HomeMy WebLinkAbout162 - 12/21/1993 - AMENDING CITY CODE INCREASING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN THE NCM ZONING DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 162, 1993
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 29-167 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS INCREASING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN
THE N-C-M, NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION MEDIUM
DENSITY ZONING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, on March 1, 1986, and July 18, 1989, the City Council adopted,
respectively, the Eastside Neighborhood Plan and the Westside Neighborhood Plan
(hereinafter referred to as the "Plans") ; and
WHEREAS, the Plans presently constitute elements of the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins, in implementing the
Plans, adopted Ordinance No. 113, 1991, which, among other things, established
the N-C-M, Neighborhood Conservation Medium Density Zoning District ("the N-C-M
zone") ; and
WHEREAS, the N-C-M zone allows, among other things, the construction of
secondary residential structures upon parcels of land containing not less than
4,500 square feet; and
WHEREAS, the standard "minimum lot size" requirement for other residential
development in the City is 6,000 square feet; and
WHEREAS, the reduction in the square footage of a parcel of land to support
such a residential structure was intended to be accompanied by supplemental
"design criteria" in order to ensure the preservation of important neighborhood
characteristics, which "design criteria" have not yet been established and
adopted for implementation; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that, until such "design criteria" are
established and adopted for implementation, the "minimum lot/parcel size" should
be established at 5,500 square feet for a one-family or two-family dwelling and
that the staff of the City should proceed immediately toward the development of
design standards for implementation of the Plans in order that the minimum lot
area may again be reduced to 4,500 square feet for one-family and two-family
dwellings; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board has considered this matter and
recommended that a moratorium be placed upon certain uses in the N-C-M Zone
pending the development of said "design criteria" ; and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Board has considered this matter and
recommended that a temporary (1 year) committee be established to review plans
for building permits in the N-C-M Zone, which committee would utilize the
Neighborhood Compatibility Criteria of the Land Development Guidance System to
guide its decisions.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1. That Section 29-167(1) of the Code of the City is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 29-167. Bulk and area requirements.
{The bulk and area requirements for the N-C-M District are as
follows:}
(1) Minimum lot area shall be the equivalent of two (2)
times the total floor area of the building, but not less
than the following ,
av tlaottsarirl ft;ve }Jundhed {5,594} square feet for a
one-family or two-family dwelling and six thousand
(6,000) square feet for all other uses.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall continue in effect until the 31st day
of December, 1994, or until supplemental "design criteria" are adopted by the
City Council for implementation of the Plans, whichever shall first occur, at
which time the amendment enacted pursuant hereto shall become null and void and
the language of Section 29-167 of the Code shall read in its entirety as it did
immediately prior to this amendment.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 7th day of December, A.D. 1993, and to be presented for final passage on the
21st day of December, A.D. 1993. )
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of December, A.D. 1993.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk