HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-140-11/21/2000-AMENDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING CITY PLAN AND THE ELEMENTS THEREOF RESOLUTION 2000-140
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR
AMENDING CITY PLAN AND THE ELEMENTS THEREOF
WHEREAS, on February 15, 2000, the Council adopted Resolution 2000-33, adopting a
process and procedure for amending City Plan and the elements thereof; and
WHEREAS, upon recommendation of the Council Growth Management Committee and
the Planning and Zoning Board, the Council has determined that the procedure as adopted by
Resolution 2000-33 should be amended to eliminate the "minor amendment" process
contemplated therein to be performed administratively, and to require instead that all
amendments to City Plan shall be made by the City Council following recommendation by the
Planning and Zoning Board; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that
Appendix C, being the process and procedures for amending City Plan and the comprehensive
plan elements thereof be amended as hereafter provided, and that policies GM-10.3 and GM-
10.5 be repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Appendix C of City Plan, being the process and procedures for
amending City Plan and the comprehensive plan elements thereof, be and hereby is repealed and
readopted to read as shown on Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference.
Section 2. That Policies GM-10.3 and GM-10.5 be and hereby are repealed, and
Policy GM-10.4 is hereby renumbered to become Policy GM-10.3.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 21st day of
November, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Exhibit A
Appendix C.
Process and Procedures for
Amending City Plan
And Comprehensive Plan Elements
Thereof
Exhibit A
Introduction
City Plan, and the adopted plan elements which comprise the City's comprehensive plan, are
policy documents used to guide decision-making within Fort Collins and the surrounding area.
For the City's comprehensive plan to function over time, it must be able to be reviewed, revised,
and updated on an as needed basis in order to respond to significant trends or changes in the
economic, physical, social, or political conditions of the City.
Amendments to City Plan and related elements may be performed on a yearly basis as needed.
A separate process for amending City Plan will be conducted as part of a comprehensive update
occurring every five (5) years.
The purpose of this section is to outline a process and procedures for amending City Plan, on a
more frequent basis, as well as describe the process for amending the adopted related
comprehensive plan elements thereof (See Appendix A - Comprehensive Plan Elements). For
purposes of this section, plan amendments include all changes such as minor corrections to text
or map errors, as well as more substantial changes or additions to policy language, land use,
zoning, boundary line adjustments and street alignments. The process and procedure for making
these amendments are described below.
Exhibit A
Plan Amendment Process and Procedures
(Established by Resolution 2000 33,Amended by Resolution 2000- )
All plan amendments shall be considered by the City Council, after recommendation by the
Planning and Zoning Board, City staff, and any boards and commissions that may have a
legitimate interest in the proposed amendment, provided that such board or commission is duly
authorized pursuant to Chapter 2 of the City Code to function in such advisory capacity. Notice
of such Council action shall be given as required for resolutions pursuant to the City Charter.
The City Council shall then approve, approve with conditions, or deny the amendment based on
its consideration of the recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Board, city staff, boards
and commissions, and evidence from the public hearings. Approval of the amendments shall be
by resolution.
Citizen requests for a Plan Amendment shall be considered by the City Council no more
frequently than twice per calendar year (October/April), unless the Director determines the
proposed amendment warrants expedited consideration by City Council. Plan amendment
requests based on proposed development projects that involve rezonings may also be processed
concurrently with rezoning applications (November/June). Plan amendments initiated by City
Council, City staff, and boards and commissions, may be processed at any time.
Requests shall be submitted to the City's Advance Planning Department at least 60 days prior to
the hearing date for the Planning and Zoning Board. The 60-day submittal requirement is
necessary in order to permit adequate public notice to be given and to allow adequate time to
complete the background work for considering a plan amendment.
A plan amendment shall be approved if the City Council makes specific findings that:
The existing City Plan and/or any related element thereof is in need of the proposed
amendment; and
The proposed plan amendment will promote the public welfare and will be consistent
with the vision, goals, principles and policies of City Plan and the elements thereof.
If adopted by the City Council, City Plan shall be revised to include the changes resulting from
the amendment. A letter of notification will be forwarded to the appropriate boards and
commissions when the revision(s) have been finalized.
Appendix C Amendment Process and Procedures
November 21,2000