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.