EAST MULBERRY CORRIDOR PLAN
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
As Approved
Proposed Plan
Changes include:
Criteria to Amend the EMCP (Appendix C of City Plan)
A plan amendment will be approved if the City Council makes specific findings that:
• The existing City Plan and/or any related element thereof is in need of the proposed amendment; and
• The proposed plan amendment will promote the public welfare and will be consistent with the vision, goals, principles and policies of City Plan and the elements thereof.
Justification to Amend the EMCP
1. The EMCP is in need of being amended for the following reasons:
a From July 2004 through February 2005, the developer conducted a series of neighborhood meetings which involved the neighboring property owners in deciding appropriate uses, intensities, street configurations, and massing & scale of buildings for the redevelopment. Through this process, the development team, together with input from the neighboring property owners, did a much more comprehensive analysis of future development scenarios of the airport site (and adjacent properties) than was done as part of the EMCP process.
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2. The proposed amendments to the EMCP plan will promote the public welfare.
a. The public welfare is served by providing jobs and housing in balance with one another, especially when provided in close proximity to one anther in the same neighborhood. A balance of jobs and housing within a development provides housing opportunities for new workers generated by the new jobs. When these are provided within the same neighborhood, the opportunity for workers to live in close proximity to their place of employment is enhanced.
3. The proposed amendments to the EMCP plan will be consistent with the vision, goals, principles and policies of City Plan and the EMCP.
a. Principle EMC.LU-1 Future residential neighborhoods will be integrated with existing residential subdivisions, and be within close proximity to, shopping, recreation and employment destinations.
b. Principle EMC.LU-2 The East Mulberry Corridor study area will support quality employment districts for a variety of primary workplaces and supporting uses.
c. Policy EMC.LU-3.1 Employment districts will include the development of planned office and business parks that promote quality design and construction of buildings, outdoor spaces, transportation facilities and streetscapes. They should encompass the development of workplaces consistent with the availability of public facilities and services and should continue the vitality and quality of life in adjacent residential neighborhoods.
d. Policy EMC.LU-3.2 The Employment District's primary uses will include offices and institutions, light industrial uses and research and development activities.
e. Principle EMC.LU-4. The East Mulberry Corridor study area supports the retention of existing industrial and agricultural business uses and their future expansion.
f. Policy EMC.LU-4.1. Existing and future industrial uses will be supported and focused along I-25 frontage and around the Fort Collins Downtown Airport area.
We are proposing changing the land use designation on the "Overlay Framework Plan" within the EMCP from Industrial to Employment. There's enough of an overlap between the industrial type uses allowed in both Employment and Industrial zoning districts, that, by changing the designation, the above Principles and Policies continue to be promoted. Industrial uses permitted in each zone are as follows:
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Employment Zone |
Industrial Zone |
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Permitted Industrial Uses: |
Permitted Industrial Uses:
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Light
industrial uses |