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Home My WebLink AboutTURNING POINT PLAT - PDP - 12-99 - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSNo Text TURNING POINT PLAT- File #12-99 September 20, 1999, Administrative Hearing Page 4 applicant is being required to provide a 5.33 foot wide pedestrian access easement overlapping the utility easement along West Plum Street. This will allow a new eight (8) foot wide sidewalk (2.67 feet of which will be on public right-of-way, and 5.33 feet of which will be on the site). The applicant is also being required to designate the drive isle on the plat (as shown on the conditionally approved minor amendment) as an access and emergency easement. 5. Findings of Fact/Conclusion: A. The Plat of the Turning Point Property at 801 South Shields Street contains a permitted use and has conditional approval to change the use of the building to another permitted use in the CC — Community Commercial Zoning District. B. The Plat of the Turning Point Property at 801 South Shields Street meets the procedural requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review Procedures for Development Applications, and Section 2.4 - Project Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration. C. The Plat of the Turning Point Property at 801 South Shields Street meets the plat requirements located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 - General Development Standards. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the Turning Point Plat, File # 12-99. TURNING POINT PLAT- File #12-99 September 20, 1999, Administrative Hearing Page 3 4. Article 3 - General Development Standards: The Plat of the Turning Point Property at 801 South Shields Street complies with the applicable requirements of the LUC, specifically the plat requirements located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 - General Development Standards. A. The plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(A) General Provisions in that: 1) The final plat will be filed and recorded only after having been approved by the Director of Planning, with such approval evidenced in writing on the plat and signed by the City Clerk. 2) No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for construction of any new principal building or no act which changes the use of any building shall be permitted until the subdivision plat is filed and recorded in the City of Fort Collins. B. The plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(B) Lots in that: 1) There is no minimum lot size specified in Division 4.14 CC — Community Commercial Zoning District, the lot has direct vehicular access to a public street (West Plum Street), and the side lot lines are substantially at right angles to the street lines. 2) The general layout of lot, roads, driveways, utilities, drainage facilities and other services within the proposed development were established with the original development of the property in 1959. The applicant is providing additional utility, pedestrian, and emergency easements to those that currently exist. C. The plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(C) Public Sites, Reservations and Dedications in that: 1) The applicant shall be required to dedicate rights -of way for public streets, drainage easements and utility easements as needed to serve the area being platted. The rights -of -way for West Plum and South Shields Street exist (according to the city's Engineering Department) with adequate right-of-way, therefore this applicant is not being required to provide any additional right-of-way. The existing utility easement along South Shields is being increased from an existing condition of three (3) feet to a total width of fifteen (15) feet. A new nine (9) foot utility easement along West Plum is being provided. 2) Reservation of site's other municipal uses shall be made in accordance with the requirements of this Land Use Code. The TURNING POINT PLAT- File #12-99 September 20, 1999, Administrative Hearing Page 2 COMMENTS: 1. Background: The zoning and land uses that surround the site are as follows: N: CC; West Plum Street, existing Sorority, existing multifamily residential, S: CC; existing church, existing parking lot, existing Campus West retail, W: CC; existing multifamily residential, E: CSU; South Shields Street, existing University property including a grass buffer and a parking lot, This property was annexed into the City as part of the "First South Shields Street Consolidated Annexation" on December 11, 1958. The site was developed in June 1959 as Delta Zeta Sorority House. The property has been most recently used as the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House, which operated as such until 1998. The building has been vacant during 1999. 2. Purpose of the Plat: The purpose of the plat is to allow a change -of -use to happen. The LUC Section 3.3.1(A)(3)(b) specifies that an existing building can undergo a change -of -use only if it is on property that is platted in accordance with the provisions of the LUC. A minor amendment was approved on June, 23 1999 which allowed a change -of -use for 801 S. Shields from "fraternity" to "group home, clinic, and office" subject to the condition that the property be platted using the city's type 1 review process. 3. Article 2 - Administration: The Plat of the Turning Point Property at 801 South Shields Street complies with the applicable requirements of the LUC, specifically the procedural requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review Procedures for Development Applications, and Section 2.4 - Project Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration. ITEM NO. p MEETING DATE ql STAFF Citv of Fort Collins HEARING OFFICER STAFF REPORT PROJECT: TURNING POINT PLAT- File #12-99 [Type I, Administrative Review in the Land Use Code] OWNER: Turning Point 1644 South College Fort Collins, CO 80525 CONSULTANT/ APPLICANT: Rebecca Spears RB&B Architects 315 E. Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request to plat a property at 801 South Shields Street. There is an existing 12,508 square foot, 3 story building on this 25,200 square foot lot. This site was developed in 1959. At the time of the original development, the developer was not required to plat the property. The existing building has most recently been used as a fraternity. The applicant submitted a minor amendment earlier this year to change the use of the building from a "fraternity" to "group home, clinic, and office". That minor amendment was approved subject to the condition that the property be platted using a type 1 review process. RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This request to plat the Turning Point property at 801 S. Shields Street complies with the applicable requirements of the Land Use Code (LUC), specifically the procedural requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review Procedures for Development Applications, and Division 2.4 - Project Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration; and Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 - General Development Standards. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (970) 221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT