Urban Area Street Standards
Open House #1 July 23,2020
4:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Larimer County, City of Loveland, and City of Fort Collins have adopted the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards. These Standards apply to the design and construction of new and reconstructed streets within the two cities and within the Growth Management Areas for Fort Collins and Loveland within Larimer County.

AutoCAD (ver. 2014) Original Drawings and Figures

• Cover, Acknowledgements and Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 - General Provisions
• Chapter 2 - Submittal and Review Procedures
• Chapter 3 - Information Requirements for Construction Plans
• Chapter 4 - Transportation Impact Studies
• Chapter 5 - Soils Investigations and Report
• Chapter 6 - Permits
• Chapter 7 - Street Design and Technical Criteria
  • Chapter 7 - Fort Collins Figures 7-01F - 7-13F
  • Chapter 7 - Loveland Figures 7-01L - 7-11L
  • Chapter 7 - Figures 7-14 - 7-33
• Chapter 8 - Intersections
• Chapter 9 - Access Requirements and Design Criteria
  • Figure 9-1
• Chapter 10 - Pavement Design and Report
• Chapter 11 - Structures
• Chapter 12 - Utility Installations
• Chapter 13 - Street Naming and Addressing
• Chapter 14 - Traffic Control Devices
• Chapter 15 - Street Lighting
• Chapter 16 - Pedestrian Facilities
• Chapter 17 - Bicycle Facilities
• Chapter 18 - Neighborhood Traffic Safety
• Chapter 19 - Parking
• Chapter 20 - Public Improvements Cost Estimate
• Chapter 21 - Reserved
• Chapter 22 - Construction Specification
• Chapter 23 - Inspection and Testing Procedures
• Chapter 24 - Acceptance/Warranty Procedures and Record Drawings
• Chapter 25 - Reconstruction and Repair
• Appendix A - Standard Drawings
  • Appendix A - Standard Drawings 701 - 901
  • Appendix A - Standard Drawings 1101 - 1421
  • Appendix A - Standard Drawings 1601 - 2501
• Appendix B - Forms: Reimbursement, Permits, Licensing
  • B-1 - Reimbursement Forms
  • B-2 - Licensing - City of Fort Collins
  • B-3 - Permits - City of Loveland and Larimer County; and B-4 - Fees
• Appendix C - Fort Collins Streetscape Design Standards and Guidelines
• Appendix D - Master Street Plans
• Appendix E - Standard Notes, Approval Blocks, Checklists
• Appendix F - Fort Collins Traffic Operations Manual
• Appendix G - Fort Collins Annexed Infrastructure Requirement
• Appendix H - Fort Collins Multimodal Transportation Level of Service Manual
• Appendix I - Fort Collins Roundabout Design Manual
• Appendix J - Fort Collins Bus Stop Design & Standards Guidelines
• Appendix K - Loveland pavement Markings Layout Standards
• Appendix L - Loveland Thermoplastic Standards

Proposed Changes

The City of Fort Collins, City of Loveland and Larimer County Board of Commissioners are working on updating the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards in 2019.  The proposed changes will be posted below on approximately a monthly basis beginning Spring of 2019.  If you would like to receive email updates, please subscribe using the link at the top of this page.

• Proposed Modification Table lcuass_modifications_table_rev_6-22-20.pdf
  • Chapter 2 - Proposed Revisions
  • Chapter 3 - Proposed Revisions
  • Chapter 5 - Proposed Revisions
  • Chapter 6 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 7 - Proposed Changes
    • Chapter 7 Figures
  • Chapter 8 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 9 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 10 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 11 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 12 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 13 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 14 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 15 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 16 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 17 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 18 - Proposed Changes.pdf
    • Chapter 18 Figures - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 19 - Proposed Changes
    • Chapter 19 Figures - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 20 - Proposed Changes
  • Chapter 22 - Proposed Changes.pdf
  • Chapter 25 - Proposed Changes.pdf
• • Figures - Proposed Changes
  • Opinion of Cost Form - Proposed Changes