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Ordinance No. 19-51 amending the zoning map for the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to 8.69 acres located at 2420 Victor Place, changing the zoning from C-6/AO/cr (General Business with Airport Overlay and Conditions of Record) to PIP-2/AO (Planned Industrial Park with Airport Overlay).
(QUASI-JUDICIAL)
Related File: CPC CP 15-00119-A1MJ19
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development
Tasha Brackin, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development
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Summary:
Owner: Joy Focht/Oceans Investments, LLC
Developer: Joseph Quinn
Representative: Jack Bestall/Bestall Collaborative Limited
Location: 2420 Victor Place
The project includes concurrent applications for a zone change and major concept plan amendment for 8.69 acres of land. The proposed zone change causes the property to revert back to the PIP-2/AO (Planned Industrial Park with Airport Overlay) zone, and removes previous conditions of approval placed when the site was rezoned to C-6 (General Business) three years ago. The Concept Plan illustrates the proposed contractor storage yard, which is an allowable use in the PIP-2 zone district.
Previous Council Action:
City Council previously took action on this property in 2016, approving a requested zone change from PIP-2/AO to C-6/AO, in order to allow an auto dealership. Auto dealerships are not permitted in the PIP-2 zone, but are allowed by right in the C-6 zone. Conditions of approval added at that time prohibited certain land uses, including contractor storage yards and body and fender repair services, because a portion of the property would have been left undeveloped after construction of the auto dealership. The development never materialized.
On July 23, 2019, this Ordinance was approved on first reading on the Consent Calendar.
Background:
The subject property is located at 2420 Victor Place and was annexed into the City in 1963 under the Smarts Additional Number Nine. The site has remained vacant...
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