Title 17 LAND USE
Chapter 17.104 Rural Land Use Process
17.104.030 General provisions.
A. Qualifying: In order to apply for a
Rural Land Use Process, the
applicant must comply with all of the criteria listed below. Compliance
with the qualification criteria does not guarantee that an optimal land
division solution can be found or the application will be approved.
1. The
site shall be a legal parcel(s);
2. The site shall be a minimum of seventy (70)
contiguous acres in area (either in one parcel or in combination with
several parcels; can be severed be public road right-of-way; railroad right-of-way,
irrigation canal, or other similar feature) at the time of application submittal;
3. The landowner shall reserve at least two-thirds
(67%) of the total area of the site as open space in perpetuity;
4. The landowner shall protect wildlife, agricultural
(farming/ranching) or critical areas by not permitting development of such
in perpetuity;
5. The site for the Rural Land Use Process shall only
be considered in the areas outside the three-mile annexation boundary as
delineated in the City of Pueblo Annexation Master Plan, 1995 Update and
subsequent updates thereto;
6. All ad valorem property taxes for years prior to that year in
which approval is granted shall be paid for the site.