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MEMORANDUM
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To: Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board
From: Terence Hoaglund, ASLA, Cityscape Urban Design, Inc.
Copy to: Darwin Horan, The Writer Corporation
Date: May 27, 1998
Re: Partial Abandonment of the Stetson Creek / Timber Creek ODP
This is a request to abandon 13.4± acres of the 133.9± acre Stetson Creek / Timber Creek
Overall Development Plan (ODP). Under Ordinance 161, 1996, an ODP can no longer be
amended. Therefore, an abandonment of a portion of the Stetson Creek / Timber Creek ODP is
requested to pursue alternate development plans.
The 13.4± acre parcel is located on the northeast corner of Timberline Road and Stetson Creek
Drive (see attached plans). The parcel is zoned LMN - Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood,
and the current ODP indicates this area for townhomes (7.4± acres) and single family (6.0±
acres).
Under the Fort Collins Land Use Code Article 2.1.3(E)(3)(a-b), two criteria must be met to
qualify for ODP abandonment. The first criterion is that the abandonment may not have the
effect of making the existing or pending development out of conformance with the L.U.C. The
second criterion stipulates that the abandonment may not have the effect of denying or
diminishing the City's rights of ownership or use of any previously dedicated street, easement,
right-of-way or other property to the detriment of the public good.
Neither of these situations exists in this case. Abandonment of a portion of the Stetson Creek /
Timber Creek ODP will not in any way adversely affect any dedicated public rights -of -way, or
other public rights of use of property.
Abandonment is requested for Parcel "F" and the adjacent 6.0± acres of Parcel "C" approved for
single family homes. At the time of the ODP approval, the preference of City Staff was to
include higher numbers of multiple family housing to provide a wider range of housing
opportunities. The purpose of this abandonment is to provide an opportunity to pursue a higher
density townhome development occupying this area in compliance with the current Land Use
Code.
This request may be withdrawn or continued, contingent upon approval of the 13.4± acre
proposed townhome development — The Townhomes at Stetson Creek. This development
comprises 102 townhome units designed around a system of public streets and private alleys
and includes a small neighborhood park. Townhomes are a permitted use in the LMN zone and
the proposed project will be reviewed administratively, as a Type I use, to ensure full
compliance with City Plan and the Land Use Code.
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