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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: April 19, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Steve Roy
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 043,2005,Amending Section 2-353(4)of the City Code Pertaining
to the Planning and Zoning Board.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Section 2-353(4) provides that "all" planning items shall be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning
Board in accordance with the Code. The Land Use Code,which is a part of the City Code,provides
that certain planning items are to be reviewed not by the Planning and Zoning Board, but by the
Director in an administrative hearing. This Ordinance is necessary to bring Section 2-353(4) into
harmony with the provisions of the Land Use Code and the established practices arising therefrom.
ORDINANCE NO. 043, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-353(4) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
PERTAINING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
WHEREAS, Section 2-353(4) provides that "all" planning items shall be reviewed by the
Planning and Zoning Board in accordance with the Code of the City of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Code, which is a part of the City Code, provides that certain
planning items are to be reviewed not by the Planning and Zoning Board, but by the Director in an
administrative hearing; and
WHEREAS,in order to bring Section 2-353(4)into harmony with the provisions of the Land
Use Code and established City practices, Council has determined that Section 2-353(4) should be
amended by the deletion of the word "all" in the first sentence of said Section.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-353(4) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(4) To take final action to approve, disapprove or approve with conditions all
planning items in accordance with this Code and Charter subject to the
appeal procedures contained in Article II, Division 3 of this Chapter. In
taking such final action, the board shall have the authority to accept the
dedication of streets, easements and other rights-of-way as laid out on plats
presented to the board for approval or as otherwise described in deeds of
dedication, whether on or off the site of a specific planning item, provided
that such dedication is necessitated by reason of the approval of such
planning item. The board shall also have the authority to vacate easements
and other rights-of-way, but not to include streets and alleys, by resolution
or by approval of replats containing notation of such vacation.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
April, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of May, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of May, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk