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Department of Community Development
Reference: Fulton Plaza Subdivision Zone Change
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Marv Falconburg, AICP, Assistant City Manager
Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Mike Tylka, Associate City Planner
Date Prepared: April 19, 2018
PURPOSE
The zone change application before the City Council is for approximately 7.39 acres, comprised of part of one existing unplatted parcel, located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Bridge Street and N. 19th Avenue (the "Property"). Currently, the Property has a zoning designation of Public Land (PL). Mr. Christopher Pletcher of Ayres Associates is the applicant, and he is acting on behalf of the property owner, Adams County. The Applicant, on behalf of the owner, is requesting a zone change to General Retail and Services (C-3).
Zoning is necessary as it guides a property's uses allowed by right or conditionally, and this, in turn, allows owners, neighbors, and the community at large to have a reasonable expectation of what can occur on the subject property. City Council is tasked with the final decision on requests to zone and rezone properties within City Limits. An ordinance to rezone must be approved by City Council via two readings to be considered approved. City staff collects and analyzes application materials, and after a thorough review, presents their findings to Planning Commission and City Council. Requests to rezone are brought before the Planning Commission for their recommendation prior to review and final determination by the City Council.
BACKGROUND
The Property was annexed as a part of a larger annexation in this area in 1960 known as the Court House Annexation. In 1976, the Property was zoned to Public Land (PL) as part of a City-wide zoning ordinance. A request to plat the entire u...
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