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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/20/2007 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 025, 2007, AMENDIN ITEM NUMBER: 13 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 20, 2007 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Mike Herzig SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 025, 2007, Amending Certain Sections of the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards by Repeal and Readoption Thereof. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 6, 2007, revises the"Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" (Standards). The current Standards, originally adopted in 2001, are in need of revision to make clarifications and corrections. This is the second of periodic revisions planned to keep the document current and more easily understood. These revisions are scheduled for consideration by Larimer County and the City of Loveland on February 20, 2007. It is planned that the revisions to the Standards will become effective April 1, 2007. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of the First Reading Agenda Item Summary- February 6, 2007. ATTACHMENT 1 ITEM NUMBER: 27 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 6, 2007 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FF: Mike Herzig r SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No.025,2007,Amending Certain Sections of the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards by Repeal and Readoption Thereof. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is recommended that the"LCadop o ty Urei tr andazds"(Standards)be revised. The current Standards,origina n 20 ed revision to make clarifications and corrections. Thisistheseconddic ' iond t the document current and more easily understood. These revisions are scheduled for consideration by Larimer County and the City of Loveland on February 12, 2007, and February 20, 2007, respectively. It is planned that the revisions to the Standards will become effective April 1, 2007. BACKGROUND The City adopted the"Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards"in January 2001. The standards were the result of a three year project involving the City of Fort Collins, the City of Loveland, and Larimer County to develop common technical standards, one document, to be used by all three agencies. The Standards are used and enforced within the city limits of the two cities and the Growth Management Areas for each city in Larimer County. The first revisions to these Standards were adopted in July of 2002 e ve 2 The proposed revisions are the condo on n rocess t ontinually improve and update the Standards. Similar to the Land Code, sta uses the" ocument, areas are found that need revision. Most of these changes are corrections and clarifications and some are made to match new policy adopted by City Council and other legal requirements. Many of the proposed revisions have come from the consulting engineers who use the Standards. The proposed revisions are available to users and can be reviewed at the following website: httn•//www ci loveland co us/PublicWorks/DevEng/LCUASSPage htm. In addition, a copy of the proposed revisions may be viewed in the City Clerk's office and the City Engineer's office. February 6, 2007 -2- Item No. 27 The current version of the Standards can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.co,larimer.co.us/enizineerin,uV. Scroll to "Standards and Permits" and click on the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards." Attachment 2,entitled, "RevisCL er n an Standards,"provides a list of the proposed revisions and gives ac tion e h change, everal Figures and Drawings were revised for clarifications, newio ed ew co ction materials approved for use in the City and to match policy changes that were previously approved. Increased Cost to Developers The only proposed change that creates a potential cost increase for developers is in Chapter 22, Section 22.4.2A. 1&2, which proposes to increase the strength requirement for concrete sidewalks and curb and gutter from 3500 psi concrete to 4000 psi concrete. The change requires more cement added to the concrete to provide greater strength. There have been problems in many developments where the concrete has been"spauling,"which happens when the concrete surface cracks into small pieces and comes loose, leaving a rough scaly surface on the concrete. This causes developers to pay for expensive fixes to reconstruct the concrete within the warranty period, in one case about 40% of the concrete. On the other hand,the concrete pavements in the street have nCshoatren Pduc tronger concrete is required for pavements. Staff expects the sts for many as there will no be expensive replacement done. orte he change, and staff has heard no objections from developers. It is not known whether a cost increase will result. Looking at the material costs for concrete, the cost increase calculates to approximately$0.70 per front foot on each side of a local street. The cost for a 50-foot lot frontage would be$35 more. However, since the problem has been serious,many contractors have already been using the 4000 psi concrete to avoid replacing it. One contractor stated it was cheap insurance for him not to have to remove and replace concrete. Staff believes the increased concrete price is already built into the market. Public Process The revisions have been through a public review process which included meetings with developers and consultants and two open houses on November 9,2006, and December 14,2006. Copies of the public comments from the open i g ye included as Attachment 3. The Planning and Zoning Bo review the p p r a work session on January 12, 2007, and no concerns were rais a ort n Banuary 17, 2007,reviewed the proposed revisions and voted to recommend their adoption by City Council. The Affordable Housing Board is expected to have their comments on February 1,2007 and results of that discussion will be reported to City Council in a memo prior to its consideration of this Ordinance. February 6, 2007 -3- Item No. 27 The public was directly involved in the following ways prior to public hearings: • Emails and mailings sent to the users of the Standards; • Numerous subco ' e s t d developers to review their comments; • Two open hous held rese h roposed visions to the Standards and seek final comments e p commu ATTACHMENTS 1. Table of Contents of the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards. 2. Revisions to Larimer County Urban Area Standards. 3. Public Comments from Open Houses held November 9, 2006 and December 14, 2006. 4. Minutes from Transportation Board Meeting of January 17, 2007. CIOPY COPY ORDINANCE NO. 0 25, 2007 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE LARIMER COUNTY URBAN AREA STREET STANDARDS BY REPEAL AND READOPTION THEREOF WHEREAS, by the passage of Ordinance No. 196, 2000, the City Council adopted the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (the "Standards") on January 2, 2001; and WHEREAS,subsequent to the adoption thereof,the City of Fort Collins,by Ordinance No. 103, 2002, and the City of Loveland and Larimer County approved an amendment to the Standards known as Revision No. 1; and WHEREAS, additional proposed revisions have been recommended by the Transportation Board of the City and were received with no objection by the Planning and Zoning Board and the Affordable Housing Board; and WHEREAS, the proposed revisions have also been made known to the general public through various media and have received favorable comments; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that these additional proposed amendments to the Standards should be adopted. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that effective April 1,2007,the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards,as repealed and readopted by Revision No. 1, shall be repealed and readopted to read as shown on that certain document entitled"Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards(Revision No. 2)"a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 6th day of February,A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage e 20th day of Februa A . 2007. Mayor ATTEST: )LL N��'fib City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of February, A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk