HomeMy WebLinkAbout130 - 10/17/1989 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE RELATING TO DEFINITIONS AND PLATTING REQUIREMENTS ORDINANCE NO. 130, 1989
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO
DEFINITIONS AND PLATTING REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, as a part of the recodification process of the City Code
completed in 1987, the consolidation of the subdivision and zoning chapters
of the Code into one chapter has resulted in the creation in Chapter 29 of
multiple definitions of the same terms; and
WHEREAS, in order to avoid conflicts and to clarify the meaning and
intent of Chapter 29 of the Code, it is desirable to consolidate all
definitions into Section 29-1 and, accordingly, repeal Sections 29-621 and
29-622; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the application of the definitions of Section
29-1 of the Code to the subdivision ordinances of the City, Section 29-625
needs to be amended to better describe the intention of the Code as it was
originally drafted prior to recodification and to provide greater
predictability and precision in administering Section 29-625 with respect
to platting requirements triggered by construction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1 . That the definition of street, as contained in Section
29-1 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Street shall mean a way for motorized vehicular traffic
whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway,
throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however
otherwise designated.
Section 2. That Section 29-1 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in alphabetical
order, to read as follows:
A11ey shall mean a minor way used primarily for vehicular
service access to the back of properties abutting on a street.
Arterial street shall mean a street or highway which is used
primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
Collector street shall mean a street or road which carries
traffic from local streets to the system of major arterial
streets or highways and is designed to move traffic to parks,
schools and shopping centers serving residential neighborhoods.
Local street shall mean a street which is used primarily for
access to the abutting properties.
Marginal access street shall mean a local street which is
parallel to and adjacent to expressways or major arterials and
which provides access to abutting properties and protection from
through traffic.
Place shall mean a minor way used primarily for vehicular
access to the abutting properties, provided that no place shall
have a greater length than three hundred fifty (350) feet, and
provided further that no place shall provide access to more than
fifteen (15) lots, and provided further that no discontinuous
place (cul -de-sac) shall provide access to more than fifteen (15)
dwelling units.
Subdivider or developer shall mean any person, partnership,
joint venture, association or corporation who shall participate
as owner, promoter, developer or sales agent in the planning,
platting , development , promotion , sale and lease of a
subdivision.
Subdivision shall mean the platting of a lot or the division
of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots,
plots or sites.
Section 3. That Sections 29-621 and 29-622 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Section 4. That Section 29-625(b) of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins is hereby repealed and reenacted, to read as follows:
(b) Except with respect to property which is platted as an
official subdivision or planned unit development (or part
thereof) approved in accordance with the provisions of this
Chapter, no building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be
issued for any of the following and no person shall perform any
of the following:
(1) Construction of any new principal building.
(2) Enlargement of any principal building used for
nonresidential purposes by more than twenty-five (25)
percent of the existing floor area of such building.
(3) An act which changes the use of any building.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 3rd day of October, A.D. 1989, and to be presented for final
passage on the 17th day of October, A.D. 1989. `
ayor
ATT ST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading ,this 17th day of October, A.D.
1989.
Mayor
AT EST T:
City Clerk