Title
An Ordinance amending Section 1503 (Grading Plans) of Part 15 (Grading Plans and Erosion and Stormwater Quality Control Plans) of Article 7 (Subdivision Regulations) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended pertaining to single family and duplex grading plan exemption.
(Legislative)
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Meggan Herington, Assistant Planning Director
Steve Rossoll, Public Works Department
Body
Summary:
This amendment proposes to update Section 1503 (Grading Plans) of Part 15 (Grading Plans and Erosion and Stormwater Quality Control Plans) of Article 7 (Subdivision Regulations) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended to allow an exemption of the grading and erosion control plan requirement with submittal of a hillside site plan/lot grading plan for a single family residential structure or duplex development on a single lot.
The full ordinance is attached and the summary is provided in the Background section of the City Planning Commission staff report.
Previous Council Action:
Council has not previously taken action on this Code amendment.
Background:
City Code Chapter 7, Article 7, Part 1503.E (7.7.1503.E) has long been interpreted in conjunction with the Hillside criteria in Chapter 7, Article 3, Part 504 (7.3.504). As such, the broad language in Section 7.7.1503E stating that a grading plan is required for "Any grading or other disturbance of land in an area zoned hillside area overlay zone..." was superseded by the requirements of the hillside site plan/lot grading plan defined in Section 7.3.504.H. The hillside site plan requirement to include grading and drainage was thought to be an acceptable document to meet the intent of Chapter 7, Article 7, Part 15 (Grading Plans and Erosion and Stormwater Quality Control Plans).
However, in Decemb...
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