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Council holds public hearing on Fitzgerald annexation; staff says plan would add about 20 acres and approximately 12 lots
Summary
The council held a public hearing on a proposed annexation of about 19.86 acres (the Fitzgerald annexation). Staff said the applicant seeks CR‑40000 zoning with a PRD overlay, which could yield about 12 lots; council and residents raised questions about trails, water, irrigation and wildfire interface requirements.
The Alpine City Council held a public hearing on the Fitzgerald annexation, a petition to annex roughly 19.86 acres on the city’s fringe and to zone it CR‑40000 with a planned residential development (PRD) overlay, city staff said Tuesday.
Ryan, a city staff member, said the applicant proposes CR‑40000 zoning with a PRD overlay that would allow reduced lot sizes in exchange for at least 25% open space. Concept plans presented to staff show roughly 12 lots; the smallest lots in concept were about 37,000 square feet. Ryan said the layout may change during subdivision review but that the number of lots had remained at about a dozen throughout review.
Public comments included a resident who lives at 732 North Country Manor, adjacent to the proposed annexation, who said he attended to better understand how the annexation would affect his property. The Trails Committee (represented at the meeting) said it has worked with the applicant to flag a new alignment for the Corkscrew trail; trail representatives noted a few steep segments will likely require switchbacks and that final alignment work may require Forest Service coordination in places.
Staff told the council the property falls in the Wildland‑Urban Interface (WUI) zone and that subdivision review would require wildfire mitigation measures and review by the fire department. Ryan and council members said offsite improvements (roads, utilities and irrigation) and details for pressurized irrigation or culinary water would be finalized during subdivision review.
City staff recommended the council hold the public hearing to gather comment and allow staff to return with additional study and refinements; no final annexation decision was made at the meeting. Council members and staff noted the annexation would remove a potential “peninsula” of unincorporated county land and that the impacts of 12 lots are smaller than other proposals the city has reviewed recently, though water, grading and driveway alignments remain topics to resolve before any final approval.
Next steps: staff expects to return with refined materials and recommendations after trail alignment and offsite improvement details are resolved and after required materials are submitted during the subdivision/annexation review process.
