HomeMy WebLinkAbout186 - 01/02/2001 - REPEALING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CRITERIA, STANDARDS & SPECIFICATIONS FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, A 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 Larimer 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and Specifications for Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways" should be repealed and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Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways" shall, effective March 1, 2001, be repealed and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".
Section 3. That, notwithstanding that the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards
are enacted for the immediate preservation of public health and safety, the City shall require
compliance with these standards only with respect to development applications submitted to the City
on or after March 1, 2001, except to the extent that an applicant volunteers to comply with these
standards in substitution for those in effect at the time of the filing of the application.
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 daPf January, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2001.
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Mayor _..;
ATTEST:
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City Clerk