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EXHIBIT
5 2002-1075 119
Doug and Kjersten Hobbs Weld County Planning Department
5327 WCR 18 GREELEY OFFICE
Longmont, CO 80504
720-494-7824 MAR 2 8 2002
RECEIVED
March 26, 2002
Department of Planning Services
Attn: Lauren Light
1555 N. 17th Avenue
Greeley, CO 80631
Ammendment to the following:
Subject: USR-1378-Request for a site Specific Development Plan and a Special Review
Permit for a business permitted as a use by right or accessory use in the Commercial
Zone District (Lawn Care Company) in the A(Agricultural) Zone District on a parcel of
land described as Lot A RE-398;part of the SW4 of Section 24, T2N, R68W of the 6th
P.M., Weld County Colorado.
We would like to remove the compost pile from our submitted plan. There will be no
yard materials (grass, leaves) generated by the business activities of Hobbs Professional
Lawn Care Inc., deposited to be composted on the above described property. We will
instead take our grass and leaves to a composting, or other facility, that deals with yard
materials.
Sincerely,
Doug Hobbs
USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE
rite following questions are to be answered and submitted as part of the USR application. If a question does not
ertain to your use, please respond with"not applicable", with and explanation as to why the question is not
applicable.
1. Explain, hi detail, the proposed use of the property.
The primary use of the property will remain unchanged. The property at 5327 WCR 18 Longmont, CO will
continue to be used as a personal residence by the owners Doug and Kjersten Hobbs. The owners of 5327 WCR
18 want to use the property as the base of operations for their Lawn Care Company, Hobbs Professional Lawn
Care Inc. This previous summer Hobbs Professional Lawn Care, Inc., operating out of Louisville, provided basic
lawn maintenance for approximately 160 customers in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont,Niwot and Erie. Hobbs
Professional Lawn Care Inc. hopes to provide service to a similar number of customers from the new location
starting in the spring of 2002.
Hobbs Professional Lawn Care Inc. primary services include mowing, aeration and fertilization. All services
provided by Hobbs Professional Lawn Care are executed off site at the customer's home or business. Thus the
impact of the business on the property located at 5327 WCR 18 will be minimal. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs anticipate
that the business will use the property for equipment storage and maintenance for three to five one man crews
and the storage of grass clippings in a compost pile toward the rear of the site. To provide protection from the
elements for the equipment and make the property resemble more closely the many neighboring houses with
barns, the owners wish to erect a 75x50-ft single story steel barn.
From approximately March through October six days a week two to five employees will arrive in the morning
around 8:00am to get their work assignments and pick up their truck and trailer. Employees will then leave on
their assigned routes and return with their equipment around 5:00pm. The only work actually performed on the
--property will consist of regular equipment maintenance and clerical and bookkeeping work. Hobbs Professional
Lawn Care Inc. is a seasonal business and does not operate regularly during the winter except for equipment
maintenance and bookkeeping.
2. Explain how this proposal is consistent with the intent of the Weld County Code, Chapter 22.
Chapter 22 of the Weld County Code contains the Weld County Comprehensive Plan, which was devised
"for the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing the coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of
Weld County." To accomplish this overarching goal, Chapter 22 contains policy statements and goals intended
to diversify Weld County's economic base through industrial and commercial development while protecting the
county's traditional reliance on agriculture and its accompanying way of life. The Comprehensive Plan attempts
to further these seemingly conflicting goals through the advocation of smart growth principles. Namely, the plan
seeks to contain new urban growth to areas adjacent to existing growth. It also recommends that new
commercial and industrial activities be located only in areas where the new activities will not conflict with and
hopefully will complement the existing agricultural activities. If these new industries are related to agriculture in
some way so much the better.
This proposed special use accomplishes many of the goals set forth in the comprehensive plan. By
allowing Hobbs Professional Lawn Care, Inc. to operate from the property, Weld County will diversify its
economic base to include entrepreneurial small business, which is the primary source of job creation in the United
States. The nature of Hobbs Professional Lawn Care, Inc.'s business allows this diversification without
interfering with the traditional agricultural activities currently practiced on adjacent properties. Though not an
agricultural business per se, Hobbs Professional Lawn Care, Inc.'s common interest in horticulture means that
the business will use equipment and materials similar to those used by nearby farmers. Likewise, the barn that
Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs wish to build will resemble the sheds and barns that already exist on adjacent properties and
will not detract from the rural character of the area. Since most of the work will be performed away from the
property,there will not be any unusual environmental impacts or interference with nearby agricultural or mineral
extraction activities. Thus,you can see that approval of this special use proposal enables Weld County to
achieve its goals of diversifying its economic base while seeking new commercial enterprises that complement the
,traditional agricultural uses of the land.
3. Explain how this proposal is consistent with the intent of the Weld County Code, Chapter 23 and the
zone district in which it is located.
Chapter 23 is the regulatory means by which Weld County enacts the principles set out in the
Comprehensive plan. The zoning ordinances in Chapter 23 reflect Weld County's intent to locate complimentary
land uses to specific geographic areas and thereby avoid the conflicts and decreases in property value that would
accompany the introduction of new inconsistent activities into established areas. According to Chapter 23, areas
are zoned agricultural in order to protect traditional agriculture producing lands from encroachment by
residential and urban development. Section 23-3-10 of the Weld County Code goes on to state: "The A Zone
District is also intended to provide areas for the conduct of USES by Special Review which have been
determined to be more intense or to have a potentially greater impact than uses by right." One of the uses by
special review specifically contemplated by the code is the operation of a home business like Hobbs Professional
Lawn Care, Inc. As can be seen by the responses to questions 1 and 2, the proposal will have minimal impact on
the property or adjacent properties because most of the work will be performed off-site. If anything, this
proposal allows the 4.62 acres at 5327 WCR 18 to be preserved as a buffer against urban development and thus
protect the existing agricultural activities in the area. By protecting traditional agricultural activities while also
engaging in one of the special uses for which the A Zone District was created, this proposal is consistent with the
intent of Chapter 23 of the Weld County Code.
4. What type of uses surround the site? Explain how the proposed use is consistent and compatible with
r surrounding land uses.
There are various uses surrounding the site, including residential, agricultural, horse farms, and oil pumping.
Our use is compatible, as the property will still be used primarily as a residence by the owners,the barn will
resemble the many barns erected by the neighbors and thus the property will still look like a residence. There
are also some businesses being run from neighboring properties, primarily dealing with horses.
5. Describe in detail, the following:
a. How many people will use this site?
This site will be frequented by owners and employees of Hobbs Professional Lawn Care Inc. No
customers will use this site.
b. How many employees are proposed to be employed at this site?
In 2002 we propose that 4 employees will be employed including the owners. There will be a
maximum of 5 non-owner employees as the company grows. Employees will do almost all work off-
site.
c. What are the hours of operation?
As the property is a residence the owners may work doing repairs at odd hours. Our employees
would arrive between 7am-8am and return around 5pm
d. What type and how many structures will be erected on this site?
One metal barn 75'x50' to store our truck, trailers and mowing equipment.
e. What type and how many animals, if any,will be on this site?
No animals other than personal pets, two dogs and a cat.
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f. What kind of vehicles will access this site and how often.
We use light duty trucks' to 1 ton, which tow single to double axle trailers. These trucks would
leave the property in the morning and return in the evening. Our employees would access this site
with personal vehicles, arriving in the morning and leaving in the evening.
g. Who will provide fire protection to the site?
Frederick Firestone Fire Protection District.
h. What is the water source on the property?
Central Weld County Water District.
i. What is the sewage disposal system on the property?
1250-Gallon Septic Tank for the residence which has 3 bathrooms.
j. If storage or warehousing is proposed,what type of items will be stored?
Storage or warehousing is not proposed, so not applicable.
6. Explain the proposed landscaping for the site. That landscaping shall be separately submitted as a
landscape plan map as part of the application submittal.
The proposed landscaping includes planting four fruit trees on the Southeast portion of the property. We
want to line the property from behind the shed to the ditch on either side with evergreen trees; eventually
they will provide a screen from neighbors on either side.
7. Explain any proposed reclamation procedures when termination of the Use by Special Review activity
occurs.
This question is not applicable as we are not putting down any waste products that would need to be cleaned
up to make the land usable. The grass pile will become compost, which once used will improve the quality of
the soil on the property.
8. Explain how the storm water drainage will be handled on this site?
.. The residence has gutters and drainpipes.
I Explain how long it will take to construct this site and when construction and landscaping is
scheduled to begin.
The erection of the steel barn will take a couple weeks and is scheduled to begin in late April or early May of
2002. The landscaping will start sometime this summer.
10. Explain where storage and or stockpile of wastes will occur on this site.
The only thing we stockpile is grass and leaves, and it will be put on the rear of the property to make
compost.
APPENDIX B
WELD COUNTY ROAD ACCESS INFORMATION SHEET
Weld County Public Works Department Date: 0 I— i C.- D a
1111 H Street,P.O.Box 758, Greeley,CO 80632
Phone: (970)356-4000,Ext. 3750 Fax: (970)304-6497
1. Applicant Name UOUPq viol:, ,s Phone 'no- L9 l I' '1
Address C ai \,it t I City Lon cynoYYi- State 12:1Zip gn
2. Address or location of access S 3a' klC 1. 1 8
Section 1/4 24 Township 'a NDYkh Range Li g We s4
Subdivision O/A. Block Lot 7l'
Weld County Road # 1 g Side of Road No✓4tn Distance from nearest intersection j s40 I
3. Is there an existing access to the property? Yes / No #of accesses b nc
4. Proposed Use:
a Permanent kl( Residential/Agricultural ❑ Industrial
❑ Temporary ❑ Subdivision g Commercial ❑ Other
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5. Site Sketch
Legend for Access Description:
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J&G= Oil&Gas
D.R. = Ditch Road QR.
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