City of Colorado Springs - File #: CPC NV 22-00061

• File #: CPC NV 22-00061
• Version: 2
• Name: 2525 Concord Street
• Type: Planning Case
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/29/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/13/2022
• Final action: 9/13/2022
• Title: An appeal of the City Planning Commission's denial of a nonuse variance to reduce the minimum front yard setback from the required 20 feet to 10 feet along North Cascade Avenue, West Harrison Street, and Concord Street for a multi-family residential project located at 2525 Concord Street. (Quasi-Judicial) Related File: CPC CU 22-00059 Presenter: Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development Department Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development Department
• Related files: CPC CU 22-00059

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/13/2022	2	City Council	approved	Pass
8/10/2022	1	Planning Commission	denied	Fail

Title
An appeal of the City Planning Commission's denial of a nonuse variance to reduce the minimum front yard setback from the required 20 feet to 10 feet along North Cascade Avenue, West Harrison Street, and Concord Street for a multi-family residential project located at 2525 Concord Street.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related File: CPC CU 22-00059

Presenter:
Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development Department
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development Department

Body
Summary:
Owner: Front Row Properties, LLC
Developer: DHN Development, LLC
Location: 2525 Concord Street

City Planning Commission approved a conditional use development plan on August 11, 2022, for the 2525 Concord Street conditional use development plan to allow a multi-family residential development of 21-units in four buildings with ancillary site improvements in the OR (Office Residential) zone district, and that the project meet the minimum required front yard setback of 20 feet along North Cascade Avenue, West Harrison, and Concord Street. The City Planning Commission did not support the nonuse variance request to reduce the front yard setback to 10 feet where the minimum of 20 feet is required per City Code. On August 16, 2022, the Appellant, DHN Development LLC, who is the developer of the property, filed an appeal of the City Planning Commission's decision to approve the above referenced project within the 10-day appeal window. The Appellant's stated reasoning for the appeal of the City Planning Commissions decision is against the intention of the existing zoning ordinance and is unreasonable considering the precedence of existing homes and structures in the area that have front setbacks that are 10 feet or less; and the sight visibility requirements at West Harrison Street and North Cascade Avenue were met and found by City Engineering staff to be in conformance with city standards.

Background:
The Applicant's proposal was for a Condit...