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MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 12, 2020
TO: Mayor Troxell and City Councilmembers
THRU: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager
Caryn Champine, PDT Director
Paul Sizemore, Interim CDNS Director
Cameron Gloss, Long Range Planning Manager
FROM: Ryan Mounce, City Planner
RE: Manufactured Housing Rezonings Update
The purpose of this memo is to provide a status and schedule update on the rezoning of
properties containing manufactured housing communities.
Background
Within City limits there are nine properties containing manufactured housing communities. Six of
the properties are zoned residentially in the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (LMN) zone
district, two are zoned commercially in the Service Commercial (CS) zone district, and one
property has split LMN and CS zoning. Attachment 1 illustrates the location and rezoning status
for all nine properties in City limits.
LMN Properties
Staff initiated the rezoning process for the six LMN properties earlier this fall. Following two
neighborhood meetings, required Land Use Code notification procedures and a
recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Board, the proposal to rezone these six
properties to the Manufactured Housing (MH) zone district will be presented to Council on
December 1, 2020.
Staff is recommending small portions of two properties (Northstar and Skyline) remain under
their current LMN designation because they contain non-manufactured housing land uses.
Keeping these areas under LMN zoning allows property owners greater flexibility for land use
changes and would not result in the loss of any manufactured housing units.
Commercial Properties
At the July 28, 2020 work session, Council provided input that the rezoning of commercial
properties containing manufactured housing communities could be considered for each site
based on individual merits. Staff continues to analyze and collect input on the rezoning for the
three properties with commercial or split zoning, all of which are located in the North College
corridor.
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Two smaller properties are currently designated fully with Service Commercial zoning and staff
does not recommend rezoning these properties to the MH zone district. Existing policy direction
provided by City Plan and the North College Corridor Plan encourage more flexible commercial
zoning for these properties and rezoning may present challenges to the US287 Access Control
Plan and future street/infrastructure plans. These properties also contain other types of land
uses, such as a motel, that could be impacted by a change to the MH zone district.
If Council directs staff to proceed with further analysis of MHC zoning for these properties, we
must first initiate a planning process to amend City Plan and the North College Corridor Plan.
This will serve to re-evaluate the long term land use policy for these sites in consideration of the
new MHC zone district. This will require a separate process with a recommendation from the
Planning and Zoning Board and approval by City Council and will take several months to
complete. If the conclusion of that process is support for the MHC zone district, then rezoning
action could be initiated.
Staff is also evaluating a third property, the North College senior manufactured housing
community, which contains LMN zoning on the western half and CS zoning on the eastern half.
Staff’s analysis indicates the western half could be rezoned to the MH zone district to support
manufactured housing preservation. Staff is likely to consider initiating the rezoning process for
the western half of this property in early 2021 while exploring alternative ideas for preservation
for the eastern commercial half of the property as well as the other two North College
commercial properties.
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Rezoning Ini�ated Future Rezoning Rezoning Not Recommended
1 2
34
5 6
7
8
9
PLEASANT
GROVE
HARMONY
VILLAGE
SKYLINE
NORTHSTAR
COTTONWOOD
HICKORY
VILLAGE
NORTH
COLLEGE
MONTCLAIR
STONECREST
Trilby
Carpenter
Kechter
Harmony
Horsetooth
Drake
Prospect
Mulberry
Laporte
Vine
Willox Mountain Vista
Richards Lake
OverlandTa� HillShieldsCollegeCollegeLemayLemayTimberlineZieglerStrauss CabinTurnberry1 - North College, 1601 N College Ave (320)
2 - Montclair, 1405 N College Ave (9)
3 - Stonecrest, 1303 N College Ave (24)
4 - Hickory Village, 400 Hickory St (204)
5 - Northstar, 1700 Laporte Ave (54)
6 - Co�onwood, 1336 Laporte Ave (12)
7 - Skyline, 2211 W Mulberry St (172)
8 - Harmony Village, 2500 E Harmony Rd (486)
9 - Pleasant Grove, 517 E Trilby Rd (114)
Fort Collins Manufactured Housing Communi�es (Approximate # of Units)
Fort Collins Manufactured Housing Rezoning StatusDocuSign Envelope ID: B85F984B-54B0-47B7-AB36-D3A4112D85CC