Title
Ordinance No. 21-55 annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that area known as Advanced Technology Campus Addition No.1 consisting of 160 acres located southwest of Drennan Road and Foreign Trade Zone Boulevard.
(Legislative)
Related Files: CPC A 20-00143R, CPC A 20-00143, CPC MP 20-00160, CPC ZC 20-00159
Presenter:
Katie Carleo, Planning Supervisor, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning & Community Development
Body
Summary:
Owner: City of Colorado Springs
Representative: Kimly-Horn, John Heiberger
Location: Southwest of Drennan Road and Foreign Trade Zone Boulevard
This project includes concurrent applications for annexation, establishment of zoning, and associated master plan located southwest of Drennan Road and Foreign Trade Zone Boulevard. The proposed zoning will establish a PF/AO/APZ-2 (Public Facility with Airport and Accident Potential Zone-2 Overlay) zone district for the proposed development of a new Colorado Springs Utilities facility, Advanced Technology Campus, to establish future laboratory building, substation, solar array, and other utility facilities.
Background:
The Advanced Technology Campus Addition No. 1 Annexation (ATC ANNEXATION PLAT) will annex 160 acres of property into the municipal limits of the City of Colorado Springs. The property is intended for the future development of a Colorado Springs Utilities facility. This property is owned by the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Utilities.
Landowners, in this case the City, seeking voluntary annexation must petition the municipality to request annexation into the City. Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) require even those parcels owned by a municipality to make notice and petition for annexation. The Annexation Petition for this property was heard and accepted by City Council on November 10, 2020. The City's authority to annex land is established by Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S. 31-12-101) which sets requirements an...
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