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File #: CODE-22-0001    Version: Name: RetoolCOS - Unified Development Code
Type: Ordinance Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 9/20/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/24/2023 Final action: 2/14/2023
Title: Ordinance No. 23-03 repealing Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, and adopting the Unified Development Code of the City of Colorado Springs, incorporating various building codes, other primary and secondary codes, as included, and providing for the penalties and remedies for violation thereof Presenter: Morgan Hester, Planning Supervisor Mike Tassi, Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development Don Elliott, Clarion Associates
Attachments: 1. RetoolCOS - 2-14-23, 2. COS_UDC Final Draft CLEAN, 3. ATTACHMENT 1 CC Recommendations, 4. ATTACHMENT 2 - Neighborhoods, 5. ATTACHMENT 3 - Appeals, 6. ATTACHMENT 4 - TODs, 7. Retool PPT - staff response for 1-24-23 CC meeting, 8. HNP_Comments, 9. ReToolCOS-AdoptingORD-2023-2-6, 10. Pages A-BB PENALTY PROVISIONS UNDER UDC - 2022-12-05, 11. EXHIBIT 1 Proposed Zone District Conversions, 12. EXHIBIT 2 CPC Recommendation Memo, 13. AMENDMENT 1, 14. AMENDMENT 2, 15. AMENDMENT 3a, 16. AMENDMENT 3b-e, 17. AMENDMENT 4a-b, 18. AMENDMENT 4c, 19. AMENDMENT 5, 20. AMENDMENT 6, 21. AMENDMENT 7, 22. AMENDMENT 8ai, 23. AMENDMENT 8aii, 24. AMENDMENT 8aiii, 25. AMENDMENT 8aiv, 26. AMENDMENT 9, 27. AMENDMENT 10, 28. AMENDMENT 11, 29. AMENDMENT 12, 30. AMENDMENT 13a, 31. AMENDMENT 13b, 32. AMENDMENT 14a, 33. AMENDMENT 14b, 34. AMENDMENT 15a, 35. AMENDMENT 15b, 36. 1-10-23 - CC PPT, 37. HNP repsonses for 1-10-23 Council Meeting, 38. CPC Staff Report, 39. COS UDC redline -- August to November 2022 draft, 40. COS_UDC Final Draft November 2022 (Oct 26 22), 41. RetoolCOS OR-OC to MX-N Uses - Post 10-12-22 CPC Mtg, 42. RetoolCOS Final Draft Consolidated Comments Table - Post 10-12-22 CPC Mtg, 43. COS Retool FINAL DRAFT, 44. RetoolCOS Final Draft Consolidated Comments, 45. OR-OC to MX-N Table, 46. Appeal Process Comment, 47. Lot Size & Setbacks Comments, 48. Safety-Bars-Murals_BoulderStreetNeighborhoodWatch, 49. Kin Memo, 50. 9-22-22 - CPC PPT, 51. CPC_SpecialHearingMinutes_09.22.22_draft, 52. CPC_Minutes_10.12.22_Final, 53. CPC_Minutes_SpecialHearing_10.28.22_draft, 54. Signed Ordinance No. 23-03.pdf
Related files: ZONE-23-0006

Title
Ordinance No. 23-03 repealing Chapter 7 (Planning, Development and Building) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, and adopting the Unified Development Code of the City of Colorado Springs, incorporating various building codes, other primary and secondary codes, as included, and providing for the penalties and remedies for violation thereof

Presenter:
Morgan Hester, Planning Supervisor
Mike Tassi, Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Don Elliott, Clarion Associates

Body
Summary:
Provision of requested amendments reflective of the previous vote at first reading and requested final adoption of the Unified Development Code (UDC) otherwise known as the RetoolCOS project.

Previous Council Action:
Since the December 2019 kick-off, project staff met with the City Council 24 times (including today) at both work sessions and regular meetings to discuss the progress of the RetoolCOS project and seek guidance on new concepts. Staff met with Planning Commission 16 times with similar discussions.

At the January 10, 2023, City Council meeting, a vote was postponed to January 24, 2023. The City Council voted 8-1 to approve the Unified Development Code (UDC) at the January 24, 2023, hearing.

Background:
The City Council voted to approve the Unified Development Code (UDC) with changes at the January 24, 2023, with an 8-1 vote (Councilmember Donelson voting no). At the meeting, requested changes were discussed and have been captured in the "clean" version of the UDC which will ultimately be adopted and go into effect Summer 2023.

The vote included the requested changes that were presented at the January 10, 2023, public hearing which came from Planning Commission and Staff. The Council requested additional changes after the January 10, 2023, hearing as outlined in a PowerPoint that was included in the agenda packets for the January 24, 2023, ...

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