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Home My WebLink About098 - 10/04/1988 - AMENDING CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE SHOPPING CENTERS AND TO ESTABL ORDINANCE NO. 98, 1988 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE SHOPPING CENTERS AND TO ESTABLISH DEFINITIONS IN AID THEREOF WHEREAS, the City Council has established land use and locational policies for neighborhood convenience shopping centers in the community; and WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that it is in the best interest of the City that the Land Development Guidance System be amended to provide criteria for the review of neighborhood convenience shopping centers; and WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that in aid of the foregoing, it is necessary to provide certain additional definitions; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid amendment has been publicized throughout the community and the public has had numerous opportunities to comment thereon; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board reviewed and unanimously recommended approval of the amendments to the Council ; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the adoption of the amendment is in the best interest of the City in protecting the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, that the Code of the City be amended as follows: Section 1 . That Section 29-526 D. (Design Standards and Criteria) be amended by the addition of the Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center Point Chart attached hereto and by the addition of the following: J. Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center Criteria and Point Chart ACTIVITY: Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center DEFINITION: A shopping and service center situated on seven or less acres with four or more business establishments located in a complex which is planned, developed, and managed as a unit, and located within and intended to primarily serve the consumer demands of adjacent residential neighborhoods. Neighborhood convenience shopping center criteria shall apply only to those areas of the City that are zoned R-L, R-L-P, R-L-M, R-H, R-P, R-M-P, M-L, M-M, B-L or B-P, or any other areas of the City if such areas are subject to the zoning condition that no development be approved unless processed as a planned unit development, provided, however that said criteria shall not under any circumstances apply to development in the H-B zone. The principal uses permitted include retail services; personal services; convenience grocery stores (with accessory gas pumps) ; standard or fast food restaurants (without drive-up windows) ; liquor sales (for on- or off-premise consumption) ; beauty or barber shops; dry cleaning outlets; equipment rental (not including outdoor storage) ; limited indoor recreational uses; pet and aquarium shops; retail stores; and uses of similar character as determined by the Planning and Zoning Board. Secondary uses may include professional offices; limited banking services, such as automated teller machines; multi-family dwellings; medical offices and clinics; small animal veterinary clinics; and child care centers. CRITERIA: Each of the following applicable criteria must be answered "yes" and implemented within the development plan. 1 . Have steps been taken to minimize any environmental hazards , particularly those associated with underground fuel storage tanks; and, if the proposed development is located in or near an environmentally sensitive area, have all applicable state and local environmental standards been met? 2. DOES THE PROJECT EARN AT LEAST 65% OF THE MAXIMUM POINTS AS CALCULATED ON "POINT CHART J" FOR THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA? a. Is the center contiguous to an existing transit route? b. Is the center located at the intersection of a neighborhood collector and arterial street with primary access taken off the collector? c. Does the center contain two or more different uses? d. Is the center on at least three gross acres of land? e. Is the center located at least .75 miles from any existing or approved Neighborhood Convenience Center or convenience grocery store? (For the purposes of this criterion, the term "approved" shall be defined as having current preliminary or final planned unit development approval . ) f. Is the center contiguous to and functionally a part of an existing or approved neighborhood shopping center, an office or industrial park, or a multi -family development? g. Is the center located with at least 1/6th of its property boundary contiguous to existing development? h. Is the center located within "north" Fort Collins? Section 2. That Section 29-1 of the Code of the City be amended by the addition of the following definitions: CONVENIENCE GROCERY STORE - A general retail store containing less than 4,000 square feet of gross floor area (excluding any gasoline canopies) , which sells goods and services which shall include, without limitation, ready-to-eat food products, groceries and sundries. Any establishment with more than 75 percent of its revenues derived from gasoline and automotive related sales and services, is not a convenience grocery store. OFFICE (OR BUSINESS) PARK - A development on a lot, tract or parcel of land that contains a minimum of seven separate buildings for office and/or industrial use, and supporting uses and is designed, planned and constructed as a unit. MIXED-USE - The development of a lot, tract or parcel of land, building or structure with two or more different uses such as, but not limited to, residential , office, retail , public, personal service or entertainment, designed, planned and constructed as a unit. MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT - A collection of residential buildings, planned as a unit, which contains one hundred (100) or more dwelling units with a net density of not less than ten (10) dwelling units per acre. Section 3. That Section 29-526 D. , Point Chart D (Auto-Related and Roadside Commercial ) be amended to include as part of the "definition" the term "convenience grocery store" . Section 4. That Section 29-526 D. , Point Chart E (Business Service Uses) , "definitions", be repealed and reenacted as follows: DEFINITION: Those activities which are predominantly retail , office, and services uses which would not qualify as a neighborhood service, neighborhood convenience, or community/regional shopping center. Uses include: retail shops; offices; personal service shops; financial institutions; hotels/motels; medical clinics; health clubs ; membership clubs ; standard and fast- food restaurants; hospitals; mortuaries; indoor theatres; retail laundry and dry cleaning outlets; limited indoor recreation uses; small animal veterinary clinics; printing and newspaper offices; and, other uses which are of the same general character. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of September, A.D. 1988, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of October, A.D. 1988— Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of October, A.D. 1988. May-or— ATTEST: (� City Clerk NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE POINT CHART J CENTER For All Critera Applicable Criteria Only u ul IV Circle Is The The Monmum Criterion Criterion Correct Pants Appl"Ive Applicable Score Multiplier Earned Points A. TRANSIT ROUTE X X 210 1 2 B. AT COLLECTOR/ARTERIAL X X 210 5 1 10 C. MIXED- USE DEVELOPMENT X X 210 2 4 D. THREE ACRES OR MORE X X 210. 4 S E. FROM CONVENIENCE CENTER X X 2101 4 8 F. PART OF PLANNED CENTER X X 2101 5 10 G. CONTIGUITY X X 2101 5 10 H. NORTH FT. COLLINS X X 2101 1 2 VW—Very well Done Totals V1 Percentage Earned of Maximum Applicable Points VM=VII