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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: March 1, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Linda Samuelson
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 029, 2005,Amending Chapter 15 of the City Code Relating to the
Definition of Outdoor Vendor Licensees and Downtown Plan Area Concessionaires.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Chapter 15, Article XIV of the City Code defines various terms used in that Article which pertain
to the licensing of"outdoor vendors." This Ordinance would establish a distinction between outdoor
vendors and"downtown plan area concessionaires." Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance,
as it was the original intent to differentiate between the two different operations when the Outdoor
Vendor Ordinance was revised in 1994. The amendment to the Code would reflect what the working
procedure has been sincel994.
BACKGROUND
Council adopted Ordinance No.036, 1994 on March 15, 1994, which revised the Outdoor Vendors
provision of the Code. The revision gave authority to the City to create concession sites or non-
concession sites on the public right of ways. From that language, the downtown concession area
process was initiated.
Council adopted Resolution 1994-053, also on March 15, 1994, which created a Site Selection
Committee for the Downtown Plan Area to establish downtown sites to be utilized for outdoor
vending. The Committee consists of one permanent downtown vendor, one outdoor vendor, the
Downtown Business Authority Director and representatives from Planning,Zoning,Transportation
and Finance also review deletions or additions of sites.
As Downtown Plan Area concessionaires apply and are granted outdoor vending sites through a
different process and with different decision-makers pursuant to an agreement with the developers
of the downtown plaza, the definition of outdoor vendors must be modified.
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ORDINANCE NO. 029, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF OUTDOOR VENDOR LICENSEES
AND DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA CONCESSIONAIRES
WHEREAS , Council adopted Resolution 1989- 145 on September 5 , 1989 approving the Fort
Collins Downtown Plan; and
WHEREAS , Council adopted Ordinance No . 036, 1994 on March 15 , 1994 amending
Chapter 15 of the City Code, and defined when outdoor vendor licenses should be issued to outdoor
vendors ; and
WHEREAS , in July, 2004, the Finance Department, with the assistance of the City
Attorney' s Office, began reviewing the City Code regarding outdoor vendors and downtown plan
area concessionaires to determine if any updates or changes were needed; and
WHEREAS , in the course of its review, the Finance Department discussed the purposes and
functions of outdoor vendors and concluded that the City Code lacked a definition for outdoor
vendors in the Downtown Plan Area; and
WHEREAS , the City Code should be amended, as it was the original intent to differentiate
between the two different operations when the Outdoor Vendor Ordinance was revised in 1994 ; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to amend the City Code to clarify the
difference between an outdoor vendor and a downtown plan concessionaire in the Downtown Plan
Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 15 -381 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by the
addition of a new subparagraph (c) which reads in its entirety as follows :
Sec. 15-381 . Outdoor vendor defined; exemptions.
• • c • Outdoor vendor licenses will not be issued for locations within the
Downtown Plan Area. Instead, city concession agreements shall be awarded to
outdoor vendors within the Downtown Plan Area pursuant to a Request for Proposals
process for a limited number of locations within said area.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1 st day of
March, A.D . 2005 , and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of March, A.D . 2005 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of March, A.D . 2005 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk