HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/19/2000 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 186, 2000, REPEALIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 22
DATE: December 19, 2000
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 "Latimer 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 First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
It is recommended that the new document,"Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards," replace
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. The final draft of the document
may be viewed in the City Clerk's office and in the City Council office.
The document is scheduled for adoption by Latimer 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."
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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 the following:
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Newsletters sent to the development community and interested citizens;
• Review by an 18 member public advisory committee (PAC) (list of members shown on
Attachment `B") which spent many hours reviewing the 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.
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Attachment "C" entitled "Latimer 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.
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 process is more clearly defined and sets up an appeal process in Fort
Collins where the City Engineer's decision may be appealed to the Director of
Transportation Operations, and the Director's decision is final.
• Three of the street width standard cross sections are recommended for revision to
widen the standards for bike lanes. The combination I 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 intersections are proposed as a requirement for pavement at arterial-arterial
intersections, because concrete holds up under the heavy vehicle stopping and
starting conditions. "SuperPave" is the alternative material recommended by the
asphalt industry, but how well it works in high-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 Streetscape Design Standards and Guidelines"are placed in Appendix
"C." The purpose of these guidelines is to guide the design, development and
maintenance for landscaping in the public rights-of-way. These standards and
guidelines are a consolidation of existing language from the City of Fort Collins
Landscape Guide, landscape standards for streetscape 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.
• ATTACHMENT "A"
Schedule for Adoption
for
Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards
Standards for the
Cities of Fort Collins and Loveland and the
Growth Management Areas of Larimer County
12/13/2000
September 6 Loveland Construction Advisory Board (CAB)
September 13 Public Open House in Loveland
September 20 Public Open House in Fort Collins
November 2 Fort Collins Affordable Housing Board
November 7 Fort Collins Growth Management Lead Team
November 13 Fort Collins Council Growth Management Committee
(Memo only)
Loveland Planning Commission
November 15 Fort Collins Transportation Board
Larimer County Planning Commission
December 1 Completed revisions to Document
December 1 Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board Wk. Session
December 6 Loveland Construction Advisory Board (CAB)
December 7 Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board
December 12 Loveland City Council Work Secession
December 18 Larimer County Board of County Commissioners
December 19 Fort Collins City Council(First Reading)
January 2 Fort Collins City Council(Second Reading)
Loveland City Council
ATTACHMENT "B"
PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SPECIALTY LOVELAND FORT COLLINS LARIMER COUNTY
Civil Team Engineering Shear Engineering Vanhorn Engineering
Engineer Jeff Couch, 613-2040 Brian Shear, 226-5334 Lonnie Sheldon, 586-9388
sheareng@aol.com
Geotechnical Foundation Engineering CTL Thompson Terracon
Tom Finley, 663-0138 Tom Chapel, 206-9455 Neil Sherrod,484-0359
CTLT@woddnet.att.net
Planner THlnc Landmark Frederick Land Surveying
Tom Honn, 223-1961 _ Ken Merritt, 667-6286 Karen K ittel, 669-3652
Contractor Coulson Excavating LaFarge Gerrard Excavating
Dick Coulson, 667-1278 Bill Schrader,407-3627 Gary Gerrard, 669-1463
bschrader@lafargeus_com.___._
Developer Fountainhead II Guiliano& Father Const Everett Companies
Steve McMillan_667-2636 John Guiliano, 493-6262 _ Stan Everett, 226-1500
Interested Vctor Beebe, 667-5390 Heather Trantham, 223-8142 Ken Lambrecht, 686-7476
Citizens heathert@conen.net
. ATTACHMENT "C"
Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (Summary)
PURPOSE
The primary objective of this document is to clearly communicate what the public
agencies in Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County require for the design and
construction of public streets. It combines into one uniform document the current
standards and the previously unwritten practices used by all three entities for
transportation infrastructure.
The current standards for the City of Fort Collins, adopted in 1986, have become
obsolete. As the City has evolved to emphasizing multi-modal transportation, the old
information has become outdated and often conflicts with current policy. Also, many
aspects of street design and construction were not included in the old document. This
leaves too many elements of good design open for argument, usually late in the review
process.
The new document is much more comprehensive and includes the information needed for
today's multi-modal policies and practices. Since the new document was created jointly,
it reduces the number of agency specific differences that designers and contractors have
to deal with for land development within the two cities and the urban areas of the County.
BACKGROUND
The vision of this document was conceived about 14 years ago, when a similar effort was
pursued. Engineering staff members of Larimer County, Loveland and Fort Collins
worked together to create standards that the County could apply within the urban growth
areas of the two cities. Latimer County adopted the document.
In 1997, Latimer County, Loveland and Fort Collins expressed interest in updating their
obsolete standards. The local entities agreed to pursue a collaborative effort to create a
single set of standards that could be used by all three jurisdictions. It soon became
apparent that this would become a multi-year project and could only be reasonably
accomplished with outside resources. A temporary halt in the project occurred from
December, 1998, to April, 1999, while Latimer County and Loveland crafted and
adopted interim standards to address their most significant problems. In 1999, a
consultant was retained to write the text and draft the standard drawings. Their final
draft was received in August of 2000. Since then, ongoing review and corrections by
staff have been underway.
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PUBLIC PROCESS
One of the most important priorities implemented in the creation of this document was the
involvement of the affected stakeholders. In an effort to achieve balance in the finished
product, a public involvement process was started in 1998. Invitations were mailed to over
100 planning and engineering consultants, developers, contractors, realtors, and citizen
representatives of special interest groups to solicit their input and participation in the creation
of these new street standards. This spawned the creation of an 18-member Public Advisory
Committee that met with the public agency staff and the consultant on 10 separate half-day
and all day occasions to discuss the content of the specific chapters. Three newsletter updates
were mailed to the larger pool of stakeholders to keep them informed of the progress and
offer ongoing opportunities for input. A 21-page log of comments received from the public is
available for review.
The three engineering representatives from Loveland, Fort Collins, and Larimer County met
over 40 times with the authoring consultant to discuss the content of the document and
invested another 60+ meetings to review and find consensus in the requirements. Countless
additional staff hours have been spent reviewing and commenting on the proposed standards.
Once the final draft was received, two open houses were held for public review and comment
and the document was placed on the County's website.
CHAPTERS HIGHLIGHTS
While the size and the appearance of the street standards document have changed
considerably, the proposed changes in requirements are not so overwhelmingly dramatic.
The bulk of the volume is not a result of an abundance of new rules, but rather is due to
the assembling into a single document the practices already in place in the three
jurisdictions. Some differences in organizational values and philosophies prevent
complete uniformity on all issues in the Standards. Where this occurs, clarifying
references are included to specify which requirements pertain to which jurisdiction. The
proposed changes that are relevant to the broadest base of stakeholders are summarized
below. Chapter references are provided for readers who wish to explore the specific
details for a given topic. The entire draft document can be viewed in the City Clerk's
office and in the City Council office.
Chapter Description
Table of Contents The document was organized to group General Information,Design
requirements, Construction requirements, and the Appendices into
separate. sections to more logically follow the chronological
sequences of converting bare ground into a new roadway and to make
finding the information easier.
1 General Provisions
1.6 Authority of the Standards is described and backup references
are sited where these Standards do not cover what is needed. Future
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• document revisions are categorized into policy revisions (which
require a public hearing process for adoption) and technical revisions
(which can be made administratively by staff).
1.7 Key terms, abbreviations, and commonly used acronyms are
identified and defined.
1.9.2 The variance and appeals process is described for clear
understanding. In Fort Collins, the City Engineer's decision may be
appealed to the Director of Transportation Operations. The Director's
decision is final.
1.95 Refusal of public maintenance of private streets is documented.
2 Submittal and Review Procedures—The information is provided for
new applicants,consultants, and staff members.
3 Information Requirements for Construction Plans - This chapter
gives a list of all of the required plan information needed on the
Public Improvement plans.
4 Transportation Impact Studies—The criteria used by the City have
been included to provide the information within this document.
5 Soils Investigation and Report
5.6 The subsurface water investigation requirements are no longer a
separate document,but are added to the standards.
5.7 Soil problem mitigation has been expanded to clarify acceptable
methods to correct problems.
6 Permits-The chapter lists and describes the pen-nits.
7 Street Design and Technical Criteria - This is the primary criteria
for street design, starting with street selection and layout criteria and
criteria for curves and slope of streets. The street width criteria are
addressed in this chapter. Criteria have been added for bus stops and
bays for transit stops.
8 Intersections - This is a chapter that provides design guidance for
intersection design elements. Criteria for design vehicles, turn lanes,
lane alignments, pedestrian crosswalks and refuge, and roundabouts
are documented for the first time.
9 Access Requirements and Design Criteria — This chapter clarifies
where street and driveway access may be taken, how driveways align
with other streets and driveways, distance between accesses and
general design elements. We added a standard for high traffic volume
driveways. Driveway standards have been revised to provide new
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walk area requirements that specify no greater than the standard cross
slopes for walks.
10 Pavement Design and Report—An option is added for using a new
asphalt paving design called"SuperPave."
11 Structures - Structural design requirements for bridges, railings,
retaining walls and buried structures are new to the standards.
12 Utility Locations - The placement of buried utilities is standardized
to reduce conflicts and establish typical corridors for water, sanitary
sewer, storm sewer, electric, and gas. Telecommunications are
addressed only by stating that their locations in the rights of way must
be reviewed and approved by the Local Entity Engineer. The old
standard is revised to show detached sidewalk conditions. The
placement of sleeves is required for street crossings of non-city
utilities(except gas).
13 Reserved for a future chapter.
14 Traffic Control Devices - Traffic signing and striping design
requirements are added to the standards.
15 Street Lighting — This criteria has been expanded to provide more
information on the current standards.
16 Pedestrian Facilities - Standards for pedestrian facilities have been
added to cover the needs of City Plan. Key additions are overhead
and side clearance criteria for walks, criteria for crosswalks (including
enhanced) and pedestrian refuge in the streets and other improvements
for pedestrians.
17 Bicycle Facilities - This chapter provides new design criteria for
bicycle facilities. It establishes such items as design speed, clearance,
sight distance and drainage criteria. Design criteria for both on-street
and off-street bicycle facilities are provided.
18 Neighborhood Traffic Safety - Policies are listed, along with
concepts for traffic calming elements that may be used on local and
minor collector streets.
19 Parking - Requirements within rights-of-way and parking lot layout
that affect the function of streets, are presented in this chapter.
20 Public Improvement Cost Estimate - This chapter provides criteria
for unit costs for required estimates that establish surety.
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21 Reserved for a future chapter.
22 Construction Specifications - This chapter describes the
specifications for construction materials, such as cement concrete,
asphalt,gravel base and many others.
22.1.6 Borrow soil imported to a project for roadway construction
must be of an equal,or better,quality as the on-site material.
22.5.8 A new material for asphalt paving called "Superpave,"
methods and materials used by the Colorado Department of
Transportation, would be permitted on City streets.
23 Inspection and Testing Procedures - The inspection and testing
procedures are the Hiles followed by the inspectors when monitoring
street construction.
24 Acceptance(Warranty Procedures and Record Drawings - This
chapter describes the processes for accept streets as public after they
are constructed. The warranty is the same as was adopted in the
"Choice Streets"ordinance.
25 Reconstruction and Repair - This chapter updates and replaces the
• current Street Patching and Repair Standards adopted in 1996. The
standards have been revised for clarity only.
Appendix "A" Standard Drawings - This section contains the Standard Drawings,
approximately 100 in number.
Appendix "B" Forms — This section contains forms for reimbursements, licensing
and permits.
Appendix "C" "Fort Collins Streetscape Design Standards and Guidelines" -The
purpose of these guidelines is to guide the design, development and
maintenance for landscaping in the public rights-of-way. These
standards and guidelines are a consolidation of existing language from
the City Of Fort Collins Landscape Guide, landscape standards for
streetscape and medians, City Forestry standards and several corridor
plans. (This criteria is not on the County web site.)
Appendix "D" Master Street Plans — The plans for Loveland and Fort Collins are
included for reference.
Appendix "E" Standard Notes,Approval Blocks and Checklists—The information
is included for reference.
Appendix "F' Fort Collins Signal System Requirements
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Appendix"G' Fort Collins Annexed Infrastructure Requirements — This criteria
was adopted in 1998 to address annexed improvements that were not
built to City standards.
Index The index is new to the standards to help make it easier to find needed
information that may appear in several locations in the book.
FUTURE ISSUES
Revisions. It is necessary to view the proposed standards as a working document.
Although the local agencies, the consultant, and the Public Advisory Committee spent
many hours writing and reviewing the standards, additional revisions will be necessary
once people actually start using them. The plan is to have one of the three local agencies
house the master document where all changes will be tracked. Approximately every
quarter, or as necessary, revisions will be made. Technical revisions and text errors will
be changed at the staff level while policy changes will be brought before the appropriate
Commissions and Councils. Once the changes are adopted they will be posted on the
County's web site. A list of document holders and interested people will be notified of
all revisions.
Training. Training sessions for the public agency staff and private planning and
engineering consultants, will be scheduled during February 2001. The intent is to orient
the document users prior to applying the new standards to all land use applications
received after March 1, 2001.
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. ATTACHMENT "D"
Impact of deleting the use of
Combination biketpark lanes (11' wide)
and require the use of
Two Separate Lanes (6' Bike and 8' Parking)
The following list of drawings show the proposed change followed by the existing standard.
Commercial Local Street
1) Proposed- 6' added to the standard width roadway and right of way
2) Existing
Industrial Local Street
3) Proposed- 6 feet added to the width only if bike lanes are required.
4) Existing
Connector Local Street
5) Proposed - 6 feet added to the width only if bike lanes are required.
6) Existing
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FORT COLLINS ONLY
72 ROW(MIN.)
5' S,
6' 50'ROADWAY
M'M PKW'Y PAWY
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9' RA 7'MIN.FENCE SETBACK
UTIL.
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UTIL.
BIKE TRAVEL TRAVEL I ESMT
6• I.N. LN. 6'
PARK PARK
T 12' T
BIKE 12' 7UR 12' BIKE
LN LN.
TRAVEL TRAVEL
'R ADWAY
INTERSECTIONS
(WHERE NEEDED)
ROADWAY WIDTH: 50'wide
RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH: 72(min.)
TRAVEL LANES:Two lanes, 11'wide.
LEFT TURN LANES: 12'wide, provided at certain intersections where needed.
BIKE LANES:Two lanes, 6'wide, T wide where a left turn lane is provided.
PARKING:Two lanes, &wide. None provided at intersections or where a left turn lane is required.
PARKWAY:6(min.)width. Additional width optional.
.SIDEWALK: &(min.)width. Additional width may be required within and leading to activity areas.
MEDIAN: Not required, except where necessary to control access and/or to provide pedestrian
refuge. Additional roadway and right of way width may be required.
WHERE USED: These specifications shall apply to streets used in commercial areas for local access and
circulation,when the traffic volume on the street is anticipated to be 2,500 vpd or less.
DESIGN SPEED: 30 MPH
SPEED LIMIT: 25 MPH
ACCESS:Access will be limited. Points of access must be approved by the Local Entity. -
CONTINUrfY: Streets are limited in length to 1320 feet.
FENCES: Setback a minimum of T from the parkway edge of the sidewalk.
CURB AND GUTTER:Vertical curb and gutter.
COMMERCIAL LOCAL STREET
LARIMER COUNTY DESIGN APPROVED: FIGURE
URBAN AREA DATE: 11/16/00 -6F
STREET STANDARDS FIGURE
DRAWN BY: BKP
COMMERCIAL
LOCAL STREET
66' ROW CMINJ
5' 44' ROADWAY WASUCcre+�
G' 6'
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TO FENCE
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ROADWAY, 44' wide CWHERE NEEDED.
RIGHT OF WAY, GG' CminJ
TRAVEL LANESg Two lanes. 11' wide.
LEFT TURN LANES, 10' wide. provided at certain intersection where needed.
m—W PM FACE LANES, BlcycAsts shall share an 11' wide lane with parked Vehicles. At intersections the
Ace lane shall be 6' wide with parked vehicles prohbtted.
PARKING, Two lanes 11' wide shared with bikes. None provided at Intersections.
PARKWAY, 6' CminJ width. Additional width optional.
SIDEWALK, 5' CminJ width. Additional width may be required within and leading to activity areas.
MEDIAN, None. Additional width required for development requested medians.
WHERE USED, These specifications shall apply to streets used in commercial areas for local access and
circulation, when the traffic volume on the street Is anticipated to be 2.500 vpd or less.
SPEED LMT, 25 MPM
FENCES AND BULDNG- Setback a minimum of 7' from the parkiay edge of the sldewa&L
PARKWAY LANDSCAPNG, Parkways shall be landscaped in grass and Incorporate xeriscape principals.
whenever appropriate. in accordance with the requirements of the My Forester. .
TREE PLANTING Canopy shade trees hall be planted at 40 foot spacings in the center of all
lade parkways.
trees hall be placed no closerethan 30f et f omCet from oadwaythe next street tree. cintersections, 8' from driveways and
with city requiremey and shag be ents. ser hall be sean 40 feet lected rom from the street Girt Minimua tree size shall be in accordan
y approved canopy shade tree list.
ACCESS, Access win be limited. Points of access must be approved by the City. 1 CURB AND D_ GUTTER, Vertical curb and gutter.
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FORT COLLINS ONLY
66 ROW(MIN.)
4.5' 4.5'
W 44'ROADWAY W
6.5 6.5, (MM)
PKWV
(MIN.) �)
6.5'MIN.FENCE SETBACK
9'
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TRAVEL TRAVEL
PARK PARK ESMT
1 a 10'
ROADWAY WIDTH:44'wide
RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH:66'(min.) plus 18'(min.)utility easement.
TRAVEL LANES:.Two lanes, 12'wide.
LEFT TURN LANES: None. If needed, parking would be prohibited.
BIKE LANES: Bicyclists shall share the travel lanes with motor vehicles. Additional width may be required in the parking
lanes to provide 14'wide bike/parking shared lanes within and leading to activity areas.
PARKING:Two lanes 10'wide.
PARKWAY: 6.5'(min.)width. Additional width optional.
SIDEWALK: 4.5'(min.)width. Additional width may be required within and leading to activity areas.
MEDIAN: Not required, except where necessary to control access and/or to provide pedestrian
refuge. Additional roadway and right of way width may be required.
WHERE USED:These specifications shall apply to streets used in industrial areas for local access and
circulation,when the traffic volume on the street is anticipated to be 2,500 vpd or less.
DESIGN SPEED: 30 MPH
SPEED LIMB: 25 MPH
ACCESS:Access will be limited. Points of access must be approved by the Local Entity.
CONTINUITY: Streets are limited in length to 1320 feet.
FENCES: Setback a minimum of 6.5'from the parkway edge of the sidewalk.
CURB AND GUTTER:Vertical curb and gutter.
INDUSTRIAL LOCAL STREET
LARIMER COUNTY APPROVED: FIGURE
DESIGN
URBAN AREA DATE: 09/11/00 ly_ry L1
STREET STANDARDS FIGURE ( ( 1'
DRAWN BY: REP
INDUSTRIAL
LOCAL STREET
66' ROW CMIN.-)
43'
W 44' ROADWAY wa4L3mc
63 6.5 �
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I 11P1 6' MN. SETBACK
q TO FENCE
IUTm. I OR 5ULDNG
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i PARK TRAVEL TRAVEL I IESMT>
PARK I
ROADWAY, 44' wide
RIGHT OF WAY,--_� 66' CmInJ
TRAVEL LANES, Two Two lanes. 12' wide.
. LEFT TURNS_ None. If needed. parking would be prohibited.
BIKE Clinics, Bicyclists shall share the travel lanes with motor vehicles. Additional width may be
required In the parking lanes to provide bike/parking shared lanes within and leading to activity areas.
PARKING, Two lanes 10' wide.
PARKWAY, 6.5' CmInJ width. Additional width optional.
SIDEWALK, 45' Cmin..) width. Additional width may be required within and leading to activity areas.
MEDIAN None. Additional width required'fcr development requested medians.
WMER—�D, These specifications shall apply to streets used in Industrial areas for local access and
circulation. when the traffic volume on the street Is anticipated to be 2.500 vpd or less.
SPEE_D LIh11T_ 25 MPM
FENCES AND BULDING, Setback a minimum of G' from the parkway edge of the sidewalk.
PARKWAY ANDer,.MN Parkways shay be landscaped In
whenever appropriate. In accordance with grass and Incorporate xeriscape principals.
the requirements of the City Forester.
TREE PLANTING, Canopy shade trees chain be planted at 40 foot spacings In the center of al
parkways. Individual trees sham not be closer than 30 feet from the next street trey Canopy
shade trees sham n placed t t
closer than 30 feet from roadway Inersections. 8• from driveways and
alleys and reap be nt closer than 40 feet from any street light. Minimum tree size sham be In accordance
with City requirements. Species sham be selected from the City approved canopy shade tree list.
ACCESS, Access will be limited. Points of access must be approved by the City.
. CURB AND ER, VCrtical curb and gutter. D-2-f �)
FORT COLLINS ONLY
5T ROW(MIN.)
38 ROADWAY .5'
fi,
MN.)
fi'MIN. FENCE SETBACK
9'
:ESSWr4.
icy 10' g UTILTRA TRA ESMT.
RK PAR
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10
LEFT
13' TURN 13'
TRAVEL TRAVEL
3fi ROADWAY
INTERSECTIONS
(WHERE NEEDED)
ROADWAY WIDTH:36'wide without bike lane;42'wide with bike lane;36;wide With left turn lane.
RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH: 5T(min) plus 18'(min.)utility easement.
TRAVEL LANES: Two lanes, 10'wide, 13'wide at intersections shared with bicyclists, or 10'wide where
bike lanes are required.
LEFT TURN LANES: 10'wide, at intersections where needed.
BIKE LANES: Bicyclists shall share the roadway with motor vehicles in the travel lanes.
Additional street width may be required to add bike lanes 6 wide on each side
to accommodate bike traffic within and leading to activity areas.
PARKING:Two lanes B'wide. Parking will be removed at intersections where a left turn lane is required.
PARKWAY: 6(min.)width. Additional width optional.
SIDEWALK:4.5'(min.)width. Additional width may be required for higher pedestrian traffic
serving activity areas.
MEDIAN: Not required, except where necessary to control access and/or to provide pedestrian
refuge. Additional roadway and right of way width may be required.
WHERE USED:These specifications shall apply to streets where traffic volume on the street is
anticipated to be in the range of 1,000 to 2,500 vpd.
DESIGN SPEED: 30 MPH
SPEED LIMM:25 MPH
ACCESS:Access will be limited. Points of access must be approved by the Local Entity.
CONTINUITY: The street shall be continuous for no more than 1320 feet.
FENCES:Fences shall be setback a minimum of 6.5'from the parkway edge of the sidewalk.
CURB AND GUTTER:Vertical curb and gutter.
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CONNECT R LOCAL STREET
LARIMER COUNTY DESIGN APPROVED: FIGURE
URBAN AREA DATE: 09/11/00 ry_ Tl
STREET STANDARDS FIGURE DRAWN By: BKP ( r
OONNEOTOR
LOCAL STREET
57' ROW CMIN.'
cW4rR5'�u 3G' ROADWAY
I e• TO e
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I iRAVa TRAV12 i ESMT>
� i PARK PARK i I
8 8 i
W10'
13' TWI 13
TU TRAk
ROADWAYx 3G' wide. INTERSECTIONS
RIGHT OF WAY- 57• CIaW CWIIERE NEEDED
TRAVEL LANES, Two times. 10' wide.
BIKE LANES, Bicyclists shag share the roadway with motor vehicle In the travel lanes.
Additional street width may be required to the parking lanes to provide 11' wide combined
and bike lanes to accommodate bike traffic within and leading to activity areas.
PARM NG, Two lanes 8' wide or 11' for shared parking and bike lanes Csee bike lanes.
PARKWAY- G' Cmin.) width. Additional width optional.
SIDEWALK, 45' Cmin.) width. Additional width may be required for higher pedestrian traffic serving activity areas.
MEDIANS, None. Additional width would be required for development requested medians.
WHERE USED- These specifications shag apply to streets where traffic volume on the street Is
anticipated to be In the range of 1000 to 2500 vpd.
SPEED L"T, 25 MPH
FENCES, Fences shag be setback a mm" of 6' from the. parkway edge of the sidewallL
PARKWAY LANDSCAPING, Parkways shag be landscaped In grass mulch annuals and herbaceous
peraccordance with the requirements ements ofththe Clate ty Forest Prr. Pais. whenever appropriate. in
TREE FLANTI.IGs Canopy shade trees shag be planted at 40 foot spacings In the center of ag
parkways. Individual trees shag not be closer than 30 feet from the next street tree. Canopy
shade trees shag be placed no closer than 30 feet from roadway Intersections. 8' from driveways
apeys and shag be no closer then 40 feet from any street Ight. Mtranws tree size shag be 1.25' c
container Or shade tree list. and burlapped. Specks shop be selected from the City approved canopy
ACCESS, Access w0 be limited. Points of access must be approved by the City. `
CURB A�ERs Vertical curb and gutter. J\
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• 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 "Larimer 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".
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