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Ordinance No. 21-26 amending Section 210 (Service Without Annexation) of Part 2 (Annexations) of Article 6 (Planning Commission and Annexations) of Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to school site section change
(Legislative)
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Britt Haley, Parks Development Manager/TOPS Program Manager
Chris Lieber, N.E.S. Inc.
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Background:
The Planning and Community Development Department, and the Parks, Recreational and Cultural Services Department mutually request the proposed code amendment. The new ordinance was initiated by the Administration in an effort to update the park land dedication/payment of fees in-lieu of dedication requirements that have been in effect and fundamentally unchanged since the original adoption in 1974.
Please see the attached presentation for detailed background and information.
Amendments to the Chapter 7 - the zoning and subdivision code - are authorized by Section 7.5.602 and may be initiated by staff, Planning Commission, City Council or the Mayor.
There are four parts and four separate motions recommended:
First: action on the "new" park land dedication ordinance.
Second: action on a resolution adopting the park land dedication criteria manual, which sets forth administrative procedures to aid in administration of the PLDO.
Third: action on the Neighborhood Park Geographic Service Area map. Under the current PLDO, there are no service areas - in other words, fees in lieu of land dedication collected in the Southeast part of the City could be spent on acquiring land in the North part of the City. Establishing Neighborhood Park Geographic Service Areas is a concept identified during the process designed to assure that when fees in-lieu of land are paid for neighborhood parks, and the fees are spent in relative proximity to the development generating the additi...
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