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Home My WebLink About10978 City Clerk's Office Item # S1 Background Paper for Proposed Ordinance COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 23, 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 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PUEBLO REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SEPTEMBER 2022 FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PUEBLO, A COLORADO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SUMMARY: Attached for consideration is the 2025 amendment to the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan for the Physical Development of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: 8, 2022, by Ordinance No. 10247. Pueblo Recreation Resort Annexation 1, Ordinance 10888 Pueblo Recreation Resort Annexation 2, Ordinance 10889 BACKGROUND: The subject property was annexed into the City as the Pueblo Recreation Resort Annexation No. 2 in January 2025 following a 5-0 recommendation of approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission in December 2024. The property included in the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan amendment is the 175.914-acres that is the southern portion of the annexation area, that is proposed to be rezoned to R-6, Multiple Residential and Commercial District to facilitate the development of a recreational vehicle (RV) resort, neighborhood-scale commercial, and a residential development intended to support the RV resort. The applicant is requesting to amend the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan, 2022 future land use designations from Suburban Neighborhood (30.6-acres) and Special Development Area (147-acres) to a Commercial Mixed-Use future land use designation to facilitate rezoning the site to a R-6 Zone District. The current Comprehensive Plan Suburban Neighborhood future land use designation does not support the proposed development or allowed uses in the R-6 Zone District. Areas designated as Special Development are characterized as potentially serviceable areas that may be suitable for future annexation, subject to evaluation criteria for Major Projects, which include the ability of the petitioner/developer to fund all necessary utility extensions, transportation infrastructure, dedication of land for public services and the ability for the municipality to provide life/safety services. and updates will be necessary to keep the Regional Comprehensive Plan relevant as conditions change, new issues and opportunities emerge, actions are completed and Plan is applicable to their proposed development plans as it is a new opportunity that has emerged since initial adoption of the plan. In their application materials, the applicant demonstrates that the proposed R-6 rezoning furthers the following specific goals of the Comprehensive Plan: providing for a diversity of lifestyles, creating attainable housing options, providing for higher-density housing to support major commercial areas, promoting tourism, and supporting local events and attractions. The Comprehensive Plan does specifically promote attainable housing options and higher density residential development, as well as preserving existing tourist attractions and expanding opportunities to promote tourism within the city and county. ntastic climate, a full slate of other Front Range communities, Pueblo offers easier access to the outdoors, less heavily trafficked trails, a robust agricultural community, and a rich multi- Comprehensive Plan supports the appli Commercial Mixed-Use future land use designation allows for large-format retail, personal services, office, entertainment, and higher-density residential uses. According to the Municipal Code, the standards of the R-6 Zone District are designed to retain and provide areas of mixed residence, commercial use, and accommodations for transients. The R-6 Zone District accommodates all proposed land uses within the southern portion of the Recreation Resort annexation area. The portion of the subject property currently in the Suburban Neighborhood future land use designation is located in the northeast corner of the rezoning site adjacent to Hwy 78. Areas designated as Suburban Neighborhood are generally characterized by neighborhoods developed with single-family detached and attached homes on similarly sized lots and future development accommodates a similar mix of lot sizes and housing types. Residential density in these neighborhoods that are limited to two to five dwelling units per acre. Supporting land uses consist of single-family attached homes, duplexes, townhomes, and neighborhood-scale commercial. The applicants intend to develop the proposed RV Resort water park in the portion of their property currently designated as Suburban Neighborhood, which does not provide for commercial recreation uses, therefore requiring an amendment to the future land use designation to a Commercial Mixed-Use designation prior to rezoning to facilitate the RV resort use. The portion designated Special Development Area is located south of the Suburban Neighborhood future land use area with approximately 922.76 feet of frontage along Hwy categories should be assigned through a Comprehensive Plan amendment at the time Development future land use designations, the approved Pueblo Recreation Resort Annexation Ag application, the Petitioner shall file an application for a comprehensive plan future land use map amendment changing the future land use area south of SH 78 to a Commercial Mixed-Use de as potentially serviceable areas that may be suitable for future annexation, subject to evaluation criteria for Major Projects, which include the ability of the developer to fund all necessary utility extension, transportation infrastructure, dedication of land for public services and the ability for the municipality to provide life/safety services. City staff has determined that the proposed project meets the evaluation criteria for a Major Project, and thus constitutes the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: There are no financial implications for the City. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their May 14, 2025, Regular Meeting, voted 4- 3 to recommend approval. Castellucci, Avalos and Aznar dissenting. 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 rezoned. 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. CP-25-01 Attachments ORDINANCE NO.10978 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PUEBLO REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SEPTEMBER 2022 FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PUEBLO, A COLORADO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission is authorized to prepare and submit to the City Council for its approval a 2025 Amendment to the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan for the physical development of the City; and, WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission, after a public hearing thereon conducted after due publication, has approved said amendment and submitted same to City Council for its approval. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1. The 2025 Amendment to the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan for the Physical Development of Pueblo, heretofore approved by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and submitted to the City Council for approval, copies of which are attached hereto, is hereby approved and adopted as the Master Plan for the Physical Development of the City with the changes thereto recommended by the City Planning and Zoning Commission. SECTION 2. The 2025 Amendment to the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan for the Physical Development of Pueblo, does not repeal or rescind, the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan for the Physical Development of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, adopted by the Pueblo City Council August 8, 2022, by Ordinance No. 10247. The physical development of the City after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be in conformity with the 2025 Amendment to the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan-2022, hereby adopted, except insofar as any such physical development has been heretofore approved by Ordinance of the City Council. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the Mayor and City Council. Action by City Council: Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on June 09, 2025. Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on June 23, 2025. ____________________________ President of City Council Action by the Mayor: Approved on _______________. Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 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 _____________ ____________________________ President of City Council ATTEST ________________________________ City Clerk