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An Appeal of the City Planning Commission decision denying an appeal of the administratively approved Colorado Springs Temple Development Plan, and an appeal of the City Planning Commission decision applying conditions to the approval of the Colorado Springs Temple Development Plan, for the property consisting of 18.6 acres located at the southwest corner of Flying Horse Club Drive and Barossa Valley Road.
(Quasi-Judicial)
Related Files: DEPN-25-0056; APPL-25-0008; APPL-25-0010; APPL-25-0011
Located in Council District #2
Presenter:
Tamara Baxter, Planning Supervisor, City Planning Department
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department
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Summary:
Owner: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Appellant (APPL-25-0010): Jennifer Kuhn, Esq. c/o Micheal D. Kuhn, Esq.
Appellant (APPL-25-0011): The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Location: 2396 Vento Way
City Planning Commission, at its regularly schedule public hearing on December 10, 2025, denied, with conditions, an appeal of the administrative approval for the Colorado Springs Temple Development Plan. The proposed religious institution is located at the southwest corner of Barossa Valley Road and Flying Horse Drive and is zoned MX-N/AF-O (Mixed-Use Neighborhood Scale with United States Air Force Academy Overlay).
Following this decision, the City Planning Department received two appeals of the Commission's action taken at the December 10, 2025, meeting. Both appeals were submitted within the 10-day appeal window in accordance with City Code Section 7.5.415.A.4.
* APPL-25-0010 -Appeal (Kuhn) Request Application: This appeal challenges the Commission's decision to deny the Appellants' prior appeal of the administrative approval (APPL-25-0008).
* APPL-25-0011 - Appeal (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Request Application: This appeal supports the Commission's decision to deny the prior appeal of th...
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