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Home My WebLink About1310 LAPORTE AVENUE - MODIFICATION OF STANDARD - 35-04 - CORRESPONDENCE -,Anne Aspen - 1310 Laporte Neighborhor ' `fleeting__ _ Page 1 From: Anne Aspen To: 1310 Neighborhood Mtg Date: 8/19/04 9:20AM Subject: 1310 Laporte Neighborhood Meeting Hello, You are receiving this email because you attended the neighborhood meeting and indicated on the sign -in that you wished to receive notes from the meeting or you have been identified as having an interest in the proceedings. If you have any questions, please contact me at 221-6750. Sincerely, Anne Aspen City Planner Current Planning Department City of Fort Collins, CO aaspen@fcgov.com (970)221-6750 Anne Aspen - RE: 1310 Laporte Neighbr' lod Meeting Page 2 you. So keep your eye out for mailings from us, organize, ask me questions, send letters and show up at the hearings. I've just thrown a lot of fairly technical information about our process at you. Please let me know if you have further questions. IFUTIMi ; Anne Aspen City Planner Current Planning Department City of Fort Collins, CO aaspen@fcgov.com (970)221-6206 >>> "Walters, Denise Elizabeth" <denise.walters @ hp.com> 08/19/04 12:41 PM >>> Hi Anne, Thank you for forwarding the minutes. I don't know if you can answer this question or not, but does the city typically approve requests for modifications of lot size standards or does it go case by case? Also, do you know how much, if any, influence neighborhood input has on that process? I appreciate your work at the meeting Tuesday. Regards, Denise Walters > -----Original Message----- • From: Anne Aspen fmailto:AAspen@fcgov.coml > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:20 AM > To: bradlevw*d@aol.com; lazi22@aol.com; troy@architex.com; > freebail@comcast.net; obermurray@comcast.net; Basil Harridan; Ginny > Sawyer; Jenny Kidd; Katie Moore; iaimekino@fnbfc.com; > mike@fortcollinsre.com; aiaxm44@hotmail.com; rebspaf@hotmail.com; > Walters, Denise Elizabeth > Subject: 1310 Laporte Neighborhood Meeting > Hello, > You are receiving this email because you attended the neighborhood > meeting and indicated on the sign -in that you wished to receive notes > from the meeting or you have been identified as having an interest in > the proceedings. If you have any questions, please contact me at > 221-6750. > Sincerely, > Anne Aspen > City Planner > Current Planning Department ;Anne Aspen-_RE_1310 Laporte Neighbr od Meeting_ v T_ Page 1 From: Anne Aspen To: Walters, Denise Elizabeth Date: 8/19/04 3:15PM Subject: RE: 1310 Laporte Neighborhood Meeting Hi Denise, I am writing you and Sue Taylor together since I got similar questions from you about 1310 Laporte (Sue, your call to Cameron Gloss was forwarded to me). First of all, I think it's great that you all are pulling together as a concerned neighborhood group. I imagine you already know about the Neighborhood Services Department here in the City and have taken advantage of the services they can offer to you as you organize your group. Once you have gotten established, let me know who your contact person is and I can disseminate information to you all very efficiently. Now to your questions about the modification that is being requested for 1310 Laporte. I am your contact person on the project. I'm the project planner and my role is to coordinate the whole process. I coordinate internally with all the City departments that are involved in the process and externally with citizens and the developers and their representatives. This request for modification of minimum lot size will ultimately be heard by a hearing officer. We have a few hearing officers internally and we also contract the services of a Denver law firm that specializes in Land Use law. The officer for this hearing will be an attorney from the Denver firm. He or she receives public input on the project in one of three ways: in1he form of a letter from a concerned citizen, an email from a concerned citizen, either of which should be addressed to me, or via making comments at the public hearing in person. All written input that I receive goes into the public record and is copied to the hearing officer. The hearing officer does read all documents in the file including citizen input. Modifications are decided on a case by case basis. Decisions are based primarily on code compliance, including, in the case of modifications, the criteria in Division 2.8.2(H)1,2,3 or 4 depending on what the applicant requests. (This information is available on the web at: http://www.colocode.com/ftcollins/landuse/beciin.htm ) The applicant has indicated to me that he will likely use 2.8.2(H)(4) though I have not yet received a letter of request for the modification. Other factors in the decision -making process include the staff recommendation in my staff report, the request letter from the applicant and last but not least, citizen input. I should tell you that in 1997, the city council changed it's development policy by switching from a point system Land Development Guidance System (LDGS) to a Land Use Code (LUC). That happened largely because of increasing fears about growth. It is a pretty good system but to be honest with you both, neighborhood input carries less weight now than it did then. Development used to be much more negotiable but also much more open-ended. Now development is much more regulated and proscribed, but as a result, less flexible to input. With that said though, I have seen many cases of strong neighborhood organization and involvement having a very persuasive impact on proposed projects. You all are on the right path by organizing, getting involved, asking questions, etc. The modification process will commence once the applicant submits a letter of request. The applicant must deal with that abandoned easement on the east end of the property first though, and that might take a bit of time. Also, you should know that as it has been presented to me verbally by the applicant, I plan to recommend denial of the request in my staff report. The hearing officer may decide what they want based on the information they have on the project, but it would be unusual for them to completely ignore the staff recommendation. The applicant is aware of this. The applicant could rethink their plan to one that meets code, and that could change my recommendation even though the proposal might still be unacceptable to City of Fort Collins Anne Aspen City Planner Current Planning Department 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins CO 80522-0580 (970)221-6750 FAX(970)416-2020 Email: aaspen@fcgov.com To: Fax: //,'l LI — From: Pages: Phone: 4-9Z-829V Date: Re: lD L402±6i CC: ❑ Urgent ❑ For Review ❑ Please Comment ❑ Please Reply ❑ Please Recycle • Comments: �� ^v �/JQ/Vfi G�7�// / �'"�^�- %uQtti/✓�% L1S� �jtome. mc- 6? CI a& Z Zl -6 -7t3v. Yau, shod' have, /P-eceiiled Ae-, fire,