Title 17 LAND USE

Chapter 17.126 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (PUD)


17.126.040 Submittal Requirements.

      A.  Pre-submittal meeting.  An interested applicant for zoning or rezoning to a PUD District shall, prior to making the application in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter 17.126, request a meeting with the Department of Planning and Development for the purpose of presenting a sketch or outline of the proposed PUD concept.  The purpose of such meeting is to familiarize the Department of Planning and Development with the applicant’s planned proposal for a PUD and to allow the applicant to receive input on the proposal and to gather information, which will be helpful to the applicant in preparing the application and required submittals.  The pre-submittal meeting is a prerequisite to the County’s obligation to accept and act upon an application for zoning or rezoning to a PUD District.
     B. An applicant for zoning or rezoning to a Planned Unit Development District shall submit the following information:
     1.   Development Plan conforming to the following requirements.  A Development Plan shall accompany a zoning or rezoning application to a PUD District.  Said Plan shall be no larger than 24" x 36" and shall contain the following information:
     a.  Title or name of the development above the term "Development Plan";
     b.  Vicinity Map, scale, north arrow and date of preparation;
     c.  Complete legal description of the property to be included in the PUD;
     d.  Certification statements to include:
          i.     Certificate of Ownership;
          ii.      Certification of Approval by the Board of County Commissioners;
          iii.     Certification of the Planning Director;
          iv.     Certification by the County Clerk and Recorder;
     e.  Land Use(s) for each area included in the plan and corresponding land area;
     f.   Existing and Proposed public and private easements and drainage ways;
     g.  Heights of buildings and structures and proposed locations of buildings and structures, traffic circulation and parking;
     h.  Density of residential development. If densities vary within the development, each density shall be depicted;
     i.   Commercial/Industrial square footage;
          j.    Proposed Roadways from collector status and graded by functional classification with right-of-way widths depicted;
     k.   Buffering and screening including type from surrounding properties;
     l.    Size, type of general location of proposed public sites, open space and recreational areas;
     m.  If facilities are proposed that are not normally maintained by public entities a statement indicating the type of maintenance mechanism proposed.
     Specific required information on the Development Plan may be omitted when considered not applicable by the Director of the Planning Department and, conversely, additional information may be required as part of a Development Plan when considered applicable by the Director of the Planning Department.
     The approved Development Plan to be recorded shall be submitted at a size of 24" x 36" and shall be drawn with permanent India ink or produced by a photographic process on a polyester (mylar) film suitable for reproducing and recordation according to the then existing standards of the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder.
    C.  A separate map, drawn to scale containing the following information:
    1.  Adjoining land use and ownership of said adjoining property and zoning within five hundred (500) feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property;
    2.  All roads (public and private) including functional classification, type of surface, and width within five hundred (500) feet of the subject property;
    3.  Existing topography based on the following criteria:
   
    a.         Size of Lots                       Contour Interval
               One (1) acre or less                two (2) feet
               Larger than one (1) acre          five (5) feet

    b.   Accuracy shall be no less than ½ contour interval.
    c.  Contour interval to twenty (20) feet may be acceptable based on the following criteria:
         i.   Presence of mountainous topography;
         ii.    Presence of high relief topography;
    d.  Contours shall be extended no less than one hundred (100) feet onto adjacent property and shall show significant adjacent topography;
    4.  Phasing Program:  If development is to occur in stages then a detailed phasing program shall be provided in accordance with Paragraph m of these regulations.  The program may be in narrative form or incorporated into the Development Plan.  The program shall include a breakdown of all land use types and both on-site and off-site transportation and drainage improvements by Phase.
    D.  Optional Submittal Information:
    1.  The applicant may submit a Preliminary Plan in accordance with Chapters 16.12 and 16.28 of the Code to be processed concurrently with a PUD rezoning request.