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File #: CPC A 21-00092    Version: Name: Black Canyon Quarry
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 9/28/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/23/2021 Final action: 11/23/2021
Title: Ordinance No. 21-96 annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that area known as the Black Canyon Quarry Addition No. 1 Annexation consisting of 91.118 acres located northwest of Black Canyon Road and Garden Drive. (Legislative) Presenter: Katie Carleo, Land Use Planning Manager, Planning and Community Development Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director
Indexes: Annexation
Attachments: 1. ORD_BlackCanyonQuarryAnnexation, 2. EXHIBIT A_Legal_BLACK CANYON QUARRY, 3. CPC Staff Report_City Parks Annexations_KAC, 4. BLACK CANYON QUARRY ADD. NO. 1 ANNEXATION PLAT, 5. Signed Ordinance 21-96
Related files: 21-433, CPC A 21-00092R, CPC ZC 21-00093

Title
Ordinance No. 21-96 annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that area known as the Black Canyon Quarry Addition No. 1 Annexation consisting of 91.118 acres located northwest of Black Canyon Road and Garden Drive.
(Legislative)

Presenter:
Katie Carleo, Land Use Planning Manager, Planning and Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director

Body
Summary:
Applicant/Owner: City of Colorado Springs

This project includes concurrent applications for annexation and zone establishment to PK (Park) for five parkland areas. The proposed have been identified in a City effort to annex City owned property into the municipal city limits.

Background:
In an effort to bring City owned property into the municipal City limits the City Planning and Community Development Department, along with the City Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department (City Parks), has analyzed City owned parcels outside of the City boundary. (CITY OWNED PROPERTY WITHIN EL PASO COUNTY) Further we have determined those areas eligible for annexation based on the Colorado Revised Statues (C.R.S.) governing annexation. The City has determined these initial five parkland and open space sites for annexation as part of its initial phase for City annexations: Corral Bluffs, Jimmy Camp Creek, North Gate Open Space, Black Canyon Quarry and Bear Creek Canyon (to include Section 16 and White Acres). The enclosed overall CITY PARKS ANNEXATIONS project map along with detailed site-specific maps below give details for parcels to be included.

Early evaluation of City owned parcels outside of the City boundary occurred late 2020 alongside work being developed for AnnexCOS, the Annexation Plan update. In further working with City Parks it was determined there were several locations that met the C.R.S. that would be eligible for annexation at this time. With a focus on best management practice to have City owned parcels within the City limits the Planning De...

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