Old Town Neighborhoods Plan
Choices Event
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Agenda
6:00 – 6:10 p.m.
Welcome + Sign In
6:10 – 6:30 p.m.
Presentation
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Workshop + Open House
Seeking your input on:
• Neighborhood Vision
• Land Use – Transition Areas/NCB
• Land Use – LMN Pockets
• Greenways
• Mulberry Corridor
• Shields Corridor
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Old Town Neighborhoods Plan
Background
• Combined update of the
1980’s East Side & West Side
Neighborhood Plans
• Nearly 30 years since the
original plans were adopted
• Address ongoing or emerging
trends (e.g. continued
Downtown/CSU growth near
neighborhood edges)
• Align community-wide plans &
goals at the neighborhood
level
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Plan Boundaries
Timeline
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Neighborhood Choices
• Tonight’s Event: Share potential ideas on transportation & land-use
choices for the Eastside and Westside Neighborhoods.
• Gather your feedback on the following topic areas:
• Neighborhood Vision
• Land Use: LMN Pockets
• Land Use: Transition Areas
• Neighborhood Greenways
• Shields Corridor
• Mulberry + Magnolia Corridor
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Vision
UNIQUE - LIVABLE - CONNECTED - SUSTAINABLE
Celebrating and enhancing the qualities that make the neighborhoods unique
and which foster “Old Town Charm”
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Vision
UNIQUE -
LIVABLE - CONNECTED - SUSTAINABLE
Neighborhoods designed for friendly interactions and a high quality of life
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Vision
UNIQUE - LIVABLE -
CONNECTED - SUSTAINABLE
Neighborhoods integrated into the community with safe and convenient travel
options
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Vision
UNIQUE - LIVABLE - CONNECTED -
SUSTAINABLE
Neighborhoods with the resources and knowledge to help maintain and
improve their economic, social, and environmental vibrancy
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Land Use – Transition Areas
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Land Use refers to the types of activities (residential,
commercial, etc.) that exist in an area.
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Zoning refers to the City’s regulations about where those
uses are allowed.
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The existing zoning for most of the transition areas is the
Neighborhood Conservation, Buffer (NCB) zone.
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Land Use – Transition Areas
NCB Zoning is shown in blue
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Land Use – Transition Areas
• What we heard at the Transitions and
Buffers Workshop (Nov. 4)
- Don’t expand NCB further into
neighborhoods
- Around 3 stories is an appropriate maximum
height in the NCB zone
- In general, the types of uses allowed in the
NCB zone (housing, office) are appropriate
• Potential option: Explore design
guidelines for the NCB zone
• Key question: Which building design
elements are most important to
consider for the transition areas?
Land Use – LMN Pockets
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There are several small areas of Low Density Mixed-Use
Neighborhood (LMN) zoning in the Westside Neighborhood.
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LMN zoning allows multi-family housing and small-scale
commercial uses.
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These “LMN pockets” are surrounded by Neighborhood
Conservation zoning
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Land Use – LMN Pockets
LMN Zoning is shown in yellow
Land Use – LMN Pockets
• What we’ve heard about LMN pockets
- Analyze pockets individually
- Higher-intensity uses in LMN are not
compatible with the interior of the Westside
neighborhood
- Non-conforming uses should be minimized
• Potential option: Rezone some of the
LMN pockets in the Westside
neighborhood to better reflect
neighborhood character
• Key question: What do you think
about the proposed zoning changes?
Neighborhood Greenways
Neighborhood greenways are residential streets with lower volumes of
traffic and enhanced bike, pedestrian, and streetscape infrastructure
Remington Greenway, Fort Collins
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Bike Wayfinding
Draft Bicycle
Wayfinding
System Plan
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Phase 1 – Red
Phase 2 – Purple
Phase 3 - Orange
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Neighborhood Greenways
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Neighborhood Greenways
• Sharrows
• Residential bike
lanes
• Bike cut throughs
• Shared use
paths
• Traffic Circles
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Neighborhood Greenways
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Street trees
Fruit trees
Bio-swales
Rain gardens
Urban agriculture
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Neighborhood Greenways
• Bulb-out
crosswalks
• Parklets
• Intersection
treatment
• Interpretive signage
• Wayfinding Signage
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Arterial Corridors
Shields Corridor
Examination of
conditions and options
along the Shields and
Mulberry Corridors
Mulberry Corridor
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Shields
Action Zones
Mulberry
Action Zones
Action Zones
Action Zones
Buffered Bike Lanes
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Shields Corridor
Laurel to Mulberry:Shields
ExistingCorridor
Condition
Mulberry to LaPorte – Existing Condition
Shields Corridor
Mulberry
Bikeway
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Mulberry– –Protected
Shared Use
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North
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8’
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Shields Corridor
Magnolia to LaPorte – Existing Condition
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Shields Corridor
Magnolia to LaPorte – Buffered Bike Lanes
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Mulberry & Magnolia Corridor
• Explore
road diet to
on Mulberry,
of City Park Ave
Magnolia
LaPortewest
– Buffered
Bike
Lanes
• Explore Magnolia as a parallel bike route east of City Park
• Sidewalk and crossing enhancements
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Potential Option: 4-lane to 3-lane conversion on Mulberry, west of City Park Ave
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Workshop + Open House
Magnolia to LaPorte – Buffered Bike Lanes
• Visit stations to learn more about potential ideas for neighborhood
land use & transportation
• Use sticky notes & dots to provide additional ideas
and feedback
on
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• Utilize comment cards for detailed feedback on specific topic areas
• Place completed comment cards in baskets or return to us
using the contact information on the back
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Next Steps In Process
December, 2015 / January, 2016:
 Develop strategies and policies to implement plan
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January-March:
 Next rounds of public outreach
 Develop implementation action plan
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For more information visit: www.fcgov.com/otnp
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