Legislation Details

File #: ZONE-24-0011    Version: Name: Lowell Rezone
Type: Planning Case Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/20/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/13/2026 Final action:
Title: An ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 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, and Civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 Dwelling Units per acre; 950 square feet Commercial; 65 feet Maximum Building Height; Residential – Apartments, Condominiums, and Live/Work, and Commercial – Retail, Office, and Service). (Quasi-Judicial - First reading and setting the public hearing for October 27, 2026, in accord with City Code Section 7.5.407. Hearings for the ordinance and any related applications shall be conducted at the second reading.) Located in 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

Title

An ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 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, and Civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 Dwelling Units per acre; 950 square feet Commercial; 65 feet Maximum Building Height; Residential - Apartments, Condominiums, and Live/Work, and Commercial - Retail, Office, and Service). (Quasi-Judicial - First reading and setting the public hearing for October 27, 2026, in accord with City Code Section 7.5.407. Hearings for the ordinance and any related applications shall be conducted at the second reading.)

 

Located in Council District 3

 

  Presenter: 

William Gray, Senior Planner, City Planning Department

Kevin Walker, Director, City Planning Department

 

 

Recommended Action

  Proposed Motion:

Move to approve an ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 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, and Civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 Dwelling Units per acre; 950 square feet Commercial; 65 feet Maximum Building Height; Residential - Apartments, Condominiums, and Live/Work, and Commercial - Retail, Office, and Service) for the purpose of providing public notice and setting the public hearing date for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, to consider the Lowell Commons zone change ordinance.

 

 

Summary of Ordinance Language

An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 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, and Civic) to PDZ (Planned Development Zone; 184 Dwelling Units per acre; 950 square feet Commercial; 65 feet Maximum Building Height; Residential - Apartments, Condominiums, and Live/Work, and Commercial - Retail, Office, and Service).