Title
Ordinance No. 22-50 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs relating to 5.261 acres located at 1951 Allegheny Drive from PUD/R/HS (Planned Unit Development and Estate Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF (Public Facilities).
(Quasi-Judicial)
Related File: CPC CP 22-00086
Presenter:
Peter Lange, Planner II, Planning and Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development
Body
Summary:
Owner/Developer: Colorado Springs Utilities
Representative: CSAI
Location: 1951 Allegheny Drive
The project proposes concurrent applications for a Zone Change and Concept Plan Statement. The zone change proposes to rezone the project site from PUD/R/HS (Planned Unit Development and Estate Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF (Public Facilities). The Concept Plan Statement proposes the future development of a Colorado Springs Utility equipment enclosure that will contain infrastructure associated with the City's proposed fiber-optic network.
Background:
The Applicant submitted a Zone Change request to rezone the project site from PUD/R/HS (Planned Unit Development and Estate Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF (Public Facilities). The applicant also proposes a concept plan statement which illustrates the future development of a Colorado Springs Utility equipment enclosure, generator, and transformer, all of which will be associated with the City's proposed fiber-optic network.
The Zone Change application is necessary, as the current zoning limits development of the property to residential uses and ultimately, supports the Applicant's future development of a city-wide fiber-optic network. According to City Code Section 7.4.302(A) PF - Public Facilities, parcels with the PF zone district are intended to be "used or being reserved for a governmental purpose by the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, the State of Colorado, the Federal government or a pub...
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