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Home My WebLink About091 - 08/02/1977 - AMENDING SECTIONS 99-4 B AND 99-4(C)(1) OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE APPROVAL POCEDURE FOR SUBDI ORDINANCE NO 91 , 1977 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 99-4 B AND 99-4 C (1) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BEING PARTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND RELATING TO THE APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR SUBDIVISION PLATS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That Section 99-4 B of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "B Preliminary plat After or at the time of submission of the vicinity sketch map, a subdivider shall present to the Planning Director a preliminary plat of the area being subdivided Such preliminary plat shall be processed in the following manner (1) The subdivider shall provide the Planning Director with twenty (20) copies of the preliminary plat At the time of the filing of the preliminary plat, the subdivider shall pay a fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50 ) to cover the cost of review The Planning Director shall , when appropriate, G furnish the following agencies and offices with a copy of such plat for review and comments (a) Fire Department (b) Department of Light and Power (c) Department of Parks and Recreation (d) Department of Engineering Services (e) Public Service Company (f) Telephone Company (g) Ditch and Irrigation Companies (h) Public School District (i ) State Highway Department (j) Larimer County (k) Post Office (1 ) City Attorney (m) Department of Water and Sewer . 1 Such offices and agencies shall advise the Planning Director of any objections to such plat within seven (7) days after the receipt of the same, and failure to object within such seven (7) days shall constitute approval by such office or agency (2) Within thirty (30) days after the preliminary plat has been submitted to the Planning Director, the Planning Director shall place the matter on the agenda for the next timely meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board At such meeting the Planning and Zoning Board shall review the preliminary plat and shall make recommendations to the City Council either approving, approving conditionally or rejecting the plat (3) The matter shall then be scheduled on the agenda for the City Council which shall take final action on the preliminary plat, either approving, approving with conditions, or disapproving such plat or referring the same back to the Planning and Zoning Board for further review and recommendations (4) In taking action on a preliminary plat, the Planning and Zoning Board and the City Council shall consider any comments received from agencies or offices receiving copies of the preliminary plat (5) Approval of a preliminary plat shall be valid for a period of two (2) years, and in the event that the final plat covers only a portion of the territory covered by the preliminary plat, such approval of the preliminary plat shall be automatically renewed for additional periods of two (2) years following the approval of each final plat unless the Planning and Zoning Board notifies the subdivider to the contrary (6) All preliminary plats shall be made at a scale of either one (1 ) inch equals fifty (50) feet or one (1 ) inch equals one hundred (100) feet, and shall be on a reproducible medium of one (1 ) or more sheets with outer dimensions of twenty-four by thirty-six (24 x 36) inches and shall contain the following information (a) The proposed name of the subdivision (b) Location and boundaries of the subdivision, tied to an official United States government survey (c) The names and addresses of the subdivider and the engineer or surveyor preparing the plat. -2- (d) The date of preparation, the scale and a symbol designating true North (e) The total acreage contained in the subdivision (f) The location and dimensions for all existing streets, alleys, easements and watercourses within and adjacent to the subdivision and the names of all such streets (g) The location and dimensions for all proposed streets, alleys, easements, lot lines and areas to be reserved or dedicated for parks, schools, or other public uses and the names of all such streets (h) Topography at two-foot intervals (1) Designation of any area subject to inundation (j) Land-use breakdown, including number of residential lots and typical lot sizes (k) Proposed sites, if any, for multifamily residential use, business areas, industrial areas, churches or other nonpublic uses exclusive of one-family residential areas (1 ) Zoning on and adjacent to the subdivision (m) The names of abutting subdivisions or the names of the owners of abutting unplatted property (n) The location and size of existing utilities within or adjacent to the subdivision (o) Such additional information as may be required by the Planning Director in order to adequately describe proposed utilities systems, surface improvements or other construction projects contemplated within the area to be subdivided (7) In the event that the preliminary plat does not include adjoining property in the same ownership, a development plat shall also be required which shall show the entire adjoining property owned by the developer and shall designate proposed land use, suggest street layout, major land forms and natural drainage courses Twenty (20) copies of such ° development plan shall be provided The scale for such development plan shall be the same,as that required for a preliminary plat " -3- Section 2 That Section 99-4 C (1) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "(1) The final plat shall be processed as follows (a) The subdivider shall supply the original signed final plat and twenty (20) copies to the Planning Director The following fees shall be paid at such time to cover the cost of processing and filing the final plat 1 Subdivision of one (1) to four (4) lots, twenty- five dollars ($25 ) plus recording costs of ten dollars ($10 ) per sheet 2 Subdivision of five (5) or more lots and sub- division plats in connection with unit development plan, fifty dollars ($50 ) plus recording costs of ten dollars ($10 ) per sheet (b) The Planning Director shall review such final plat and shall furnish copies to the offices and agencies which reviewed the preliminary plat for their review and comments Such offices and agencies shall advise the Planning Director of any objections to such plat within seven (7) days after the receipt of the same, and failure to object within such period shall constitute approval by such office or agency (c) The Planning Director shall review the final plat and any comments received from agencies or offices having copies of the final plat and within thirty (30) days after such plat has been submitted to the Planning Director, shall either approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the same and shall advise the subdivider of his actions In the event the plat is conditionally approved or disapproved, the reason and/or conditions shall be set forth in writing (d) In the event the actions of the Planning Director are not satisfactory to the subdivider, the subdivider may so advise the Planning Director, and in such event the matter of the final plat shall be placed on the agenda of the next timely meeting of the Planninq and Zoning Board At such meeting the Planning and Zoning Board shall recommend to the City Council approval , conditional approval or disapproval of the plat, taking into consideration any comments received from agencies or offices receiving copies of the plat _ -4- r � (e) After action has been taken on the final plat either by the Planning Director or the Planning and Zoning Board, the Planning Director shall submit the plat, together with the recommendations thereon, to the City Council (f) Upon receipt of the plat and the recommendations thereon, the City Council shall either approve, approve with conditions or disapprove the final plat, or refer the same to the Planning and Zoning Board for further review and recommendations (g) After a final subdivision plat has been finally approved, the City Clerk shall cause the final plat to be recorded in the office of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of July A D 1977, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of August , A D 1977 Mayor ATTEST City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of August , A D 1977 ayor ATTEST � 6 c City Clerk (Deputy) -5-