Project Description:

The city was facing the development of a large parcel which had recently been annexed to the city and the developer intended to submit a PUD for the project. The project was complex and included PUD zoning, dedication of public rights-of-way, on and off site improvements, a phased development plan, and a Subdivision Improvement Agreement. CPS team members were key personnel providing planning and engineering services for the City of Leadville since 2017. Essential services provided were development application and review training for the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. This training focused on understanding the basic development processes, what is reviewed at each stage of development, and the city procedures for each stage. This basic understanding established the context within which development applications were explained allowing decision makers the ability to comfortably make decisions fully understanding the broader context of a particular application.

In our role providing on-call planning services, we also completed special projects for the city. We worked with the Planning and Zoning Commission for almost a year untangling and updating the table of uses to better reflect industry standards, development pressures facing the city, and the future vision of the city as explained in the 2015 City of Leadville Comprehensive Plan. Another special project completed was the creation of a new chapter within the Leadville Municipal Code establishing application review procedures for site plans. This was a missing gap in the city code and filling it was critical in light of the scale and amount of development the city anticipates in the coming months. Through multiple discussions and hearings, the new chapter was adopted by City Council in early 2019.