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City Clerk's Office Item # R1
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 8, 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 CHANGING ZONING RESTRICTIONS FROM R-2
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT TO R-5, MULTIPLE-
RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE ZONE DISTRICT COVERING AN
UNIMPROVED .34-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED
AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MADISON AVENUE AND PITKIN
AVE
SUMMARY:
Rezone parcel 1501216009 from a Single-Family Residential (R-2) to Multiple
Residential and Office (R-5) Zone District to facilitate the development of a six-unit
multifamily residence.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The .34-acre property is vacant and generally located at the southeast corner of the
Madison St and E Pitkin Ave intersection a few blocks east of Pueblo Central High
School. A 10-foot alley separates the subject property from the single-family residences
to the north.
The subject property is currently zoned R-2, which is designed to retain and provide
areas primarily for single-family development. A duplex is the highest-allowed density
option in R-2. Thus, multifamily residences are not permitted within an R-2 Zone District.
The R-5 Zone District is designed to retain and provide areas of multifamily dwelling unit
structures with limited commingling of professional offices and studios. Should the
subject property be rezoned to R-5, a multifamily residence would be allowed by-right at
the subject property.
The subject property is within a future land use area classified as Urban Residential by
the 2022 Regional Comprehensive Plan. The Urban Residential classification is
characterized by traditional urban neighborhoods with uniform block sizes, gridded
streets, alleys, and an integrated mix of housing types near a variety of services and
amenities. It calls for primary land uses of single-family detached and attached homes,
duplexes, and townhomes with supporting land uses that include accessory dwelling
units, small-scale multi-family dwellings, neighborhood-scale commercial services,
parks, schools, and libraries.
All multifamily residences must meet performance, design, and site standards set by the
Pueblo Municipal Code. These include requirements for architecture, landscaping,
lighting, and off-street parking. The applicant has provided a tentative site plan illustrating
their intent to meet these standards. The site plan shows the residential structure facing
Madison and Pitkin Avenues with a green space separating the structure from the
sidewalk. A small garden, parking area, and refuse receptacle will be located behind
the residential structure, adjacent to the alley.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no financial implications for the City.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their August 13, 2025, Regular Meeting, voted
6-1 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-25-13 Attachments
ORDINANCE NO. 11083
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING ZONING RESTRICTIONS FROM R-
2 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT TO R-5,
MULTIPLE-RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE ZONE DISTRICT
COVERING AN UNIMPROVED .34-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND
GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
MADISON AVENUE AND PITKIN AVE
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 Zone District to
R-5, Multiple-Residential Zone District:
All of Lots F, G, H and a portion of Lot I, Block 164, South Pueblo Homestead and Building
BEGINNING at the most westerly corner of Lot F, Block 164, South Pueblo Homestead and
Lots F, G, H, and I a distance of 130.47 feet; thence 80.86 feet;
along the northeasterly line
of said Lots I, H, G and F a distance of 127.13 feet to the most northerly corner of said Lot F;
POINT OF BEGINNING.
Rezoned area contains 0.34 acres, more or less
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 November 24, 2025.
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on December 8, 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