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Home My WebLink About11049 City Clerk's Office Item # R2 Background Paper for Proposed Ordinance COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 14, 2025 TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council CC: Mayor Heather Graham VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk FROM: Beritt Odom, Director Planning and Community Development SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL AREA PLAN FOR THE TOWNHOMES AT RIVER'S RUN SUBDIVISION SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting establish a Special Area Plan for 9.384-acres to facilitate the development of 133 townhomes. The townhome lots will have reduced lot widths, setbacks, and be accessed from private streets. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: st Amendment by Ordinance No. 10193. (S-22-01) The applicant is concurrently requesting to subdivide 9.384-acres. (S-24-06) BACKGROUND: st The subject property is a re- Amendment, which is located north of Portland Avenue and west of South Norwood Avenue. The proposed subdivision divides the property into 133 townhome lots, multiple parcels for common area, sidewalks, landscaping, refuse, mail kiosks, clubhouse, swimming pool, and private streets that will be owned, developed, and maintained by the Rivers Run Flats Homeowners Association, Inc. A Special Area Plan is proposed for this subdivision to allow for the unique development of private streets and attached townhomes on individual lots, which do not meet the minimum standards for single-family residences in a R-5 Zone District. Each townhome will be located on an individual lot and will have a one car garage that is accessed from the private street. The townhome units located at each end of the four-unit structure will have an additional surface parking space complete with curb stop, in addition to the 18-foot-long driveway. The two middle units only have a one-car garage and 18-foot-long driveway. All townhomes will have a small fenced private yard which fronts onto a pedestrian path, located within parcels, providing pedestrian circulation throughout the development. The proposed development also includes drainage and detention parcels that will be landscaped. Approximately 17 visitor parking spaces will be provided throughout the proposed development, with seven spaces provided adjacent to the proposed clubhouse and swimming pool. An additional 10 visitor parking spaces will be provided within Block 2 of the subdivision, east of Rivers Run Avenue. Landscaping will be provided along the entire periphery of the development. Residents will have the ability to utilize the dedicated public park that is located within the northeastern portion of the Rivers Run Subdivision, which is less than a quarter of a mile from the proposed development. The proposed development is in an R-5, Multiple Residential and Office Zone District, which requires a minimum lot width of 50 feet for single-family homes but does not provide minimum standards for single-family attached townhomes located on individual lots. Section 17-4-29, of the Pueblo Municipal Code states, in any zone district after or in conjunction with approval of a subdivision plan, A Special Area Plan may be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for unique planning and development, which may allow for exceptions to minimum setbacks and lot width and depth requirements for each building, with consideration for the protection of public health, safety, and general welfare. Therefore, the applicant is requesting approval of the proposed Special Area Plan in conjunc Plan Subdivision. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: None. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their December 11th, 2024 Regular Meeting, voted 5-0 to recommend approval, Commissioners Maestri and Pasternak absent. 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 applicant will not be able to modify lot lines to allow a rearrangement of property boundaries. 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. SAP-24-02 Attachments ORDINANCE NO.11049 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL AREA PLAN FOR THE TOWNHOMES AT RIVER'S RUN SUBDIVISION WHEREAS, Special Area Plan, has been submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for approval pursuant to Section 17-4-29 of the Pueblo Municipal Code, and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission after a public hearing found and determined the objectives and requirements of said Section 17-4-29 can and will be met, and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended the approval of the BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1. The Special Area Plan for: LOT 1, BLOCK 1, RIVER'S RUN 1ST AMENDMENT, AS RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NUMBER 2323042 AND RIVER'S RUN SUBDIVISION REARRANGEMENT OF PROPERTY BOUNDARIES RPB-22-01 AS RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NUMBER 2323048, RECORDS OF PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO, BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31 AND A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO. CONTAINING A TOTAL CALCULATED AREA OF 408,783 SQUARE FEET OR 9.384 ACRES attached hereto, is hereby approved. SECTION 2. conditions. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final passage and approval. Action by City Council: Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on September 22, 2025. Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on October 14, 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