Colorado Springs to consider vacating Kettle Creek Road land for housing plan
The applicant says vacating 2.42 acres would allow a new access road and proposed housing; annexation, rezoning and development plans remain under review.
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Colorado Springs City Council is scheduled to consider vacating about 2.42 acres of Kettle Creek Road right-of-way on Oct. 13, a change the applicant says would enable a proposed housing redevelopment near Old Ranch Road and Voyager Parkway. A city staff presentation lists the item for the meeting and says staff found the application met applicable review criteria.
The proposal covers all of the platted road. N.E.S. Inc., representing Challenger Homes, says vacating the land would allow it to be replatted with neighboring properties and make way for a new primary access road to Old Ranch Road about 500 feet east of the existing Kettle Creek Road intersection. The applicant describes the replacement as a private street and says no other properties depend on Kettle Creek Road for access, according to its project statement.
The applicant proposes medium-density housing. Annexation, rezoning, a land use plan and a development plan are also under city consideration, so the road vacation alone would not approve the full redevelopment.
The proposed vacation plat reserves a 60-foot public utility easement for an existing gas line and says no building permit may be issued before approval of the easement reservation. The applicant plans to relocate and upsize the line; other utilities would be relocated or protected through easements as needed. A draft ordinance would retain public utility, public improvement and other public easements.