HomeMy WebLinkAbout060 - 05/04/2021 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 116, 2020, TO EXTEND THE SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S LAND ORDINANCE NO. 060, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 116, 2020, TO EXTEND THE SUSPENSION OF
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S LAND USE CODE TO PERMIT
TEMPORARY USE OF CERTAIN NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS FOR
CHILD CARE CENTERS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is threatened with serious injury and damage,
consisting of widespread human and economic impact caused by the Novel Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19); and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, in order to undertake emergency measures to protect the
life,health,safety and property of the citizens of the City and persons conducting business therein,
and to attempt to minimize the loss of human life and the preservation of property, the City
Manager, as the Director of the City's Office of Emergency Management, proclaimed a "local
emergency"in accordance with Section 2-671(a)(1)of the City Code and activated the Emergency
Operations Plan established pursuant to Section 2-673 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has,with the adoption of Resolution 2020-030,extended the
City Manager's proclamation of local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the State of Colorado declared its first Emergency Disaster Declaration
related to COVID-19 on March 11, 2020, and the declared emergency remains in effect; and
WHEREAS, to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency on the
ability of local school districts to offer in-person classes and the inability of many parents to care
for or supervise remote learning or to afford in-home child care,Ordinance No. 116,2020,attached
hereto as Exhibit"A,"suspended certain Land Use Code("LUC")requirements to allow buildings
that had been previously approved for certain uses to be used as child care centers without the
normal development review process; and
WHEREAS, Section 7 of Ordinance No. 116, 2020, specifies that the suspension of LUC
requirements and any temporary certificate of occupancy issued to allow the temporary operation
of a child care center automatically terminates on May 28,2021,unless the Director of Community
Development and Neighborhood Services has granted an extension because a development
application to approve a particular child care center has been submitted and such application is
diligently pursued; and
WHEREAS, because of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, some facilities
normally used for summer school instruction and other summer programming for children are not
currently available and there is an ongoing need for additional child care; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the continuing urgent need for child care centers and
supervision alternatives for families after the school year and during the summer,the City Council
wishes to extend the temporary suspension of certain LUC requirements set forth in Ordinance
No. 116, 2020, until August 31, 2021; and
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WHEREAS, in order to help address the continuing urgent need for child care centers
necessitated by the COVID-19 public health emergency, the City Council finds it is necessary for
public health, safety and welfare, and in the best interests of the City and its residents, to extend
the temporary suspension of the application of certain LUC requirements to facilitate the operation
of child care centers using buildings that have already been approved for certain uses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby amends all references to "May 28, 2021," in
Ordinance No. 116, 2020, to "August 31, 2021," and renews the authority of Ordinance No. 116,
2020, to continue to suspend certain LUC requirements as stated therein.
Section 3. That prior to the extension of any certificate of occupancy issued pursuant
to Ordinance No 116, 2020, the premises will be subject to reinspection by the City's Building
Services.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
April, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th da of May, A.D. 2021.
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