HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-095-07/16/2024-EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT PROPOSED WITHIN THE CITY’S GROWTH MANAGEMENT AREARESOLUTION 2024-095
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT
PROPOSED WITHIN THE CITY’S GROWTH MANAGEMENT
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A.Larimer County has received a development application for a proposed
concrete batch plant located at 516 N.Highway 287 located near the intersection of
Highway 287 and Terry Lake Road.
B.The concrete batch plant is located within the City’s Growth Management
Area (“GMA”)agreed upon by the City and Larimer County.
C.The City provided written comments,attached along with a staff
memorandum to Council as Exhibit “A”,to the applicant for the concrete batch plant and
to Larimer County stating that the City does not support an on-site wastewater treatment
system for the concrete batch plant pursuant to Larimer County Land Use Code Section
4.3.5,Subsection 4 because:
1.The concrete batch plant does not achieve the land use pattern envisioned for
the portion of the GMA where the plant is proposed because it does not align
with City Plan,the City’s comprehensive plan,Our Climate Future,and the Air
Quality Plan;and
2.While the City would review whether to annex the property when it is eligible,
the presence of a concrete batch plant,a heavy industrial use within an area
envisioned for suburban mixed-uses upon annexation,weighs heavily against
annexation,or at least an annexation that does not have substantial restrictions
on the concrete batch plant with the eventual goal of eliminating the concrete
batch plant as a nonconforming use.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.Council is opposed to the concrete batch plant within the GMA
because the impacts of the heavy industrial use and the request for an on-site wastewater
treatment system does not meet Larimer County Land Use Code Section 4.3.5,
Subsection 4,and potentially other Larimer County Land Use Code requirements City
staff may identify.
Section 2.Council directs City staff to monitor and update Council regarding
developments in Larimer County’s review of the concrete batch plant.
Section 3.Council authorizes the Mayor to send a letter to the Larimer County
Board of Commissioners expressing Council’s opposition to the concrete batch plant.
Section 4.Council authorizes the City Manager or her designee to appear and
provide comments on behalf of Council in opposition to the concrete batch plant at any
related Larimer County Board of Commissioners hearing or Planning Commission
hearing.
Passed and adopted on July 16,2024.
ATTEST:
City Cl~
Effective Date:July 16,2024.
Approving Attorney:Brad Yatabe