of the
applicable zoning district and have access to a public street:. Side lot lines must
be at right angles or radial to street lines.
The single lot area (4.86 acres) exceeds the minimum lot size requirement in the
L-M-N Zone District which is dependent on the type of development proposed.
The lot gains vehicular access to a public Street (Wood Street). Side lot lines
are at right angles to street lines..
Section 3.3.1(B)(2) - Lots:
The general layout of lot, driveways, utilities, drainage facilities, and other
services within the proposed development area designed in a way that enhances
an interconnected street system within the neighborhood, preserves natural
areas and features, and otherwise accomplishes the purposes and intent of the
Land Use Code.
Adjacent streets do not interconnect through this property due to previous
development both on the site and adjacent to the site to the north and east. The
plat preserves an existing wetland on the south side of the site. Connectivity with
adjacent neighborhoods is maintained with sidewalks and bike paths.
Section 3.3.1(C)(1) - Public Sites, Reservations and Dedications:
An applicant must dedicate all necessary public street rights -of -way, drainage
easements and utility easements. Additional street right-of-way must be
dedicated when required by the Land Use Code,
The plat dedicates rights -of -way for public streets, drainage easements and
utility easements as needed to serve the area being platted.
FINDINGS. CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
After reviewing the staff report and the record of the public hearing, the Hearing Officer
makes the following findings and conclusions:
1. The proposed project is the platting of a lot for the expansion of the parking area
for the City of Fort Collins' Utility Service Center located at 700 Wood Street.
2:. The plat satisfies all applicable review criteria contained in Section 3.3.1 - Plat
Standards, of the Land Use Code.
DECISION
Based on the findings and conclusions, the request to plat.a portion of the City of Fort
Collins' Utility Service Center located to the south of the service center complex located
at 700 Wood Street, File #16-90C is APPROVED.
Dated this 9th day of July, 1997, per authority granted by Sections 1.4.9(E) and 2..1 of
the Land Use Code. 7w:t
Robert E. Blanchard, AICP
Current Planning. Director
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