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Public Service Committee recommends several zone changes and final plats to governing board
Summary
The committee voted to recommend approval of a NR‑2 residential rezone, a city‑initiated Business Park rezoning, and three final plats (Polo Properties, Darnell Homesite, Harmony Valley); staff and applicants described lot sizes, open space and pedestrian access plans.
The Cheyenne Public Service Committee on May 18 forwarded recommendations to the governing board on several zoning and plat items.
Planning staff described a proposed conversion of about 6.77 acres out of the JL Ranch PUD to NR‑2 (neighborhood residential medium density), noting the change primarily moves the parcel from PUD standards into standard city zoning without changing lot counts. Planning staff Connor White told the committee the lots in the affected subdivision are comparable to existing parcels and "the NR‑2 is very similar to the PUD...it isn't really changing the development pattern out there." After brief public comment, the committee recommended approval to the governing board.
The committee also reviewed a city‑initiated zone change to the Business Park (BP) district that would reclassify portions of Cheyenne Business Park and Campstool Business Park. Connor White and Planning Director Charles Blum said BP is intended to align zoning with existing light‑industrial and commercial uses and to reduce repeated rezones. Director Blum said the BP standards better match expected landscaping and site‑design requirements for larger lots. The committee recommended the BP ordinance for governing‑board consideration.
Staff presented three final plats: an expedited plat for Polo Properties (vacant 1.42‑acre site subdivided for multiple buildings), an expedited 1.02‑acre subdivision creating five lots at Darnell Homesite, and the Harmony Valley 20 third filing (about 49.56 acres, ~196 lots with open space and alleys). Developer representatives confirmed multi‑family and fourplex components in the plats and described proposed open space and shared maintenance arrangements. Questions from councilmembers focused on lot widths, pedestrian connections to nearby schools, and sidewalk responsibilities. In each case planning commission had recommended approval and the committee forwarded recommendations for adoption by the governing board.
Procedural note: for an ordinance amending local discharge limits (item 7) staff asked to postpone third reading to June 1 while EPA comment remains open; the committee approved that postponement.
