City of Colorado Springs - File #: CPC ZC 18-00022

• File #: CPC ZC 18-00022
• Version: 3
• Type: Planning Case
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 3/30/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/12/2018
• Final action: 6/12/2018
• Title: An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to 1.3 acres of land from (A) Agricultural to (OC) Office Complex. (QUASI-JUDICIAL) Presenter: Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development Daniel Sexton, Senior Planner, Planning and Community Development
• Indexes: Flying Horse
• Related files: CPC CP 12-00048-A1MN18

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/12/2018	2	City Council	finally passed	Pass
5/22/2018	2	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
4/19/2018	1	Planning Commission	referred	Pass

Title
An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs pertaining to 1.3 acres of land from (A) Agricultural to (OC) Office Complex.

(QUASI-JUDICIAL)

Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development
Daniel Sexton, Senior Planner, Planning and Community Development
Body
Summary:
Applicant: YOW Architects PC
Owner: Flying Horse Club, LLC
Location: North of Flying Horse Club Drive near the future alignment of Powers Boulevard

The project includes concurrent applications for a change of zone request from (A) Agricultural to (OC) Office Complex and a minor concept plan amendment. The amended concept plan illustrates a new layout for the office complex development that incorporates a parcel of land previously envisioned for a Powers Boulevard off-ramp property.

Previous Council Action:
At the City Council hearing on May 22, 2018, the change of zone and minor concept plan amendment applications were pulled from the consent calendar and discussed under the items pulled off consent calendar. Councilor Murray pulled the items to discuss the proposed removal of land that had been conceptually envisioned for an interchange as part of the future extension of Powers Boulevard. Based on the current plan for the extension of Powers Boulevard, Councilor Murray wanted to ensure the City wasn't giving away land unnecessarily and creating a situation similar that of Powers Boulevard south of Woodmen Road. City staff explained that this future extension of Powers Boulevard is presently envisioned as a limited access expressway with interchanges at Highway 83 and Voyager Parkway, and that the development of an interchange at Flying Horse Club Drive would have been at the expense of the developer, per the Flying Horse Ranch Addition Annexation agreement. The Developer does not intend to connect internal roads within the Flying Horse development to Powers Blvd. extension. The City Council ultimately voted 7-2 in favor of the it...