Environmental Planning#
Protecting and enhancing the environment is a core value in Fort Collins, and the community’s leadership on environmental stewardship and conservation reinforces that core value.
The Environmental Planning team works to advance the goals of the City's comprehensive plan. Through plans, policies and technical resources the team seeks to protect and enhance natural habitat features by identifying opportunities to integrate nature based design.
New Resources
- Please visit the following to learn about the what, why, where, and how of monitoring Natural Habitat Buffer Zones.
- Use the interactive map to determine where natural features are in the City of Fort Collins.
Fort Collins Land Use Code Section 5.6.1 applies if any portion of a development site is within five hundred (500) feet of an area or feature identified as a natural habitat or feature. The map layers provided delineate natural habitats and features to help determine if further analysis is needed for protection and enhancement of a natural feature during proposed development. Natural Habitat Buffer Zones NHBZ are included in the map to show where protections are already in place in the City of Fort Collins. A Natural Habitat Buffer Zone is a protective area surrounding a natural habitat or feature. It is not necessarily ecologically sensitive in itself, but it serves as a cushion to minimize impacts from nearby development and enhance the natural habitat or feature.
