The Demise of the Land Use Bill
Housing in Colorado has become a hot button issue. With limited housing leading to high costs and a dramatic increase in property taxes, Governor Polis and the Colorado legislature attempted to do something about it this past legislative session, which ended Monday night. A whole slew of housing bills were introduced this session but the…
ASCSU Rally at City Hall
The Associated Students of Colorado State University held a student rally at City Hall on April 4 filling the council chamber so full the Fort Collins Fire Chief had to ask people to leave the building. The student rally was to put pressure on the council to make a motion to put a U+2 repeal…
Where We Are and Where We’re Going
When we started this journey to learn more about Fort Collins’ Land Use Code, I was not really sure what to expect. I presumed it would be pretty straightforward; we would learn about the story of the Land Development Code, what had happened and what was to come next. I never expected that a Land…
The Land Use Bill: How it applies to Fort Collins
Fort Collins might just get its Land Development Code afterall. Just not their exact version of it. A sweeping Land Use Bill was recently introduced by Governor Jared Polis and state Democrats that would affect most cities in Colorado. The bill would direct local governments on how land can be used for housing. This major…
Where the Business Community Stands
When it comes to the Land Use Code debate, Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Colorado Board of Realtors and the are some of the more salient groups. The business community is generally acceptive of the Land Development Code for a number of reasons. The Land Development Code, in general, gives property owners…
An Explanation
You may have noticed that my weekly action report for this week was delayed. I want to provide an explanation why. Through the course of last week and this week, I conducted multiple interviews in which comments and accusations were made about other groups of people. It is unethical as a journalist to publish these…
Stakeholders in the Land Use Code Debate
In the last few weeks we have gone over who I am, the timeline of the Land Use Code rewrite and one of the most important aspects of Land Development in Fort Collins, the Growth Management Area. Given what we know now, it’s time to meet the stakeholders. Citizen Groups The most prominent stakeholder in…
Designing tomorrow today
When we talk about Land Development in Fort Collins, we have to talk about the Growth Management Area. It determines how geographically large the city can become. When anyone mentions that Fort Collins only has so much land left to develop, they are in part talking about the Growth Management Area. To learn more about…
Timeline of the Land Use Code in Fort Collins
Just like most things in government, changes don’t come overnight and that was especially true with the Fort Collins Land Use Code. Rewriting a code that hasn’t had any major changes in 25 years takes time. Last week I introduced who I am and why I am studying the Land Use Code situation in Fort…
An Introduction to the Land Use Code
If there is one thing that every city wishes they had more of, its land. And right now, the City of Fort Collins probably wishes it had more of it. The City of Fort Collins, like many of its counterparts, has a boundary, called the Growth Management Area,that they cannot grow past. In simple words,…
NoCo Convos 