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Home My WebLink About008 - 02/01/1973 - CREATING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS THE I P INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT IL- ORDINANCE NO 8 1973 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND CREATING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS THE I P INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Collins Colorado is hereby amended in the particulars hereafter set forth All references to section numbers contained herein shall refer to the sections in the Code of the City of Fort Collins as compiled by General Code Publishers Corp which Code is now being adopted as the official Code of the City of Fort Collins Section 2 That Section 118 31 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended by adding to the list of zoning districts therein contained at the end of said list the following I P Industrial Park District Section 3 That Article VII of Chapter 118 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended by adding thereto an additional section 118 73 as follows Section 118 73 I P Industrial Park District This designation is for industrial park areas containing controlled industrial uses A Uses permitted (1) Administrative insurance and research facilities (2) Experimental or testing laboratories (3) Manufacture and preparation of food products (4) Manufacture of electric or electronic instruments and devices (5) Manufacturing assembly or packaging of products from previously prepared materials (6) Warehouse distribution and wholesale users and (7) Similar uses B Limitations on use Any use in this district shall con form to the requirements hereinafter set forth unless the property is de veloped and used in accordance with a Unit Development Plan defined pro cessed and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 118 83 of this Chapter C Limitations on External Effects of Uses (1) Enclosure required All manufacturing and similar uses shall be carried on entirely within a completely enclosed structure (2) Smoke Emission No smoke shall be emitted from any property at a density greater than No 1 of Ringle mann s scale (3 Particle Emission No particles of fly ash shall exceed 0 2 grains per cubic foot of flue gas at a stack temperature of 5000 Fahrenheit (4) Volume of Sound Generated The volume of sound inherently and recurrently generated from a property shall not exceed sixty (60) decibels at any point along any lot boundary on which the sound is generated (5) Vibration No use §hall be made of any property which creates a vibration on any adjoining property (6) Emission of Heat Dust Glare Odor or Fumes The emission of any obnoxious or dangerous degree of heat dust glare odor or fumes is prohibited (7) Outside Storage and Trash Areas Materials stored outside shall be enclosed and concealed by solid fence which shall be at lease 6 feet but no more than 8 feet in height Materials stored shall not be visible above the height of the fence Outside storage areas shall not be located in front of the required front setback line (8) Screening A 150-foot buffer strip shall be provided along any and all residential district boundary lines abutting property in this district This buffer strip shall contain screening such as fences and appropriate landscaping which provides effective screening on a year round basis If the zoning district line is on a street right of way the re quirement for a buffer strip shall be reduced to 75 feet along the edge of the street right of way line (9) Lighting Requirements Luminaires on parking areas shall be hooded and mounted not more than 30 feet above the ground level and oriented in such a manner as to not shine into residential areas (10) Security Lighting Luminaires for security around buildings and storage areas shall be hooded and oriented in such a manner as to not shine into residential areas (11) Maximum Building Height No building in this zoning district shall exceed a height above grade of 30 feet D Lot Requirements The following are minimum requirements with regard to the size of lots and setbacks for property in this district (1) Lot Area Two times the total floor area of the building no more than 50 of any lot shall be covered with building structures (2) Width of Lot 100 feet (3) Front Yard (minimum distance of any building from `ront property line) 50 feet A minimum of 25 feet in the front yard adjacent to the street right of way shall be used for no other purpose than required landscaping ingress and egress and no fences shall be erected within this 25 feet (4) Side Yard (Minimum distance of any building from the side property line) 30 feet In cases where the sideyards are used for storage loading or parking facilities they shall be screened from the view of street right of ways in the area (5) Rear Yard (minimum distance from rear lot lone to building) 20 feet In cases where the rear yards are used for storage loading or parking facilities they shall be screened from the view of street right of ways in the area 2 (6) Exception to Minimum Yard Requirements The foregoing minimum yard requirements shall apply in all cases except when the property abuts an arterial street or where the property abuts any zoning district other than an industrial district In such cases all buildings shall have a required front setback of 75 feet instead of 50 feet and if any sideyard abuts an arterial street the lot line adjoining the street shall be treated as the front lot line and the front setback shall be treated as the front lot line and the front setback requirement shall apply with relation to the portion of the property abutting such arterial street E Parking Requirements Off street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule The schedule providing the great- est number of spaces shall be used to determine the parking re- quirements for each property in the district (1) Parking in Relation to Employees 1 1/2 spaces shall be provided for every 2 employees (2) Parking in Relation to Building Area (a) One off-street parking space for each 1000 square feet of gross leasable area used for storage warehousing d3 tribution and wholesale (b) One off-street parking space for each 350 square feet of gross leasable area used for manufacturing assembly packing preparation research facilities or expert mental or testing laboratories or similar uses (c) One off-street parking space for each 200 square °eet of gross leasable area used for office purposes or related retail sales All parking lots shall have at least 5 of their interior area devoted to landscaping F Loading Area Requirements Off-street loading area requirements shall be one loading space having dimensions of at least 14 feet by 60 feet with a 15 cot clearance if the same is covered Total depth of the off-street maneuvering apron and truck position at dock shall be a minimum of 115 feet All loading space and maneuvering area shall be on the site to which the requirement relate~ The number of off-street loading areas required shall be based upon the following One off-street loading space with floor area measuring between 500 square feet and 20 000 square feet plus one additional off-Street loading space for each 20 000 square feet of floor area of fraction thereof G Landscaping Tne following requirements with regard to landscap ing shall apply to property in this zoning district (1) Watering Permanent underground water facilities shall be provided for all landscaped areas (2) Maintenance Requir-d landscaping shall be maintained in a neat clean and healthy condition This shall include proper pruning mowing of lawn areas weeding removal of litter fertilizing replacement of plants when necessary and regular watering of all landscaped areas -3- I 4 Section 4 That Section 118 93 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended by deleting from the first paragraph of said Section the letters and word "I L and I G" and by substituting therefor the following I L I G and I P ' Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 18tl day of January A D 1973 and to be presented for final passage on the 8th day of March A D 1973 Mayor ATTEST V,i( r� / -eLf/✓t City clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of February A D 1973 Mayor ATTEST i City Clerk 4