City of Colorado Springs - File #: CPC ZC 15-00122

• File #: CPC ZC 15-00122
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 3/9/2016
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 4/12/2016
• Final action: 4/12/2016
• Title: Ordinance No. 16-42 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to 17 acres located east of Manitou Boulevard, north of Monument Street, and south of Uintah Street from PK/PF/R/HS (Parks and Recreation, Public Facilities, Estate Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF/HS (Public Facility with Hillside Overlay).Quasi-Judicial Presenter: Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Land Use Review Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development
• Related files: CPC DP 97-00346-A1MJ15

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/12/2016	3	City Council	finally passed	Pass
3/22/2016	1	City Council	approved on first reading

Title
Ordinance No. 16-42 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to 17 acres located east of Manitou Boulevard, north of Monument Street, and south of Uintah Street from PK/PF/R/HS (Parks and Recreation, Public Facilities, Estate Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF/HS (Public Facility with Hillside Overlay).Quasi-Judicial

Presenter:
Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Land Use Review
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development

Body
Summary:
Applicant: Colorado Springs Utilities
Owner: Colorado Springs Utilities
Location: North of Manitou Boulevard and west of Monument Street

There are two applications as part of this project:
1. Zone Change
2. Development Plan
The applicant is requesting a zone change for 17 acres from PK/PF/R/HS (Parks and Recreation, Public Facilities, Estate Single-Family Residential with Hillside Overlay) to PF/HS (Public Facility with Hillside Overlay). In addition, the applicant is proposing a development plan for the property to build a new water tank and demolish the existing water tank.

Previous Council Action:
This item was approved on first reading on March 22, 2016.

Background:
The Little Mesa Tank site is a 17-acre property that contains a number of different zone districts. This application serves to consolidate the zoning in the area and proposes zoning that accommodates both the public utility and parks and recreation use that is currently on the site. The PF (Public Facilities) zone district permits both public facilities (the water tank) and parks and recreation uses. The Little Mesa Tank site is a great example of joint use of property between a City department and enterprise: Colorado Springs Utilities and the City's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department.

The existing water tank on this property is in need of replacement. Colorado Springs Utilities is planning to build a new water tank to replace the existing tank and then remo...