Poudre River groups file suit to stop NISP permitting process in Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS — Save the Poudre and No Pipe Dream Corp. filed suit this week against the city of Fort Collins to challenge the process that the city will use to permit aspects of the Northern Integrated Supply Project, a major water development project in Northern Colorado that involves some city land.

The suit seeks a declaratory ruling to stop the city from using the Site Plan Advisory Review process, which the plaintiffs in the case contend is not legally applicable to the NISP project.

The process, often abbreviated SPAR, is commonly used by public entities such as school districts or public…