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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023 - Land Use Review Commission - BylawsANNUAL REPORT City of Fort Collins LAND USE REVIEW COMMISSION 2023 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 did not meet in February 2023 due to lack of appeals and did not meet in June 2023 due to loss of quorum. 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. Staff support was provided by Noah Beals, Kory Katsimpalis, Chris Hayes, and Aaron Guin. 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW: Thirty-one (31) applications for variances to the Land Use Code were submitted to the LURC in 2023. In comparison, the number of applications for variances was 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; twenty-seven (27) in 2013; and twenty-six (26) in 2012. During 2023 of the 31 variance requests twenty-one (21) were approved; three (3) were denied; three (3) were approved with specific conditions; (3) were tabled to a later date and one (1) was withdrawn by the applicant prior to their scheduled hearing.