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File #: ZONE-25-0026    Version: Name: Palmer High School Zone Change
Type: Planning Case Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/13/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/24/2026 Final action:
Title: An Ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 8.27 acres located within the two blocks bound by North Nevada Avenue, East St. Vrain Street, North Weber Street, and East Platte Avenue from R-1 6/R-5/OR (Single-Family - Medium, Multi-family High, and Office Residential) to FBZ-T2A (Form-Based Zone - Transition Sector 2A). (1st Reading and setting the public hearing date for March 10, 2026). (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: ZONE-25-0026, SUBD-25-0076, LUPL-25-0012 Located in Council District 3 Presenter: Ryan Tefertiller, Planning Manager, City Planning Department Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department
Sponsors: City Planning Commission
Attachments: 1. Zone Ord_ZONE_25-0026, 2. Palmer HS CPC Staff Report 121025, 3. Attachment 1 - Palmer HS Project Statement, 4. Attachment 2 - Palmer HS Zone Change Legal Description, 5. Attachment 3 - Palmer HS Zone Change Exhibit, 6. Attachment 4a - Boulder ROW Vacation Legal, 7. Attachment 4b - Boulder ROW Vacation Plat, 8. Attachment 5 - Palmer HS Land Use Plan, 9. Attachment 6 - Zoning Map, 10. Attachment 7 - Consolidated Stakeholder Input Palmer HS project 121525, 11. Attachment 8 - Palmer HS Stakeholder Responses, 12. Attachment 9 - Palmer HS Steering Committee, 13. Attachment 10 - Palmer HS April 2025 Traffic Study, 14. Attachment 11 – Palmer HS Traffic Study Update, 15. 7.5.704 ZONING MAP AMENDMENT (REZONING), 16. Palmer HS Presentation Deck CPC 121025, 17. Applicant Presentation - Palmer High School Transformation, 18. DRB_Minutes_11.4.25 Draft
Related files: LUPL-25-0012, SUBD-25-0076

 

Title

An Ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 8.27 acres located within the two blocks bound by North Nevada Avenue, East St. Vrain Street, North Weber Street, and East Platte Avenue from R-1 6/R-5/OR (Single-Family - Medium, Multi-family High, and Office Residential) to FBZ-T2A (Form-Based Zone - Transition Sector 2A). (1st Reading and setting the public hearing date for March 10, 2026).

(Quasi-Judicial)

 

Related Files: ZONE-25-0026, SUBD-25-0076, LUPL-25-0012

 

Located in Council District 3

 

  Presenter: 

Ryan Tefertiller, Planning Manager, City Planning Department

Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department

 

 

Recommended Action

  Proposed Motion:

Move to approve an ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to approximately 8.27 acres located within the two blocks bound by N. Nevada Ave, E. St. Vrain St., N. Weber St., and E. Platte Ave. from R-1 6/R-5/OR (Single-Family - Medium, Multi-family High, and Office Residential) to FBZ-T2A (Form-Based Zone - Transition Sector 2A) for the purpose of providing notice and setting a public hearing date for March 10, 2026 to consider the Palmer High School zone change ordinance.

 

Summary of Ordinance Language

An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs relating to approximately 8.27 acres located within the two blocks bound by N. Nevada Ave, E. St. Vrain St., N. Weber St., and E. Platte Ave. from R-1 6/R-5/OR (Single-Family - Medium, Multi-family High, and Office Residential) to FBZ-T2A (Form-Based Zone - Transition Sector 2A).

 



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