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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/02/2001 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 186, 2000, REPEALI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER. 8DATE: January 2, 2001 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM: Mike Herzig ISUBJECT: Second Reading of Ordinance No. 186, 2000, Repealing the "Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways" and Replacing Said Document with the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards", and Amending the References to Said Document as Found in the City Code and the Land Use Code Accordingly. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Ordinance No. 186, 2000, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 19, 2000. This new document, "Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards," (the Standards) replaces the current City of Fort Collins document titled "Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways." The current standards, originally adopted in 1986, have become obsolete. The new standards are more comprehensive and include the multi-modal transportation emphasis of current policies. Since First Reading of the Ordinance, the following two changes have been made: (1) Chapter 1, Section 1.6 of the Standards has been revised to require that all revisions to the Standards for use in unincorporated Larimer County be approved by the County Commissioners. (In Loveland and Fort Collins, the City engineers will approve "technical" revisions, and only "policy" revisions will need to be approved by the Fort Collins and Loveland City Councils.) In addition, the same Section has been revised to add clarifying criteria to measure what constitutes a technical revision. (2) The Ordinance has been revised to allow voluntary compliance with the Standards prior to their effective date of March 1, 2001. ORDINANCE NO. 186, 2000 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REPEALING THE "DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CRITERIA, STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS" AND REPLACING SAID DOCUMENT WITH THE "LARIMER COUNTY URBAN AREA STREET STANDARDS", AND AMENDING THE REFERENCES TO SAID DOCUMENT AS FOUND IN THE CITY CODE AND THE LAND USE CODE ACCORDINGLY WHEREAS, the City's current technical document regulating the design and construction of streets, sidewalks, alleys and other public ways was originally adopted in 1986 and has, to some extent, become obsolete through the passage of time; and WHEREAS,an extensive public review process has been conducted by the staffs of the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland and the County of Larimer for the purpose of establishing a new technical regulatory document for the design and construction of such streets and other public ways, which public process included the wide distribution of newsletters to interested persons,the review by a public advisory committee and open house discussions held in both Loveland and Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, as a result of the aforesaid public process, the cities of Loveland and Fort • Collins, as well as Latimer County have prepared, for enactment by their respective governing bodies, a new document entitled the "Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards" to be used as a technical regulatory document in each of the aforesaid jurisdictions,from and after March 1,2001; and WHEREAS,the Council of the City of Fort Collins,upon the favorable recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board and the Transportation Board,and with no objections raised by the Affordable Housing Board, has determined that the "Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways" should be repealed and the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" should be adopted in its place. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the"Design and Construction Criteria,Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways" shall,effective March 1, 2001,be repealed and replaced with that certain document entitled"Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards",a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk. Section 2. That the City Code and the Land Use Code shall,effective March 1,2001, be amended by repealing all references in said codes to the term "Design and Construction Criteria, • Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways" and replacing said references with the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards". t Shandai�ds � s � e Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of December,A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of January, A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 22 DATE: December 19, 2000 10 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM:• Mike Herzig ; SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 186, 2000, Repealing the 'Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets,.Sidewalks,Alleys and Other Public Ways" and Replacing Said Document with the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards", and Amending the References to Said Document as Found in the City Code and the Land Use Code Accordingly. RECOMMENDATION: I Staff recommends adoption o CeOrdi onceo pieacylin j EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: i It is recommended that the new document, "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards,"replace the current City of Fort Collins document titled"Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications for Streets, Sid y d' y ays" The current standards, originally adopted in 1986,ha becom bsolet e � s are more comprehensive and include the multi-modal trans ation a hasis f rrent The final draft of the document may be viewed in the City Cler ice d' thity Cice. I The document is scheduled for adoption by Larimer County and the City of Loveland on December 18, 2000, and January 2,2001, respectively. The complete schedule is shown on Attachment"A" entitled "Schedule for Adoption." The document has been through a public review process and has received the unanimous recommendation for adoption from the Planning and Zoning Board and the Transportation Board. The public process included rfowing: Newsletters sent to th ent co it nd i 'rested citizens; Review by an 18 meli' advi ry mmittee F AC) (list of members shown on Attachment `B") which spent many hours reviewing t e chapters and making comments; and • Open houses held in September(one in Loveland and one in Fort Collins) to introduce the standards and seek final comments from the development community. The comments received were favorable, mainly focusing on corrections. Attachment "C" entitled "Larimer County Urban Area Standards" provides a more detailed summary of the purpose for the Standards, a little history and who was involved,what the contents of the chapters, and the Future Issues for what happens next. L DATE: December 19, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 22 Key Issues The following are key items for Fort Collins that are proposed in the new Standards: • The revision process to make minor corrections,clarifications and technical changes to the document would be done administratively. These,considered minor revisions, would be discussed, agreed to as possible, and approved by the Local Entity (City and County)Engineers. Any item that is considered to be a major revision, such as policy or an item contested, would require adoption by the Local Entity Governing Bodies. Any item that could not be agreed upon would be inserted as for that Local Entity only. • The variance pC re cl 1 eYdses upan appeal process in Fort Collins where gine s io appealed to the Director of Transportationn n e recton is final. • Three of the street width standard cross sections are recommended for revision to widen the standards for bike lanes. The combination I V wide bike/parking lane is proposed to be widened to two separate bike and parking lanes totaling 14 feet wide. There would be a 6' wide bike lane and an 8' wide parking lane. This would add 6 feet additional width to the Commercial Local Street, and it would add 6 feet of width to the Industrial Local Street and Local Connector Street, only where bike lanes are required. (copies of the proposed and existing standards are attached as Attachment "D") • Concrete interse Op a 1Por pavement at arterial-arterial intersections, cause cun - he heavy vehicle stopping and starting Condit ns. "Sutern ve material recommended by the asphalt industry, ut*tt'on hig traffic intersections is still to be determined before it is accepted as an alternate standard to concrete intersections. • Pedestrian refuge — A standard has been added that states that the maximum crosswalk length shall be 56 feet,and any longer crosswalks shall provide pedestrian refuge to keep the exposed length to less than 56 feet. Details have been added to the standards for design requirements for pedestrian refuge. • The structural design chapter is new criteria. It establishes load conditions and design life requirements for bridges, retaining walls and buried structures. • "Fort Collins Streetsca a Desi n Standards and Guidelines"are placed in Appendix "C." The pu e o t e f elt es t uidthe design, development and maintenance f landsc ing i h is ns-of-way. These standards and guidelines are onso i ion a�ting lang ge from the City of Fort Collins Landscape Guide, ndscape andar `s for stree scape and medians, City Forestry standards and several corridor plans. It is recommended that the standards take effect on March 1, 2001. The extra time provides time for designers to become familiar with the new standards. In addition, it is recommended that the new standards may be used voluntarily on projects submitted prior to March 1, 2001.