HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-077-07/16/2019-AMENDING THE FOSSIL CREEK RESERVOIR AREA PLAN TO CLOSE THE TRANSFER OF DENSITY UNITS PROGRAM RESOLUTION 2019-077
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE FOSSIL CREEK RESERVOIR AREA PLAN TO
CLOSE THE TRANSFER OF DENSITY UNITS PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan (the"Plan')is a collaborative planning
document drafted and adopted by the City and Larimer County; and
WHEREAS, City Council originally adopted the Plan in 1998 by Resolution 1998-054;
and
WHEREAS, the Plan has been subsequently amended by Resolution 1999-015, 1999-074,
2006-092, and 2011-023; and
WHEREAS, the City and Larimer County desire to further amend the Plan to remove
references to the Transfer of Density Units Program as set forth in the attached Exhibit"A,"which
is incorporated by this reference; and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2019, Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board unanimously
recommended as part of its adopted consent agenda that City Council approve the proposed
changes to the Plan; and
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that it would be in the best interests of the City
to amend the Plan as set forth in Exhibit"A".
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That City Council hereby adopts the changes to the Plan set forth in Exhibit
"A" and directs City staff to make such changes to the Plan.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th
day of July, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT"A"
AMENDMENTS TO THE FOSSIL CREEK RESERVOIR AREA PLAN
Text that is struck through indicates current text to be deleted. Text that is highlighted indicates
text to be added to the current text. Only the strike throughs and highlights described below will
be changed and all other portions of the Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan shall remain
unchanged except that information indicating the dates of amendments shall be updated at the
beginning of the Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan.
1. The following change will be made to the text on page i of the Executive Summary:
This project is unique in that both jurisdictions-while operating under
different land use regulations and planning environments - came together and
worked through many complex issues and policy decisions, ultimately
resulting in a jointly adopted Plan. The Plan is intended to balance urban
development and environmental conservation by recommending a unique
combination of City-County integrated implementation strategies. Thero
2. The following change will be made to the text on page ii of the Executive Summary:
,
ftt the time of Plan it is ineluded in the prepas
, hawever,
3. The following change will be made to the text on page 4 of Chapter 1
e A Planfor theRegion betweenFort Collins andLoveland(the "Corridor
Plan'), designates land to be protected as open space, maintaining a
permanent separation between Fort Collins and Loveland, which suggests
higher urban density in the Fossil Creek Reservoir Area and-rvalls fiq-F.An
4.. The following change will be made to the text on page 8 of Chapter 2:
and Te e_ l , i to t.h. e Deveiyin s.Area pe ftion of-the e sil Greek Reserve
r Map, leeat,
the end of-Chapter-6.
fg. Achieve higher densities where they are appropriate and feather to
lower densities as development nears Fossil Creek Reservoir.
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EXHIBIT"A"
5. The following change will be made to the text on pages 13-14 of Chapter 2:
2.2.7. Transfer of Density Units.. The Fossil Creek Reservoir Transfer of
Density Units (TDU) Program, adopted September 22, 1998, by the
Larimer County Board of Commissioners, provideds landowners the
means to transfer development potential-from one parcel of land to
another. The TDU Program was discontinued in 2019 because the
objectives of the TDU Program were accomplished with the;
Annexation and development build-out of the TDU Receiving ea.
The purpese is to guide futur-e g: , th in the Geu;,«.._4toward a Peas
designated for- higher-density .Teyelepment n away ffe s tha4
, e
ntue^ its goals are to p ete the
preseivatien efagAettitare,.open.spaee,-seeftie vistas, ....t.,«el and
potential of a par-eel and t ansl.,te it i«te t«. gable , ..its, .. TTT P.. T .,.,.1..
.ithin the Fessil Creel. TTIT T .. area fall within eMe«the
---",Fed by this Plan a leeete.l in the Deeeiying A r-ee ,.l.,ieh a ists
n_F- 900 ., efth ef-Fessil Creels Deser-yei« Tl.e
r-emainder- ef lands eever-ed by this Plan are in the Sending Ar-ea. (See
Reee'iving Area
A le.,,To _« de eloper-in tl,e De A«-eamay l+n to affive
et fair-faa#ket e f D T...,.itl, a .illing seller the Sending
uL u luu 11LLlratvc�rz _ .. _.
.. T-D T lep the Dee..`, A -ee
A�(�a�Ol�g-cam vvc2Pti��C-ate. �9 �ev�.ro}rni-mv-icvcciv'zir�irvcs
without using TDUs>thete landowner-er-de„eleper- must have the County
..zLl
alle-i'vead— -for
.. r ..umber—will be based en Geunty zening
.
t,.T site a ast«nin4s. Dwelling-units must be el....te«e.l to ... ed Jand use
and density f:e a eats with a r-emaining ,7eyel,...able land bei«._
designated&f-:<c development",
TDUs_ffefn Sending Areas. Lafifner- County Planning Depaftfnen4 is
the pr-knafy eentaet for-landwener-s and develeper-s with land in the
Reeeiving Area-..
Sending AFea
—andewaer-s in. Sending Areas V be V VLllllL:11J4LVCi Z VC
'' ^ development o f the landln ell t« 4as C h-
llllll L311�.
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EXHIBIT"A"
density „its to buyers in the D om.,.eiyi„g
A.o.• T he T-DU Administrate-_
VYµGµ.µteJ the par-eel to deter«:„e the „ beroftmasfrn .le density
„:tv r 1 asie-nlle:..able.TP T.._.F etern that m a the nu.„L.e
E)CT-P Tn inelude lands py-eviding: s „:Flee«♦ «vt..a:..l r _;flues e e '
,
reereµt:e„el tr,:ln _ r etie„ r . ten, , nifie .„t hister:n sites,
d`area, the ii,..anbe. :fT_-D s in elude par—eel size (le - t.--, in ),
phys1SV µG aI rubl:e Utility limit.t: :„n e f the el . hiel limit
development «ete«tia „d d:vt..„ee ffem existing development.
- �—.�iVl./aiyViil 1./VIViIGlµ., and 41J LµG1VV 11 VIla �IlT
Sanding , e sites that , e ,.tv:de the / envil I�reel- Dever ,eir „lv
......... .b ..i sites ...... ..... .. ..... ...v . VJJaa vavva� i�VJG.i Yval YiurazrrrrS
area e a a_e .,teed oel and afe not art ecthe Ze 1 G. 1_
— - �. "'b" "Y". "•J� w YuaG va uav�-ir-c='-ec.c
6. The following change will be made to the text on page 16 of Chapter 2:
FC-LUF-2 Rural Residential. Areas currently zoned FA-1 and AP-Airport W#ieh
are not designated for urban residential use`ai: =«el..ded ;« potential sending
areas in the py-epesed T-DU . However, if developed they should be
developed at residential densities consistent with the rural conservation
development policy contained in the Larimer County Master Plan. The AP-
Airport zoning south of County Road 32, adjacent to the I-25 Interstate
exchange remains designated a mixed-use area as denoted in A Plan for the
Region Between Fort Collins and Loveland, "The Corridor".
FC-LUF-3 Mixed-Use Neighborhoods. These neighborhoods will consist of a
mix of housing types near parks, schools, and a neighborhood center. For
development projects south of Kechter Road, and east of_Timberline-Road,!
tThe density will be a minimum overall average of 3 dwelling units per net
acre of residential land. The maximum density of any/development plan taken
as a whole will be 9 dwelling units per gross acre of residential land. The
maximum density of any phase in a multiple-phase development plan or an
affordable housing project shall be 12 dwelling units per gross acre of
residential land if-leeate d . :: hi tl.e TPU Deeei,,4ag Are..• This residential
classification will require design and development standards agreed upon by
both Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins. The method of calculating
density is shown in Appendix A. Future development within the mixed=use
neighborhood designation locatede••tn:de of the T-DU Deeeivin . re..
V µLJ14V V
wing north of Kechter Road, and west of Timberline Road), will have an
overall minimum average density of 4 dwelling units per net acre of
residential land, and an overall maximum density of 9 dwelling units per
gross acre of residential land.. The maximum density of any phase in a
multiple-phase development plan or an affordable housing project shall be 12
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EXHIBIT"A"
dwelling units per gross acre of residential land.
7. The following change will be made to the text on pages 29-30 of Chapter 4 with the
subsequent subsections b. through h. on pp. 30-32 appropriately relettered:
Transfer-of Density Units (T-DJL9 Pr-ogr-am. One of the goals ef the T-DU
•pr-egfam pr-efaetepr-esen..,t:.n ..F.,.,t, ral and o ental r-ewtwees. 7 ..nds withi
"Sending Area" or-the "
Ax-ease
,.
as defined in Chapter-2. if a pr-epeFty develops at Fesidential densities allowed by
n n
the a.1jewed number-of dwelling units 0 Plan
density and aeear-ding to the new design standaMs fef the planning area. Sending a#ea sites
that are outside the Fessil Grvek Resen,eir-planning afea will be designa4ed sepamtely ffem
8. The following change will be made to the text on page 33 of Chapter 4:
4.1.4. Other Open Lands Outside of the Resource Management Area
The Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan identifies other open lands outside of the Resource
Management Area that will remain rural lands. These are lands identified in A Plan for
the Region Between Fort Collins and Loveland and Fort Collins City Plan as "proposed
open lands."The intent of this category of land is for community separators between
Fort Collins, Loveland, and Windsor, as well as protection of views and rural character
along 1-25. These lands may remain in agricultural use. Principle strategies to protect
these lands will likely include conservation easements;and clustering, and uta of the
9. The following change will be made to the text on page 39 of Chapter 6:
Development e f- T .. ,-.!`ounty T.-. as f F..Frle....:t...T T.-.:t Program for,the
il Fr eek Resei-veir Area Xwv. (Adopted September- 22, 1998, by the
10. The following change will be made to the text on page 40 of Chapter 6:
• Require clustered development patterns utilizing existing County FA-1
Zone densities that will allow continued development in the Fossil Creek
Reservoir Area. As ne ed in the lmplo.. e tatie. A etion Plan the Ceuat..will
pr-egr-afn to aebieve the planned densities for-the r-esidual land in the elttste.r-
de ele nt
11. The following change will be _made to the text on page 41 of Chapter 6:
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EXHIBIT "A"
FC-I-5 The balance of the planning area south of County Road 36 and east of
County Road 11 shall remain under current County zoning of FA-1 Farming
Two r;ty will-.aet-.,....e* these a+eas atil
development has a ed .,t Plan densities and stand-,;. I t...-:;t:t;...,tie ff of-the
��,r1V1,/aal�li.. laµV V��M.11t4 K,. Plan Kt11J141vJ K11Y stand-R1Q
dDevelopment policies and proposal
regulations shall require development proposals to meet the following
standards:
FC-I-5.1 The maximum number of units which may be developed are based
on the underlying zoning and are calculated as follows: Total number of
acres, less areas in designated flood ways; divided by minimum lot size for
the applicable zoning classification.
FC-I-5.2 All dwelling units must be located in clusters on the site such that
the cluster is consistent with the planned densities and standards specified in
the Land Use Framework Plan and development regulations for the Fossil
Creek Reservoir Area. The residual area of the development not in the
cluster must be designated as a future development area.
The designated a,wr-e development area eeuld f,..twer-be
developed v planned densities andstandards uYvlr-adoption ofa.T-Faasfer-
of vazrolcy
Unit Program Land Regulation by Lar-imer- Getfat-y..
12. The following change will be made to the text on page 42 of Chapter 6:
The northwest and southwest corners of County Road 32 and I-25 have a
statement on the Plan map indicating that when development is proposed in
these areas then a unified development plan is encouraged, but not required, to
be submitted for the development parcel and all other parcels in the designated
areas north of County Road 32 or south of County Road 32. The objective of
the overall development plan requirement is to achieve coordinated site
planning of water and sewer infrastructure, internal road circulation/access to
the frontage roads and potential land use relationships. The Plan should be at
the concept level and would not depend upon detailed engineering. This
submittal will enable the applicant, surrounding property owners and review
agencies supplying infrastructure an improved opportunity to coordinate
planning efforts, achieve infrastructure cost economies, and Qnsure efficient
transportation circulation to serve potential land uses. -These areas are inel„ded
in the Lar-imer- County T-DU II
Sending Area" and land 1,eumged
FC-1-7 Larimer County adopted the Transfer of Density Units (TDU) program,
along with supporting maps, for the Fossil Creek Reservoir planning area on
September 22, 1998 The Transfer of Density Units program was ;discontinued
in 2019,E o�t Are
a r a .- . .
pei4iea of the t.l....ni" K..:, :hill he 1MJV#ity of sue sending-ar-easites
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EXHIBIT "A"
leeate.l outside the planning a n e f n between the eities eft Gellin
&F3�. e tL. e o f
13. The following change will be .made to the text on page 44 of. Appendix A:
r-ights p .,tion. ,itl, the Munieipalities a f tl.e County,
G M 3 Q 4:he 4ansfer-ef de-velopment rights program shall inelude a Means to
i.ieatibtor- define a eas ..L+e-e. t.an-sF.• e f development .• . h4s -will be used to
Gcsending "
14. The following change will be made to the text on page 67 of Appendix C:
Time Line
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Area Plan Action Plan Documents Lead Entity Partners Plan 6 mos 12 t=e
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Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th
day of July, A.D. 2019.
Mayor
ATTEST:
O�pORT C�!
ity C : SEAL
•cOLORPO�
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