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Woodland Park work session adds water-availability review language to subdivision and zoning rules
Summary
Planning staff proposed ordinance language to require applicants to provide detailed, verifiable and authenticated documentation that water is available to serve proposed subdivisions, zone changes, PUDs and site plans; commissioners asked staff to name a formal “water availability study” and to clarify who approves/accepts the documentation.
City of Woodland Park staff presented draft amendments to Titles 17 and 18 of the municipal code that would require applicants to demonstrate water availability for new lots, subdivisions, zoning changes and other permit-dependent uses.
The draft inserts a recurring criterion into preliminary- and final-plat review, zone-change and planned-unit-development (PUD) processes, and into site-plan and conditional-use reviews: applicants must submit “detailed, verifiable and authenticated documentation” showing adequate water supply, wastewater disposal and related utilities to serve proposed lots, uses or structures. Staff described the provision as an interim tool while the city develops a formal water-availability study and supporting metrics.
Why it matters: Commissioners framed the amendment as a way to ensure water availability becomes a routine and…
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