HomeMy WebLinkAbout081 - 07/18/2000 - AMENDING THE LAND USE CODE CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT IN THE POUDRE RIVER FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE NO. 81, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 3.3.3 OF THE CITY'S LAND USE CODE
CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT IN THE POUDRE RIVER FLOODPLAIN
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2000, the Fort Collins City Council adopted on first reading
Ordinance No.71,2000 amending Chapter 10 of the City Code to enact new and specific floodplain
regulations for the Poudre River Floodplain; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 71, 2000 will allow nonresidential and certain mixed-use
development in that portion of the Poudre River Floodplain located outside the floodway and the
product corridor of the Floodplain,since it has already been determined that such development will
not cause a one tenth(.1) of a foot rise or more in the water surface elevation of the Poudre River
Floodplain during a one-hundred year storm; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 71,2000 therefore contemplates that such development in that
area of the Poudre River Floodplain outside the floodway and product corridor will be allowed even
though it might cause a rise of less than a tenth (.1) of a foot in the water surface elevation of the
Floodplain during a one-hundred year storm; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.3.3.(A)(4) of the City's Land Use Code currently provides that
development shall not be allowed in floodplains unless development is designed so as not to cause
any adverse effects to any surrounding properties due to an increase in flood water heights; and
WHEREAS,Section 3.3.3.(A)(4)should be amended to clarify that nonresidential and certain
mixed-use development in that portion of the Poudre River Floodplain outside the floodway and
product corridor will be permitted,even though it might cause an increase of less than one tenth(.1)
of a foot in the water surface elevation of the Poudre River Floodplain during a one-hundred year
storm; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.3.3.(A)(4) should be further amended to clarify that development in
the floodplain must not have any adverse effects to gny other properties, and not just"surrounding
properties."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 3.3.3(A)(4) of the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
3.3.3 Water Hazards
(A) Lands which are subject to flooding or are located in a natural
drainageway shall not be approved for development or redevelopment
unless the following conditions are met:
(4) any development in any 100-year floodplain is designed so as
not to cause any adverse effects to the development or to any
other properties from either increased flood heights, flow
velocities,flow duration,rate of rise of flood waters,channel
stability or sediment transport; provided, however, that any
development permitted in the Poudre River Floodplain, as
such floodplain is designated in §10-60 of the City Code,
shall not be considered as causing an adverse effect to any
other properties by reason of increased flood heights if such
development does not cause a rise of more than one-tenth(.1)
of a foot in the base flood elevation of the Poudre River
Floodplain.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
June, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of July, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of July, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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