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File #: CPC ZC 21-00084    Version: Name: Colorado College
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 12/6/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 2/22/2022
Title: Ordinance No. 22-08 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs relating to 1.57-acres located on the block bound by East Dale Street, North Weber Street, East Cache la Poudre Street, and North Nevada Avenue from the C5 (Intermediate Business) and R4 (Multi-Family Residential) to SU/cr (Special Use with conditions of record) zone (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: CPC MP 97-00261-A7MN21, CPC DP 21-00085 Presenter: Ryan Tefertiller, Urban Planning Manager, Planning and Community Development Department Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Community Development Department
Indexes: Colorado College Master Plan, Master Plan Amendment
Attachments: 1. ORD_ZC_ColoradoCollege_w_CR, 2. Exhibit A - Legal Desc, 3. Exhibit B - Zone Change, 4. Figure 3 - Zoning Exhibit, 5. Figure 7 - Zone Change, 6. 7.5.603.B Findings - ZC
Related files: CPC MP 97-00261-A7MN21, CPC DP 21-00085

Title
Ordinance No. 22-08 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado Springs relating to 1.57-acres located on the block bound by East Dale Street, North Weber Street, East Cache la Poudre Street, and North Nevada Avenue from the C5 (Intermediate Business) and R4 (Multi-Family Residential) to SU/cr (Special Use with conditions of record) zone

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related Files: CPC MP 97-00261-A7MN21, CPC DP 21-00085
Presenter:
Ryan Tefertiller, Urban Planning Manager, Planning and Community Development Department
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Community Development Department

Body
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 d...

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