Title
Ordinance No. 16-60 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to a 10.7-acre property located at the corner of Boychuk Avenue (just west of South Academy Boulevard) and Drennan Road from C-6/AO (General Business with Airport Overlay) to M-1/AO (Light Industrial with Airport Overlay).
Quasi-Judicial
Presenter:
Michael Turisk, Planner II
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development Department
Body
Summary:
Applicant: Denise McLeod, Terra Nova Engineering
Owner: Olga Zhukova
Location: Corner of Boychuk Avenue and Drennan Road, just west of South Academy Boulevard.
There are two applications as part of this project:
1. Zone Change
2. Concept Plan
The applicant is requesting a zone change for a 10.7-acre site from C-6/AO (General Business with Airport Overlay) to M-1/AO (Light Industrial with Airport Overlay), and an associated concept plan for the purpose of establishing light industrial uses, specifically, a garbage services company use for Springs Waste Systems.
Previous Council Action:
This item was approved on First Reading on May 24, 2016.
Background:
This is a request is to rezone the 10.7-acre site from C-6/CU/AO (General Business with Airport Overlay) to M-1/AO (Light Industrial with Airport Overlay) including a concept plan (concept plans must accompany rezone applications for M-1) that intends a garbage services company use, per City Code.
The proposed project site lies adjacent to a comparatively large area of industrially-zoned properties to the west, as the Drennan Road corridor from South Academy Boulevard westward accommodates a number of M-1 and M-2 properties, one of the largest such areas with contiguous industrial zoning in the City (Drennan Industrial Center). The Lamplighter Mobile Home Park lies to the north, separated by the subject property by a comparatively wide (approximately 100-feet) City-owned drainage way (Sand Creek Peterson Field).
In order to help mitig...
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