Legislation Details

File #: ZONE-24-0011    Version: Name: Lowell Rezone
Type: Ordinance Status: Consent - Second Pres
File created: 8/20/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/27/2026 Final action:
Title: Ordinance No. 26-58 to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining 1.20 acres located at 202, 251, and 252 East Las Animas Street from PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 15 dwelling units per acre, 60 feet maximum building height, single family attached and detached, apartments, condominiums, commercial, office, civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 dwelling units per acre, 950 square feet commercial, 65 feet maximum building height, residential - apartments, condominiums, live/work, and commercial – retail, office, and service). (Quasi-Judicial) (Second reading and public hearing) Related Files: LUPL-24-0010 Council District: 3 Presenter: William Gray, Senior Planner, City Planning Department Kevin Walker, Director, City Planning Department
Sponsors: City Planning Commission
Attachments: 1. Ordinance_Lowell Commons, 2. Staff Report_Lowell Commons, 3. Attachment 1-Vicinity Map, 4. Attachment 2-The Poet Lofts Subdivision, 5. Attachment 3-Site View, 6. Attachment 4-Ordinance 99-189, 7. Attachment 5-Ordinance 01-140, 8. Attachment 6-Bristow Lowell URA Plan, 9. Attachment 7-Lowell Conceptual Elevation, 10. Attachment 8-Context Map, 11. Attachment 9-Public Comment, 12. Attachment 10-Neighborhood Meeting, 13. Attachment 11-Project Statement, 14. Attachment 12-Zoning Exhibit, 15. Attachment 13-Major Modification Plan, 16. Attachment 14-Approved Lowell Neighborhood Land Use Plan, 17. Attachment 15-Land Use Statement, 18. Attachment 16-Lowell Concept Massing, 19. Attachment 17-Lowell Urban and Architecture Design Guide, 20. Attachment 18-Street View, 21. Exhibits A and B_Lowell Commons, 22. Revised Land Use Statment_Lowell Commons_Addresses CPC Conditions, 23. Draft CPC Minutes 9.9.26 - Lowell Commons, 24. Staff Presentation_Lowell Commons
Related files: LUPL-24-0010
Title
Ordinance No. 26-58 to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining 1.20 acres located at 202, 251, and 252 East Las Animas Street from PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 15 dwelling units per acre, 60 feet maximum building height, single family attached and detached, apartments, condominiums, commercial, office, civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 dwelling units per acre, 950 square feet commercial, 65 feet maximum building height, residential - apartments, condominiums, live/work, and commercial – retail, office, and service). (Quasi-Judicial) (Second reading and public hearing)

Related Files: LUPL-24-0010
Council District: 3

Presenter:
William Gray, Senior Planner, City Planning Department
Kevin Walker, Director, City Planning Department

Body
Summary:
Owner: QOF Lowell Commons, LLC, represented by John Olson, Urban Landscapes
Location: 202, 251, and 252 East Las Animas Street

A Land Use Plan Major Modification to remove 1.20 acres described as Lots 2, 3, and 4, The Poets Loft Subdivision from the Lowell Neighborhood Concept Plan; and a rezone of the three (3) lots from PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 15 dwelling units per acre, 60 feet maximum building height, single family attached and detached , apartments , condominiums, commercial , office, civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 dwelling units per acre, 950 square feet commercial, 65 feet maximum building height, apartments, condominiums, live/work, commercial-retail, office and service)) for a future mixed-use project consisting of two (2) five-story buildings with a maximum height of 65-feet and 950 square feet of ground floor office or retail.

The Applicant has proposed these applications with the intent for the residential units to be affordable housing to benefit the middle-income workers earning between 70% to 110% of area median income. At this time there is no commitment or guarantee that if developed the new housing would be affordable.

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