HomeMy WebLinkAbout094 - 07/15/2014 - ADOPTING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE OLD TOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE OLD TOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Code Section 14-2, the City Council has established a
public policy encouraging the protection; enhancement and perpetuation of landmarks and
landmark districts within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Old Town Historic District was designated by Ordinance No. 170, 1979,
of the City Council and subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 124, 1998; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the City received a grant from the State Historical Fund to partially
fund an update to the Design Standards for the Old Town Historic District to incorporate
elements of green building and sustainable design, and to highlight successful preservation
projects that have occurred in the Old Town Historic District; and
WHEREAS, the new Design Standards will serve to encourage public knowledge and _
appreciation of the architectural character of Old Town and the history of the City, and will serve
as the regulatory document to be used by the City for review of projects within the Old Town
Historic District; and
WHEREAS, following substantial public outreach, and upon the favorable
recommendation of the Landmark Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board,
the City Council has determined that the new Design Standards for the Old Town Historic
District are in the best interests of the City and should be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY.THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the new Design Standards for the Old Town Historic District, a copy
of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, are hereby adopted to serve as a regulatory
document to be used by the Landmark Preservation Commission and, if applicable, the Planning
and Zoning Board in the review and approval of applicable projects located in the Old Town
Historic District, which district is more particularly described on Exhibit "A", attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. That the Design Standards for the Old Town Historic District originally
adopted in 1981 are hereby repealed.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
July, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of July, A.D. 2014.
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