§ 4.2.4. Cooperative planning area overlay zone district.

A.

Purpose. The cooperative planning area overlay zone district (CPA district) is established to protect the health, safety and welfare of all county residents by providing land use regulations and standards that are consistent with and implement a jointly adopted plan for any cooperative planning area established by intergovernmental agreement between the county and a municipality.

B.

Applicability.

1.

The decision to have cooperative planning areas will be as set forth in intergovernmental agreements between a municipality and Larimer County which will be implemented by the application of the CPA district to the cooperative planning area described in the intergovernmental agreement.

2.

The provisions of the CPA district apply to all rezonings, special reviews, subdivisions, conservation developments and any additional land development applications as may be specified in the supplementary regulations to the CPA district. There may be numerous CPA districts, each with its own unique set of supplemental regulations.

3.

It is intended that each application of this generic CPA district will be accompanied by supplemental regulations to the CPA district which are contained in the technical supplement to this code. Each set of these supplemental regulations will apply to specific geographic cooperative planning areas. These supplemental regulations are intended to implement the jointly adopted plan for the CPA. The supplemental regulations are intended to specifically set forth requirements pertaining to the type, location and intensity of land use allowed, and additional development standards, if any, as may be needed to implement the jointly adopted plan for the cooperative planning area.

C.

Requirements.

1.

Within the CPA district, rezonings, special reviews, subdivisions and conservation developments, and any additional land development applications as may be specified in the supplementary regulations to the CPA district, must be developed in accordance with this section and the county's and municipality's jointly adopted plan for the CPA. However, for a given parcel, if the underlying county zoning [is] in existence prior to the application of the CPA district, the county shall honor the underlying county zoning with respect to use and density in its development approval decisions. The provisions of the CPA district and supplemental regulations may be applied to development applications not listed above as conditions of approval if the county finds the effect on public health, safety and welfare so warrants.

2.

The CPA district is an overlay zone. Within the CPA district the county land use code and the underlying zoning district apply unless modified by the supplementary regulations to the CPA district, in which case the more stringent applies.

3.

Prior to establishing any improvement district within the CPA overlay zone, the county must solicit a recommendation from the applicable municipality.