Title
Ordinance No. 14-34 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs relating to 9,115 square feet located at 3775 East LaSalle Street. CPC ZC14-00021
Body
From:
Peter Wysocki, Planning and Development Director, Planning and Development Department
Summary:
The applications propose rezoning a 9,115 square-foot, platted lot from R-5 (Multi-Family Residential) to C-5/CR (Intermediate Business with a Condition of Record) and the approval of a development plan to permit the conversion of the existing medical office building to retail, office and personal improvement services for the applicant's existing firearms store and training facility. As indicated in the applicant's project description, the training facility is a simulated gun range and does not use live ammunition.
Previous Council Action:
Zone change to R-5 in 1962 with Ordinance No. 2782.
Background:
An office in an R-5 zone is a legal nonconforming use, as the R-5 zone was amended in 1980 to prohibit office uses. The requested C-5/CR zone will eliminate the nonconforming status of the property and recognize the commercial nature of the site. The C-5 zone is also consistent with the commercial zoning and uses to the north and east. Due to the small size of the property and the building, impacts from the site will be minimal for the residences to the west and south. To further reduce potential impacts due to commercial zoning, the proposed condition of record prohibits otherwise permitted uses seen as incompatible for the site (see prohibited uses in the Proposed Motion). Few physical changes are proposed for the property (mostly interior remodeling of the building) as all site improvements are in place.
The change of use from medical office will also eliminate the current nonconforming status for the number of parking spaces provided, as a medical use requires 16 parking spaces for a 3,100 square-foot building. The proposed uses of retail, office and person...
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