HomeMy WebLinkAbout093 - 07/01/2003 - AMENDING SECTION 23-193 OF THE CITY CODE GOVERNING CERTAIN CONDUCT IN CITY NATURAL AREAS ORDINANCE NO. 093, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 23-193 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
GOVERNING CERTAIN CONDUCT IN CITY NATURAL AREAS
WHEREAS, in 1999, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 027, 1999, enacting certain
requirements and restrictions related to the use by the general public of the City's natural areas,
which are codified in Chapter 23, Article IX of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, in 2002, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 031, 2002, enacting
amendments to City Code Section 23-193 to address the use of electric assisted bicycles in natural
areas, as well as additional Code amendments to define and address the use of such vehicles in the
City generally as part of the traffic code of the City; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the 2002 amendment to Section 23-193, permits may no longer
be issued to address the occasional need to use motor vehicles of various kinds on natural areas for
limited purposes such as special public access for special needs groups or other short-term access;
and
WHEREAS,City staff has determined that sufficient need exists to reinstate the limited use
of administrative permits to allow certain vehicular access to natural areas, as was allowed prior to
the 2002 amendments; and
WHEREAS,sta£fhas also proposed that certain other minor modifications to the current City
Code language be enacted, including the correction of a mistaken reference to `recreation area"
rather than `natural area" in Section 23-193, and the elimination of a reference to "marked"
receptacles in subsection 23-193(a)(2), in order to clarify that there is no requirement that trash
receptacles be marked in order for use of the receptacle for trash disposal to be allowed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the amendments proposed by City staff
are appropriate and beneficial for the administration,management and operation ofthe City's natural
areas.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That subsection (a)(1) of Section 23-193 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins is hereby deleted and all subsequent subsections renumbered accordingly.
Section2. That Section 23-193 of the Code of the City ofFort Collins is hereby amended
by the addition of a new subsection (d)(18), to read as follows:
(18) Operate or park a motor vehicle or other motorized means of conveyance anywhere
in a natural area other than on established roadways and in designated parking areas;
provided, however, that a motorized wheelchair or similar assistive device may be
used by any person with temporary or permanent mobility impairment, anywhere in
a natural area that public access is allowed.
Section 3. That subsection (a)(2) of Section 23-193 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins is hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Discard,dispose or release any waste or hazardous substance of any kind in a natural
area or in a manner reasonably likely to result in the entrance of such waste or
hazardous substance into or upon a natural area, except for the disposal of incidental
trash in receptacles provided by the city for disposal of trash.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
June, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of July, A.D. 2003.
Mayor pro Tem
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of July, A.D. 2003.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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