Title
Ordinance No. 23-22 vacating a portion of an alley adjacent to Lots 4 and 5, L.K. Adams Addition No. 1 consisting of 2,244 square feet (.05 acres).
(Legislative)
Related Files: SUBD-22-0113
Presenter:
William Gray, Senior Planner, Planning and Community Development Department
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Community Development Department
Body
Summary:
Applicant: Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation, Inc., and Cohen-Esrey Development Group
Representative: NES Colorado, Inc.
Location: 812 North 19th Street and 809 Columbine Avenue
Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation, Inc., the owner of Lot 4 and 5, L.K. Adams Addition No. 1 (aka 812 N. 19th St. and 809 Columbine Ave.) and Cohen-Esrey Development Group, represented by NES Colorado, Inc. (the "Applicant"), have requested the vacation of a portion of alley lying adjacent Lots 4 and 5, L.K. Adams Addition No. 1 to facilitate development of a new affordable housing apartment project.
Background:
The Applicant has proposed the vacation of a portion of an alley to facilitate development of a new 50-unit affordable housing apartment building and 1-lot subdivision at 864 N. 19th Street (see "Project Statement", "Vacation Plat" and "Development Plan" attachment).
The alley was platted with the L. K. Adams Addition No. 1 in 1953. It was intended to provide primary and/or secondary access to the lots 1 through 8. It is unimproved and dedicated to the City of Colorado Springs (see "L.K. Adams First Addition No.1).
The only properties reliant of the right-of-way proposed to be vacated is 809 Columbine Avenue and 812 North 19th Street), via the curb-cut off North 19th Street. The other 6 properties platted with the L. K. Adams Addition No. 1 have access either from N. 19th Street, Columbine Avenue to the west or Glenn Street to the south. Again, this alley is unimproved and it is used more for storage than it is access (see "Aerial Image" attachment).
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