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HomeMy WebLinkAbout079 - 07/15/2008 - AMENDING SECTION 4.5(B) OF THE LAND USE CODE OF THE CITY PERTAINING TO SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMES ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 4.5(B) OF THE LAND USE CODE
OF THE CITY PERTAINING TO SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WHEREAS,domestic violence is a matter of grave concern to the community and to the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the City's present procedure of approving
shelters for victims of domestic violence without a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning
Board should apply only to those shelters that contain a maximum of fifteen residents,and that there
should be a hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board for the approval of any such shelters that
contain more than fifteen residents; and
WHEREAS, the Council has further determined that such an amendment to the Land Use
Code would afford a much needed mechanism for the approval of large capacity shelters for victims
of domestic violence while still protecting the needs of the surrounding neighborhoods to comment
upon the impact of such shelters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 4.5(B)(1)(e) of the Land Use Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(e) Residential Uses:
1. Extra occupancy rental houses with four(4)or
fewer tenants.
2. Shelters for victims of domestic
violence for up to fifteen (15)
residents.
Section 2. That Section 4.5(B)(3)(a) of the Land Use Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(a) Residential Uses:
1. Mobile home parks.
2. Group homes, other than allowed in
subparagraph(2)(a)5 above.
3. Multi-family dwellings containing more than
eight(8) units per building.
4. Shelters for victims of domestic violence for
more than fifteen(15) residents.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 1 st day of July,
A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th da ly, A.D. 2008.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of Jut59A.D. 2008.
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May /
ATTEST:
City Clerk