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Home My WebLink About2000-082-06/06/2000-DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS FOR ALL STORM DRAINAGE BASIN RESOLUTION 2000-82 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS FOR ALL STORM DRAINAGE BASINS OF THE CITY AND TO TAILOR SUCH REGULATIONS TO THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH SUCH BASIN WHEREAS, on this same date, City staff has proposed to the City Council certain amendments to the City Code imposing regulations on development in the floodway, product corridor and floodplain of the Poudre River Basin; and WHEREAS, City staff intends to develop for Council's consideration additional proposed floodplain regulations for the other storm drainage basins in the City; and WHEREAS, the Poudre River Basin is unique in several respects; and WHEREAS,concern has been expressed by certain residents of the City that the floodplain regulations that have been proposed for the Poudre River Basin may be more restrictive than would be necessary for the other storm drainage basins in the City; and WHEREAS, each such storm drainage basin has unique characteristics that will determine the kinds of regulations that are appropriate for such basin; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it is important to clarify that the floodplain regulations proposed for the Poudre River Basin are not necessarily the same kinds of regulations that will be appropriate for other storm drainage basins in the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby directed to develop additional floodplain regulations for the various storm drainage basins in the City, and that such regulations should be tailored to the unique characteristics of each such basin, even if the same may differ significantly from the regulations approved by the City Council for the Poudre River Basin. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 6th day of June, A.D. 2000. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk