HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Mail Packet - 10/12/2021 - Memorandum Mike Calhoon And Brad Buckman Re: Question Regarding City Of Fort Collins Streetscape Maintenance ResponsibilitiesDocuSign Envelope ID: 541 DF620-A70B-4DBF-B6B8-885E75B032E4
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Staff uses the criteria above to track landscaping responsibility for each location.
For sites that are required to be maintained by entities other than the City, the City
enforces these requirements both pro-actively and on a complaint basis. The best way
for an interested party to report a maintenance problem is via Access Fort Collins.
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The City maintains landscaping and has published standards that reflect the distribution
of responsibility. The purpose of these standards is to foster a consistent, high-quality
appearance for all streetscapes, whether maintained by the City, its agents, or by
private developers, businesses, or individuals. An excerpt from the current City of Fort
Collins Streetscape Standards, Section 7 which covers maintenance standards, is
included at Exhibit 1.
Typically, the City will maintain the medians in arterial streets unless there is a warranty
period for establishment of median landscaping as part of a City project. Street trees
located in the City right-of-way are the responsibility of the City Forestry Division, again
with the exception for warranty periods put in place at the end of a City capital
improvement project or commercial development project. Parkways can fall to either the
City or adjacent property owners along arterial streets, or the adjacent property owners
for collector streets.
There are instances where trees and landscaping fall into the category of adjacent
property owner maintenance and this maintenance is not kept at an acceptable City
standard. In these instances, the City right-of-way enforcement or Code enforcement
sections within the Planning, Development, and Transportation (PDT) service area and
the Forestry Division, when a street tree is affected, would be responsible to contact the
adjacent property owner. If more than one department is involved a coordinated effort to
contact the property owner is made. After initial contact the property owner usually
makes progress towards full compliance. In the event corrections are not made, a
summons to court with potential fines may be issued to the property owner.
There is currently a map of the Parks maintained median and streetscapes available at
https://gisweb.fcgov.com/HTML5Viewer/Index.html?viewer=FCMaps
City staff is considering options to improve this tool by adding additional layers of
ownership to provide a comprehensive resource of ownership responsibilities of the
median and streetscapes.
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Exhibit 1: Excerpt from the City of Fort Collins Streetscape Standards Section 7,
Maintenance Standards (full set of current standards found at the following link:
https://www.larimer.org/sites/default/files/apdxc.pdf