Tag: ordinance
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Proposal would make child care centers easier to open across Colorado Springs
An ordinance that would make it easier for child and adult day care centers to open in neighborhoods and as part of businesses received preliminary approval Tuesday from the Colorado Springs City Council. The proposal, which the council must pass a second time before it takes effect, would allow both home-based centers and commercial child…
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City Council changes vote, approves closure of downtown street for Palmer High School renovations
It took three attempts over multiple months, but Palmer High School was given permission from the city Tuesday to build its new campus design across Boulder Street. The Colorado Springs City Council voted 6-2 at the morning council meeting to vacate the block of Boulder that currently separates the two sections of the high school…
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Colorado Springs City Council, former mayors criticize Mobolade’s new vehicle use policy
Two Colorado Springs City Council members and two former mayors have criticized the rule Mayor Yemi Mobolade recently enacted to regulate his use of protective details and a city-owned vehicle. The regulation Mobolade approved last week stemmed from an investigation by the city auditor’s office into a tip on the city fraud hotline. The auditor’s…
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Colorado Springs City Council might redo vote on road closure for Palmer High School expansion
The Colorado Springs City Council is expected to reconsider its vote on Tuesday that blocked Palmer High School from moving forward with a planned expansion across Boulder Street. Councilmember Brandy Williams asked on March 13 to reconsider her vote against closing Boulder between Nevada Avenue and Weber Street, according to city records. Williams was on…
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City Council barely approves new Municipal Court fee to help fund police technology
Colorado Springs took a big step to implement a new municipal court fee to help cover a portion of the Colorado Springs Police Department’s technology costs. The police technology surcharge was barely passed 5-4 by the Colorado Springs City Council at the Monday morning meeting. Some of the Council’s fiscally conservative leaders opposed the fee…
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Colorado Springs City Council votes to preemptively limit recreational marijuana sales locations
If recreational marijuana sales are permitted in Colorado Springs this fall or in the future, a new ordinance probably will prevent them from operating throughout much of the city. The City Council on Tuesday voted 7-2 to approve an ordinance that will modify city code to prevent marijuana facilities that sell recreational cannabis from operating…
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Colorado Springs retail marijuana ordinance could ‘go against the will of the people,’ commissioners caution
A proposed Colorado Springs ordinance that would preemptively limit where facilities selling recreational marijuana may operate in the city could possibly subvert the will of local voters, planning commissioners said during a special meeting Wednesday. Colorado Springs currently does not permit recreational marijuana sales, but a citizen-backed question on the November ballot proposes authorizing the…
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Colorado Springs City Council splits on allowing homebuilders to dedicate less parkland to the city
A few Colorado Springs City Council members during a work session Monday strongly opposed and questioned lowering how much parkland developers must dedicate to the city when they build new homes. “Once this is lost, it can never be recovered,” Councilman Bill Murray said of land dedication requirements. The proposed parkland dedication rules would lower…