HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 491 Amending Chapter 19, Article 2, Division 2 Regarding Building Height Regulations Within The Victoria Village Overlay District StandardsTOWN OF FRASER
ORDINANCE NO. 491
Series 2023
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 2 OF THE
FRASER MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING BUILDING HEIGHT REGULATIONS
WITHIN THE VICTORIA VILLAGE OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS
WHEREAS, the Town of Fraser Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed
amendment to the Victoria Village Overlay District regulations as contained in the Fraser
Municipal Code, Chapter 19, Article 2, Division 2; and
WHEREAS, it appears to the Town of Fraser Planning Commission that it would be in
the best interests of the health, safety, welfare and economic well-being of the citizens of the
Town of Fraser to adopt the amended Victoria Village Overlay District regulations to increase
the maximum height from 45 feet to 55 feet.
WHEREAS, increasing the height increase for the Victoria Village Overlay District would
allow for more flexibility in developing the Victoria Village Master Plan with a more cost-effective
approach for portions of the project site and allow the Town to provide more affordable housing
units to the Fraser Community.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF FRASER, COLORADO, THAT:
PART 1: AMENDMENT OF MUNICIPAL CODE.
Chapter 19 (Land Development Code), Article 2, Division 2 of the Fraser Municipal Code (herein
sometimes referred to as the "Municipal Code") are hereby amended as follows [Note:
additions are shown in bold underlined print; deletions are shown as stril gh print]:
ARTICLE 2, Division 2, Section 19-2-265 — Victoria Village Overlay District
Sec. 19-2-265. — Victoria Village Overlay District
(a) Intent. The purpose of the Victoria Village Overlay District is to provide for creating a
unique, walkable neighborhood that brings additional housing options within proximity to
downtown Fraser.
(b) Land use. Land uses are permitted as shown in the Schedule of Uses in Section 19-2-340.
Accessory uses shall be in conformance with Section 19-2-320(a). Temporary land uses are
as shown in Table 2.12 and shall be in conformance with Section 19-2-330.
(c) District standards. Lot and building requirements for principal structures shall be as shown
in Table 2.11.
TABLE 2.11
Victoria Village Overlay District Standards
Minimum Lot Area
Row House: Fifteen hundred (1,500) feet; except corner Tots: Twenty-five hundred
(2,500) square feet.
Other Residential: Twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet per dwelling unit.
Commercial: No minimum requirement.
Minimum Lot Width
Single-family dwelling: Twenty-five (25) feet.
Duplex: Fifty (50) feet.
Row house: Fifteen (15) feet; except corner lots: Twenty-five (25) feet.
Commercial: No minimum requirement.
Minimum Front Yard
Residential: Ten (10) feet.
Commercial: No minimum requirement. A build -to -line may be required during site
plan review.
Minimum Side Yard
Row houses: Zero (0) feet subject to (h) below.
Zero Lot Line: One (1) side setback must be zero (0) and the other a minimum of
ten (10) feet, subject to (i) below.
Other Residential: Five (5) feet.
Commercial: No minimum requirement.
Minimum Rear Yard
Residential: Ten (10) feet. See (j) below for garages adjacent to alleys.
Commercial: No minimum requirement, unless if adjacent to an alley or service
lane: eighteen (18) feet.
Minimum Stream
Setback
Thirty (30) feet; a greater setback of up to one hundred fifty (150) feet may be
required during site plan review.
Minimum Floor Area
Two hundred (200) square feet.
Maximum Height
Forty fivc feet. Fifty-five feet.
(45) (55)
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Minimum Required
Open Space
Thirty-five percent (35%)
PART 2: REPEAL. Any and all existing ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of Fraser
covering the same matters as embraced in this Ordinance are hereby repealed and all
ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or
punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby
repealed prior to the taking effect of this Ordinance.
PART 3: SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Town of Fraser
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses and phrases thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PART 4: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage,
adoption and publication thereof as provided by law.
PART 5: PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall be published by title only.
READ, PASSED, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND SIGNED THIS 15th DAY OF February, 2023.
Votes in favor: 1
Votes opposed: r
Votes abstained: p
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TH
TOWN OF FRASER, COLO
BY:
ATTEST:
Philip Vandernail, Mayor
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Antoinette McVeigh, Town Cie%
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