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HomeMy WebLinkAbout024 - 03/01/2005 - AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CITY CODE TO DEFINE THE TERM 'GROWTH MANAGEMENT AREA' AND TO REPLAC ORDINANCE NO. 024, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO DEFINE THE TERM "GROWTH MANAGEMENT AREA" AND TO REPLACE THE EXISTING REFERENCES TO "FORT COLLINS URBAN GROWTH AREA" WITH SAID TERM WHEREAS, Article XIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins establishes a definition of the term "Fort Collins Urban Growth Area", which term is referenced in the Code of the City of Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, said term is defined in the Charter as that geographic area within and adjacent to the City of Fort Collins identified by the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County as that area identified for annexation and urbanization by the City of Fort Collins including the Urban Growth Area as it exists on March 5, 1985, together with any amendments or changes thereto; and WHEREAS, the City and Larimer County have updated the intergovernmental agreement referenced in the foregoing definition, and in the new agreement the term "Growth Management Area" rather than an "Urban Growth Area", is used and defined; and WHEREAS, this new term has become more commonly used and accepted in referring to the geographic area originally referred to as the "Urban Growth Area"; and WHEREAS, in order to update the references in the Code to the more commonly used and understood term, and provide a clear definition for it,this Ordinance adds a definition of"Growth Management Area" to the general definitions section of the Code, and replaces existing references to "Fort Collins Urban Growth Area" with "Growth Management Area. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Section 1-2 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to add the following definition of the term "growth management area" as follows: Growth Management Area shall mean the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area as defined in Article XIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, namely, that geographic area within and adjacent to the City of Fort Collins identified by the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County as that area identified for annexation and urbanization by the City of Fort Collins including the Urban Growth Area as it exists on March 5, 1985, together with any amendments or changes thereto. Section 2. That Section 2-138(a) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 2-138. Membership; terms; training; subcommittees. (a) The board shall consist of seven(7)members appointed by the City Council. The names of nominees for all such appointments shall be submitted to the City Council by a committee consisting of two (2) Councilmembers and the City Manager. All members shall reside within the City's Growth Management Area during their term on the board. Section 3. That Section 2-278(b)(2) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended as follows: See. 2-278. Functions. (b) The commission shall also perform the following additional functions: (2) Advising the City Council and city staff with regard to the identification and evaluation of historic resources within the Growth Management Area and providing information regarding the significance of the resources,the nature and degree of threat to their preservation, and methods for their protection; Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 15th day of February, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of March, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk QS Passed and adopted on final reading this 1 st day of March, A.D. 2005. Mayor r ATTTTESnT: 1�1� City Clerk