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Ordinance No. 20-21 vacating a fifteen-foot public right-of-way described as a portion of the alley adjacent to Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 2, Resubdivision of Arensdale, City of Colorado Springs and consisting of 0.05 acres.
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Development Department
Rachel Teixeira, Planner II
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Summary:
Applicant: Rocky Mountain Land Services on behalf of the property owner, Atlas Development LLC
Location: Alley between 3540 W. Pikes Peak Avenue and 0 N. Thirty Sixth Street properties
The property owner of Lot 1 Block 2, Resubdivision of Arensdale (Parcel 1), is requesting that the City vacate a fifteen-foot public right-of-way at the rear of their lot. The original intent for the right-of-way was for an alley. The alley was never constructed and dead-ends into Lots 3, 4 and. (Figure 2) A section of the alley east of the petitioner's property was previously vacated.
Background:
The alley was originally platted with the Re-Subdivision of Arensdale Subdivision (Figure 1) in August of 1893. The alley was never improved for a driving surface and those homes adjacent to this alley are taking access from the adjacent public street, either on W. Pikes Peak Avenue, on N. 36th Street, or on the alley of Ridge Road.
The alleyway was originally 300-ft in length, and extended to either side of the 3500 block, between North 36th Street and Ridge Road, behind the rear of the properties. An area of 0.04 acres, 120 ft. in length and 15 ft. in width, was vacated by City of Colorado Springs City Council in November of 2008. This request was made by the current property owner of 3528 W. Pikes Peak Avenue.
The property owner of Lot 1, Block 2, Resubdivision of Arensdale, 3540 W. Pikes Peak Avenue, is requesting that this fifteen-foot right-of-way adjacent and to the rear of Lot 1, Block 2, Resubdivision of Arensdale be vacated. The owner intends to construct a single-family dwelling structure in part of the vacated alley. ...
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