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DATE: December 18, 2001
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM:• Ted Shepard
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 204, 2001, Making Various Amendments to the City of Fort
Collins Land Use Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Staff has identified a variety of proposed changes, additions and clarifications in the Fall
biannual update of the Land Use Code. On November 15, 2001, the Planning and Zoning Board
voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the proposed changes to City Council.
This Ordinance has been amended between First and Second Reading. One of the proposed
changes has been deleted. The proposed change would have moved enforcement of holding
more than five garage or yard sales per year on the same property over to the Zoning Department
by adding a new subparagraph to Section 3.8.1. This proposed change has been postponed until
the Spring of 2002. Ordinance No. 204, 2001, was unanimously adopted the Ordinance on First
Reading on November 20, 2001.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 20, 2001FROM:
Ted Shepard
SUBJECT :
First Reading of Ordinance No. 204, 2001, Making Various Amendments to the City of Fort
Collins Land Use Code. 44
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: yr
Staff has identified a variety of proposed ch ddif and clarifications in the Fall
biannual update of the Land Use Code. The PI d Zoning Board will consider the
proposed changes at its Novemb 1 meetin . Board's recommendation will be
provided under separate cover
BACKGROUND:
The Land Use Code w rst adopted in March 1997. Subsequent revisions have been
recommended a bia asis to make changes ditions. deletions and clarifications that
have been idea in th ding six months. T proposed changes are offered in order to
resolve i iss o continuously prove both the overall quality and `'user-
friendl' s" of the Code.
Foll ing is a synopsis of three substantive issues. Attachments include a summary of all the
iss well as the draft Ordin e itself.
SU TIVE ISSUES:
1. ter"—De he Use and Allow in Eight Zone Districts
Presently, "Day is not a specifically defined land use. The proposed revision defines the
land use and recommends that"Day Shelter" be permitted as a Type Two review in the C. I, C-N,
D (but not in Canyon Avenue sub-district), R-D-R, and C-C, C-C-N, C-C-R zone districts.
2. "Enclosed Mini-Storage"—Define the Use and Allow in the Employment Zone
A G.I.S. analysis reveals that, under present zoning, there will be a lack of city-wide geographic
distribution of "Enclosed Mini-Storage" facilities particularly south of Drake Road and east of
College Avenue. Based on input from interested parties, the need to serve the fastest-growing
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quadrant of the city, and to reduce vehicle miles traveled, staff proposes that these facilities be
allowed in the E, Employment zone district.
3. "Establishing Setbacks From Domestic Wastewater Treatment Works from Habitable
Structures"
The Colorado Water Quality Control Division requires setbacks from domes is wastewater
treatment works to habitable structures. This setback requirement is imposed on wastewater
utilities in the siting or construction of new or expanded wastewater tre t works. The
purpose of this setback requirement is to aid in protecting persons from th he risks (as well
as odors)that are presented by the aerosol drift from wastewater treatment works