Title 17 LAND USE
Chapter 17.160 SITE SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMMUNITIES
SITE SELECTION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF PUEBLO
17.160.010 Criteria for site selection.
A. Any activity within the unincorporated jurisdiction of the
County of Pueblo which falls within one or more of the following criteria is
site selection and development of new communities requiring application to this
Board for a permit to conduct such activity:
1. Is planned for a minimum population of five hundred (500)
persons within five years of implementation of the activity or is planned for an
ultimate population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) persons or
more;
2. Is planned for or requires municipal
incorporation;
3. Is planned for or requires the formation of a special
district, such as: a water district, a sewer service district, a recreation
district, or a metropolitan district;
4. Is planned for or requires the expansion and/or extension
of any existing water and/or sewer service district or association within any
twenty-four (24) month period which is equal to or greater than ten (10) percent
of the population of land area served by the district or association at the
beginning of the period;
5. Is planned for or requires a change in existing zoning
that provides for a doubling in allowable density on five hundred (500) acres or
more of land;
6. Is planned for or requires an ultimate contiguous zone or
special use permit for commercial, industrial, and/or public use on two hundred
(200) acres or more of land;
7. Is planned for or requires annexation to any incorporated
area within Pueblo County, but is not in compliance with comprehensive plans
adopted jointly by such incorporated area and the County, or a County
comprehensive plan.
B. A new community may be classified according to one of the
following categories:
1. New Town. A land development located outside municipal
corporate boundaries planned for internal independence in economic, social and
physical requirements, thus, not dependent upon a central city and oriented
toward a balanced mix of land uses and self-government.
2. Satellite Community. A development located outside the
corporate limits of a central city planned for a limited degree or land-use mix
with emphasis on residences, and thus, a limited degree of self-sufficiency
relying upon the central city for economic and social activity and not
self-governing.
3. In-Town Community. A land development, or
"revitalization," within the boundaries of an unincorporated community planned
for a variable degree of land-use mix.
4. Specialized Community. A land development usually
developed upon vacant land outside a municipality planned and oriented around a
single land-use type, thus, almost entirely dependent upon the central city for
all other activities and functions not provided by the one use.
5. Growth Center. A land development located outside the
boundaries of an existing town or city planned for a variable degree of
land-use mix oriented toward relying upon the existing town or city for
social, cultural and economic functions and eventual incorporation or
inclusion to the town or city.