Fort Collins’ 3rd try at land-use code wins final OK

 May 8, 2024

After having two of its attempts to rewrite the city’s 27-year-old land-use code overturned by citizen-initiated petitions, the Fort Collins City Council on Tuesday night gave unanimous final approval to a stripped-down but “foundational” version.

Fort Collins council eyes trimmed-down land-use code 3.0

 January 17, 2024

FORT COLLINS — The city’s third try to rewrite its voluminous 26-year-old land-use code will likely be without its most-controversial parts — for now, anyway. Fort Collins City Council members, at a work session that followed Tuesday’s regular meeting, were mostly supportive of the city staff’s new effort toward increasing density in hopes of spurring … Continued

Latest Fort Collins land-use code faces new repeal drive

 November 10, 2023

FORT COLLINS – “Same stuff, different day,” said Ross Cunniff. The former Fort Collins City Council member and leader of the Preserve Fort Collins citizens group whose successful petition drive forced the council in January to repeal the massive change to the city’s land-use code it had approved a year ago to increase housing density … Continued

Fort Collins council OKs land-use code rewrite increasing density

 October 18, 2023

FORT COLLINS — Ending a year-long debate that had polarized parts of the city and created some unusual ideological bedfellows, the Fort Collins City Council on Tuesday night voted 5-1 to approve a voluminous rewrite of the city’s land-use code that allows for higher density in a quest for more affordable and attainable housing. Members … Continued

Revamped Fort Collins land-use code gets initial nod

 October 4, 2023

FORT COLLINS — Reflecting the community’s sharp division over whether to add density to its housing stock in a quest for more housing affordability, the Fort Collins City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday night to give first-reading approval to the city’s latest stab at a revamped land-use code — but with one concession for people … Continued

Fort Collins council repeals revised land-use codes

 January 18, 2023

FORT COLLINS — Its hand forced by a successful citizen-led petition drive, the Fort Collins City Council late Tuesday night voted unanimously to repeal the sweeping changes to the city’s land-use code it had passed in November in an effort to lure more affordable-housing options, and to reinstate the previous code, which had been crafted … Continued


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