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File #: CODE-24-0006    Version: Name: ADU Code Amendment
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 11/14/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/8/2025 Final action: 4/8/2025
Title: Ordinance No. 25-45 amending Chapter 7 (Unified Development Code (UDC)) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, as related to accessory dwelling units. (Legislative) Related Files: CODE-24-0006 Located in All Council Districts Presenter: Daniel Sexton, DRE Planning Manager, Planning Department Kevin Walker, Director, Planning Department
Sponsors: Planning Department
Attachments: 1. UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord - 3.25.2025 - Parking WUI-O Appeal Owner and Height v3_clean.pdf, 2. ADU Ordinance_CC Work Session_3.24.2025_Staff Presentation_Final, 3. ADU Ordinance - Table of Proposed Changes - 3.24.2025, 4. UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord_2025.02.19 - Final, 5. Staff Report ADU Ordinance vf, 6. 1 - ADU Ordinance, 7. 2 - Ordinance No. 20-39, 8. 3 - Ordinance No. 20-37, 9. 4 - House Bill 24-1007, 10. 5 - House Bill 24-1152, 11. 6 - Senate Bill 24-174, 12. 7 - Public Comments, 13. 7.5.702 AMENDMENT TO UDC TEXT, 14. PublicComments_Combined_1262024, 15. PublicComment_Combined_12102024, 16. ADU Ordinance Preliminary Survey Results 1292024, 17. ADU Ordinance_CC Work Session_Staff Presentation_Final, 18. 8 - ADU Ordinance - Table of Proposed Changes, 19. Public Comments_1102025, 20. HNP Topic Papers-Matrix_1122025, 21. ADU Ordinance_CC Public Hearing_Staff Presentation_Final, 22. ADU Ordinance - Table of Proposed Changes - 02-18-2025_rev, 23. Fire Code Appendix K, 24. RodStambaugh_212025, 25. ADU Ordinance_CC Public Hearing_Staff Presentation_Final, 26. UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord - 3.19.2025 - Parking, Wildfire Resiliency Area, Appeal, Owner, and Height v2_redlines, 27. UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord - 3.19.2025 - Parking, Wildfire Resiliency Area, Appeal, Owner, and Height v2_clean, 28. Signed Ordinance No. 25-45.pdf
Title
Ordinance No. 25-45 amending Chapter 7 (Unified Development Code (UDC)) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, as related to accessory dwelling units.
(Legislative)

Related Files: CODE-24-0006
Located in All Council Districts

Presenter:
Daniel Sexton, DRE Planning Manager, Planning Department
Kevin Walker, Director, Planning Department


Body
Summary:
Owner: City of Colorado Springs
Initiating Agency: Planning Department
Location: City-wide

The City of Colorado Springs' Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Ordinance (See UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord_2024.12.30) is part of the city's effort to ensure smart, equitable, and diversified housing solutions that allow our neighborhoods to grow in a way that is appropriate. Recent state legislation recommends the City allow ADUs in any location where a single-family detached home is permitted, and prohibits the City from enacting or enforcing local laws that would unduly restrict ADUs. The City's ADU Ordinance proposes updates to the Unified Development Code (UDC) based on state-mandated legislation as well as to support the citywide strategic priorities of housing availability and choice for city residents. As part of City Councils consideration of this item an updated version of the draft ADU Ordinance has been attached and is entitled: "UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord_2025.02.19 - Final". A copy of the previous version presented to CPC has also been provided.

On March 11, 2025, City Council held a public hearing on this item and postponed it for further discussion at the regularly scheduled City Council Work Session on March 24, 2025. The latest version of the proposed ADU ordinance is entitled: "UDC-Accessory Dwelling Units Ord - 3.19.2025 - Parking, Wildfire Resiliency Area, Appeal, Owner, and Height v2_clean". Copies of previous versions and supporting documents have been retained as part of the public record.

Background:
The City's zoning and subdivision codes, includ...

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