Title
A minor amendment to the Colorado College Master Plan adding multiple properties on the block bound by East Dale Street, North Weber Street, East Cache la Poudre Street, and North Nevada Avenue
(Quasi-Judicial)
Related Files: CPC ZC 21-00084, CPC DP 21-00085
Presenter:
Ryan Tefertiller, Urban Planning Manager, Planning and Community Development Department
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Community Development Department
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Summary:
Owner: Colorado College
Developer: Colorado College
Representative: N.E.S. Inc.
Location: Nine parcels covering 1.57-acres on the block bound by E. Dale St., N. Weber St., E. Cache la Poudre St., and N. Nevada Ave.
An application to change the zoning of nine Colorado College owned parcels from the C5 (Intermediate Business) and R4 (Multi-Family Residential) zone districts to the SU (Special Use) zone district to allow the same use and bulk standards as the rest of the campus. The properties are on the southeastern edge of the Colorado College campus in a mixed-use area with commercial, office, institutional, multi-family, and single-family uses all on the same block.
Background:
Colorado College was established in 1874 on 20-acres of land that was set aside by General William Jackson Palmer specifically for higher education. The first class at the College was held on May 6, 1874, two years prior to Colorado officially becoming a State. Over the last 147 years the College has grown, expanded, planned, and replanned many times. Currently, the College has just over 2,000 students on a roughly 90-acre campus. The vast majority of the campus has the SU (Special Use) zone, though there are a few properties that have other zones including: FBZ-T2A, C6, R-1-9000, and R-1-6000 (as well as the subject properties which currently have C5 and R4 designations). Uses on the campus include fairly typical college uses such as dormitories, classrooms, faculty offices, research facilities, sports/recreatio...
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