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<br />. 30 May and 4 June 1967, Two 2S-year-frcquency storms, which ovcrlap~ an <br />area near Wellington, with estimated damages of $46,000 and a loss of four lives at a <br />county road bridge washout: <br /> <br />I.A",n IlSF, A~l) FlAlOD HAZARD REGULATIONS <br /> <br />. 4 August 1969, A leSHhan-2-ycar-fr<XIuency storm occllrred over a small area, <br />wilh damages eSlimated at $4,000. <br /> <br />Land use in the Dry Creek basin is planned and regulated by the City of ron Collins <br />and Larimer County. The City has authority for land llSC controls within the City bound- <br />. . <br />aries, The County hasjl.lrisdiction for the unincorporated areas within the County. <br /> <br />The completion of Spring Canyon and Dixon Canyon Dams and Horsetooth Reser- <br />voit significantly reduced levels of ll00ding on Spring Creek. l'riortotllecompletion <br />of thc channel improvements by the City on Spring Cre<.'k from roileee Avenue thWllgh <br />the BNRR in Docember 1990, the mobile home parks within this area expcriene<:d fre- <br />quent shallow tlooding. The drainage plan reports that, 'Oneofthc most serious uf <br />thcse evcntsoccurroo on June 25, 1983,aftcra storm which proouced a J.9"inchrainfall <br />over two hours. The storm sewer which carries Spring Creek under thc mobile home <br />park surcharged, and waterpondcd to a depth of several feet. Propcrtydamagewas in <br />the $5,000 to $IO,()(X) range," He City's ehannelmoditiGltions shoulll resolve the <br />shallow flooding problem in the mobile homc parks \)ctween Cullege Avenl.lc and the <br />BNRR_ <br /> <br />Article XIX of the charter of the City of Fort Collins grants the City the authority <br />to adopt and implement land use plans and regulationl. The City has adopted a zoning <br />regulation lhat sllbdivides the City into 21 different:wning classifications. The zoning <br />distriets rcsulting from this classification are designed to proted ex istingpropertywhi1e <br />fac\litatinganddirectingfuturedevc1opment. The zoning districtsprcclllde ordiSCOllrage <br />incompatible land uses dfld uses not in harmuny with future plans, whi1ecncouraging <br />the~e uses in accordance with future City plans. The City zoning regulation includes <br />12residential,4busines" 1 eommereial,and3 industrialllistriets. A transitional district <br />is also identified. Ten of these di,tricts, including residential, hlllincss, commercial, <br />industrial, and transitional zoning <:!assifications, afe present in the Dry Cteek basin. <br /> <br />SPRING CREEK <br /> <br />The history of flooding from Spring Creck prior to the construction of Spring <br />Canyon and Dixon Canyon Dams and Horsetooth Reservoir in 1954 is documented in the <br />Spring Creck drainageway plan dated March 1988. Flooding occurred in 1902, 1904, <br />1938, and 1949_ The mOlt damaging recorded flood occurred in 1938 when the road <br />throllgh Spring Canyon was destroyed along with livestock in the downstream flood <br />plain, <br /> <br />The City has al<;o adopted the Fort Collins, Coloradu, l..;tnJ Devdopmcnt Guidance <br />System for planned unit developments, The system allowS landownen considemble flex- <br />ibility in developing their property provided the proposed project conforms to certain <br />genera! criteria. There are different criteria for different types of development. <br />Hov,iever, all proposed development is evaluatcd for neighborhood compatibility, con- <br />formance with existing plans and policies, effects on public fadlitks anJ natura! <br />resource"confurmancc with environmenuII standards, and t!lcqua lity of the sitede,ign. <br />Special consideration for the flood plain would be lOadeas part of reviewing plans and <br />pulicie>, disco,lragingincompaliblefloooplaindevclupmentandllnderthl. public facility <br />criteria where the effect on ~Iorm drainage is evaluated. <br /> <br />4-3 <br /> <br />... <br />