Title
Ordinance No. 20-85 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to a 16,117 square feet located at 3150 N 30th Street from R/HS (single-family residential with Hillside overlay) to PF/HS (Public Facility with Hillside overlay).
(Quasi-Judicial)
Related Files: CPC ZC 20-00114 and CPC ZC 20-00115
Presenter:
Kerri Schott, Planner I, Planning and Community Development
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Summary:
Applicant: Colorado Springs Utilities
Owner: City of Colorado Springs
Location: 3150 N 30th Street and 4055 N 30th Street
This project includes an application for a zone change to R HS (single-family residential with a Hillside Overlay) to PF HS (Public Facility with a Hillside Overlay) for two existing water tanks owned by Colorado Springs Utilities.
Background:
This proposal includes the rezoning of a 16,117 square foot property and a 10,000 square foot property both from R/HS (Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF/HS (Public Facility with Hillside Overlay). The rezoning would allow the existing Cedar Heights water tanks to be within a PF zone district. Per City Code 7.3.402, the PF zone district is provided for land, which is used or being reserved for a governmental purpose by the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, State of Colorado, Federal government or a public utility. Uses allowed in this zone are limited to governmental functions or utility services provided by the City of Colorado Springs; therefore, these zone change requests fit within this definition of allowed uses. Within the PF zone district, a concept plan is not required but per City Code 7.5.501.C.3, a concept statement can be provided. The applicant provided the concept statement explaining their proposal, which is also the project statement. Since the purchase of the properties in 1980, the City has created and adopted the Public Facility zoning classification; therefore, the zone change is being requested to bring the site into the cur...
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