HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-006-01/03/1989-ADOPTING THE STREET OVERSIZING CRITERIA RESOLUTION 89- 6
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE STREET OVERSIZING CRITERIA
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to providing a
financially stable program for the construction of oversized streets; and
WHEREAS, toward this end, the City Council has adopted Ordinance No.
152, 1988, revising the Code of the City of Fort Collins (the "Code")
relating to street oversizing; and
WHEREAS, Section 24-121(b) of the Code provides that the Council
shall , by Resolution, adopt criteria to evaluate the community benefit of
streets in a development project to determine whether street oversizing
improvements are needed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the criteria attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the street oversizing criteria, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, be, and the same hereby are,
adopted.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
3rd day of January, A.D. 1989.
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STREET OVERSIZING CRITERIA
CRITERIA FOR EXTENSION OF STREET INFRASTRUCTURE
The purpose of these criteria is to encourage infili projects, contiguous development,
and the construction of oversized streets only when they are needed. In order to be
considered for street oversizing reimbursement, a development proposal must meet
these criteria. These criteria shall be applied to each development proposal during the
final subdivision or Planned Unit Development approval process.
The street oversizing criteria are based on the premise that it is in the public interest
to encourage the logical extension of the street infrastructure. These criteria are
intended to encourage development in the area immediately outside of existing
development (and infili projects) and discourage development of "leap frog" projects
by limiting City participation in the construction of arterial and collector streets to
those streets which are then needed or are anticipated to be needed within five years.
All determinations required to be made in the application of these criteria shall be
made by the Director of Engineering, or designee, using sound engineering principles
and other applicable existing city standards.
I. Development and Master Plan Criteria
The following Development and Master Plan criteria shall be met in order for any
development proposal or master plan to be eligible for street oversizing reimbursement:
1. Contiguity
The property owner's master plan or development proposal must be contiguous with
existing City development in accordance with the following definition of contiguity:
At least 1/6 of its total boundary perimeter must be contiguous with" existing City
development" or be located between existing City development and the nearest fully
improved arterial street that provides major access to the development.
Existing City development shall mean
A. City subdivisions which were approved before January 1, 1980, if they have
obtained issuance of Building Permits on at least 50% of the lots in the
subdivision.
B. City subdivisions or planned unit development approved after January 1, 1980,
upon issuance of the first building permit for construction within the
subdivision or planned unit development.
C. Any City subdivision or planned unit development or phase of a subdivision or
planned unit development finally approved after January 1, 1980, once all
engineering improvements (water, sewer, streets, curbs, gutters, street lights, fire
hydrants, storm drainage) are complete.
2. Infill developments.
In lieu of complying with the foregoing contiguity criteria, infill developments may
be determined to meet the contiguity requirement if the area of the infill
development comprises at least 25% of the area of the undeveloped land surrounded
by existing development. For purposes of these criteria, infill developments shall
mean city subdivisions or planned unit developments completely surrounded by
existing city development.
3. Master Planned Streets
For any street to be eligible for reimbursement, such street must be master planned
as an arterial or collector street.
II. Street Criteria
If the development proposal meets the Development and Master Plan Criteria as
described above, each street in the development must additionally meet two of the
following four requirements to qualify for street oversizing reimbursement
1. Traffic volumes:
a. Present street capacity is inadequate to meet present traffic volumes, with street
capacity defined as follows:
5,000 ADT (Average Daily Traffic) for collector streets,
6,000 ADT for two lane arterial streets (24-30 ft. wide, county standard),
10,000 ADT for two lane streets with continuous left turn lane.
b. Future street capacity will, in the judgement of the Director of Engineering, be
inadequate to serve traffic volumes (including traffic generated by the
development) and indicate a need for improvement within five years to arterial
street width if master planned as an arterial, or to collector street width if
master planned as a collector.
2. The proposed arterial street connects to an existing full width improved arterial
street.
3. The street will complete a connection of origin or destination; i.e., the proposed
street will connect or improve an inadequate or unimproved street between two
fully improved streets.
4. The proposed street will be located in an infill development; i.e., a development
proposed upon land completely surrounded by existing development.
Traffic Operational Improvements
Any street that only meets one of the above listed criteria may qualify for street
oversizing reimbursement if the street would result in an immediate traffic
operational improvement. Such improvements shall be identified by the City Traffic
Engineer during the development proposals final approval process if they meet the
following criteria:
1. Improvement to capacity
The completion of required improvements would remove an existing capacity
restriction or significantly increase needed system capacity.
2. Safety
Completion of improvements would increase system safety or remove an obsolete
design area.
3. Continuation of system
Improvements would complete a portion of a system wide improvement or directly
add to the transportation system in a continuous manner. There may be certain
streets identified by the Traffic Engineer as important to the long range
transportation needs of the City. Improvement of portions of such streets is
deemed a community wide benefit. The locations of such streets shall be
determined by the City Traffic Engineer.