New FoCo development code OK’d over objections  

FORT COLLINS — The Fort Collins City Council gave final approval Tuesday night to major changes to the city’s residential land-use code — but not before hearing spirited opposition from two of its members and several citizens.

Meant to encourage a more diverse range of housing as the city grows and provide incentives for affordable housing, the code — now to be known as the land-development code — passed on a 5-2 vote. But council members Kelly Ohlson and Susan Gutowsky strongly dissented. Ohlson charged that the revised code had been formulated by “vested economic interests” through a “rigged system,” and…