Kettle Creek Annexation

At a glance

What: Annexation of Kettle Creek Addition No. 1, 19.88 acres northeast of the Kettle Creek Road and Old Ranch Road intersection (Council District 2 upon annexation), establishment of R-Flex Medium/SS-O/AF-O zoning (Residential Flex Zone Medium with Streamside and Air Force Academy overlays) and a single-family Land Use Plan.
Where it stands: The eligibility resolution passed and the annexation, zoning and land use plan items were approved 9-0-0-0 on July 14, 2026 (annexation and zoning on first reading). Later readings are not in this record.
Related: A separate service plan for a Kettle Creek Metropolitan District is tracked at Kettle Creek Metropolitan District Service Plan; the minutes do not say whether it covers this land.

Chris Sullivan presented with Kevin Walker. Casey confirmed the Cottages at Kettle Creek are zoned R-5 and in the City; Donelson learned a Walmart distribution center and Charis Ministries lie to the west.
Bryan English (Colorado Springs Utilities) covered water resources, buildout requirements, infrastructure, capital cost estimates and operations costs; Donelson asked how far the five-year rolling average of water use has fallen and the answer recorded was 200 acre-feet per year. Casey asked why utility capital costs are not paid by the developer; English said CSU provides the meters and generation capacity.
Andrea Barlow (NES, for the applicant) presented the request, PlanCOS compliance and the 2026 Annexation Plan. Henjum asked about the missing sidewalk on Old Ranch Road toward Challenger Middle School; Barlow said the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority plans to widen Old Ranch Road to Chapel Ridge Drive.
Todd Frisbie (City Traffic Engineer): Old Ranch Road is planned as four lanes to Lexington Road then three. Asked by Leinweber about children walking to the middle school, he said the road project will address it and in the interim children will need to be driven.
Barlow: site work would start this year and homes would be built in spring 2027.
No public comments.

Resolution 66-26 (eligibility and findings): moved by Henjum, seconded by Williams; passed 9-0-0-0.
Annexation ordinance, first reading: moved by Casey, seconded by Leinweber; passed 9-0-0-0.
Zoning ordinance (R-Flex Medium/SS-O/AF-O), first reading: moved by Casey, seconded by Rainey Jr.; passed 9-0-0-0.
Kettle Creek Annexation Land Use Plan: moved by Casey, seconded by Rainey Jr.; approved 9-0-0-0.

City Council minutes, July 14, 2026: https://legistar2.granicus.com/coloradosprings/meetings/2026/7/2789_M_City_Council_26-07-14_Meeting_Minutes.pdf (files ANEX-25-0002RF, ANEX-25-0002, ZONE-25-0028, LUPL-25-0014; Planning Commission minutes of April 8, 2026 attached).

Public hearing items 11.D to 11.G, about an hour; all four actions approved 9-0-0-0.

Resolution 49-26 (ANEX-25-0002R) finding the petition for Kettle Creek Addition No. 1 (19.88 acres) in substantial compliance with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1) and setting the July 14, 2026 hearing adopted on the Consent Calendar, 9-0-0-0; presented by Chris Sullivan and Kevin Walker. Minutes: https://legistar2.granicus.com/coloradosprings/meetings/2026/5/2781_M_City_Council_26-05-26_Meeting_Minutes.pdf

Public hearing on vacating about 2.42 acres of Kettle Creek Road right-of-way; one speaker sought a signal at Old Ranch Road and Otero Avenue. Vote not captured.

Development standards adjustment for 2060 Old Ranch Road approved unanimously: 7-foot garage setback for 20 of 122 units, with a metropolitan district parking prohibition required before plat approval.