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City Clerk's Office Item # S5
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 24, 2025
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Scott Hobson, Acting Director Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING RESTRICTIONS TO REZONE
634 GOODNIGHT AVENUE FROM R-2, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
ZONE DISTRICT TO B-2, SUBREGIONAL BUSINESS ZONE DISTRICT
SUMMARY:
The applicant is requesting to rezone .38-acres located at 634 Goodnight Avenue,
generally east of City Park and west of Dotson Avenue in the Aberdeen Neighborhood,
from R-2, Single-Family Residential Zone District to B-2, Subregional Business Zone
District.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
-24-
04, to rezone the property from R-2, Single-Family Residential Zone District to CCN,
Commercial Charter Neighborhood Zone District. With this new rezoning request, the
applicant is concurrently requesting the Zoning Board of Appeals approve a variance
(ZBA-24-44) to reduce the off-street parking requirement in a B-2 Zone District.
BACKGROUND:
634 Goodnight Avenue is a 4,968 square foot, former Mennonite Church on a 16,500
square foot lot located east of City Park, in the Aberdeen Neighborhood. The church was
built in 1959 and operated as such until 2023 when the property was purchased by
1Legacy Investments. The new owner would like to repurpose the building as a
multipurpose office space, instructional and massage studio. A previous application for
rezoning, Z-24-04, was recommended for approval by the planning commission in
September and was denied by City Council on October 28, 2024. The applicant revised
their redevelopment plan to exclude the banquet hall and create an office-instructional
space instead. The new application to rezone to a B-2 zone district will allow the
proposed uses: office, instructional studio, massage service, as Uses by Right. The
proposed redevelopment plan is anticipated to generate steady but smaller demands for
traffic than the previous assembly hall request. In April 2024, the applicant submitted a
study completed by Gagliano Engineering, Inc. (Exhibit H) which identified 11 off-street
and 10 on-street parking spaces. With the new proposed office and professional service
use, the required number of parking spaces is 19. The applicant has a concurrent
variance application to reduce the number of on-site parking spaces from 19 to 11 (ZBA-
24-03) which will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals on February 26, 2025..The
proposed rezoning request conforms with the 2022 Pueblo Regional Comprehensive
Plan future land use designation of Urban Neighborhood. Urban Neighborhoods are
characterized by neighborhoods generally built before 1950 and are commonly located
within the central portion of the city. Urban Neighborhoods are intended to provide a
variety of services and amenities within the neighborhood or easily accessible nearby.
The applicants plan to redevelop the property with an office and instructional studio,
which is considered neighborhood-scale commercial.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no financial implications for the City.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their February 12, 2025, Regular Meeting,
voted 6-0 to recommend approval.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
The Planning Department sent out Notice of the Planning and Zoning Commission Public
Hearing to all property owners located within 300 feet of the subject property.
A Public Notice poster was placed on the subject property 15 days prior to the Public
Hearing.
ALTERNATIVES:
If City Council does not approve this Ordinance the property will not be zoned in
accordance with the Pueblo Municipal Code.
Upon request of City Council, the Ordinance could be returned to the Planning and
Zoning Commission for consideration of proposed modifications.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Z-24-23 Attachments
ORDINANCE NO. 10924
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING RESTRICTIONS TO
REZONE 634 GOODNIGHT AVENUE FROM R-2, SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT TO B-2, SUBREGIONAL
BUSINESS ZONE DISTRICT
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The zoning restrictions covering the following described property, and in addition half of
all adjacent dedicated roadway and alley rights-of-way, together generally identified in the
attached Rezone Exhibit, is hereby changed from R-2, Single-Family Residential to B-2,
Subregional Business Zone District:
Lots 1 to 5, Block 1, Adams Subdivision
SECTION 2.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with
the intent of the Ordinance to implement the policies and procedures described herein.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final action by the Mayor
and City Council.
Action by City Council:
Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on March 10, 2025.
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on March 24, 2025.
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President of City Council
Action by the Mayor:
Approved on _______________.
Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections:
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Mayor
Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor:
Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto.
Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________
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President of City Council
ATTEST
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City Clerk