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CPC MP 04-00280-A1MJ13 - Master Plan Amendment
Design Guidelines for the North Nevada Urban Renewal Area (Planning & Development - Peter Wysocki)
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Summary: The Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority (CSURA) requests approval of design guidelines for the North Nevada Avenue Urban Renewal Area (NNAURA). If adopted, new development and redevelopment projects within the NNAURA would be evaluated against the guidelines by the CSURA. The NNAURA includes approximately 390 acres with 26 separate property owners and extends north from the southeast and southwest corners of Nevada Avenue and Austin Bluffs Parkway/Garden of the Gods Road along Nevada Avenue to the intersection with Interstate 25 on the west side of Nevada Avenue and to the 5900 block of Nevada Avenue on the east side. While the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) is within the boundaries of the NNAURA the design guidelines will not apply to UCCS projects. State institutions are exempt from local zoning.
Additional background and discussion is provided in the attached Planning Commission staff report.
Previous Council Action: The NNAURA was established in 2004. Pursuant to State statutes, urban renewal plans must be approved by the governing bodies. As such, the NNAURA urban renewal plan was adopted by the City Council in 2004 as a "master plan" for the area, as there is no other process identified in City Code. Historically, the City has adopted urban renewal plans as "master plans", although local adoption process is not specified in State statutes. Because the City adopts urban renewal plans as master plans, they are also reviewed by the Planning Commission.
Background: The CSURA now wishes to establish design guidelines and seeks the authority to enforce the design guidelines either through its own review process or vis-?-vis City's development review process. At present time, the City does not have a method of enforcing design guidelines through the standa...
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