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File #: CPC PUD 20-00109    Version: Name: Creekside at Rockrimmon
Type: Planning Case Status: Withdrawn
File created: 4/28/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/25/2022 Final action: 1/25/2022
Title: An appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to approve a PUD development plan for Creekside at Rockrimmon, subdividing 17.47 acres into 43 single-family residential lots and open space areas, located at 252 Heavy Stone View. (Quasi-Judicial) Presenter: Kerri Schott, Planner II, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Indexes: Appeals
Attachments: 1. Appeal statement, 2. Appeal statement supplement, 3. CPC_Minutes_CreeksideAtRockrimmon_draft, 4. CC Creekside at Rockrimmon Presentation-KLS, 5. CPC Report_Creekside at Rockrimmon, 6. PUD Development Plan, 7. Project Statement, 8. Physical Characteristics, 9. Public Comments, 10. CreeksideAtRockrimmon_Re-review Public Comments, 11. Context Map, 12. Emergency Evacuation Letter, 13. Auckland Environmental Analysis for ACOE, 14. Wetland Mapping, 15. NWP 29 Verification, 16. Approved Jurisdictional Determination, 17. CGS Final Review Letter GeoHazard, 18. Environmental Consultant Letter, 19. Plan COS Vibrant Neighborhood Map, 20. 7.3.606 PUD Development Plan, 21. 7.5.502.E Development Plan Review, 22. Postponment Request

Title
An appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to approve a PUD development plan for Creekside at Rockrimmon, subdividing 17.47 acres into 43 single-family residential lots and open space areas, located at 252 Heavy Stone View.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Presenter:
Kerri Schott, Planner II, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development

Body
Summary:
Owner/Developer: Pueblo Back & Trust Company
Representative: Premier Homes, Inc.
Location: 252 Heavy Stone View

This is an appeal of City Planning Commission's decision to approve a detached single-family PUD development plan. The basis of the appeal includes adverse possession claim of property, lack of trail connectivity, inadequate landscape buffering between developments, and relocation of a proposed street for more separation between existing and proposed neighborhood. Although adverse possession claim is included in the appeal statement, it is a private civil matter between property owners that the City will not address.
The City's Planning Commission, on November 18, 2021, reviewed and approved, with a vote of 7-1 to approve, the Creekside at Rockrimmon project. This project includes an application for a PUD development plan for 17.47 acres of vacant land located at 252 Heavy Stone View. This is a single-family detached residential development of 43 proposed lots with public and private improvements. Due to geologic hazard concerns raised in 2008, the City Council applied a condition of record that all development plans for development of the subject property be reviewed and approved by the City Planning Commission.
Background:
The subject property was part of an original PUD zone change and concept plan, known as Creekside at Rockrimmon, that was reviewed and approved in 2008. It was envisioned for residential development consisting of 62 units. Over the years, the neighboring townhomes were built, and this site is the last piece to develop. The ...

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