Board approves Flying Horse East Phase 1 sketch plan after lengthy Schriever discussion; vote 4–1

The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners voted 4–1 on Aug. 21 to approve the Flying Horse East Phase 1 sketch plan, a high‑level concept for about 1,821.3 acres south of Highway 94 that staff and the applicant say could support a range of residential, commercial and institutional uses.

What the board approved: The sketch plan is conceptual and shows a development footprint including roughly 818 acres of residential uses, about 31 acres of commercial land, nearly 90 acres planned for institutional uses (including potential school sites), 521 acres labeled as mixed‑use, nearly 97 acres of stormwater detention and roughly 186 acres reserved for preservation of a natural floodway corridor. The applicant’s submitted materials list a theoretical maximum development potential across the sketch area of up to 4,973 dwelling units and a gross density of about six dwelling units per acre; staff and the applicant emphasized that these figures are conceptual maxima that would be refined in later zoning, preliminary‑plan and final‑plat stages.

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