The City of Fort Collins and Colorado State University (CSU) are proud to announce that we are partnering with Bird  for a 12-month e-scooter share pilot program. Bird, the founder of shared e-scooters, will bring its safety-focused, environmentally friendly service to Fort Collins and the CSU campus in late-October. 

Before the end of October Bird will be available for city residents, university students, and visitors alike via the Bird app. In anticipation of the launch, Bird, the City and CSU will lead an e-scooter safety education campaign to familiarize the community with the rules of the road and best practices for responsible use of Bird. 

Bird can be reached via email (hello@bird.co) or phone (1-866-205-2442) for any questions or concerns about the program or service. Individuals can also report any poorly parked Birds or damaged Birds to the company through Community Mode, an in-app reporting feature available to anyone who has the Bird app downloaded.

To learn about additional exciting work the City is doing to promote electric vehicles and implement the Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap, visit fcgov.com/evrr.

Have you ever thought about what Fort Collins might look and feel like 20 years from now? The latest update to City Plan will be getting underway this summer, and we hope you will help shape the community’s vision for Fort Collins! City Plan will address land use, transportation and transit, and many other topics. 

Have ideas to share? Visit CityPlan online and join the conversation!

Have you heard about an update to the Sign Code? A United States Supreme Court case, Reed v. Town of Gilbert has caused many municipalities to take a closer look at their sign regulations. Fort Collins started a review of the sign section of the Land Use Code in 2017. Visit Sign Code Update for more information.

The Transportation Board advises the Fort Collins City Council on transportation issues. The Board examines issues relating to financing, the development and implementation of master plans pertaining to pedestrian, streets, transit, bicycles, automobiles, congestion, traffic signalization, and transportation facilities, the use of technology, and education of the public and private industry on transportation topics.

The City's Development Review Center is experiencing high volumes of development review project submittals at this time. In order to maintain efficient project reviews and provide accurate, timely responses to inquiries, the City is enacting a series of measures related to the submittal process that may impact you as an applicant.

• Appointments are required for all submittals or resubmittals. Please call the Development Review Center at 970-416-2740 to schedule an appointment time.
• Only complete submittals are accepted. Consistent with Land Use Code requirements, the submittal will be returned to the applicant if any required materials or application fees are missing or insufficient.
• All complete applications submitted Monday morning through Wednesday noon will be routed the same week. Submittals received after Wednesday noon will be routed the following week.

Please note that applications received earlier in the week will make it easier for Development Review Center staff to distribute plans to reviewing City departments and other referral agencies.

Building permit applications are accepted at any time during business hours, and without appointment.