HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-076-08/15/2023-REFERRING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RESOLUTION 2023-075, CONCERNING AME 1 NO ACTION TAKEN
August 15, 2023
RESOLUTION 2023-076
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REFERRING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RESOLUTION 2023-075, CONCERNING AMENDING THE FORT COLLINS
LAND USE CODE TO INCREASE OCCUPANCY ALLOWED
IN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
OPTION 1 WHEREAS, the City Council passed and adopted Resolution 2023-075, directing
City Staff to prepare amendments to the Land Use Code to increase the limits on occupancy to no
more than ___ adults per dwelling unit and to eliminate familial relatedness as a mechanism for
regulating occupancy, and present them to the City Council for consideration no later than
[DATE]; and
OPTION 2 WHEREAS, the City Council passed and adopted Resolution 2023-075, directing
City Staff to prepare amendments to the Land Use Code to eliminate familial relatedness as a
mechanism for regulating occupancy and to develop new regulations that increase the maximum
occupancy allowed in residential dwellings based on the number of adults per dwelling unit, or
based on building size or number of sleeping rooms (bedrooms), or by some other method, and
present them to Council for consideration no later than [DATE]; and
WHEREAS, Article X, Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins authorizes the
City Council to refer any adopted ordinance or resolution to the vote of the people at a regular
election; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, the City Council desires to refer to the Fort Collins electors
Resolution 2023-075 which directs City staff to draft amendments to the Land Use Code as stated
below.
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 following ballot question, with its title and submission clause, is
hereby adopted for referring Resolution 2023-075, concerning amending the Fort Collins Land
Use Code to increase the limits on occupancy in residential dwellings, to the voters at the
November 2023 Election:
CITY-REFERRED
RESOLUTION 2023-075
(Occupancy Limits)
OPTION 1 Shall Resolution 2023-075, directing City Staff to prepare amendments to the
Land Use Code to increase the occupancy allowed to no more than ___ adults per dwelling
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unit and to eliminate familial relatedness as a mechanism for regulating occupancy, and present
them to the City Council for consideration no later than [DATE], be approved?
______Yes/For
______No/Against
OPTION 2 Shall Resolution 2023-075, directing City Staff to prepare amendments to the Land
Use Code to eliminate familial relatedness as a mechanism for regulating occupancy and to
develop new regulations that increase the maximum occupancy allowed in residential dwellings
based on the number of adults per dwelling unit, or based on building size or number of sleeping
rooms (bedrooms), or by some other method, and present them to Council for consideration no
later than [DATE], be approved?
______Yes/For
______No/Against
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 15th
day of August 2023.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chief Deputy City Clerk