975 Land Dev Code & Schedule Public Hearing 05-27-2020ORDINANCE NO. 975
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF
FIRESTONE, COLORADO, REPEALING TITLES 16 AND 17 OF THE
FIRESTONE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE FIRESTONE DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY; REENACTING AND RETITLING
TITLE 16 OF THE FIRESTONE MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE AND ESTABLISHING THE FIRESTONE DEVELOPMENT CODE
AS THE OFFICIAL SUBDIVISION AND ZONING CODE FOR THE TOWN OF
FIRESTONE CODIFIED PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF LAND USE
AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COLORADO
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Firestone ("Town") and the Firestone
Planning and Zoning Commission have determined that the Town's subdivision and zoning
regulations contained in Titles 16 and 1 7 of the Firestone Municipal Code, entitled
"Subdivisions" and "Zoning," respectively, are outdated and no longer meet the needs of the
Town of Firestone; and
WHEREAS, the Town intends to consolidate in one place and in logical order to avoid
duplication and conflicts in terms and definitions all of its ordinances and regulations pertaining
to land use and development, zoning districts that regulate and restrict the use of property for
residential, commercial, industrial and other purposes, procedures for the submission, review and
approval of site development plans, subdivision plats, initial zoning and rezoning, vested
property rights and other development applications, and the administration and enforcement of
such ordinances and regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Town further desires to make available to all those who are concerned
with land use and development to have access to the regulation thereof in one convenient
ordinance, which is capable of being published and distributed as a separate and comprehensive
segment of the Firestone Municipal Code as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has determined that a unified development code,
entitled "Firestone Development Code" ("FDC") is a critical tool in the implementation of the
Town's updated master plans and the best means of implementing the Town's existing
regulations related to zoning, platting and the development and use of land; and
WHEREAS, the FDC is a compilation of development regulations included in zoning,
subdivision, and other land use and development related ordinances and regulations, replacing
the previously adopted zoning and subdivision ordinances that were found in Title 16 and Title
17 of the Firestone Municipal Code and the previously adopted Firestone Development
Regulations, as originally adopted by Board of Trustees Resolution No. 13-22 and thereafter
amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the FDC has been designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure
safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; and