HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/04/2021 - PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. Agenda Item 16
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 4, 2021
City Council
STAFF
Kai Kleer, Associate Planner
Brad Yatabe, Legal
SUBJECT
Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 068, 2021, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort
Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Gil Boyer Annexation to the City of
Fort Collins, Colorado, and Approving Corresponding Changes to the Residential Neighborhood Sign District
Map and Lighting Context Area Map.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda it will be considered in
accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(d) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures
adopted in Resolution 2015-091.
The purpose of this item is to zone the property included in the Gil Boyer Annexation into the Low Density
Mixed-Use Neighborhood (L-M-N) zone district, Neighborhood Sign District, and LC1 Lighting Context Area.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The applicant, Gary Van Doren, on behalf of the owner, Gil Boyer, has submitted a written petition requesting
annexation of the 9,800 square foot parcel located approximately 450 feet northwest of the Gr andview
Cemetery. The requested zoning is Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (L-M-N). The property is currently
zoned RR-2 Rural Residential, in the County which allows for rural residential, agricultural, and civic uses. The
parcel is developed and contains a single-family detached home, car-port, and two outbuildings. The
requested zoning complies with the City's Structure Plan Map, Northwest Subarea Plan Framework Map, both
elements of the City' Comprehensive Plan (City Plan).
The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows:
DIRECTION ZONE DISTRICT LAND USE
NORTH Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood
(L-M-N)
Undeveloped (development proposal,
Sanctuary on the Green)
SOUTH RR2 - Rural Residential Single- Family Residential
EAST Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood
(L-M-N)
Undeveloped
WEST Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood
(L-M-N)
Undeveloped (development proposal,
Sanctuary on the Green)
The requested zoning for this annexation is the Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood (L-M-N) zone district.
The Land Use Code describes this zone district as follows:
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“Purpose. The Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood District is intended to be a setting for a predominance of
low density housing combined with complementary and supporting land uses that serve a neighborhoo d and
are developed and operated in harmony with the residential characteristics of a neighborhood. The main
purpose of the District is to meet a wide range of needs of everyday living in neighborhoods that include a
variety of housing choices, that invite walking to gathering places, services and conveniences, and that are
fully integrated into the larger community by the pattern of streets, blocks, and other linkages. A neighborhood
center provides a focal point, and attractive walking and biking paths invite residents to enjoy the center as well
as the small neighborhood parks. Any new development in this District shall be arranged to form part of an
individual neighborhood.
Typically, Low Density Neighborhoods will be clustered around and integral with a Medium Density Mixed-Use
Neighborhood with a Neighborhood Commercial Center at its core. For the purposes of this Division, a
neighborhood shall be considered to consist of approximately eighty (80) to one hundred sixty (160) acres,
with its edges typically consisting of major streets, drainageways, irrigation ditches, railroad tracks and other
major physical features.”
Northwest Subarea Plan (2006)
The subject parcel is contained within the Northwest Subarea Plan which is an element of City Plan. This Pl an
was adopted in 2006 and covers 2,680-acres of land in northwest Fort Collins. The creation of the sub -area
plan was a joint effort between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County and is an element of the Larimer
County Land Use Plan and City of Fort Collins City Plan. The plan provides the following relevant guidance:
• The Recommended Locations for RL and LMN Zone Districts in the Low Density Mixed Use Residential
Area map on p.17 designates this lot as Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood.
• The Plan recommends that most of the annexed area within the Subarea Plan will be appropriate for LMN
zoning.
• Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (LMN) district, which allows housing up to eight (8) units per acre,
including single family homes and townhomes with no minimum lot size and also some commercial
development.
• Framework Plan map identifies this parcel as Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood. (p. 12)
City Plan (2019)
The annexation area is designated as Suburban Neighborhood by the Structure Plan Map. Suburban
Neighborhood is described as:
• A place type with the principal land-use of single-family detached homes with supporting land uses such as
parks, recreation facilities, schools, places of worship, and ADUs where permitted by underlying zoning.
• Densities between two and five units per acre.
• Amenities and infrastructure encourage walking and biking, but transit service is typically more limited.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
At its April 1, 2021, regular meeting, the Planning and Zoning Boar d voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the
proposed Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (L-M-N) zoning and placement into the Residential
Neighborhood Sign District. This unanimous action was taken as part of the Board’s consent agenda;
therefore, no minutes of the meeting are provided. Regarding placement of this parcel into the LC1 Lighting
Context Area, City Council adopted the Lighting Context Area map at their April 20, 2021 , regular meeting,
therefore the Planning and Zoning Board could not provide a recommendation regarding this.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The City of Fort Collins Land Use Code and the Colorado Revised Statutes do not stipulate that a
neighborhood meeting be held in conjunction with a voluntary annexation. Therefore, a neighborhood meeting
was not held. No public comment has been received to date.
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ATTACHMENTS
1. Vicinity and Current Zoning Map (PDF)
2. NW Subarea Framework Plan (PDF)
3. Structure Plan Map (PDF)
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Internet mapping site and is for reference only. Data layers that appear on this
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Notes
Gil Boyer Annexation
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Street Names
Growth Management Area
City Limits
Community Separator
Adjacent Planning Area
Structure Plan
Adjacent Planning Area
Campus District
Community Separator
Downtown District
Industrial District
Mixed Employment District
Mixed Neighborhood
Neighborhood Mixed Use District
Parks and Natural/Protected Lands
R&D/Flex District
Rural Neighborhood
Single Family Neighborhood
Suburban Mixed Use District
Urban Mixed Use District
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ORDINANCE NO. 068, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AND CLASSIFYING FOR ZONING PURPOSES THE PROPERTY INCLUDED
IN THE GIL BOYER ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO,
AND APPROVING CORRESPONDING CHANGES TO THE RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN DISTRICT MAP AND THE LIGHTING CONTEXT AREA MAP
WHEREAS, on May 18, 2021, the City Council adopted on second reading Ordinance
No. 067, 2021, annexing to the City of Fort Collins the property known as the Gil Boyer
Annexation (the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, Division 1.3 of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins establishes
the Zoning Map and Zone Districts of the City; and
WHEREAS, Division 2.9 of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins establishes
procedures and criteria for reviewing the zoning of land; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Land Use Code Section 2.9.2, the City Planning and Zoning
Board, at its meeting on April 1, 2021 unanimously recommended zoning the Property as Low
Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (L-M-N), as more particularly described below and
determined that the proposed zoning is consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposed zoning of the Property is
consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, to the extent applicable, the City Council has also analyzed the proposed
zoning against the applicable criteria set forth in Section 2.9.4(H)(3) of the Land Use Code and
finds the proposed zoning to be in compliance with all such criteria; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the foregoing, the City Council has considered the
zoning of the Property as described below, finds it to be in the best interests of the City, and has
determined that the Property should be zoned as hereafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins adopted pursuant to
Section 1.3.2 of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby changed and amended
by including in the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (“L-M-N”) Zone District the
Property more particularly described as:
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A portion of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 9, Township 7
North, Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Claimer, State of
Colorado, being described as follows:
Basis of bearings: The east line of the northeast quarter of Section 9, Township 7 North,
Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, assumed to bear N00°37'22"E.
Commencing at the east quarter corner of Section 9, Township 7 North, Range 69 West
of the 6th P.M.,
Thence along the east line of the northeast quarter of said Section 9, N00°37'22"E a
distance of 520.78 feet;
Thence departing said section line, N89°11'08"W a distance of 40.00 feet, to a point on
the easterly right of way of North Taft Hill Road, said point being the Point of Beginning;
Thence N89°11'08"W a distance of 140.00 feet to the east line of Sanctuary on the Green
Annexation;
Thence N00°37'22"E, along the east line of said Sanctuary on the Green Annexation, a
distance of 70.00 feet;
Thence S89°11'08"E, along the south line of said Sanctuary on the Green Annexation, a
distance of 140.00 feet to the aforesaid easterly right of way line;
Thence S00°37'22"E a distance of 70.00 feet along said easterly right of way line to the
Point of Beginning;
Containing a calculated area of 0.225 acres, more or less.
Section 3. That the Sign District Map adopted pursuant to Section 3.8.7.1(E) of the
Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby changed and amended by showing that the
Property described herein is included in the Residential Neighborhood Sign District.
Section 4. That the Lighting Context Area Map adopted pursuant to Section 3.2.4(H)
of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby changed and amended by showing
that the Property described herein is included in the LC1 Lighting Context Area.
Section 5. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to amend said
Zoning Map in accordance with this Ordinance.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
May, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk