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Documents Available for Download

Simply, the way to get a document is to either download a copy here, or buy hardcopies or cds from our FedEx Office DocStore. Documents are listed in the table below in alphabetical order by title. For documents relating to a project underway, see the Advance Planning, Affordable Housing, or Historic Preservation homepages. For current maps, please use FCMaps, or contact the City's Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

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	2008 Buildable Lands Inventory & Capacity Analysis - June 24, 2009 26 pgs | 3.5m To download the inventory map, please visit Popular Maps.	FREE
Description: This report contains buildable land capacity information as of December 2008. The report is intended to be informational in nature and not a policy document.
	Campus West Community Commercial District Planning Study Report - December 2001 98 pgs | 4.5m	FREE	$5.51
Description: The bulk of the report explains issues and alternatives explored in the public process between 1999 and 2001. This material is intended to serve as a record of the process, and as reference material in the event of future interest in redevelopment. The results of the planning process did not warrant adoption as an official subarea plan as originally intended. Instead, the report explains the differing perspectives in the context of a lack of consensus; and also explains redevelopment issues and ideas without recommending City actions to promote redevelopment at this time. However, the report does recommend a tailored street design for West Elizabeth Street, and explains a possible new street design for Plum Street.
	City Plan (comprehensive plan) - February 15, 2011 For more info, visit fcgov.com/planfortcollins	FREE	varies
	City Plan Monitoring Project 1997-2007 Indicator Report - February 2009 51 pgs | 526k	FREE	$6.89
Description: The City Plan Monitoring Project reports on progress towards achieving the goals of City Plan.
	Design Standards and Guidelines for Large Retail Establishment - January 17, 1995 26 pgs | 1.6m	FREE	$2.66
Description: This document's goal is to encourage development that contributes to Fort Collins as a unique place by reflecting its physical character and adding to it in appropriate ways.
	Development Design Standards for the I-25 Corridor - May 2001 54 pgs | 648k	FREE	$3.50
Description: The general goal is to create a framework for development that focuses on improving the quality, location, environmental sensitivity, and long-term viability of land uses along I-25.
	Downtown & CSU Project Inventory - April 27, 2007 53 pgs | 441k	FREE
	Downtown Civic Center Master Plan - July 1996 35 pgs | 5m	FREE
	Downtown General Improvement District #1 Capital Improvements Plan - October 25, 2011 32 pgs | 4.9m fcgov.com/gid	FREE
	Downtown Fort Collins Wayfinding Sign System - December 2009 90 pgs | 3m	FREE
	Downtown Plan - June 1989 178 pgs | 4.6m	FREE
	Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report - July 18, 2000 80 pgs | 3m	FREE	$7.25
Description: The emphasis of the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program (DRCIP) is on action and implementation. This project, approved by City Council in 2000, identifies and coordinates projects and addresses issues ranging from natural areas to development. This program is also meant to resolve conflicts arising from the more than 20 plans and studies previously developed for this area. This program does not suggest changes in City Plan or the City's Land Use Code. Instead, this program builds on existing projects and programs, especially City Plan. As spelled-out in City Plan, the visions for the downtown river corridor are of enhancement and restoration of natural river features, an extension of downtown uses and character towards the river landscape, and the integration of cultural and recreational opportunities into the area. DRCIP consists of two distinct phases. The first phase, which was concluded with the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report, identified priorities, recommended next steps, and provided public outreach. The second phase consists of actual project implementation. Private and public entities are currently implementing various aspects of the Program. One of the more recent and significant efforts has been the work of UniverCity Connections and its task groups.
	East Mulberry Corridor Plan - September 2002 fcgov.com/eastmulberrycorridor	FREE	$18.44
Description: An 18-month, collaborative project between Larimer County, the City of Fort Collins, and affected businesses and residents. For more info, please visit fcgov.com/eastmulberrycorridor.
	East Side Neighborhood Plan - March 1, 1986 212 pgs | 5.4m	FREE	$5.27
Description: A plan preserving and enhancing the heritage and vitality of this area.
	Fort Collins Design Manual - May 2000 fcgov.com/advanceplanning/designmanual.php	FREE	$5.09
Description: This document has frank, easy-to-read examples and explanations of selected key Land Use Code standards. Using graphics and pictures, it explains a whole approach to arranging the parts in land development in a connected, town-like pattern. It is directly cross-referenced with the Land Use Code. For more info, visit fcgov.com/advanceplanning/designmanual.php
	Fort Collins Downtown Strategic Plan - February 17, 2004, Amended 12-05-06 246 pgs | 6.5m	FREE	$24.83
Description: Commissioned by the City, DBA, and DDA, the first objective for this plan was to study current conditions and trends. The second was to recommend steps the City and business leaders should take together to protect and enhance the viability and success of Downtown, with emphasis on the next five years.
	Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan - March 17, 1998 86 pgs | 2.9m	FREE	$7.40
Description: This plan is a collaboration of careful land use planning between Larimer County, the City of Fort Collins, and citizens. The goal of the plan was to enhance the quality of a highly desirable urban level development area while preserving critical wildlife habitat and maintaining sensitivity to the rights of individuals. The project was unique in that in that both jurisdictions - while operating under different land use regulations and planning environments - came together and worked through many complex issues and policy decisions, resulting in a jointly adopted plan. Highlights are a new intergovernmental agreement, a "buffer zone" around the reservoir, and a Transfer of Density Units program which directs growth where it makes sense.
	Harmony Corridor Plan - February 7, 2006 101 pgs | 4.8m	FREE	$4.49
Description: The Harmony Corridor Plan is a response to community-wide issues. The corridor is currently a very healthy and vital segment of our community, and this plan emphasizes the need to take advantage of its assets for our future.
	Harmony Corridor Standards & Guidelines - February 7, 2006 73 pgs | 6m	FREE	$3.71
Description: Published in conjunction with the Harmony Corridor Plan.
	I-25 Subarea Plan - August 19, 2003 63 pgs | 864k	FREE	$6.19
Description: The subarea plan includes the regional plan's efforts, and then adds more details.
	I-25/SH392 Interchange Improvement Plan - April 2, 2008 78 pgs | 4.8m Plan Summary 16 pages | 3.5m	FREE	$5.27
	Intergovernmental Agreements - 1980-2000 34 pgs | 792k	FREE	$3.17
Description: A collection of four intergovernmental agreements between city and county.
	Land/Building Needs Analysis for Targeted Industries - October 2009 71 pgs | 4m	FREE
	Mountain Vista Subarea Plan - September 15, 2009 136 pgs | 3m Plan Summary 8 pages | 6m	FREE	varies
Description: This plan represents a community planning process for determining the long range physical form for the northeast quadrant of Fort Collins. The foundation of this planning effort rests with the vision set forth in City Plan -- the 20-year comprehensive plan for the entire city. This plan took City Plan to the next level of detail in establishing a more specific vision & goals, policies, framework plan, and implementation strategies for the northeast area of Fort Collins.
	North College Corridor Plan - March 14, 2007 76 pgs | 2.4m	FREE	$5.48
Description: This element of City Plan provides design and management plans for the North College Avenue Corridor.
	North College Infrastucture Funding Plan - April 13, 2010 52 pgs | 5.3m	FREE
This plan places all of the area’s major public infrastructure needs into an overall framework. Its purpose is to guide and support efforts to assemble funding for infrastructure projects needed in the North College Avenue area. Its main audience includes the Urban Renewal Authority (URA), the City, developers, property owners, and others with an interest in the area’s infrastructure. The plan essentially consists of a list of projects, with priorities and potential funding sources identified and explained.
	North College Urban Renewal Plan - Adopted December 21, 2004 18 pgs | 1.3m	FREE	$1.33
Description: This plan was prepared for adoption by the City Council in recognition the renewal area requires a coordinated strategy, with financing possibilities, to eliminate blight and prevent the spread of blight, and accomplish the City's development objectives for improving the viability of this area.
	Northern Colorado Regional Communities I-25 Corridor Plan - May 2001 56 pgs | 1m	FREE	$5.72
Description: Because of the significance of this corridor for both residents and travelers throughout the Northern Colorado region, it is important that the communities of the region join together to establish a vision and framework to ensure compatible, coordinated development.
	Northern Colorado Separator Study - 1999 66 pgs | 18.2m	FREE	$17.06
Description: This study documents the results of a cooperative planning effort to maintain community separation in Northern Colorado.
	Northside Neighborhoods Plan - January 18, 2005 118 pgs | 2.3m	FREE	$11.99
Description: In the face of growth and development nearby and with substandard services and utilities in the area, concerned citizens have shared their immediate needs and views about the impacts of continued growth or change.
	Northwest Subarea Plan - December 19, 2006 112 pgs | 4.5m Citizen Summary 16 pages | 1.5m	FREE	$3.23
	Region Between Fort Collins & Loveland (A Plan for the) - April 1995 57 pgs | 4.5m	FREE	$11.99
Description: The purpose of this plan is to determine the future character and vision for the area between Fort Collins and Loveland.
	Regional Growth Opportunites: Select Industry Clusters in Fort Collins - October 2006 122 pgs | 3.4m	FREE
	Refill Fort Collins - 2006 62 pgs | 2.6m	FREE
	Results of the Visual Preference Survey (City Plan) - October 26, 1995	FREE	$1.90
Description: The Fort Collins Visual Preference Survey (VPS) was a part of our efforts to update our then Comprehensive Plan into the current City Plan.
	Redevelopment Policies, Strategies and Future Directions (A Report on) - August 25, 2004 58 pgs | 745k	FREE
	South College Corridor Plan - March 2009 126 pgs | 2.1m	FREE	varies
	Streetscape Design Standards & Guidelines - January 2, 2001 84 pgs | 6.5m	FREE	$1.90
Description: The purpose of the City of Fort Collins Streetscape Design Standards and Guidelines is to ensure that the quality of the streetscape environment, including medians and parkways within the public right-of-way, is attractive, functional and links the public street corridors together through a unified city-wide plan
	Trends 2006 - March 2006 76 pgs | 1.4m	FREE	$6.82
Description: Trends is Fort Collins' compilation of pertinent economic and social data. It is divided into four sections: business, labor and income, development trends, and demographics.
	West Central Neighborhoods Plan - March 16, 1999 162 pgs | 1.8m	FREE	$9.32
Description: These neighborhoods are a composite of several. The general boundaries are: Mulberry on the north, Shields on the east, Drake on the south and Taft Hill on the west.
	West Side Neighborhood Plan - July 18, 1989 124 pgs | 6.3m	FREE	$5.81
Description: A plan preserving and enhancing the heritage and vitality of this area.
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