City of Colorado Springs - File #: ZONE-23-0006

• File #: ZONE-23-0006
• Version: 3
• Name: RetoolCOS UDC Zone District Implementation
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 2/17/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 4/11/2023
• Final action: 4/11/2023
• Title: Ordinance No. 23-18 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs to implement the Unified Development Code as it defines zone districts Presenter: Morgan Hester, Planning Supervisor Ben Bolinger, City Attorney
• Related files: CPC CA 20-00005, CODE-22-0001, 22-783

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/11/2023	2	City Council	finally passed	Pass
3/28/2023	2	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
3/13/2023	2	Council Work Session	referred
3/8/2023	1	Planning Commission	referred	Pass

Title
Ordinance No. 23-18 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs to implement the Unified Development Code as it defines zone districts

Presenter:
Morgan Hester, Planning Supervisor
Ben Bolinger, City Attorney

Body
Summary:
The RetoolCOS project includes the adoption of a new Unified Development Code (UDC) which will repeal and replace the current City Code Chapter 7. To implement revised zone district standards established in the UDC, a City-wide rezoning must occur as the step to follow text adoption.

Previous Council Action:
At the second reading on February 14, 2023, the City Council voted 8-1 (Councilmember Donelson voting no) to adopt the UDC to repeal and replace the Chapter 7 Zoning & Subdivision Ordinance.

Background:
To implement the new zone districts and associated regulations established in the Unified Development Code (UDC) through the RetoolCOS project, including associated uses and dimensional standards, a City-initiated rezoning is necessary. The outlined changes with zone district revisions will go into effect at the same time as the UDC on June 5, 2023. It should be noted that this is a renaming process of existing zone districts and no allowances that are granted today in Chapter 7 (pre-UDC effective date) will be removed or reduced with the conversion, but rather expanded upon for the benefit of property owners.

Zone District Changes
The zoning map of Colorado Springs is to be updated to ensure the implementation of the new UDC through the RetoolCOS project. Simply stated, without the conversion from the current zone districts in Chapter 7 to the new districts in the UDC, the new Code will not be valid. Several districts have name changes with new permissions while others may be eliminated and will their standards either captured in other zone districts or converted to PDZ Planned Development Zones. The RetoolCOS zone change full ordinance outlining proposed changes can be found in the attach...