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Planning Commission backs Palmer High School rezone and land-use plan, approves Boulder Street vacation with conditions
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended a rezone to the form-based transition sector and approved a land-use plan for Palmer High School's connected campus; it also approved vacating a one-block section of East Boulder Street with conditions tied to pedestrian access and return-of-ownership language should the district dispose of the parcel.
The Colorado Springs Planning Commission on Dec. 10 recommended City Council approve a major redevelopment framework for Palmer High School, endorsing a zone map amendment, a land-use plan and a right-of-way vacation that together would enable a consolidated downtown campus.
Staff and District 11 presented a multi-phase master plan to reconnect the school across two blocks, consolidate academic and athletic facilities and improve student safety by reducing dangerous daily street crossings. The package includes: a zone map amendment to rezone roughly 8.27 acres into the Form-Based Zone — Transition Sector T2A; a land-use plan illustrating phased redevelopment (Phase 1a academic building — already under construction — Phase 1b a practice track and consolidated campus, and Phase 2 future athletic/academic facilities); and a requested vacation of the one-block segment of East Boulder Street between Nevada and Weber (about 0.92 acres) to…
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