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EL PASO COUNTY BLACK FOREST PRESERVATION PLAN UPDATE
December 1987

 Table of Contents

CHAPTER I - OVERVIEW

Introduction
Description of Planning Area
Planning Process
Legal Framework
Amendments

CHAPTER II - AREA PROFILE AND TREND ANALYSIS

Introduction
History
Socioeconomic Information
Natural Systems
     Introduction
     Geology
     Topography
     Mineral Resources
     Soils
     Climate
     Vegetation
     Wildlife
     Environmental Constraints
Groundwater Resources
     Introduction
     Well Inventory
     Approximate Groundwater Use
     Groundwater Quality
     Well Permitting Process
     Subdivision Approval
Community Services & Public Facilities
     Introduction
     Community Institutions
     Schools
     Parks and Recreation
     Water Service
     Wastewater
     Other Utilities and Services
     Law Enforcement
     Fire Protection
Transportation
     Introduction
     Existing Conditions
     Criteria for Financing and           Construction of Roadways
     Meterorological Considerations
     Alternative Transportation
     Future Considerations
     Summary
Land Use
     Introduction
     Parcel Analysis
     Improvements
     Subdivision Activity
     Ultimate Residential Buildout           Analysis
     Commercial Land Use
     Office Uses
     Industrial and Extractive Uses
     Agricultural Land Uses
     Other Land Uses
     Zoning
Overall Density Options
     Introduction
     Definitions and Categories of           Overall Density
               Development
     Comparative Advantages
     Specific Overall Density      Options
     Implementation Techniques
Visual Analysis
     Introduction
     Description of Visual Units

 

 

 

 CHAPTER III - THE PLAN

Introduction
Definitions
Critical Issue Identification
Goals, Policies and Proposed           Actions
     Growth and Land Use
     Agricultural and Open Land
     Residential
     Commercial
     Industrial and Extractive
     Transportation
     Government
     Natural Environment
     Community Services and Public           Facilities
     Visual and Historical
Land Use Scenario
     Introduction
     1.  The Timbered Area
     2.  Briargate Transition
     3.  Northgate Cooperative Area
     4.  Shoup and Highway 83                (Northeast Corner)
     5.  Spruce Hill/ Highway 83                Corridor
     6.  Northern Grasslands
     7.  Northeastern Area
     8.  Meridian-Eastonville                Corridor
     9.  Southeastern Mixed Use                Area
   10.  Southern Transitional Area

Visual Design Recommendations

RESOLUTION

TABLES
  1:   Population and Housing              Characteristics
  2:  Permitted Wells
  3:  Estimated Annual Water              Budget
  4:  School District Enrolment              Growth
  5:  Utilities Composite
  6:  Fire Protection
  7:  Selected Average Weekday              Traffic Count
  8:  Lot Size Distribution
  9:  Approximate Distribution of             Lots Less Than Five Acres
10: Annual Subdivision Activity
11:  Small Lot Subdivisions
12:  Potential Ultimate Buildout             Under Current Zoning
13:  Distribution of Commercial              Zoning
14:  Summary of Existing Zoning
15:  Visual Design              Recommendation Matrix

MAPS

  1:  Vicinity Map
  2:  Historic Sites and Structures
  3:  Natural Systems (PDF)
  4:  Septic System Suitability              (PDF)
  5:  Environmental Constraints              (PDF)
  6:  Groundwater Resources (PDF)
  7:  Community Services and              Public Facilities (PDF)
  8:  Existing Transportation System              (PDF)
  9:  Average Parcel Size 1972              (PDF)
10:  Average Parcel Size 1985              (PDF)
11:  Visual Unit Boundaries (PDF)
12:  Planning Unit Boundaries

FIGURES

  1:  Black Forest Comprehensive              Planning Process
  2:  Generalized Geologic Section
  3:  Bedrock Aquifers
   

 

Customer Services/ Planning Division Manager
Mike Hrebenar

Engineering Division Manager
Paul Danley

Long Range Planning Division Manager
  Carl Schueler

Location:
2880 International Circle Colorado Springs, CO 80910

Telephone:
(719)520-6300

Fax:
(719)520-6695

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El Paso County, CO

 

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