Woodland Park approves zoning category for public-safety facilities
The City Council approved an amendment that sets where emergency-response facilities may be allowed, subject to review, or prohibited. It does not approve a specific project.
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The Woodland Park City Council approved Ordinance 1536 on second and final reading, creating a distinct zoning category for public-safety facilities in the city’s Unified Development Code. The ordinance says the code lacked a clear classification for those uses.
The category covers government- or privately operated facilities providing local rapid-response services, including police, firefighting and emergency medical response. It also includes space to store and maintain emergency vehicles and equipment, and to house and feed emergency personnel.
The use is allowed by special-use permit in districts labeled CC, SC, CBD and AG; as a permitted use in districts labeled HSCLI and P/SPL; and through a general development plan in PUD districts. It is prohibited in all other districts, the Planning Commission’s October minutes state.
The amendment establishes a zoning pathway, not approval of a particular facility. City staff reported that the Northeast Teller County Fire Protection District has sought for more than 10 years to establish a regional fire-training facility serving four counties, in a report recommending the amendment.
The ordinance takes effect upon publication as required by law; the available records do not establish when it was published.