City of Colorado Springs - File #: CPC ZC 22-00068

• File #: CPC ZC 22-00068
• Version: 3
• Name: CSU Allegheny & Yellowpine Fiber Optic Facility
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 5/4/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/9/2022
• Final action: 8/9/2022
• 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
• Related files: CPC CP 22-00086

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/9/2022	2	City Council	finally passed	Pass
7/26/2022	2	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
5/19/2022	1	Planning Commission	recommended for approval	Pass

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...