HomeMy WebLinkAbout525 S. TAFT HILL ROAD - ADDITION OF A PERMITTED USE - 36-08 - REPORTS - APPLICANT COMMUNICATION6. Compliance with Atricle Three of the Land Use Code The existing
structures have not changed in the 10 years since the property was
developed and consists of the following: Office building is one story
in height and is only 360 square feet, the shop building is 1050
square feet. Outdoor lighting will not be changed (there is a hallogen
light on the office building and on the the shop building). To my
knowledge, this all conforms to the scale of the surrounding area.
Roll off dumpster is in a seperate enclosure. Minimal storage has
always been stored inside of the shop building or behind office
building and adjoing privacy fence, this prevents these items from
being visible from Taft Hill Road. As this is a lawnmower repair
business, we do not anticipate any long term storage. There will
probably be some short term storage which will be placed behind
building or fence. Operational/physical Compatibility Standards
Glare will be the same as past uses as no new lighting will be added.
Noise should be minimal as we are located on an arterial which is as
noisy as a lawnmower being run at times. The shop building is at the
far northwest corner of the property and next to the car wash (with
radios commonly playing loudly). The shop is setback as far from the
street and the resdential homes to our south and east as could
possible be. As noted above, the trash enclosure is built behind the
office building on the south edge of the rear driveway. As this was a
much larger roofing company in the past, it was required for us to
have ample parking for that use, new business will be considerably
smaller and generate much less traffic than Atlas Roofing did. New
use will not change any of the structures on the property.
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Ed Schneider
Diamond Shamrock gas station (open 7 days a week) and Atlas
Roofing Company (Open 6 days a week with 50 employees and 5
dump trucks in and out to pick up materials). As the previous owner
of Atlas Roofing, there were many nights in the summer when we
were there till 8 or 9 pm and commonly started getting the trucks and
workers out the door by 7 or 7:30 am. There is no question that a
small lawnmower repair shop will only generate a fraction of the
traffic of these previous businesses.
3. Context Subject property borders a car wash that is open 7 days
a week and evenings which is next to a gas station that is open 7
days a week and evenings - both carry the same L.M.N zoning as
our property. South of us is residential - we are next to an in home
business (Coffee Craze). Directly to our west is a manufactured
home community which is seperated from our property by a double
fence. East of us across Taft Hill Road, an arterial, is residential
(there is also residential across from gas station and car wash). The
3 commercial adjoining properties are on the west side of Taft Hill
and south of Mulberry.
4. Is the proposed use compatible with the neighborhood context
and with section 3.5.1. of the land use code? This property should
be found to be compatible with the surrounding properties as for
years it operated as a gas station and a large roofing company,
generating about as much traffic as the current commercial
properties bordering it to the north. The new use will generate far
less traffic and noise than the previous tennants (noises generated
by lawnmowers are likely to be less than the average traffic noise on
Taft Hill Rd.)
5. Compliance with a governing overall developement plan or sub-
area plan We do not seem to be located in a sub -area plan per Ted
Shepard.
October 22, 2008
Ed Schneider
5424 Saratoga Circle
Fort Collins, Co. 80526
(970)372-7116
Re: 525 S. Taft Hill Rd.
Fort Collins, Co. 80521
The following are in regard to application of the addition of a
permitted use for the above referenced property:
1. Zone District This property is currently zoned L.M.N. I am not
aware of what the zoning of this property was prior to my purchase. I
purchased the property from Diamond Shamrock Gas Stations Inc. I
know that the previous uses of this property were a Diamond
Shamrock gas station, Atlas Roofing Co., and Home Detailers Inc. (a
home restoration and repair company). I feel that the new permitted
use would have been allowed under the former zone district as it was
a gas station (most gas stations were previously zoned to perform
mechanical repairs on site. Example: The gas station on the corner
of Taft Hill and Mulberry - 2 lots to the north of me, also zoned
L.M.N currently has an automotive service bay and previously had 2
service bays on the south end of the building when Sam Geist
operated the station. I am sure of this because he serviced our
dump trucks.)
2. Description of proposed and previous uses Proposed use is to
operate a small local lawnmower repair shop which will perform
minor servicing on lawnmowers to include: troubleshooting and
repair, blade sharpening, minor tune ups, and some sales, etc. Most
of the service is picked up by trailer and brought to this location,
serviced, and returned to client - this should generate a minimum of
traffic in and out. This business will have 1 owner plus 1 employee
and will operate between the hours of 9 am. to 5 pm. Monday
through Friday. This is also a seasonal business which typically
operates from mid March through mid November (depending on
weather). Previously, this property was used as a