The Southwest Quadrant Plan April 2008 Acknowledgements Mayor and Town Council Paul Donahue (District 1) Doug Lehnen - Mayor Pro Tem (District 6) Randy A. Reed - Mayor (District 2) Joe Procopio - (District 7) Ryan Reilly - (District 3) Chip Wilson - (District 4) Katie Kruger (former) Mitch Dulleck - (District 5) Ed Rusch (former) Planning Commission Barbara Dash (Chair) Bill Shaneyfelt (former) Clark Hammelman (Vice Chair) Karl Konrad (former) Carroll Hood Jennifer Kibel (former) Mark House Mike Johansen (former) Leslie Lee Peter Bohling (former) Rachel Scarborough Town Staff Mark Stevens - Town Manager Art Morales - Fire Chief Bill Detweiler - Director, Development Services Tony Lane - Police Chief Bob Goebel - Director, Public Works Sally Misare - Town Clerk Rob Hanna - Director, Parks and Recreation Janet Turbett - Deputy Town Clerk Ron Redd - Director, Utilities Darrin Clock - IT Services Manager Bob Slentz - Town Attorney With a project of this size and duration, it would be an accomplishment in itself if these pages included everyone who participated, commented, advised, revised, directed, suggested or pointed out something about this Plan. Staff sincerely thanks everyone who gave their time and ideas, and regrets any omissions. ii Town of Castle Rock Southwest Quadrant Plan Acknowledgements Staff and Project Team Plan Execution: Project Team: Project Staff: Dan Staley Angela Copeland, Community Relations Amy Hart, GIS Specialist John Olson Dave Menter, Public Works Art Corsie, Development Services Jeff Smullen, Parks and Recreation Cassie Thomas, Development Services Lisa Streisfeld, Public Works Jeff Brasel, Development Services Maria Hagen, Public Works Loretta Daniel, Development Services Pieter Van Ry, Utilities Rita Gerou, Development Services Ruth Stadler, Utilities Sandy Vossler, Development Services Suzette Rodriguez, Douglas Co. School District CREDCO staff: David Mitchem, Stacie Pine, Judy Woodley Plan Participants Alan Anderson Doug McLain Patricia Conley Barb Bruxvoort Ernesto Ramirez Paul & Yong Kim Betty Anderson Fabby Hillyard Randy Bruns Bill Kingery Glen Burmeister Randy Richardson Bill Shaneyfelt Jane Strom Ray Goddard Bill Turner Jannie Richardson Richard Warner Bob & Jan Woods Jason & Robin O’Lear Rick & Marilyn Eisele Brenda Becker Joe & Samantha Kendrick Robert & Joan Ripple C.R. Woods John Hillberg Robin Brown Carroll & George Rice John Santiago Rodney Talmadge Chamber of Commerce June Santiago Roger Addlesperger Chad & Suzette Rodriguez Kamil Tazi Roland & Rosie Lohnert Charles Acker Kelsey Alexander Russell Skinner Dan Branda Keene Ranch Neighbors Scott & Olga Comeaux David Boyle Lisa Nygaard Scott Middlemist David Brehm Lisa Wooline Stan Mikelson Debra Chase Marcus Palkowitsch THK Associates, Inc. Diane Evans Mary Busse Tom Rupert Diane Fischer Mike Bartlett Tracy Wilkes DOTA Architects Nancy & Jim DeLong Yucca Hills Neighbors April 2008 iii Table of Contents § Executive Summary iv § Map Section vi § Section I. Introduction and Background I:2 Chapter 1: Document Overview I:4 Purpose and Organization Preparation Process Chapter 2: Landscape and Community I:8 Landscape: Geology, Ecosystem and Climate Community: Settlement History Planning and Policy History § Section II. Policy, Land Use and Mobility Principles II:2 Chapter 3: Policy, Land Use and Mobility Principles II:4 Form-based Code and Transect District Overviews Mobility Concepts Mobility Components Road Context: Alignment and Typical Sections iv Town of Castle Rock Southwest Quadrant Plan Table of Contents § Section III. Goals and Design Principles III:2 Chapter 4: Goals and Policies III:4 Design and Amenities Transportation and Mobility Implementation Sub-area Goals and Policies: Castle Meadows, Yucca Hills, Westfield Trade Center, Dawson Ridge, East of I-25 Chapter 5: Design Principles III:16 § Section IV. Illustrated Design Guidelines IV:2 Chapter 6: Illustrated Design Guidelines IV:4 § Appendix App:ii Resolution 2008-xx A Resolution Adopting the Southwest Quadrant Plan vi Resolution 2006-53 The Southwest Quadrant Vision and Goals vii Castle Rock Economic Development Council Resolution x Statement of Property Owner’s Appreciation for Plan xi Southwest Quadrant Planning Goals xii Transferable and Purchaseable Development Rights Overview xvi LEED-ND Overview xx Vision Check 2020 Voting Results (1/27/2007) xxiii Prairie Hawk Extension Preliminary Preferred Alignment xxiv IREA Transmission Line Preliminary Preferred Alignment xxiv Photo Credits xxvi April 2008 v § Executive Summary he Southwest Quadrant Plan is a . To ensure the area develops sustainably and comprehensive policy document to guide the T contributes to the Town’s economic self- development process throughout the planning sufficiency, area. The Southwest Quadrant planning area is . To preserve natural features and Castle an approximately 3,400-acre mostly undeveloped Rock’s character, site in the southwest portion of Castle Rock, with . To implement outstanding design features multiple ownerships, entitlements, and Developer in all aspects of development, Agreements. Almost all the planning area is within . To recognize and emphasize the unique Town limits except for the approximately 285-acre qualities of the surrounding community, Yucca Hills neighborhood. To emphasize locally-owned businesses, especially those that create living-wage jobs, The Southwest Quadrant Plan’s (“the Plan”) and vision and goals were developed after an almost . To foster and facilitate active lives and three-year formal planning process. This process lifestyles, places for social interaction, involved numerous meetings with property and to eliminate the dependency on the owners, neighbors outside the Southwest automobile for every trip. Quadrant, stakeholders, decision-makers, and outside consultants. The Town conducted surveys, The Plan follows the Four Cornerstones of the performed economic analyses, held public meetings, Town’s Vision 2020 Plan by providing balanced made vision studies, and held a design charrette to land uses, a mix of uses, connected transportation collect information to help formulate a vision and networks, creating a strong sense of place, plan for the area. incorporating property owner and stakeholder interests, and providing a well-balanced range of The Plan’s main goals are to: community facilities. To promote well-designed new Enacting and implementing the Southwest development that creates great residential Quadrant Plan will likely result in: and commercial neighborhoods through the use of mixed housing stock and . Sustainable development in the Town, densities, pedestrian-friendly streetscapes . A more balanced and stronger commercial and setbacks, human-scale architecture, and market resulting in a higher likelihood for an community gathering areas. economically self-sufficient Castle Rock, . A wider range of housing types, vi Town of Castle Rock Southwest Quadrant Plan Executive Summary § . Maintaining Castle Rock’s small-town feel that both allows market forces to work more and built environment, efficiently (buildings persist but uses may not), . And an overall higher quality of life for the while at the same time creating a more pleasing Town. built environment and identifiable place. Most importantly, form-based codes state what is wanted, The Plan also offers a range of flexible design rather than what is not wanted, and therefore a types (within a unified design idea) to avoid having more predictable built environment is achieved and development in the area look contrived or identical, development review time can be lessened. and to provide a balanced range of housing types. The implementation portion of the Plan will Roads and streets frame the built environment specifically detail how the sustainable development and therefore have high importance in Southwest will be achieved – generally along the lines of Best Quadrant design. The road networks in the Practices as outlined by the Leadership in Energy Southwest Quadrant Plan have high network and Environmental Design – Neighborhood Design connectivity as well as excellent pedestrian safety guidelines found in the Appendix. features. The streetscapes in the Plan are activated and of high design quality, which leads to a higher Perhaps most importantly, the Southwest Quadrant quality of life and contributes to economic vitality Plan is consistent with the community’s desires as well. to maintain open space and small-town values, in addition to creating a distinctive place as Economic development in the expressed in the Vision 2020 Plan, the Castle Rock Southwest Quadrant Plan is fostered Comprehensive Master Plan and Town Council by use of form-based code and Resolution 2006-53. transect districts, which allow market flexibility by mixing uses and allowing In the Southwest Quadrant Plan land use is the market to decide which use should deemphasized and form is raised in importance, occupy a building at any particular which is called “form first”. But land use is still time. Moreover, the overall Plan important. Land uses in the Southwest Quadrant goals -- as numerous examples across Plan are based upon transects, which are called the country show -- are consistent Transect Districts in this Plan, and are sited based on with market demands, as there shared physical characteristics, chiefly topography. is latent demand for the type of Transect Districts work together with form-based neighborhoods and development that code to shape the urban form into a physical layout the Southwest Quadrant plan calls for.