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easement and a building permit for Lot 1, Block 8, Heritage <br />Subdivision, Filing No. 2. She stated that the history of this lot <br />will show that it was intended as a building site, ever since the <br />two (2) subdivisions surrounding it were built, which includes <br />infilling half of the lot with fill dirt, so that it could be used <br />as a building site. Before buying the lot, her research indicated <br />that there were two (2) easements granted for access, but only one <br />(1) of the easements was recorded. Because of this, she asked the <br />City for a letter indicating what she would need to do to make this <br />a buildable lot. The City sent Allenbaugh a letter listing the <br />necessary requirements. She stated that based on this letter and <br />on the fact that she fell in love with the property, she bought the <br />land. Since she did not build right away, when she finally did ask <br />for an easement, she found, unbeknownst to her, the rules had <br />changed. She stated that the City no longer wanted to grant her an <br />easement, because of safety considerations on the bike path. The <br />City also said that they were not interested in buying her land as <br />open space or for any other reason. After Allenbaugh retained a <br />lawyer, the City Council said they were interested in buying her <br />land. She has indicated all along that she is not interested in <br />selling. She would like to build. Because of this, City staff and <br />Allenbaugh have pursued additional ways to address the concerns of <br />Council. She felt they had come to some very reasonable <br />conclusions, which include: addressing the safety concerns on the <br />bike path, so that this area should be very safe and very <br />controlled, more so than on most streets in Louisville; landscaping <br />the property, so the neighbors will-not have to look at <br />Allenbaugh's house, which is two-story, but will be looking at a <br />row of trees, as they do now; leaving over half of the land as it <br />is now, so there will still be a natural look to most of the land. <br /> <br />Russell VanNostrand (speaking as a private citizen), 534 West <br />Sycamore Circle, Louisville, Colorado, didn't think building a <br />house on this lot was a problem. He stated that the problem was <br />simply one of access, 100+ ft. or more of driveway starting on <br />Sycamore Circle and running to this property. It crosses a heavily <br />used bike path. He felt a poor precedent would be set by allowing <br />access from property owners across open space. He stated that <br />aside from allowing access to the property to owners and guests, he <br />thought there were other problems that Council was talking about in <br />terms of fire equipment, delivery vehicles, or other things of that <br />nature, which would compound the problem. He stated that looking <br />at the site starting from Sycamore Circle has an inlet, which makes <br />about 3 - 4 ft. of that opening unusable as a driveway, so that in <br />actuality it's about 10 ft. across. He didn't think Mrs. <br />Allenbaugh was at fault. He felt the fault lies with the <br />developer, who neglected to either include the parcel within the <br />development, or dedicate this property to open space. He felt the <br />fault also lies with the previous property owner, who sold the <br />piece of property to Mrs. Allenbaugh without adequate access being <br />put on that property. Further, he thought there might be a problem <br />with the title company, who allowed the title to be transferred <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />