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File #: AR DP 17-00039    Version: Name: The Ridge
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 1/2/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/13/2018 Final action: 3/13/2018
Title: An appeal of Planning Commission's decision to uphold the administrative approval of the development plan for The Ridge illustrating a 60-unit multi-family development on 3.72 acres located at 4375 Broadmoor Bluffs Drive and zoned R-5/HS (Multi-Family Residential with a Hillside Overlay). (Quasi-Judicial) Related File: AR FP 17-00040 Presenter: Hannah Van Nimwegen, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Planning & Community Development Director
Indexes: Appeals, The Ridge
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Appeal Narrative & Postponement Request, 2. Exhibit B - Letters passed to the Planning Commission, 3. Exhibit C - Letters to the City Council, 4. The Ridge Presentation to City Council, 5. Figure 1 - Approved Development Plan, 6. Figure 2 - Approved Final Plat, 7. CPC Staff Report - The Ridge Appeal, 8. Figure 3 - Appeal Application & Narrative, 9. Figure 4 - Applicant Narrative, 10. Figure 5 - Neighborhood Comment Following 1.23.17 Meeting, 11. Figure 6 - Neighborhood Comment Following Public Notice, 12. Figure 7 - Neighorhood Comment Following 2.15.17 Meeting, 13. Figure 8 - Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Master Plan, 14. Figure 9 - Cheyenne Montana Lodges Development Plan, 15. Figure 10 - Pages 22, 23 of Hillside Development Design Manual, 16. Figure 11 - CHFA Walk Score, 17. Figure 12 - Colorado Geologic Survey Reviews, 18. 7.5.502.E Development Plan Review, 19. 7.5.906 (A)(4), 20. CPC Minutes_The Ridge
Related files: AR FP 17-00040


Title
An appeal of Planning Commission's decision to uphold the administrative approval of the development plan for The Ridge illustrating a 60-unit multi-family development on 3.72 acres located at 4375 Broadmoor Bluffs Drive and zoned R-5/HS (Multi-Family Residential with a Hillside Overlay).

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related File: AR FP 17-00040

Presenter:
Hannah Van Nimwegen, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Planning & Community Development Director

Body
Summary:
Applicant: The Commonwealth Companies
Owner: Broadmoor Bluffs Apartments, LLC
Location: 4375 Broadmoor Bluffs Drive

This is an appeal of Planning Commission's denial of an appeal of an administrative approval of the development plan and final plat for The Ridge Apartments. The Ridge is a 60-unit multi-family development on 3.72 acres located at 4375 Broadmoor Bluffs Drive which is zoned R-5/HS (Multi-Family Residential with a Hillside Overlay).

Previous Council Action:
On February 27, 2018 the City Council postponed the public hearing to the March 13, 2018 meeting. Prior to this action, the Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Master Plan was approved by City Council in 1970 prior to annexation identifying the subject site for multi-family land uses. The subject site was then annexed into the City of Colorado Springs in 1972 as part of the Gates Addition Number 10 annexation and was zoned A-1 (Garden Home). In 1979, the property was rezoned from A-1 (Garden Home) to R-5 (Multi-Family Residential), and was again rezoned to include the Hillside Overlay in 1981.

Background:
The development plan and final plat for The Ridge had an administrative review threshold. City Planning staff approved the development plan and final plat on December 19, 2017 following approval recommendations from all reviewing agencies and determining the development met the subject review criteria. The Ridge's Drainage Report and Geologic Hazard Report have also been approved by the appropriate...

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