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Ordinance No. 17-93 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to 20.9281 acres from OC/SS/AO (Office Complex with Streamside and Airport Overlays) to PUD/SS/AO (Planned Unit Development with Streamside and Airport Overlays), located at the southwest corner of Woodmen Road and Lee Vance Drive.
(Quasi-Judicial)
Related Files: CPC LUM 17-00064, CPC PUP 17-00066
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development
Michael Schultz, Principal Planner, Planning and Community Development
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Summary:
Applicant: Classic Consulting Engineers & Surveyors, LLC
Owners: Cook Communications
Location: Southwest of the intersection of Woodmen Road and Lee Vance Drive
The request is to amend the City's 2020 Comprehensive Land Use Map from "Employment Center" to "General Residential", rezone the property from OC/SS/AO (Office Complex and Streamside and Airport Overlays) to a PUD zone for small lot residential and a PUD Concept Plan for the Midtown Collections at Cottonwood Creek illustrating the layout of 111 small lot detached single-family homes. The property was originally planned for office development as part of the Cook Communications Ministries Concept Plan and later amended for multi-family and single-family use.
Previous Council Action:
On September 26, 2017, this ordinance was approved at first reading on the consent calendar.
Background:
The 2020 Land Use Plan identifies the site as both "General Residential" and "Employment Center", splitting the property with the designated land uses. Staff required the amendment to include the entire site as General Residential to ensure that the future intent of the property was clarified on the Land Use Plan map.
The General Residential Land Use designation within the Comprehensive Plan allows for higher density residential (8 - 11.99 dwelling units per acre) or higher, however the proposed development has a gross density of 5.3 dwelling units per acre, w...
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