City of Colorado Springs - File #: 18-0040

• File #: 18-0040
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 8/2/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 4/10/2018
• Final action: 4/10/2018
• Title: Ordinance No. 18-23 amending Section 402 (Purpose and Specific Requirements of the Special Purpose Zone Districts) of Part 4 (Special Purpose Districts), Section 717 (Mixed Use Pedestrian and Bicycle Access and Circulation) of Part 7 (Mixed Use Zone Districts) and Section 903 (Definitions) of Part 9 (Traditional Neighborhood Development) All of Article 3 (Land Use Zoning Districts) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended pertaining to Parks Presenter: Karen Palus, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director Meggan Herington, Planning & Community Development Assistant Director
• Indexes: Code Amendment, Meggan Herington

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/10/2018	1	City Council	finally passed	Pass
3/27/2018	1	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
3/12/2018	1	Council Work Session	referred
8/17/2017	1	Planning Commission	referred	Pass

Title
Ordinance No. 18-23 amending Section 402 (Purpose and Specific Requirements of the Special Purpose Zone Districts) of Part 4 (Special Purpose Districts), Section 717 (Mixed Use Pedestrian and Bicycle Access and Circulation) of Part 7 (Mixed Use Zone Districts) and Section 903 (Definitions) of Part 9 (Traditional Neighborhood Development) All of Article 3 (Land Use Zoning Districts) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended pertaining to Parks

Presenter:
Karen Palus, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director
Meggan Herington, Planning & Community Development Assistant Director

Body
Summary:
This amendment proposes to update Chapter 7 of the City Code as part of the Parks Code Scrub project which spans multiple chapters of the City Code. All changes to Chapter 7 (FIGURE 1) of the City Code need to be reviewed by the Chapter 7 Code Scrub Committee and a recommendation to City Council made by the City Planning Commission.

The proposed draft will revise the following:
? Update references to the Parks and Recreation Department to add Cultural Services to
its name.
? Change the reference in City Code ? 7.3.402B PK- Public Park Zone Districts from
"tennis" to "sport" courts to reflect other court uses such as pickle ball.
? Adds "cultural" resources reference to City Code ? 7.3.402B.
? Strikes language pertaining to City Code ? 7.5.1007 review to align with the inclusion of
those standards as applicable in Chapter 4 of the City Code. The proposed Chapter
4 revisions are included for comparison purposes.

Previous Council Action:
The only official City Council action to date was a recommendation to assign City Councilmembers to each Department to assist with their respective code revisions. City Council President Merv Bennett assigned City Councilmember Pro-Tem Jill Gaebler and City Councilmember Tom Strand to the Parks, Recre...