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HomeMy WebLinkAboutK 2 ANNEXATION AND ZONING 1.27.92 P AND Z BOARD HEARING - 51 91 A - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSITEM NO. _ l 0 MEETING DATE 1/27/92 STAFF Kirst-Pn Whetstone City of Fort Collins PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD STAFF REPORT PROJECT: K-2 Annexation and Zoning- #51-91,A APPLICANT: City of Fort Collins OWNERS: Matrix Investment Co. 1118 NE Frontage Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Frank A. Just 1050 Greenfield Ct. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Newhall Land and Farming Co 23823 Valencia Blvd. Valencia, CA 91355 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Request to annex and zone approximately 29.72 acres located east of I-25, north of Vine Drive and south of the Larimer and Weld Canal, consisting of three separate parcels with three different owners. The proposed zoning is IL, Limited Industrial, with a Planned Unit Development (PUD) condition. This is the annexation of an enclave area. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the annexation and zoning request. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a request to annex and zone approximately 29.72 acres located east of I-25, north of Vine Drive, and south of the Larimer and Weld Canal. The annexation is comprised of three separate parcels and three property owners. The proposed zoning is IL, Limited Industrial, with a PUD condition. This is the annexation of an enclave area. Approximately three quarters of this area is currently vacant, undeveloped, or agricultural with the remaining areas used for offices, warehouses, and minor repair and maintenance of trucks. There are six metal or combination metal/frame buildings on the properties. Any existing commercial signs will have to conform to the City's Sign Code at the conclusion of a five year amortization period. This annexation will not increase the total number of off - premise signs that currently exist in the City of Fort Collins. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 300 LaPorte Ave. P.O. Boa 580 Fort Collins. CO 80522-0580 (303) 221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT K-2 Annexation & Zoning, #51-91 January 27, 1992 P & Z Meeting Page 2 Background• The property is located within 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 will agree to consider for annexation, property in the UGA when the property is eligible for annexation according to State law. Enclave areas become eligible for annexation when they have been completely surrounded, by properties annexed into the City, for at least three years. The area to be annexed has been a county enclave for at least three years and is therefore eligible for annexation. The properties became completely surrounded by the City of Fort Collins through the following annexations: N: Buckeye Farms, Inc. and Harold D. Einarsen Annexation, October 18, 1988 E: Buckeye Farms, Inc. and Harold D. Einarsen Annexation, October 18, 1988 S: Front Range Farms II Annexation, January 19, 1988 W: Allen, Lind, Moore Annexation February 21, 1984 Approximately three quarters of this area is currently vacant, undeveloped, or used for agriculture with the remaining quarter used for offices, warehouses or minor repair, maintenance, and cleaning of trucks. There are three parcels in this annexation. Parcel one is owned by Matrix Investment Corporation. They use the large metal building as an office and warehouse for a wholesale distribution business. Their products are gifts and decorative accessories. Parcel two is owned by Frank Just who leases the two metal buildings to C and W Transportation Company. This company uses the smaller building as an office for a commodities shipping business with minor truck repair and storage occurring inside the larger metal building. Parcel three is owned by Newhall Land and Farming Co. This company runs a trucking operation from the two buildings, using the small building as an office and the larger metal building for minor truck repair and storage. They have a truck wash on the site as well. This company purchases wet brewers grain from Anheuser-Busch and sells it to dairies and feed lots in the area. They do not load or unload trucks on the site. K-2 Annexation & Zoning, #51-91 January 27, 1992 P & Z Meeting Page 3 Existing uses will be non -conforming uses because of the proposed PUD condition. If active and continuous operations are not carried on in a nonconforming use during a continuous period of one year, the building, structure, or land where such non -conforming uses previously existed would revert back to conforming uses only. Any existing commercial signs will have to conform to the City's Sign Code at the conclusion of a five year amortization period. This annexation will not increase the total number of off -premise signs that currently exist in the City of Fort Collins. There are no redevelopment plans for these properties at this time. The property became eligible for involuntary annexation into the City on October 18, 1991. On December 16, 1991, staff sent a letter to the property owners informing them of the pending annexation, potential zoning district designation, and the various meeting dates for review by the Planning and Zoning Board and the Fort Collins City Council. Zoning• The property is currently zoned I. Industrial, (along the frontage road) and FA-1, Farming (the remainder of the area), in the County. The proposed zoning for this annexation is the IL, Limited Industrial, Zoning District, with a PUD condition. The IL District designation is primarily for light industrial uses. The IL, Limited Industrial, District designation and the proposed PUD condition is consistent with the policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan and is compatible with the existing uses and surrounding zoning. The existing uses will become non -conforming uses. Findings• 1. The annexation of this property is consistent with the policies and agreements between Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins as contained in the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA. 2. The area meets all criteria included in State law to qualify for annexation by the City of Fort Collins. 3. On February 4, 1992, City Council will consider a resolution setting forth the intent to annex this property and establishing the date of public hearing for the annexation and zoning ordinances. Ordinances to annex and zone the property will be considered by City Council on March 17, 1992. K-2 Annexation & Zoning, #51-91 January 27, 1992 P & Z Meeting Page 4 4. The requested zoning of IL, condition, is in conformance Comprehensive Plan. RECOMMENDATION: Limited Industrial, with a PUD with the policies of the City's Staff recommends approval of the annexation and requested zoning. ig ITEM: NUMBER: ■ COUNTY' ONE - - - - - - - - - No • \1 I i mommommmommmmmmmommun K-2 ANNEXATION & ZONING 51-91 LEGAL DESCRIPTION A TRACT OF LAND SITUATE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THE 6TH P.M., LARIMER 3, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF COLORADO, WHICH CONSIDERING THE WEST LINE OF THE COUNTY, SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3 AS BEARING NOD 14' 13"W HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO IS AND WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LINES WHICH BEGIN AT THE WEST CONTAINED QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3 AND RUNS THENCE N89 44' 57"E BEGINNING] THENCE N89 44' 57"E 33.30 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF S15 50' 34"E 318.00 FEET] THENCE S63 52' 09"E 12 FEET) THENCE 796.FEET) THENCE SOO 01' 32"W 869.41 FEET) THENCE N89 58' 796. NCE 33e680.910 28"W FEET) THENCE NOD THE POIINTSOF28"W ISO' OS"W 1020.78FEETFEET TOE FEET) THENCE NOD BEGINNING. CONTAINING 29.7169 ACRES. TOTAL PERIMETER 4,822.80 FEET CONTIGUOUS BOUNDARY 4,822.80 FEET 1/6 TOTAL PERIMETER 803.BO FEET Developnwnt Services Planning Department City of Fort Collins ANNEXATION IMPACT REPORT NAME OF ANNEXATION: K-2 Annexation DATE OF REVIEW BY THE FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL: March 17, 1992 and April 7, 1992. The purpose of this report is to satisfy the requirements of CRS 31-12-108.5 which indicates a municipality shall prepare an annexation impact report and file a copy of the report with the Board of County Commissioners governing the area proposed to be annexed. Attached to this report are the following: (aI) A map showing the present and proposed boundaries of the City of Fort Collins in the vicinity of the above referenced annexation. The proposed boundaries of the City of Fort Collins are depicted by the Urban Growth Area boundary as agreed to by the Larimer County Board of Commissioners and the Council of the City of Fort Collins and contained in the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA. (Exhibit A). (aII) A map showing present streets, major water trunk lines, sewer interceptors and outfalls, other utility lines and ditches, and the proposed extension of such streets and utility lines in the vicinity of the above referenced annexation. (See, Fort Collins Urban Growth Area Master Street Plan for present and proposed extension of streets; Water Master Plan 1986 for present and proposed extension of water utility lines; Sewer Master Plan 1986 for present and proposed extension of sewer utility lines; and Exhibit B for other utility lines and ditches). (aIII) The area of the proposed annexation is presently used for agricultural purposes and as headquarters for an agriculturally related trucking business. There are no redevelopment plans for the property at this time. (b) The properties making up this annexation are owned by three property owners: Matrix Investment Co. 1118 NE Frontage Road Fort Collins, CO 80524 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 Frank A. Just 1050 Greenfield Ct. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Newhall Land and Farming Co 23823 Valencia Blvd. Valencia, CA 91355 The properties are a county enclave which has been completely surrounded by the City of Fort Collins for a period of time, not less than three years, therefore there is no pre -annexation agreement associated with the above referenced annexation. (c) The City of Fort Collins plans to extend municipal services into the area of the above referenced annexation. The City operates under a "development must pay its own way" philosophy whereby, the cost of needed extensions of infrastructure (utilities and streets) are borne by the developer requiring those extensions. The City participates in any required "oversizing" of infrastructure and finances such requirements from the City's Oversizing Fee structure. The developer has several optional methods to finance infrastructure extensions including the use of Special Improvement Districts (SIDS). The City also collects fees for the extension and upgrading of storm drainage systems and the purchase and construction of parks and recreational facilities. Other municipal services, such as police protection, are financed from the City's General Fund. (d) The following districts presently provide service within the above referenced annexation: SCHOOL DISTRICT Poudre R-1 School District FIRE DISTRICT Poudre Valley Fire District HOSPITAL DISTRICT Poudre Valley Hospital District PEST CONTROL DISTRICT Larimer County Pest Control SANITATION DISTRICT Boxelder Sanitation District WATER DISTRICT East Larimer Water District N. CO Water Conservancy District ELECTRIC POWER Public Service Company (f) The annexation will have no impact on the school district at this time. The property is located within the Urban Growth Area boundary. The annexation includes no public rights -of -way.