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File #: 15-00507    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 8/10/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/8/2015 Final action: 9/8/2015
Title: Bates Student Housing (Quasi-Judicial)
Attachments: 1. Attachment A-Appeal letter for Bates Student Housing, 2. Figure 1 - DP drawings, 3. Figure 2 - Project Statement, 4. Figure 3 - Neighborhood pre-app comments, 5. Figure 4 - Neighborhood internal review comments, 6. Figure 5 - Zoning Ordinance, 7. Figure 6 - Bates Elementary School Property History - from District 11, 8. Figure 7 - applicant response to Neighborhood, 9. Figure 8 - Geologic Hazard report from CGS, 10. Figure 9 - Terracon response letter to CGS, 11. Figure 10 - CGS 2nd resopnse letter, 12. Attachment C - Applicant CPC Presentation, 13. Attachment D - Citizen Presentation Part 1 - from CPC, 14. Attachment E - Citizens Presentation Part 2- from CPC, 15. Attachment F - Citizens Presentation Part 3- from CPC, 16. Attachment G - Citizens Presentation Part 4- from CPC, 17. Attachment H - Citizens Presentation Part 5 from CPC


Title
Bates Student Housing (Quasi-Judicial)

Body
From:
Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Planning and Development Department

Summary:
This is an appeal of the City Planning Commission's decision to approve the development plan for Bates Student Housing. The Bates Student Housing project is a proposal for a multi-family student housing project on a 5.8-acre site located at 702 Cragmor Road. The proposal would allow a 187-unit, 621 bedroom apartment complex with associated parking, fitness facilities, and entertainment area for users of the facility. The site is zoned SU (Special Use), which allows multi-family uses subject to an administrative approval of a development plan. In this case, due to significant neighborhood interest in the project, the Planning and Development Director referred the development plan to the Planning Commission for a hearing and action.

Previous Council Action:
None

Background:
The Bates Student Housing development plan would remove the existing Bates Elementary School and build a 187-unit student housing project with a total of 621 bedrooms. Each unit will have 1, 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms (with their own attached bathroom) and a common kitchen and living space. The units will be rented by the bedroom. The site will also contain a fitness center, pool, and sports court for the residents. The student housing use is considered multi-family under the City Zoning Code and is a permitted use in the SU zone district with an approved development plan. The site is unplatted and will require platting prior to building permit approval. The vehicular access for the site is from Austin Bluffs Parkway with an emergency access on the west side to Stanton Street. All pedestrian access directs students toward Austin Bluffs Parkway and the traffic signal at Regent Circle for entrance to the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The pedestrian gates from the site to Cragmor Road and Stanton Street will...

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