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Items Pertaining to the Maxwell Annexation and Zoning.
Staff recommends approval of the annexation and zoning request. The
Planning and Zoning Board voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the annexation
and zoning request.
A. Resolution 90-XX Setting Forth Findings of Fact and Determinations
Regarding the Maxwell Annexation.
B. Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. XXX, 1990, Annexing
Approximately 168.23 Acres, Known as the Maxwell Annexation.
C. Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. XXX, 1990, Zoning
Approximately 168.23 Acres, Known as the Maxwell Annexation, Into the R-F,
Foothills Residential, Zoning District.
This is a request to annex and zone approximately 168.23 acres of City -owned
foothills open space located west of Overland Trail, west of the CSU football
stadium and east of Centennial Drive. The requested zoning is the R-F,
Foothills Residential District. The property is currently zoned FA-1 Farming in
the County. This is a voluntary annexation.
APPLICANT: City of Fort Collins OWNER: Same
Background:
The City of Fort Collins is requesting annexation of approximately 168.23 acres
of City -owned foothills open space located west of Overland Trail, west of the
CSU football stadium and east of Centennial Drive. The requested zoning is
the R-F, Foothills Residential District. The property is currently zoned FA-1
Farming in the County. This is a voluntary annexation.
The property is located outside of the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area.
According to policies and agreements between the City of Fort Collins and
Larimer County contained in the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR
THE FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA, the City can consider the
annexation of property outside the UGA by giving the County proper notice
and justification for the annexation. The City has recently annexed other
City=owned open space areas along the Poudre River (River Bend Ponds
Annexation) and along the foothills (Pine Ridge Annexations) when they
satisfied contiguity requirements and became eligible for annexation. City
police protection would extend to the property after annexation.
The proposed annexation of this property represents the first "non-contiguous"
annexation considered by the City of Fort Collins. The property legally
satisfies the contiguity requirement for annexation although the property is not
physically adjacent to existing city limits. According to Colorado annexation
laws, specifically CRS 31-12-104, property owned by the state or federal
government may be ignored for the purposes of determining contiguity for
annexation. The Maxwell property is physically separated from existing city
limits along Overland Trail by property owned by CSU. Thus, the property is
legally eligible for annexation according to State law. The property gains the
required 1/6 contiguity to existing city limits from a common boundary with
the Becksted Annexation and the Third Foothills Annexation to the east.
The surrounding zoning and existing land uses are as follows:
N E-1, Estate County zoning (Noel property).
E: FA-1 Farming County zoning, (Miller property and CSU property).
S: FA-1 Farming (CSU property).
W: FA-1 Farming (federal property).
The requested zoning for this annexation is the R-F, Foothills Residential
District. The R-F District designation is for areas along the foothills. The
property was purchase by the City in the mid-1970's in order to be preserved
as open space. There are no plans to change the open space nature of the
property.
Findings
The annexation of this area is consistent with the policies and agreements
between Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins contained in the
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS
URBAN GROWTH AREA. The County was notified by registered mail of
the pending annexation on February 15, 1990.
2. The area meets all criteria included in State law to qualify for a voluntary
annexation to the City of Fort Collins.
3. On February 20, 1990, the City Council approved a resolution determining
that the proposed annexation is in compliance with State law. The
resolution also initiated the annexation process for this property by
establishing the date, time and place when a public hearing will be held
regarding the readings of the Ordinances annexing and zoning the area.
4. The requested R-F, Foothills Residential District is in conformance with. the
policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the annexation and requested zoning.
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning and Zoning Board, at their regular monthly meeting of February
26, 1990, voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the requested annexation and
zoning.
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