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Castle Rock council annexes Pine Canyon ranch, approves zoning and development agreement
Summary
After years of planning and negotiations, Castle Rock town council unanimously approved annexation of the 533-acre Pine Canyon property, adopted planned-development zoning and approved a vested-rights development agreement that sets conditions for roads, water, open space and a potential school site.
Castle Rock town council voted unanimously on May 20 to annex the 533.5-acre Pine Canyon property into town limits, adopt the proposed planned-development zoning and approve a vested-rights annexation and development agreement that sets the terms for infrastructure, water dedication and long-term site entitlements.
The vote followed a multi-hour staff presentation and a developer briefing that emphasized phased buildout, preservation of wooded open space, and infrastructure commitments. Council members said they favored town jurisdiction so infrastructure, water and traffic impacts would be handled under Castle Rock standards rather than through unincorporated Douglas County.
The annexation, zoning and development-agreement package would allow up to 1,800 residential units across the site (800 single-family and 1,000 multifamily entitlements in the plan), roughly 600,000 square feet of business and light-industrial uses west of I-25, and about 33% of the property set aside as open space and…
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