HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/17/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2002, DECLARIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 30
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 17, 2002FROM: John Fischbach
Steve Roy
SUBJECT :
First Reading of Ordinance No. 140, 2002, Declaring the Parking of Vehicles in Front Yards to Be
a Nuisance and Prohibiting the Same.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City's Land Use Code currently contains provisions regulating the parking of vehicles in front
yards of new development lots on which single family or two-family dwelling units. This proposed
Ordinance would provide stricter regulations that would declare the parking of vehicles in front or
side yards of new and existing lots to be a nuisance, and would prohibit such parking under the
nuisance provisions contained in Chapter 20 of the City Code, unless the vehicle is parked in a
designated alley or on a hard surface of asphalt, concrete, rock, gravel or other similar inorganic
material.
Parked vehicles on front and side yards that abut public streets present both a traffic safety hazard
and a negative aesthetic appearance to the neighborhoods of Fort Collins. These parked vehicles
are dangerous as they do not allow an orderly ingress and egress to a public street. They also track
mud and dirt onto the public street and their presence on yards has a negative impact on the land and
looks both disorderly and unappealing.
Adopting this Ordinance will better preserve an acceptable level of safety and aesthetic appearance
in the neighborhoods of Fort Collins.
I
ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DECLARING THE PARKING OF VEHICLES IN FRONT YARDS TO
BE A NUISANCE AND PROHIBITING THE SAME
WHEREAS,Section 3.2.2(D)(3)(b)of the Land Use Code contains provisions regulating the
parking of vehicles in front yards of lots on which single-family or two-family dwellings exist; and
WHEREAS, the parking of vehicles in front and side yards that abut public streets presents
a traffic safety hazard because no orderly ingress and egress to a public street is provided and
because such parking practice promotes the tracking of mud and dirt onto the public street; and
WHEREAS, such parking practice also presents a disorderly and unappealing aesthetic
appearance to the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS,for these reasons, the City Council has determined that the parking of vehicles
in front or side yards that abut a public street is a general public nuisance and should be prohibited
under the nuisance provisions contained in Chapter 20 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS,once such activities are prohibited as a general public nuisance,the regulations
contained in the Land Use Code pertaining thereto should be repealed.
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 20 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by the
addition of a new Article VII and by renumbering of all subsequent articles accordingly, to read as
follows:
Section 2. That Section 3.2.2(D)(3)(b) of the Land Use Code is hereby repealed and all
subsequent subsections are relettered accordingly.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
September, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of October, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of October, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk