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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16 A-B
DATE: January 4, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Troy W. Jones
SUBJECT :
Items Relating to the Fossil Creek Wetlands Annexation and Zoning.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff and the Planning and Zoning Board recommend adoption of the Ordinances on Second
Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 197, 1999,Annexing Property Known as the Fossil Creek
Wetlands Annexation to the City of Fort Collins.
B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 198, 1999,Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort
Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Fossil Creek
Wetlands Annexation.
APPLICANT: The City of Fort Collins
OWNER: The Cityy of Fort Collins
On December 7, 1999, Council unanimously adopted Resolution 99-138 Setting Forth Findings of ,
Fact and Determinations Regarding the Fossil Creek Wetlands Annexation.
Also on December 7, 1999, Council unanimously adopted, on First Reading, Ordinance No.'s 197
and 198, 1999,which annex and zone approximately 90.43 acres of publicly owned property located
south of East Trilby Road and west Timberline Road. The recornmended zoning is Public Open
Lands (POL), and it is adjacent to a larger piece of Public Open Lands. This is a 100%Voluntary
Annexation.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 22 A-C
DATE: December 7, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Troy W. Jones
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to the Fossil Creek Wetlands Annexation and Zoning.
RECOMMENDATION: �
Staff and the Planning and Zoning Board recommend adoption ofthe Resolution and the Ordinances
on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Resolution 99-138 Setting Findings of Fact and Determinations Regarding the Fossil
Creek Wetlands Anne on l " , ),
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B. First Reading of Ordi No. .7�999, exing P. perty Known as the Fossil Creek
Wetlands Annexation to e City o ort Co ms.
C. First Reading of Ordinance No. 198, 1999,Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort
Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Fossil Creek
Wetlands Annexation.
APPLICANT: The City of Fort Collins
OWNER: The City of Forte-- ms
BACKGROUND:
Annexation and zoning of approximately 90.43 acres of publicly owned property located south of
East Trilby Road and west Timberline Road. The recommended zoning is Public Open Lands
(POL), and it is adjacent to a larger piece of Public Open Lands. This is a 100% Voluntary
Annexation.
The property is located within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area (UGA). According to policies
and agreements between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County, contained in the
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT COLLINS URBAN GRO'R°TH
AREA, the City will annex property within the UGA when the property is eligible for annexation
according to Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS). This property is eligible for annexation according
DATE: December 7, 1999 2 ITEM NUMBE3R A-C
to CRS,requiring 1/6 contiguity to the existing city limits. The Fossil Creek Wetlands Annexation
complies with this standard since the property has 4,990.54 feet of its total boundary of
approximately 9,858.02 feet contiguous to the existing City limits. This meets the minimum 1,643
feet required to achieve 1/6 contiguity. This contiguity occurs through a common boundary with
the Union Pacific South Fourth Annexation(May 1988), and the Greenstone Annexation (January
1993).
The surrounding zoning and land uses as follows:
N: FA-1 Farming Distriefin Latimer Countyexisting agricultural, single family housing
(Paragon Estates), ` `
S: POL—existing Fossil Creel�,Wetland Natu Area, .,e
E: FA-1 Farming District in Larimer County—existing agricultural,
W: POL—existing Union Pacific Railroad tracks,existing Fossil Creek Wetland Natural Area.
ZONING AND ANALYSIS:
The property is currently zoned FA-1 Farming District in Larimer County. The requested zoning
for this annexation is the Public Open Lands District(POL). The City's adopted Structure Plan, a
part of City Plan, designates the as en Lands and Stream Corridors. A zoning
designation of POL is consistent wild _,e S an `,ig> rion of Rural/Open Lands and
Stream Corridors.
PLANNING AND ZONING BO RD RE ONDAENDATION:
The Planning and Zoning Board conducted a public hearing on the annexation and zoning request
at its meeting on October 21, 1999. At that meeting, the Board recommended, by a vote of 7-0,
approval of the annexation and of the POL—Public Open Lands Zoning Designation.