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A development plan for the Pony Park Residences, a single-family residential development located southwest corner of Peterson Road and Pony Tracks Drive and consisting of 4 acres.
(QUASI-JUDICIAL)
Related Files: CPC PUZ 19-00006, CPC PUD 19-00007
Presenter:
Hannah Van Nimwegen, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Planning & Community Development Director
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Summary:
Owner: Rockwood Homes, LLC
Consultant: Altitude Land Consultants
Location: 3055 Flying Horse Road / Southwest corner of Peterson Road and Pony Tracks Drive
The applications under consideration are a zone change from R-1 6000/DF/AO (Single-family Residential with a Design Flexibility Overlay and an Airport Overlay) to PUD (Planned Unit Development: Single-family Residential with a maximum height of 35 feet and a maximum gross density of 9 dwelling units per acre) and a Development Plan illustrating 36 single-family detached homes.
Background:
The subject area was annexed in 1984 as part of the 1,327 acre Springs Ranch Addition. The Colorado Springs Ranch Master Plan was established with annexation and designated the area containing the subject parcel as Single-Family Residential. The Colorado Springs Master Plan's name was changed to Springs Ranch Master Plan in 1994.
The existing zone district was established in 1993 for the Colorado Springs Ranch Filing Number 4 subdivision. The R-1 6000 zone district in this area has a DFOZ (Design Flexibility Overlay Zone) which allows flexibility in development standards. According to zoning code section 7.3.502 DFOZ - Design Flexibility Overlay, "The DFOZ may be used to increase design flexibility by providing for greater variations in lot sizes, reduced setbacks, narrower lot widths, and increased lot coverages." Essentially, this overlay allows a developer to have lots that are 4,000 square feet as long as the average of all the lot's sizes is the zone district is a minimum of 6,000 square feet. The overl...
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