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City of Fort Collins
LAND USE REVIEW COMMISSION
2024 Annual Report
BACKGROUND:
The Land Use Review Commission (LURC) consists of seven members. Meetings were held
the second Thursday of every month in-person. The Commission may also meet as needed
in order to convene special meetings but did not do so in 2023.
The commission members who served in 2023 were: Ian Shuff, David Carron, John McCoy,
Dave Lawton, Nathanial Coffman, Philip San Filippo, and Katie Vogel. The annual election of
officers resulted in Ian Shuff being elected as Chair and Dave Lawton as Vice-Chair.
City Council liaison to the Board during 2023 was Shirley Peel from January to March, and
Julie Pignataro from April to December. Staff support was provided by Noah Beals, Justin
Moore, Kory Katsimpalis, Sharlene Manno, Brad Yatabe, Madelene Shehan, and Cyril
Vidergar.
2024 YEAR IN REVIEW:
Thirty-four (34) applications for variances to the Land Use Code were submitted to the LURC
in 2024. In comparison, the number of applications for variances was thirty-one (31) in 2023;
thirty-one (31) in 2022; forty-nine (49) in 2021; fifty-five (55) in 2020, forty-six (46) in 2019,
forty-seven (47) in 2018; thirty-eight (38) in 2017; forty-one (41) in 2016; fifty-one (51) in 2015;
thirty-five (35) in 2014 and twenty-seven (27) in 2013.
During 2024, of the 34 variance requests submitted, twenty-one (21) were approved; three (3)
were denied; three (3) were approved with specific conditions; (1) was tabled to a later date
and three (3) were withdrawn by the applicant prior to their scheduled hearing. Three (3)
applications made in 2024 were scheduled to be heard by the Commission during the January
2025 hearing.