HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/18/2021 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 068, 2021, AMENDIN Agenda Item 5
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 18, 2021
City Council
STAFF
Kai Kleer, Associate Planner
Brad Yatabe, Legal
SUBJECT
Second 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.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 4, 2021, zones 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 adopting of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, May 4, 2021 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 068, 2021 (PDF)
Agenda Item
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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 Grandview 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 pa rcel 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 neighborhood 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 pa rt 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 Plan
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 Board 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 Statute s 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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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