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HomeMy WebLinkAbout168 - 01/02/1996 - AMENDING CITY CODE ADDING DEFINITION AND TWO NEW ZONING DISTRICTS KNOWN AS H-C HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL AN ORDINANCE NO. 168, 1995 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY BY THE ADDITION OF A DEFINITION AND BY THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW ZONING DISTRICTS TO BE KNOWN AS THE "H-C" HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL AND THE `B-C"BUSINESS CENTER ZONING DISTRICTS AND BY THE INCLUSION OF SAID DISTRICTS IN THE TABLE IN SECTION 29-475(a) WHEREAS, commencing with the 1991-1993 City Council Policy Agenda, the City has focused upon the issues,problems and opportunities involved with the development of a plan for the North College Avenue Corridor (the "Corridor"); and WHEREAS,the City Council has adopted the City's"Goals and Objectives,"many of which have been designed to establish the basic City land use philosophy for the Corridor; and WHEREAS, in 1979, the City Council adopted a Land Use Policies Plan, which plan identified the need for more detailed planning policies for the older sections of the City; and WHEREAS,on March 21, 1995,the City Council also adopted Resolution 95-43, approving the North College Avenue Corridor Plan (the "Plan") as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, to better address the special needs of the Corridor; and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan of the City and the Corridor Plan contain recommendations that certain new zoning districts be established in the Corridor Area; and WHEREAS, the Corridor Plan also recommends that certain lands located in the Corridor Area be rezoned and placed into new zoning districts and into the existing R-C River Corridor Zoning District, and that the zoning map of the City be amended to implement the policy direction contained in the Corridor Plan; and WHEREAS,the City staff has conducted numerous informational meetings pertaining to the Corridor Rezoning Project (the "Project"), which Project includes the establishment of two new zoning districts,to be known as the H-C and B-C Zoning Districts,and the amendment of the Zoning District Map to include certain lands in the Corridor Area in the said zoning districts and in the R-C River Corridor Zoning District; and WHEREAS, after due notice was given, the Planning and Zoning Board has held various meetings regarding the Project and has made its recommendations to the City Council that the Project be completed. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Chapter 29 be amended as follows: Section 1. That the aforesaid recitals of fact are hereby incorporated into this Ordinance as findings and determinations of the City Council. Section 2. That Section 29-1 be amended by the addition, in alphabetical order, of the following definition: Truck stop shall mean an establishment engaged primarily in the fueling, servicing, repair, or parking of tractor trucks and similar heavy commercial vehicles, including the sale of accessories and equipment for such vehicles. A truck stop may also include overnight accommodations, showers, and restaurant facilities primarily for the use of truck crews. Section 3. That Article III be amended by the addition of a new subdivision"0.1"to read as follows: Subdivision 0.1. H-C Highway Commercial District. Sec. 29-31.: Purpose. The H-C Highway Commercial District is for high traffic commercial corridors where a range of uses is encouraged to create a transition from commercial operations on a highway,major arterial street, or rail spur,to less intensive use areas or residential neighborhoods. This designation is only for areas identified for its application in an area plan adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan. See. 29-312. Uses Permitted. (1) Commercial operations; vehicle and equipment sales*, rental*, servicing and repair; supply yard uses and nurseries, except: (a) Uses which consist of the sale, storage, servicing or repair of mobile homes, large excavation equipment, farm implements, or other similar heavy equipment or structures. (b) Truck stops (c) Warehouses and storage facilities within 200' of a major arterial street right-of-way. * Automobile sales and rental uses shall be limited to 10% of the total linear frontage of both sides of North College Avenue between Vine Drive and the northern city limits or the intersection of North College Avenue and State Highway 1, whichever results in the shortest linear distance. 2 (2) Light industrial uses as described in Section 29-367(1). (3) Workshop and custom small industry uses, meaning the production of goods by hand, manufacturing involving hand tools and small-scale equipment, small engine repair, appliance repair, bicycle repair, furniture making and restoring, upholstering, custom car or motorcycle restoring, and other similar uses. (4) Studio uses including places of work by artists, photographers, or other artisans. (5) Hotels, motels and tourist homes. (6) Personal service shops, business services, offices, banks, clinics, and child care centers. (7) Public and private vocational and technical schools and other similar training or instructional services or facilities. (8) Public and semi-public facilities and services, including places of worship, libraries, emergency services, parks and recreational uses, and other similar uses. (9) Limited indoor recreational uses and indoor theaters,except adult amusement and entertainment. (10) Retail Stores. (11) Fast food and standard restaurants. (12) Multiple family,two-family, and single family residential uses except within 200' of a major arterial street right-of-way. (13) Group homes except within 200' of a major arterial right-of-way. (14) Mixed use developments consisting of any of the above uses designed as a unit within a single parcel or building. (15) Drive-in restaurants,subject to being shown on a Planned Unit Development plan as defined, processed, and approved according to Section 29-526. (16) Shopping centers subject to being shown on a Planned Unit Development plan as defined, processed, and approved according to Section 29-526. 3 (17) Any legally permissible use which existed on a parcel of property as of the effective date of the ordinance that placed suchparcel ofproperty-into-this zoning district, provided that such permitted use shall be limited to such parcel of property. (18) Accessory buildings and uses. (19) Any land use located on a the Planned Unit Development plan as defined, processed, and approved according to Section 29-526. Sec. 29-313. Design Standards. All development in the H-C Highway Commercial District shall comply with any applicable design standards prepared and adopted by the city. Any development of areas in this District as a Planned Unit Development pursuant to Section 29-526 shall comply with any such applicable design standards. Sec. 29-314. Review Requirements. Permitted uses listed in Section 29-312(1) through (14) inclusive, and single expansions or successive expansions applied for within a 2-year period that total more than ten percent(10%) of the existing gross floor area of the affected building prior to such expansion(s), or that total more than 1,000 square feet of gross floor area(whichever is less), shall require Design Review of Permitted Uses as set forth in Section 29-520, et. seq. Section 4. That Article III be amended by the addition of a new subdivision"0.2" to read as follows: Subdivision 0.2. B-C Business Center District. Sec.29-315. Purpose. The B-C Business Center District is for fringes of retail/commercial core areas and corridors. This District is for moderate intensity uses that are supportive of the commercial core or corridor, and that help to create a transition and a link between the commercial areas and surrounding residential areas. This designation is only for areas identified for its application in an area plan adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan. Section 29-316. Uses Permitted. (1) Light industrial uses as described in Section 29-367(1). 4 (2) Workshop and custom small industry uses,meaning the production of goods by hand, manufacturing involving hand tools and small-scale equipment, small engine repair, appliance repair, bicycle repair, furniture making and restoring, upholstering,custom car or motorcycle restoring, and other similar uses. (3) Studio uses including places of work by artists, photographers, or other artisans. (4) Multiple family, two-family, and single family residential uses with a minimum density of 5 dwelling units per acre calculated on a gross residential acreage basis for any development project. Single family housing shall be limited to a maximum of 40% of the district area. (5) Hotels, motels and tourist homes. (6) Personal service shops, business services, banks, offices, clinics and child- care centers. (7) Group homes. (8) Standard and fast food restaurants, limited indoor recreational uses, and indoor theaters, except adult amusement and entertainment. (9) Retail stores. (10) Public and semi-public facilities and services, including places of worship, libraries,emergency services,parks and recreational uses, and other similar uses. (11) Public and private schools. (12) Parks and recreational uses. (13) Mixed use developments consisting of any of the above uses designed as a unit within a single parcel or building. (14) Any legally permissible use which existed on a parcel of property as of the effective date of the ordinance that placed such parcel of property into this zoning district,provided that such permitted use shall be limited to such parcel of property. (15) Accessory buildings and uses. (16) Any land use located on a Planned Unit Development plan as defined, processed, and approved according to Section 29-526. 5 Sec. 29-317. Design Standards. All developments in the B-C Business Center District shall comply with any applicable design standards prepared and adopted by the city. Any development of areas in this District as a Planned Unit Development pursuant to Section 29-526 shall comply with any such applicable design standards. Sec. 29-318. Review Requirements. Permitted uses listed in Section 29-316 (1) through (13) inclusive, and single expansions or successive expansions applied for within a 2-year period that total more than ten percent(10%)of the existing gross floor area of the affected building prior to such expansion(s), or more than 1,000 square feet of gross floor area (whichever is less), shall require Design Review of Permitted Uses as set forth in Section 29-520 et. seq. Section 5. That Section 29-475(a)be amended to read as follows: Sec. 29-475. Group home regulations; special review. (a) Group homes shall conform to the lot area and separation requirements as spocificifin tht-following-table: Maximum number of Minimum separation residents,excluding Additional lot area Maximum requirements supervisors,for for each additional permissible between any other minimum lot size resident(square residents,excluding group home(feet) Zane feet) supervisors R-E,R-F 3 2,000 8 1,500 R-L,N-C-L 3 1,500 8 1,500 R-M,N-C-M 6 750 15 1,000 R-H,N-C-B,B-G 6 500 20 700 H-C,B-C 6 Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1.9th day of December, A.D. 1995, and to be presented for final passage on the d day of Janu D. 1996. May ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of January, A.D. 1996. Mayor ::aTOuCII ATTEST: City Clerk 7