I I TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RESOLUTION INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE PAGE ONE CHAPTER TWO ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES PAGE FOUR

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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RESOLUTON CHAPTER ONE NTRODUCTON PAGE ONE CHAPTER TWO ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES PAGE FOUR CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FVE APPENDX ONE SERVCES AND NFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNTY CHARACTER AND GROWTH MPLEMENTATON PROECT PUBLCTY PAGE THRTEEN PAGE TWENTY THREE PAGE THRTY FOUR APPENDX TWO COMMUNTY SURVEY & QUESTONNARES APPENDX THREE PROECT BBLOGRAPHY APPENDX FOUR PLAN ALTERNATVES TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS COMPREHENS VE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS

3 PONCHA SPRNGS BOARD OF TRUSTEES RUBY TAYLOR, MAYOR MARK THONHOFF RCHRENZ AARON KROSCHEL TOM MASSEY BEL TOMKO BOBMSHATA PONCHA SPRNGS PLANNNG COMMSSON VC MABUS, CHAR AY ADAMS RCH RENZ (EX-OFFCO) RUBY TAYLOR (EX-OFFCO) BOB MSHA TA (EX-OFFCO) PLANNNG TEAM MARTN LANDERS, ACP M LANDERS & ASSOC, NC. SUSAN ERNST CORSER SUSAN ERNST CORSER LAND PLANNNG & DESGN GERALD DAHL GORSUCH KRGS, L.L.C. MWELLER PEAKS PAPER CHASE, NC. CHARLES DONLEY, ACP DONLEY ASSOCATES SUE MARSHALL Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SPECAL THANKS TO: LAUR DANNEMLLER KAREN PROSSER KEN SHAKE THOMAS HALE KATHYLENZ CARL HASSELBRNK ROD SHELTON SCOTT ALEXANDER TOM CLOCK RON BERGMANN HUGH DAVDSON MKE SLVERSTEN KATHLEEN RLEY GARY SOLDANO MELNDA NCHOLS ED DENNNG CARL MOUNT RON DOBSON DAVD LOVELL WLLE TRA VNACEK KATHERNE HARDGRAVE UDY LOHNES PAT RODRQUEZ MCUNEO ROGER UNDERWOOD RON HASSELL OHN NELSON CHRSTOPHER DUERKSEN C. CHRS CARES, ACP LESLE BETHEL KENNETH COSTELLO PATRCK LEE MERLE BARANCZYK GLENN EVERETT WENDELL HUTCHNSON TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS CHAFFEE COUNTY CHAFFEE COUNTY CHAFFEE COUNTY GS CHAFFEE COUNTY EMS CHAFFEE COUNTY FPD CHAFFEE COUNTY FARGROUNDS CHAFFEECOUNTYSHERWF AR POLLUTON CONTROL AR POLLUTON CONTROL WATER QUALTY CONTROL WATER QUALTY CONTROL DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATON MNNG & GEOLOGY DVSON DVSON OF WLDLFE DVSON OF WLDLFE DVSON OF WLDLFE STATE FOREST SERVCE UPPER ARKANSAS COG BUREAU OF CENSUS BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT US FOREST SERVCE US NAT. RES. CONSERV. SERVCE CLARON ASSOCATES, NC. RRC ASSOCATES, NC. RNLDESGN RNLDESGN KVRHRADO MOUNTAN MAL COUNTY COMMSSONER RANCHER... and eveyone in Poncha Spings who paticipated in a town meeting, attended the community picnic, o competed a questionnaie! Septembe 998

4 TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS, COLORADO RESOLUTON NO. 998-_7_ A RESOLUTON ADOPTNG THE PONCHA SPRNGS COMPREHENSVE PLAN. WHEREAS, the Town of Poncha Spings, Cooado, acting though its Panning Commission is empoweed pusuant to Section , et seq., C.R.S. to make and adopt a compehensive pan, and WHEREAS, the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan has been pepaed fo the incopoated aea of the Town, and WHEREAS, the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan compies with the equiements of Section , et seq., C.R.S., and WHEREAS, the Panning Commission conducted a pubic heaing on the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan on Septembe 2, 998, and WHEREAS, the Panning Commission beieves it in the best inteest of the Town that the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan be adopted, NOW, THEREFORE, BE T RESOLVED BY THE PLANNNG COMMSSON OF THE TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS, COLORADO: The Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan, dated August 3, 998, be and heeby is adopted. The Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan as adopted heeby, expessy incudes maps and a summay of modifications, intended by the Panning Commission to fom the whoe of the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan, a of which mateias ae to be integated and incopoated within the pan document itsef, and which pan document is heeby decaed to be the adopted Pan. That the action of the Panning Commission adopting the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan sha be ecoded on the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan by the identifying signatue of the Secetay to the Commission. A copy of this Resoution sha be attached to each copy of the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan and sha seve as an attestation that each such copy is a tue and coect copy of the Pan as adopted. That an attested copy of the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan sha be and heeby is cetified to the Town of Poncha Spings Boad of Tustees and to the Chaffee County Boad of Commissiones pusuant to , C. R.S. ( i :D\5504 \2MS67.02

5 -- MOVED, SECONDED AND ADOPTED ON THE 28h DAY OF SEPTEMBER 998 BY THE AFFRMATVE VOTES OF NOT LESS THAN A MAORTY OF THE ENTRE MEMBERSHP OF THE COMMSSON, BY A VOTE OF 4 AYES AND NOS. -- g;;:t Byf)p Victo Mabus, Chaiman ATTEST: 8 :a.-ed;t to th cision RECEVED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED PURSUANT TO , C.R.S. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS, COLORADO Q By -h.. '- ' -\\-._ Mayo \ ATTEST: By a ncek Date: Septembe 28, 998 GED\53839\

6 biiiiidi!b RECEVED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED PURSUANT TO , C.R.S. CHAFFEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMSSONERS By 7/?/"?27v) Chai ATTEST: By,:--\\)2t(. ( () -LP(,j C_.[ (Qc-_-' Datj { / [, / t GED\53839\264R

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8 NTRODUCTON The 998 Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan (Pan) is the poduct of an engaged coe of peope in and aound Poncha Spings. The updated Pan succeeds a pevious compehensive panning effot competed in 984, which was foowed by the adoption of the Town of Poncha Spings Land Use Code in eay 985. The Land Use Code is aso undegoing an update to be consistent with the new Pan and to addess a vaiety of eguatoy issues. The Pan is consideed a "thee-mie aea pan" fo the puposes ofmeeting state annexation statutes (CRS ) and seving as a "maste steet pan" pe CRS Howeve, the Pan focuses on the town of Poncha Spings and its juisdiction fo guiding decisions concening natua esouces, community chaacte, and use, sevice povision and futue gowth. The Pan is intended to be a dynamic document updated peiodicay and used fequenty by esidents, and ownes, poject appicants and town officias. PLANNNG PROCESS The poject fomay began with the fist town meeting hed on Febuay 0, 998. Pubicity fo the meeting incuded a Febuay 3d, 998 Economic Summit pesentation, a pess eease and paid advetising in the Mountain Mai, pubic sevice announcements and paid advetising on adio stations KVRH and KBVC, a poject poste distibuted to aea businesses and oganizations, an atice in the Poncha Pess newsette (maied to town esidents}, and ove 400 postcads maied to popety ownes within the thee-mie panning aea. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan NTRODUCTON The pupose of the fist town meeting was to undestand esident pespectives concening the community and its futue. Afte an intoduction to the poject, paticipants boke into two goups, one compised of town esidents and the othe compised of unincopoated aea esidents. Each goup discussed ) the quaities and vaues ofponcha Spings, 2) concens about pesent conditions and town issues, and 3) ideas fo the futue of Poncha Spings and its suounding aea. Foowing the fist meeting, a specia edition of the Poncha Pess was maied aong with a community suvey to a andownes within a thee-mie adius of Poncha Spings. One hunded and fifty-five individuas, appoximatey 37% of ecipients, esponded to the suvey. The suvey indicates that esidents geneay desie to potect its quiet esidentia aeas, impove town enties, pomote quaity deveopment aong US 50 and conside key code modifications. Poject newsettes and othe pubicity mateias ae ocated in Appendix One, and suvey and questionnaie esuts ae ocated in Appendix Two. nfomation citica to the panning effot was coected, compied and categoized into a poject bibiogaphy (Appendix Thee). Fou majo components wee anayzed and mapped: envionmenta conditions, community chaacte, and use, and oca sevices and infastuctue. Thee-mie aea maps incude: ) envionmenta constaints and 2) and use, chaacte and infastuctue. Town mapping incudes ) existing and use and 2) sevices and infastuctue. The technica anaysis was pesented to the Regiona Panning Commission on Mach 30, 998. Septembe 998

9 NTRODUCTON Thee conceptua pan atenatives wee pepaed using infomation fom the fist town meeting, the community suvey and the envionmenta, community chaacte, and use and sevice and infastuctue anayses. A second town meeting was hed May 2, 998 to pesent the technica anayses and eceive pubic comment on the conceptua pan atenatives. n addition, a second meeting with the Regiona Panning Commission was hed une 29th, 998 to pesent and discuss the pan concepts. Once efined, the thee pan atenatives wee dispayed at a community picnic hed uy 28th, 998 at the Town Pak. The picnic, attended by appoximatey 20 peope, povided the pubic an oppotunity to eview the thee pan scenaios and compete a bief questionnaie as to thei pefeences. Faowing the picnic, the pan scenaios wee dispayed at the Chaffee County Fai fom uy 29th, 998 though August 2nd, questionnaies wee eceived fom these two events. Pan Scenaio A is consideed an "enhanced tend," pojecting a ow gowth ate and a buidout popuation anging fom 500 to 750 esidents. Pan Scenaio B identifies stategies to ceate a stong community identity fo the town, with modeate popuation gowth. Pan Scenaio Cis moe aggessive, with economic deveopment fueing a age popuation ( esidents) and suppoting moe impovements. A thee atenatives seek to peseve the existing sma town chaacte of Poncha Spings, a quaity championed at the fist town meeting and within the community suvey. Appendix Fou contains the thee pan atenatives. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 2 tems fom the thee pan atenative questionnaies that eceived both ) at east a 40% favoabe esponse and 2) ess than a 30% unfavoabe esponse, wee incopoated into a daft "pefeed" atenative. To test pefeences and gain a boade esponse, coo copies of the "Pan Diection" wee maied with a questionnaie to a town esidents in August % of the questionnaies wee etuned. Ony fou issues eceived ess than a 50% appova ating. n genea, the Pan Diection embodies many of the concepts of Pan Scenaio A with some of the detais fom Pan Scenaio B. Vey few of the concepts fom Pan Scenaio C wee pefeed by the pubic. The Pan Diection is ocated in Chapte Fou. With infomation fom the town meetings, the technica anayses, the questionnaies and the Pan Diection, the Pan began to take shape. Goas and poicies fom the 984 pan wee eviewed fo appicabiity, and new poicies wee ceated as appopiate. A set of "actions" to impement the poicies wee pepaed and pioitized by shot-tem (within 3 yeas), mid-tem (3 to 5 yeas), and ong tem (geate than 5 yeas) timefames. A fina town meeting fo the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan hed Septembe 8, 998 at the Town Ha, was foowed by a two week "open house" fo eview of the Pan. Septembe 998 [ [ L L L

10 Based on pubic comments and a joint Panning Commission and Town Boad woksession Septembe 4, 998, a summay of modifications was pepaed to accompany the daft Pan at a joint pubic heaing concening its adoption Septembe 2, 998. Duing pepaation of the Pan, the Land Use Code was eviewed and updated to incopoate a vaiety of odinances, addess specific and use issues, and achieve consistency with the new Pan poicies. A and use attoney faciitated a seies of thee joint wokshops (May 4th, 998; une 5, 998; uy 20th, 998) with the Panning Commission and Town Boad. The updated Land Use Code is schedued fo adoption at a joint pubic heaing on Septembe 28th, 998. USE OF THE PLAN The fomat of the pan is a hybid of taditiona, poicy and chaacte-based compehensive pan styes. Majo topic aeas (Envionment and Natua Resouces, Sevices and nfastuctue, Community Chaacte and Gowth) ae pesented with desciptive text, suppoting statistica infomation, and guiding poicies. The Pan poicies shoud be used to guide esidents, and ownes, poject appicants and eected and appointed officias towad achieving the goas of the community, as expessed though the Pan Diection. The Pan Diection seves as a futue and use map as we as a gaphic oveview of many of the Pan's ecommendations. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 3 NTRODUCTON The Pan Diection shoud be used in conjunction with the poicies to hep diect gowth and community deveopment. Whie the Pan Diection is not intended to be eguatoy, any changes to the Town's Zoning Map shoud be consistent with the Pan Diection. The fina chapte, mpementation, incudes a ist of actions fo each topic aea. Actions ae designed to impement the Pan Diection and specific poicies. Each action is oganized into a timefame fo initiation: shot-tem (one to thee yeas), mid-tem (thee to five yeas) and ong-tem (five yeas and beyond). The Town Boad shoud consut the mpementation chapte when pepaing its annua wokpogam and budget, and when eviewing its pogess at meeting identified goas and objectives. The mpementation chapte shoud be updated on an annua basis as specific actions ae achieved and new stategies ae identified. Poicies within each of the topic chaptes shoud aso be eviewed on an annua basis and evised with changing cicumstances, as appopiate. The entie document, and specificay the Pan Diection, shoud be consideed fo pubic eview and update no ate than five yeas fom its adoption. Septembe 998

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12 NTRODUCTON Poncha Spings is ocated in the southen potion of Chaffee County, Cooado in Section 0, Township 49 Noth, Range 8 East of the Sixth Pincipa Meidian, at an eevation of7465 feet above sea eve. Situated at the nothen base of Poncha Pass, Poncha Spings is in the heat of the Uppe Akansas Vaey, famed by the Sawatch Range to the west and the Mosquito Range to the east. The South Akansas Rive and a smae tibutay, Poncha Ceek, fows though the town. A eview of the physica envionment within both the town and its suounding thee-mie aea eads to an identification of vaious constaints to deveopment ceated by existing envionmenta conditions. ENVRONMENT The aea's envionment can be descibed in summay fom by its cimate, geoogy, sois, vegetation, and widife. Cimate Poncha Spings is known fo its mid and beezy cimate, with ow humidity, ow pecipitation, abundant sunshine, and mid tempeatues. Aveage pecipitation in Poncha Spings is ess than ten inches pe yea, and the gowing season aveages 2 days. Aveage daiy high tempeatues ae in the 80's duing the summe months and in the 40's duing the winte. The fequent, pevaiing winds ae fom the southwest. n fact, a oca intepetation of the wod "Poncha" is "whee the wind ips the fesh off you bones!" Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 4 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Geoogy Geoogic deposits undeying Poncha Spings consist pimaiy of unconsoidated suficia gaves and auvium deposits. Potions of the thee-mie aea ae aso undeain by pe-vocanic sedimentay ocks, specificay south of the ive aong both sides of Litte Cochetopa Ceek, southeast of town and in the notheast poion of the thee-mie aea. Ode, pecambian-age metamophic ocks, paticuay fesic and hombendic gneisses, ae found within the foothis south of Poncha Spings extending in a southeastey diection east of Poncha Ceek. A sma band of igneous ocks, consisting of Andesitic avas, beccias, tuffs, and congomeates, uns in a noth-south diection pimaiy west of Poncha Ceek. Sois The majoity of Poncha Spings ies on a gavey sandy oam known as the Dominson Seies. The Dominson soi type, vey shaow and excessivey dained, foms a wide band extending appoximatey thee-quates of a mie east, and one-haf mie west, of the town imits. The St. Emo soi seies, which is simia to the Dominson Seies, foms two bands of vaying widths extending acoss the entie thee-mie aea: one band uns just above CR 20, wheeas the othe band uns acoss the nothen potion of the thee-mie aea. Within these bands ae smae pockets of the Manhattan Seies, a we-dained, modeatey deep sandy oam ying ove sand, gave and cobbes. Pockets of Manhattan sois ae aso found aong the south side of the ive coido. The Keeda seies, aso found in the nothwesten potion of the thee-mie aea, consists of deep, we-dained, gavey sandy oams. Septembe 998

13 The Shine and Sawatch sois ae found aong the South Akansas Rive. Shine sois ae deep, we-dained cay oams, wheeas the Sawatch sois ae pooy dained, sandy oams. The Sawatch sois ae aso found aong many of the dainages within the thee-mie aea, as ae the Adiis sois. Adiis sois ae modeatey we-dained, dak gay-bown oams. The Chaffee soi type is a deep, pooy dained, dak bown to dak gay fine sandy oam aso geneay found on steam bottoms. The steepest potions of the thee-mie aea ae cassified as eithe Rock Land o Rough Boken Land and occu in the foothis south of the ive. Rock Land is 50 to 90 pecent ock outcops and 0 to SO pecent shaow sois. Rock Outcop is cassified as a steep o vey steep and type with bae bedock found on 90 pecent of the unit. The Badand soi cassification, found aong the idge that extends acoss the nothen edge of the thee-mie aea, has eativey steep sopes, consisting of seveey eoded, statified sediments of cay, sit and fine sand. Vegetation. A boad ange of pant types is found within Poncha Spings, with matue pantings aong Tue Avenue and the ode neighbohoods east of US 285. The matue tees incude cottonwoods, wiows, cabappes, Scotch pine, pinion pine, spuce, aspen, and chey. Shubs found in the esidentia aeas incude vibunum, dwaf Abeta spuce, iac, wiow, dogwood, and junipe. Due to the dy cimate, xeiscaping is found thoughout the deveoped potions of the town, consisting of ock cove and/o dought-toeant pants, such as speading junipe. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 5 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Pinyon/junipe o pondeosa pine/dougas fi associations cove most of the soping and south of town. Patches of aspen, apine shub o spuce/fi associations ae found at the highest eevations. Wetand/ipaian vegetation and iigated meadows ae found aong the South Akansas and noth of the ive within the dainages and ow-ying potions of the thee-mie aea. Dyand cops and sagebush angeand occupy a age potion of the vaey foo noth of the ive. The dominant vegetation on the idgeine noth of US 50 is pinyon/junipe. Widife The Poncha Spings aea is abundant in widife species due to its poximity to sevea mountain anges and the South Akansas Rive coido. Species found at the highe eevations incude the state endangeed westen boea toad, Abet's squie, bue gouse, band-taied pigeon, mountain ion, ponghon, and snowshoe hae. The peegine facon (a fedeay endangeed species), paiie facons and Meiam's tukey aso co-exist in the thee-mie aea. Back bea ae occasionay found coming down out of the Poncha Pass aea, paticuay aong Poncha and Litte Cochetopa ceeks. Duing the winte, mue dee and ek feed in the open and suounding the town. Appoximatey 50 ek have winte habitat noth of CR 40 and west of US 285, with a smae hed of appoximatey ek that winte in Section 35 nea the aipot. Dee ae vey pevaent duing the winte thoughout the ivebottoms, especiay in the hayfieds and ua esidentia aeas south of the ive. Goden and bad eages, bobcats, ed-taied hawks, Coopes hawk, Canadian geese, beave, and ducks aso inhabit the ipaian coido. Septembe 998 [ [

14 . NATURAL RESOURCES The Poncha Spings vicinity is bessed with abundant natua esouces. Access to minea, enegy, wate, foesty and agicutua esouces infuence deveopment pattens and ae an impotant deteminant of futue and use activities. Minea Resouces The majoity of mining within the thee-mie aea is fo aggegate, due to the numeous auvia deposits, except fo the fome fuoite mine ocated south of town nea the hot spings. The fuoite mine was in opeation between 934 and 954. Since most of the thee-mie aea is undeain by auvia deposits, thee is no shotage of aggegate mateia. Cuent aggegate opeations incude one in Section 6 south of town and one in Section 32 nea the aipot. Thee ae numeous teminated gave pits, incuding one each in Section 4 and Section 0 noth of town, and one in Section east of town. Enegy Resouces A 980 study evauated the feasibiity of geothema enegy poduction in fou sites thoughout Chaffee County. The Poncha Hot Spings site, ocated south of town on CR 5, incudes five spings with tempeatues anging fom 50 to 7 degees centigade. The Poncha Hot Spings ae cuenty owned and used by the City of Saida fo heating the Saida Hot Spings Poo. Athough numeous technica, institutiona, and envionmenta issues equie esoution, the Poncha Hot Spings is a unique egiona asset that has consideabe potentia fo expanded geothema deveopment. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 6 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Wate Resouces Suface wate esouces in the thee-mie aea incude the South Akansas Rive, Poncha Ceek, Litte Cochetopa Ceek and othe sma tibutaies, and a seies of iigation ditches constucted to suppy wate to the suounding agicutua and. Majo iigation ditches in the aea incude Cameon Ditch, Missoui Pak Ditch, Muy Ditch and Haington Ditch. The idgeine unning acoss the nothen potion of the thee-mie aea contains numeous sma dainages, as we as the age Haington Guch, that a dain into the Akansas Rive upsteam of Saida. Undeying goundwate povides dinking wate fo Poncha Spings. Foesty Resouces Accoding to the U.S. Foest Sevice, ogging coud occu south and west ofponcha Spings in the Nationa Foest, but within the thee-mie aea thee is imited havestibe timbe due to the pevaence of steep, emote foests with a high eosion potentia. Havesting on BLM o pivate ands is aso imited to fiewood o Chistmas tees. Agicutua Resouces Much of the vaey foo suounding Poncha Spings is occupied by agicutua and, pimaiy angeand, iigated pastue o iigated hay meadows. The shot gowing season imits the feasibiity of gowing cops, except hay fo catte. igated pastue and hay meadows ae concentated aong the South Akansas Rive coido, and noth of the ive in ow-ying aeas. Athough ua and subdivision is inceasing, eativey age paces of and emain intact fo anching. Septembe 998

15 ENVRONMENTAL CONSTRANTS Many of the envionmenta conditions descibed above pose a constaint to deveopment eithe in tems of physica constaints, such as sope, o in tems of envionmenta esouce pesevation, such as widife habitat and wate quaity. Envionmenta conditions consideed to be a potentia constaint wee anayzed and cassified into one of five eves of constaint, as shown on the Envionmenta Constaints gaphic. Aeas of no constaint ae aeas whee uban-eve deveopment coud occu without ceating a hazad o equiing extensive envionmenta mitigation measues. Aeas of mino constaint ae aeas whee deveopment coud occu, but some mitigation measues may be equied. Aeas of significant constaint ae aeas whee deveopment is not ecommended, but coud occu if extensive measues ae taken. Hazad aeas ae those aeas whee uban deveopment shoud not occu. Sevee hazad aeas ae aeas of extemey steep sope (ove 50%}, which ae consideed undeveopabe. The majoity of the vaey foo, incusive of Poncha Spings, is cassified as eithe no constaint o mino constaint, with the mino constaints due to sois o widife habitat. Most of the constained potions of the thee-mie aea ae south of the ive, and pimaiy owned by pubic entities. These aeas ae constained due to steep sopes, widfie hazads and poo sois. Aeas within the South Akansas Rive coido ae constained due to poo sois, food hazads and widife habitat. The idgeine extending acoss the nothen potion of the thee-mie aea is cassified significant constaint due to fie hazad and sope. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 7 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Geoogic Hazads A hazads map povided by Chaffee County indicates no geoogic hazads, such as andsides, debis fows o subsidence, within the thee-mie aea. Howeve, accoding to the Cooado Geoogica Suvey, a numbe of faut ines extend acoss the thee-mie aea, with potentiay active fauts in and aound Poncha Spings. Studies of maximum expected ock acceeations fo the next fifty yeas show the Rio Gande ift zone, which extends fom southen New Mexico nothwads towads centa Cooado, as having an acceeation vaue of 0.04 g, which is consideed a eativey ow isk. The potions of the thee-mie aea that epesent the highest seismic isk due to ock acceeation ae those aeas aeady consideed hazad aeas due to steep sope and soi conditions. Soi Constaints Most of the soi types within the thee-mie aea ae cassified as no constaint because they ae we-dained sandy oams o gavey sandy oams. The sois aong the South Akansas Rive and Litte Cochetopa Ceek coidos ae cassified as mino constaint because of the seasona high wate tabe. High wate tabe is aso the mino constaint within sevea patches noth of US 50 aong dainages and ow ying aeas. Sois anked as significant constaint incude the Badand, Rough Boken Land, and Rock Land soi types. These ae found pimaiy south of the ive and aong the wooded idge that extends acoss the nothen edge of the thee-mie aea. The ony soi anked as hazad aea was the Mine Pit soi type, which is found in the od fuoite mine south of town. Septembe 998 [ [ L L

16 j Steep Sopes Most of the nothen potion of the thee-mie aea is eativey fat, with sopes of 0 to 7 pecent (no constaint) o 8 to 5 pecent (mino constaint). Aong the idgeine noth of town, the sopes incease to 8 to 5 pecent and 6 to 33 pecent (significant constaint). The steepest sopes occu south of town within the pubic ands. Sopes fom 33 to SO pecent (hazad aea) stat about one-haf mie south of the town imits, extending aong the sides of the Poncha Ceek vaey and within the highe eevations aound Poncha Mountain. Sevee hazad aea (ove 50 pecent sopes) is concentated within Poncha Ceek canyon. Widfie Hazads nfomation egading widfie hazads on pivate ands is based on mapping povided by Chaffee County. Fou eves of widfie hazad ae mapped: ow hazad, modeate hazad, high hazad and exteme hazad. Exteme hazad aeas ae found in the steep Poncha Ceek canyon. Aeas consideed high hazad incude the hiy aeas south of town, as we as the vegetated idgeine in the nothen pat of the thee-mie aea. Aeas with modeate widfie hazads ae found aong the South Akansas Rive, aong CR 220 south of US 50, and notheast of town between CR 250 and US 50. The emaining potions of the thee-mie aea wee cassified as ow hazad fo widfie. Athough widfie mapping fo pubic ands is not cuenty avaiabe, the majoity of pubic and in the thee-mie aea is in eativey steep wooded aeas o shub and and thus most ikey woud have a widfie cassification of high hazad o exteme hazad. ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Foodpains and Dainages Fedea Emegency Management Agency (FEMA) food maps show the 00-yea foodpain extending aong the South Akansas Rive and an appoximate one mie stetch of Poncha and Litte Cochetopa ceeks. Athough deveopment in the foodpain is not encouaged, the aea within the 00-yea foodpain is anked as a mino hazad, since cetain types of deveopment coud occu if foodpoofing measues ae impemented. n addition, a 50-foot dainageway aong the majo ives and ceeks is consideed a mino constaint. Within the town imits, the foodpain is eativey wide west of US 285, coming as cose as 00 feet to Tue Avenue in cetain aeas. Afte the bidge cossing on US 285 and the South Akansas Rive confuence with Poncha Ceek, the foodpain naows to appoximatey 00 feet in width, and then widens to appoximatey 400 feet afte Tomichi Steet. Most existing deveopment appeas to be outside the foodpain, with the exception of the westen potion of the Hot Spings Road/Pinyon Dive neighbohood. Wate Quaity A wate quaity management pan pepaed fo the Uppe Akansas Vaey in 988 identified high eves of cetain metas (ead, coppe, and zinc) within the South Akansas Rive basin, with concentations above basic standads fo aquatic ife. Howeve, the Cooado Division of Wate Resouces has no knowedge of any cuent majo suface wate quaity issues in the thee-mie aea. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 8 Septembe /998

17 The quaity of Poncha Spings' dinking wate suppies is good, with no ecoded vioations of dinking wate standads. The shaow natue of the town's two ode wes (30-35 feet) combined with the poous sois of the aea may be a concen in the futue. Contamination of the wes coud occu if and uses o pactices in the vicinity of the wehead change in the futue. Changes in agicutua pactices, esidentia deveopment o cetain commecia/industia activities coud a theaten wate quaity. A majo contamination of the South Akansas Rive coud aso theaten wate suppies due to the ikeihood of a hydoogica connection between the wes and the ive. Ai Quaity Poncha Spings is cuenty in attainment of state ai quaity standads, with no majo industia o non-point souces of ai poution. The Town appies magnesium choide to its unpaved oads, consistent with Cooado Depatment of Pubic Heath guideines to conto fugitive dust on unpaved steets with taffic voumes ove 200 vehice tips pe day. Sensitive Widife Habitat The ipaian aeas associated with the South Akansas Rive and othe majo dainages ae anked as significant constaint, due to the exteme impotance of these aeas to widife. The Cooado Division of Widife's habitat map fo Chaffee County anks these aeas as having vey high potentia fo impact. Athough not a hazad to deveopment, deveoping these aeas woud have a significant impact on the aea's widife esouces. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 9 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Ek and dee winteing aeas ae mapped as mino constaint since vey ow-density, ua esidentia deveopment can occu without majo impacts on the heds. Highe density deveopment woud most ikey esut in dispacement of the hed to othe aeas and inceasing conficts between humans and widife. Coisions with dee ae aeady pevaent as the dee coss US 50 to access hayfieds aong the ive. Septembe /998 L

18 ,].,] POLCES: ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Poicy ENR- Natua vegetation sha be potected wheneve possibe, uness within an aea with modeate to high widfie isk n paticua, the matue cottonwoods aong the ive and thoughout the town sha be peseved wheeve possibe. Custeing o othe techniques sha be used wheeve possibe to peseve existing stands of matue cottonwoods. Poicy ENR-2 A deveopment sites sha be evegatated afte competion of constuction. Eosion conto measues sha be impemented duing constuction and maintained unti evegetation is compete. PoicyENR-3 Ripaian vegetation sha be peseved wheeve possibe though the use of custeing o othe techniques. Ripaian vegetation associated with the South Akansas Rive coido sha be peseved, with a 50-foot buiding setback maintained fom the edge of the ive bank in ode to peseve widife habitat. Poicy ENR-4 Any futue gave o aggegate mining sha be setback and sceened fom majo oads and esidentia deveopment. Taffic and dust geneated by gave/aggegate opeations sha not impact esidentia aeas. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 0 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Poicy ENR-5 The Town sha wok with the City of Saida and othe agencies to expoe deveopment of the Poncha Spings Hot Spings as a geothema enegy esouce. Poicy ENR-6 Any deveopment that occus upsteam of i"igated anchands sha conside measues to pevent advese impacts on wate suppy fo downsteam agicutua opeations, incuding maintaining ditches, consoidating atea ditches into one dainage and/o othewise ensuing that i"igation fows continue on to downsteam uses. Poicy ENR-7 Annexation and subdivision of poductive agicutua and sha not be encouaged. Poicy ENR-8 Puchase of deveopment ights o othe agicutua potection techniques sha be consideed in ode to peseve the ua chaacte and agicutua economy of the aea. Agicutua potection sha aso be used to peseve a sense of sepaation between Poncha Spings and Saida. Agicutua potection techniques sha be focused on eativey intact and economicay viabe anches. Poicy ENR-9 The Town sha wok with Chaffee County and othe agencies to deveop detaied geoogic hazads mapping within the thee-mie pan aea. Septembe 998

19 Poicy ENR-0 Deveopment in high wate tabe and/o wet soi aeas sha be avoided. Whee deveopment is unavoidabe, a constuction sha be designed to povide the east impact on wetand aeas as pacticabe. Effots to maintain the wate stoage capacity and wate quaity of wetands sha be encouaged. Activities that esut in a oss ofwetands, eutophication of wetands, o oss of widife dependent upon wetands sha be discouaged. Poicy ENR- The natua topogaphy sha be etained to the geatest extent possibe, and excessive cut and fis to convet steep sopes to buidabe sites sha be discouaged. Poicy ENR-2 Deveopment sha be avoided in aeas with sopes ove 30 pecent. Deveopment in aeas with 6 to 30 pecent sopes shoud be avoided whee possibe, using custeing o othe techniques to avoid the steepest potions of the site. f deveopment in these aeas is unavoidabe, measues shoud be taken to minimize excessive cuts and fis in the design of oads and the ayout of buiding sites. Poicy ENR-3 Deveopment in aeas designated on Chaffee County widfie hazad maps as sevee widfie hazad sha be avoided. f deveopment in these aeas is unavoidabe, measues to incease defensibe space and othewise mitigate widfie hazads sha be identified and impemented by the deveope. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Poicy ENR-4 Deveopment in designated foodpain aeas sha be avoided. Whee deveopment is unavoidabe, a constuction sha be designed to pevent damage due to fooding in accodance with FEMA guideines. n no event sha deveopment in designated foodpains be pemitted to aise the food eevation of downsteam popety. Poicy ENR-5 Natua dainageways sha be maintained in a natua state, with cuvets pemitted as necessay. Uness equied fo constuction, vegetation sha not be emoved in food pains. Aeas of vegetation emoved fo constuction sha be ecaimed fo new vegetation whee possibe. Poicy ENR-6 The suface and gound wates of the South Akansas Rive sha be potected fom and uses and management pactices which coud cause significant degadation of wate quaity o impai the natua potection and/o teatment pocesses povided by wetands, foodpains and ipaian aeas. Poicy ENR-7 Decisions to ocate wate suppies, wastewate teatment systems, and othe faciities sha be made in a manne that potects wate quaity. Decisions egading faciity ocation sha aso ecognize the potection of foodpains, geoogic hazad aeas, widife habitats, wetands and agicutua/and. Septembe 998 [ [ _ L

20 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Poicy ENR-8 The suface and gound wates of the South Akansas Rive sha be potected fom the uses of pesticides, fetiizes, agaecides, oad deicing and fiction mateias, and othe chemicas which woud tempoaiy o pemanenty cause a significant degadation of wate quaity o impai the cuent o cassified uses of these wates. Poicy ENR-9 The Town sha conside deveopment of a Wehead Potection Pan to educe the ikeihood of contamination of the town 's dinking wate suppy. A wehead potection pan woud examine the hydogeoogy of the aea to deineate a wehead potection aea, inventoy existing and potentia contaminants, ceate management guideines, deveop contingency pans in case of contamination, ecommend siting citeia fo new wes in case expansion is necessay, and pomote pubic invovement and education pogams. Poicy ENR-0 The Town sha continue to fund dust conto measues on unpaved steets to educe dust emissions. Poicy ENR-2 Residentia deveopment within the ek and dee winteing aeas sha be maintained at a eativey ow density. Custeing is encouaged in these aeas to minimize impacts on widife habitat. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 2 Septembe 998

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22 NTRODUCTON A eview of Poncha Spings sevices and infastuctue, and the Town's funding souces, is impotant fo undestanding cuent conditions and futue deveopment potentia. Six majo sevices and infastuctue components ae: tanspotation, utiities, pubic safety, community faciities, eceation and education. Whie not a of these components ae contoed by the Town, each has an impact on the community's capacity to accommodate futue gowth and impovement. TRANSPORTATON Regiona cicuation and oca mobiity ae accompished though a netwok of oads and aeys, and poximity to ai and ai sevice. No tais o sidewaks exist in Poncha Spings. Roads Fou cassifications of oads ae mapped: egiona ateia, egiona coecto, oca paved and oca unpaved. US 50 and US 285 intesect in the heat of Poncha Spings, the "cossoads of the Rockies". US 50, a tanscontinenta highway connecting the east and west coasts of the United States, aso connects Poncha Spings with Saida, Canyon City and Puebo to the east and Gunnison, via Monach Pass, to the west. US 285, oiginating in Sandeson, Texas nea Mexico, poceeds noth into the San Luis Vaey and ove Poncha Pass into Poncha Spings. Noth of Poncha Spings, US 285 skits Buena Vista and heads though South Pak, teminating in Denve. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 3 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE The foowing tabes identify taffic counts on US 50 and US 285 at key intesections in o nea Poncha Spings: Annua Aveage Daiy Taffic us so NCT28S S CT28S QMCH US28S CHETA NC5Q CR Q Souce: Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation Athough taffic counts ae eativey ow, the haf-diamond configuation of the US 285/US 50 intesection in Poncha Spings pomotes the swift movement of semi-tacto taie tucks, which cuenty account fo appoximatey 8% of vehices passing though the intesection. Whie the non-signaized intesection povides convenience fo though taffic, the abiity to access deveoped and undeveoped popety, edeveop a pedestian "downtown", foste oca taffic movement and impove safety ae impotant issues. Septembe 998

23 Chaffee County Roads 20 and 28 ae egiona coecto oads that povide access to Saida and unincopoated aeas of south Chaffee County fom Poncha Spings. Acting simia to a fontage oad in paces, CR 20 povides an atenative to US 50 and seves the Town of Poncha Spings ndustia Pak, the Chaffee County Faigounds and sevea ua esidences. CR 28 staddes the nothen bounday of Poncha Spings and seves a numbe of agicutua popeties and ua esidences. With the exception of an appoximatey thee hunded yad section of Hot Spings Road, a oca oads within Poncha Spings ae unpaved. Unpaved oads consist of five inches of oad base mateia and two inches of a gave oveay. Paving key steets woud impove taffic cicuation, safe ingess and egess, and educe fugitive dust ceated by fequent winds. Loca oads that connect at a safe distance with eithe US 50 (Tomichi o LaPata) o US 285 (Chipeta o Ouay/Tue) shoud be consideed as pioities if paving occus. The ode esidentia neighbohoods within the town ae patted with aeys. Twenty foot wide aeys exist in the majoity of these patted ights-of-way, with a few shot aey stubs that ae sixteen feet wide. Maintained by the Town, most aeys ae cea and in eativey good condition. Residentia aeas without aeys incude the Rio Poco subdivision on the nothwest side and the Hot Spings Road aea south of the ive. Road maintenance povided by the Town geneay consists of snow emova in the winte and appying magnesium choide to conto fugitive dust on unpaved oads in the summe. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 4 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE Raioad The aioad aived in Poncha Spings in the 880's, tansecting the nothen potion of town fom east to west. Since abandoned, potions of the aioad ights-of-way have been sod whie othe segments ae sti owned by the Union Pacific aioad. Athough two tains pe week hau ead, zinc, and sive concentates fom Leadvie though Saida to Puebo, the futue viabiity of continued ai sevice within the Uppe Akansas Rive vaey is a oca and egiona concen. Tansit Most Poncha Spings commutes tave to Saida fo wok. No oca bus o othe tansit sevice is cuenty avaiabe. Commuting to Wok Dive Aone 68.4% Capoo 5.4% Use Tansit 2.2% Wak/Wok at Home 4.0% Mean Tave Time 2.7 minutes Souce: U.S. Bueau of the Census Ai Tanspotation Genea aviation sevice is avaiabe fom Haiet Aexande Fied, ocated appoximatey one mie notheast of Poncha Spings. Avaiabe sevices incude aicaft stoage and enta, and aifame and engine maintenance. The aified aso has five pivatey owned hanges and 45 tie-down spots. Schedued ai sevice is avaiabe at the Gunnison County Aipot, the Cooado Spings Aipot and Denve ntenationa Aipot. Septembe 998 [ L L

24 . UTLTES Town utiities incude wate and wastewate faciities. Poncha Spings does not have an impoved dainage system. Othe utiities within the community not contoed by the Town incude natua hot wate, soid waste, gas and eecticity. Wate The wate system consists of suppy, stoage, teatment, and distibution faciities. The Town owns wate ights fo a 2.8 cubic feet pe second (cfs) fow fom the South Akansas ive via the Acequia Ditch. These wate ights suppy awn iigation thoughout the town, but ae not used as pat of the teated wate suppy. n addition the Town eases.07 cfs fom the City of Saida via the Haington Ditch fo wastewate teatment augmentation. An additiona amount of eased wate is needed fo augmentation if Poncha Spings gows beyond 500 esidents. Teated wate is obtained fom thee wes. Wes One and Two ae each 35 feet in depth, have 6 inch diamete casings, and use 5.0 hosepowe pumps to deive wate though a 2 inch diamete pipe into the distibution system. We One has a peak fow of 34 gaons pe minute (gpm). We Two poduces up to 49 gpm. Both wes ae ocated south of the South Akansas ive adjacent to Tuman A venue. Taveing via a 3/4 inch diamete pipe, wate is teated by choine injection at a teatment faciity ocated appoximatey two hunded yads south of the wes. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 5 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE n 998, the Town boed a thid we on Lot 4 of the Poncha Spings ndustia Pak. We Thee is 70 feet deep, with 50 feet cased in a 6 inch diamete pipe. Peak fow is 78 gpm geneated by a 7.5 h.p. pump. mmediatey adjacent to We Thee is the we's teatment house, which empoys a cacium hydochoide teatment system. Teated wate is stoed in a singe 00,000 gaon tank. The tank, ocated on CR 5 above town, has a high wate eevation of feet. No backup teated wate stoage cuenty exists. Wate is distibuted to esidentia and commecia customes via 6 inch and 8 inch diamete PVC gavity mains at pessues that aveage 80 pounds pe squae inch (psi). With ow pessue at 60 psi and high pessue at 5 psi, neithe booste pumps no pessue educing vaves ae instaed on the wate system. Buit in 974, the wate system is in good condition, with the exception of an inadequate pipe oop on the town's west side. Most esidentia and commecia stuctues within town ae connected to the wate system via individua taps that ae meteed. Appoximatey 4 esidences ae sti seved by pivate wes. Aveage esidentia househod consumption is 7800 gaons pe month. Tap fees cuenty ange fom $2000 fo a 3/4 inch esidentia sevice ine to $5000 fo a 2 inch commecia sevice ine, pus the cost of the mete and digging the wate mete pit. Wate ates ange fom a base ate of$8 pe month (fist 3000 gaons; $ pe additionaooo gaons) fo esidentia sevice to a base ate of$80 pe month (fist 30,000 gaons; $ pe additiona 000 gaons) fo the agest commecia use. Septembe 998

25 Sanitay Sewe The sanitay sewe coection system, buit in 97 4 and maintained by the Town, is in good condition with nonna infow and infitation. Wastewate gavity fows via 8 inch diamete cay and PVC pipe to the Saida Teatment Pant via age mains in US 50. A esidences and businesses within town ae connected to the sanitay sewe system. Sewe connection fees ae $400 pe EQR, $700 of which is etained by the Town. Sewe ates ae $6 pe month pe EQR (Equivaent Residentia Unit) within Poncha Spings, $7 pe month pe EQR outside town imits. n 997, the Town enewed a ten yea ageement with the City of Saida fo wastewate teatment. The teatment capacity of the Saida Wastewate Pant is 2. MGD, equivaent to 4500 EQR's, with cuent demand at.6 MGD (3554 EQR's). Poncha Spings wastewate demand is cuenty 408 EQR's, with contactua capabiity to use 30 EQR's (.4 MGD). Othe Utiities A hot wate ine owned by the City of Saida extends fom the Poncha Hot Spings to the Saida Hot Spings Poo via existing sanitay sewe easements. n 997, a 2.5 mie potion of the wooden pipeine was epaced with 6 inch diamete stee pipe. A one-mie section of pipe aong US 50, and a.5 mie section fom the hot spings though town, ae in need of epacement. Waste coection and disposa is povided by BF and Matinez Tash. Eecticity is suppied by Pubic Sevice Company of Cooado. Natua Gas is povided by Geeey Gas. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan /6 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE PUBLC SAFETY Pubic safety consists of aw enfocement, fie potection, and emegency medica sevices (EMS). Law Enfocement The Town contacts fo aw enfocement with the Chaffee County Sheiffs Office, which aso manages the Chaffee County Communications Cente and the Chaffee County ai. Five pato deputies ae stationed in southen Chaffee County, two of which cuenty eside in Poncha Spings. Each deputy is equipped with a pato vehice, even when off-duty. Pimay pato coveage is fom 7:00A.M. to 3:00A.M., with designated offices on-ca fo the emaining fou hou peiod. With Poncha Spings ocated at the intesection of two majo highways, aw enfocement situations ae somewhat unique. Motoist assists, sevice station gas dive-offs, vehices paked on pivate popety and suspicious vehices ae investigated by the Sheif s office. n addition, contacts ae made with hitchhikes that often esut in out-of-town aest waants. The high numbe of tansients in the aea is beieved to contibute to bugaies, thefts, tespasses and cimina mischief incidents aong the highway coido. The most common citizen compaint is taffic-eated (speeding, caeess diving). Between Api!, 997 and Api 30, 998, the Sheifs office ogged 529 cas fo Poncha Spings, with business secuity checks and taffic enfocement accounting fo the majoity of a incidents. Septembe 998 L L L.

26 Fie Potection The Chaffee County Fie Potection Distict povides fie potection to Poncha Spings. The Poncha Fie Station, ocated adjacent to Town Ha on Bunett Avenue, houses 2 vountees. On site equipment incudes: 964 Ameican La Fance 4x4 pumpe/aipot cash unit 952 GMC pumpe 978 Dodge/Piece 4x4 mini-pumpe/escue unit 996 pumpe The aveage esponse time is 3 minutes to a ca in Poncha Spings. Mutua aid ageements ae in pace with the Saida Fie Potection Distict and the Buena Vista Fie Potection Distict. Poncha Spings cuenty has an nsuance Cass Rating of8. EMS Chaffee County Emegency Pepaedness povides emegency medica sevices to Poncha Spings. Thee fu-time paid staff and 40 vountees hande emegency esponse thoughout the county. Of those vountees assigned to south Chaffee County, fou ae paamedics, fou ae intemediate EMT' s, and 2 ae basic EMT' s. The aveage esponse time to a ca in Poncha Spings is 2 minutes with six ambuances avaiabe fo sevice and citica cae tansfe to Cooado Spings. COMMUNTY FACLTES Community faciities within Poncha Spings consist of the Visitos Cente and the Town Ha. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 7 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE Town Ha The Town Ha, constucted in 882 and isted on the Fedea Registe of Histoic Paces, was deeded to the Town in 962. Located acoss fom Chipeta Pak, the Town Ha functions as the municipa administative offices, an histoica museum, and a community meeting oom. The Town's maintenance faciity is adjacent to the Town Ha. Visitos Cente n 992, the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation deeded a 6.3 ace site at the nothwest come of US 285 and US 50 to the Town excusivey fo use as a visitos cente. Peviousy a pot of enty, the visitos cente is pooy maintained and unde-utiized. A 994 study by Aaon Howe ecommended upgading the visitos cente to a muti-use tavees cente that woud potentiay incude administative offices fo sevea aea pubic agencies, a cafe, atisan shop, outdoo eceation aea, a sma auditoium, estooms, a pet un and paking. RECREATON Regiona eceationa oppotunities and amenities incude mountains and ives, tais, county faigounds and oca paks. Mountains and ives The suounding mountains and the ive system in the vicinity of Poncha Spings povide abundant passive and active eceationa esouces fo the community, with access to activities at the neaby Monach Ski Aea, on the Akansas Rive (afting, kayaking and fishing), and in the San sabe Nationa Foest (camping, hiking and snowmobiing). Septembe 998

27 Tais An extensive 330 mie tai system is deveoped within Chaffee County, most of which is on pubic ands. The Cooado Tai, the Continenta Divide Tai, and the Ameican Discovey Tai ae a ong-distance Rocky Mountain tais. n addition, the Rainbow tai is a high-county tai that taveses Poncha Pass. The City of Saida has constucted two mies of an impoved tai extending fom the Akansas Rive to the westen edge of the Saida city imits. The daft Chaffee County Tais Maste Pan poposes the extension of the Saida tai aong CR 20 though Poncha Spings west to Monach Pass and south up Poncha Pass. Potions of any futue tai extension wi equie the attainment of easements fom pivate popety ownes. Faigounds The Chaffee County Faigounds is a egiona amenity ocated on popety owned by the Town on CR 20 adjacent to the Poncha Spings ndustia Pak. Faigound faciities, which incude a muti-use buiding and odeo gounds, ae owned and maintained by Chaffee County. The annua Chaffee County Fai is hed in ate uy at the faigounds, and sevea othe events ae schedued thoughout the yea. Paks Chipeta Pak, acoss fom Town Ha, seves as the town's community pak. Chipeta Pak is appoximatey one ace in size and has a age paying fied, paygound equipment, basketba cout, picnic tabes, estooms, a sand box and beaches fo pubic events. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 8 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE No othe impoved paks cuenty exist in Poncha Spings. Within the Rio Poco neighbohood thee is a sma undeveoped ot dedicated fo a neighbohood pak. Funding has been awaded fo impovements to Hoove Ranch pak though a Geat Outdoos Cooado (GOCO) gant. The town aso owns appoximatey one hunded aces of undeveoped and aong Poncha Ceek south of town which potentiay coud be impoved fo ive access and picnicking. n addition, the tianges ceated by the US 285/US 50 intechange amps povide a passive open space amenity. EDUCATON Poncha Spings is within Chaffee County Schoo Distict R-32. Since no pubic schoos ae ocated in Poncha Spings, students ae bussed to Saida Eementay, Saida Midde Schoo and Saida High Schoo. Saida aso has adut education avaiabe though Cooado Mountain Coege. Cooado Mountain Coege has a age faciity ocated 50 mies noth in Leadvie. Fou yea coeges ae avaiabe appoximatey 80 mies south in Aamosa (Adams State Coege), o 60 mies west in Gunnison (Westen State Coege). Educationa Attainment No High Schoo Dipoma 9.9% High Schoo Gaduate Ony 35.5% Coege, No Degee 29.6% Associates Degee 2.2% Bacheos Degee 0.8% Post Gaduate Degee 2.2% Souce: U.S. Bueau of the Census Septembe 998 [ L

28 . FUNDNG SOURCES The Town pays fo infastuctue and sevices fom its genea fund. Revenues fo the genea fund ae deived fom saes tax, popety tax, and a vaiety of othe souces. Saes Tax The Town has a 2% saes tax, and aso eceives a potion of Chaffee County's 2% saes tax evenues based on moto vehice egistations. Saes tax evenues account fo 70% of the Town's budget, and have moe than doubed since 990. Saes Tax Receipts 998 $68,000 (Budgeted) 997 $68, $59, $69, $52, $44, $4, $39, $28,03 Souce: Poncha Spings Town Govenment Popety Tax Popety tax evenues account fo ony 6% of the Town's budget. The Town cuenty assesses popety tax at mis. The tota mi evy fo popety taxed in 997 is equa to mis, o $52.74 fo evey $0,000 ofpopety vaue. The Town's shae is equa to $2.63 fo evey $0,000 of popety vaue. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 9 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE 997 Popety Mi Levy fo Tax Aea 8 (Poncha Spings) Schoo Distict R Chaffee County Chaffee Fie Distict Saida Libay Distict Town of Poncha Spings Saida Hospita Distict.78 SE Cooado Wate Distict.82 Akansas Wate Distict Souce: Chaffee County Assessos Office Othe Revenues Othe genea fund evenues account fo 24% of the Town's budget. These evenues incude oca owneship and fanchise taxes, state cigaette and highway use taxes, county oad and bidge funds, iquo icenses, moto vehice egistations, oad cut pemit fees, faciity entas, investment inteest, and gants. Septembe 998

29 POLCES: SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE PoicyS- The Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan sha seve as the Maste Steet Pan in compiance with C.R.S Poicy S-2 The Town sha pepae a compehensive tanspotation study to assist with decisions egading the econfiguation of the US 285/US 50 "iafdiamond" intechange, access to popeties aong the US 285 and US 50 coidos, new steet extensions and cosues, and impoved taffic cicuation, signaization, and safety within the Pan aea. PoicyS-3 The Town sha equest that the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation pefom a signa waant study, speed study, and any othe necessay studies and eseach to detemine the viabiity of ) conveting the US 285/US 50 "haf diamond" intechange into a "T" intesection with a stopight, 2) deeding the emaining pubic ight-of-way (amp aeas) to adjacent popety ownes, and 3) educing the speed to 25 mies pe hou as taffic passes though Poncha Spings aong US 285 between the South Akansas ive bidge and the nothen intesection of US 285/US 50. Poicy S-4 The Town sha equest that the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation pefom a signa waant study at the nothen intesection of US 285/US 50. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 20 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE Poicy S-S The Town sha conside paving key steets to impove taffic cicuation, safe ingess and egess, and educe fugitive dust. Pioities fo paving shoud incude oca oads that connect at a safe distance with eithe US 50 o US 285. Poicy S-6 The Town sha pepae, adopt and update annuay a Capita mpovement Pogam that wi pioitize the paving of key steets, upgade unpaved oads to a gaded, gave condition, and adequatey maintain the entie oad netwok. Poicy S-7 Steets, pubic o pivate, sha be constucted by the subdivide/deveope to confom with adopted steet design and constuction standads. Poicy S-8 The Town sha pusue gants and/o ow inteest oans (associated with entepise activities) fo majo capita impovements, with a pioity to upgade wate teatment and stoage faciities. Poicy S-9 The Town sha pepae, adopt and annuay update a Capita mpovement Pogam that wi pioitize the expenditue of funds fo impoving and maintaining the wate suppy, stoage, teatment and distibution system. mpovements sha be pioitized based on pubic heath and safety consideations. Septembe 998

30 Poicy S/-0 The Town sha compete a wate main oop between the eectic substation on US 50 and Haey Avenue at CR 28. Poicy S- Non-tibutay goundwate wate ights sha be deeded to the Town upon annexation o subdivision of popety. Poicy S-2 Wate faciities sha be constucted by the deveope to confom with Town wate system design and constuction standads. Poicy S-3 A new deveopment sha be connected to pubic wate. Pio to connection, a statement of the impact of poposed deveopment on existing wate suppy may be equied. Poicy S-4 The Town sha pusue the ease of additiona wate ights fo futue wastewate augmentation. Poicy S-5 The Town sha pepae, adopt and annuay update a Capita mpovement Pogam that wi pioitize the expenditue of funds fo impoving and maintaining the wastewate coection and teatment system. mpovements sha be pioitized based on pubic heath and safety consideations. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 2 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE Poicy S-6 A new deveopment sha be connected to pubic sewe. Pio to connection, a statement of the impact of the poposed deveopment on existing sewe capacity may be equied. Poicy S-7 Sanitay sewe faciities sha be constucted by the deveope to confom with Town sanitay sewe system design and constuction standads. Poicy S-8 The Town sha pepae a compehensive dainage study to assist with decisions egading new deveopment, the impovement of wate quaity, and futue oad pojects. Poicy S-9 The Town sha adopt standads fo dainage system design and constuction. Dainage faciities sha be constucted by the subdivide/deveope to confom with adopted standads. Poicy S/-20 Duing and deveopment, natua dainage couses sha be etained as much as possibe. Whee necessay, a dainage system designed by a pofessiona enginee may be equied. Poicy S-2 The Town sha wok with the City of Saida to expoe the potentia fo joint impovement and use of the Poncha Spings Hot Spings wate main. Septembe 998

31 Poicy S-22 The Town sha wok with the Chaffee County Fie Potection Distict and othes to impove its nsuance Cass Rating. Poicy S-23 The Town sha pomote one o moe specia tash pickups annuay, poviding an oppotunity fo esidents to impove popety maintenance. Poicy S-24 The Town sha impove its community oom at the Town Ha to incude upgaded pesentation, confeence and town meeting capabiities. Poicy S-25 The Town sha wok with the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation and othe agencies fo impovement of the Visito's Cente as a muti-use faciity with andscaping, paving, and othe attactive amenities. Poicy S-26 The Town sha wok with Chaffee County and othes to expoe the potentia fo deveoping a youth eceation cente at the Chaffee County Faigounds. Poicy S-2 7 The Town sha wok with Chaffee County, the City of Saida, oca popety ownes, and Geat Outdoos Cooado to pusue the extension of the egiona tai fom Saida to Poncha Spings. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 22 SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE Poicy S-28 The Town sha wok with adjacent popety ownes to pusue the expansion and additiona impovement of Hoove anch Pak to poviding eceationa faciities and activities fo oca youth and famiies on the west side of town. Poicy S-29 The Town sha pepae a pan fo the impovement of the Town-owned popety on Poncha Ceek south of town, incusive of ive access and paking. Poicy S-30 The Town sha pusue the puchase of and at US 285/S. Akansas Rive fo a new pak, to be deveoped with edeveopment of the Town Cente. Poicy S-3 The Town sha pusue the acquisition of tanspotation easements and/o ights of way to constuct a second access between the Rio Poco neighbohood and US 50. Septembe 998

32 CHAPTER FOUR : COMM TY : CHA CTER& : GROWTH. TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS COMPREHENSVE PLAN CHAPTER FOUR

33 NTRODUCTON Since its incopoation in 880, Poncha Spings has deveoped and etained an independent, westen sma town chaacte that is shaped by its poximity to abundant natua esouces and eceationa oppotunities. The attactive envionment, mid cimate and ocation at the intesection of two majo US Highways in centa Cooado attacts a divese goup of entepeneus, outdoo enthusiasts, etiees, and tavees. The histoy, economy, chaacte and gowth potentia of Poncha Spings and its suounding aea ae centa eements in detemining guideines fo futue and use and deveopment. DSTORC CONTEXT Ute and Comanche ndian tibes once camped and hunted thoughout the egion. Mt. Shavano, nothwest of town, is named afte a Ute chieftain. n 779 uan Bautista de Anza, the Goveno of New Mexico, cossed Poncha Pass in pusuit of the Comanches and became the fist ecoded Caucasian expoe of the aea. Late expoes incude Lt. Zebuon Pike in 806, Kit Cason in 832, and Capt. ohn Gunnison in 853. n 855 Co. Thomas Faunteoy attacked a Ute encampment nea Saida, eading to an 863 teaty with the Utes. t was amidst this backgound that the fist white settes of Poncha Spings aived. Poncha Spings' fist cabin was buit in 863 by Nat Rich and Bob Hendicks, who wee pospecting fo god on Mt. Shavano. Captain oseph Hutchinson's homestead, east of Poncha Spings, dates fom 866 and is sti opeated by the Hutchinson famiy. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 23 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Fo ove a decade the itte community at the base of Poncha Pass was efeed to as" South Akansas." The aea's 99 hot spings quicky became an attaction, with the fist poo deveoped in 868. n the 870's the town became known as Poncha Spings. Tent cities accommodated the many peope seeking the heaing benefits of the spings. Hotes wee ate deveoped to house the visitos, incuding the ackson Hote that sti stands today. n 874, ames P. Tue and Heny Van K.eek bought and to deveop Poncha Spings into a townsite. Raioad constuction in the aea aso fosteed consideabe gowth in the community. Duing 880, the yea the town was incopoated, Poncha Spings was the end of the aioad ine. Howeve, pospeity did not ast ong fo Poncha Spings. A decision to make Saida the temina and division point fo the aioad eft Poncha Spings out of many of its economic benefits. But it was the fies of 88 and 882 that had the geatest impact on the town. With 26 buidings destoyed, the mining industy dwinding and the aioad centeed in Saida, the town's pospeity neve fuy etuned. The ast passenge tains aived in 940, abandonment poceedings began in the 950's, and the aioad depot was demoished in 96. Duing most of the twentieth centuy Poncha Spings benefited fom the aea's age anching community, the highway commecia deveopment and touism associated with the constuction of US Highway 50 and US Highway 285, and (unti98) Leadvie's mining industy. The same natua esouces, sceney and cimate that attacted oigina settes is now esponsibe fo many eements oftoday's economy. Septembe 998

34 ECONOMY Whie the aioad, mining, anching and touism industies have in tuns povided the economic base fo Poncha Spings, the aea's inceasing popuation and ow unempoyment signa an emeging economy that is moe divesified. Chaffee County Labo Foce Tota Empoyed Unempoyed % 997 7,40 7, ,224 6, ,090 6, ,692 6, ,30 5, Souce: Cooado Depatment of Labo and Empoyment A wide vaiety of entepeneuia activity is occuing that is no onge dependent on extactive industies. New esidents ae moving to ua aeas of Cooado fo its "quaity of ife", capabe of using computes and teecommunications to ean a iving. Ranching aso emains viabe, athough it is inceasing theatened by escaating ea estate vaues, encoaching esidentia deveopment and incompatibe ifestyes. Receationa touism continues to pay a age oe in the economy as young, affuent visitos ae attacted to the aea fo popua activities such as snowboading at Monach Ski Aea and kayaking in the Akansas Rive. Rive afting in the summe and ek and dee hunting in the fa aso stongy contibute to the aea's economy. The Monach Ski Aea, Rive Runnes and Ameican Adventue Expeditions ae among the top 0 empoyes in the egion. COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Top Ten Regiona Empoyes Buena Vista Coectiona Faciity Monach Ski Resot Heat of the Rockies Medica Cente Saida Schoo Distict Rive Runnes Buena Vista Schoo Distict Chaffee County Govenment Rea Ameican Actionwea FfE"S (Winte) (Summe) Wamat 00 Ameican Adventue Expeditions 60 (Summe) Souce: Backgound Economic/Demogaphic Reconnaissance Repot The "Cossoads of the Rockies", US 50 and US 285, aso continues to pay a key oe in suppoting industies and sevices dependent on tuck tanspotation. Located cose to US 50 on CR 20, the Poncha Spings ndustia Pak has 20 ots avaiabe fo deveopment. An aea on the west side of town is aso attacting tuck -eated industy: US Mabe ecenty ocated its bagging opeation adjacent to Mountain Timbe Poducts, a sawmi. New esidentia and commecia constuction activity associated with an impoving economy is aso inceasing. Buiding Pemits Souce: Chaffee County Buiding Depatment L Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 24 Septembe 998 L_

35 THREE MLE AREA CHARACTER A vaiety of eements define the visua chaacte of Poncha Spings and its thee mie aea. These eements incude the age expanse of open agicutua ands in Missoui Pak, the suounding mountains, the idgeine defining the pateau, the South Akansas ive vaey and its ta cottonwoods. Consideing these eements with an undestanding of existing county zoning wi hep shape futue and use decisions. Afte ascending the sope the sepaates Missoui Pak fom Adobe Pak on US 285, the fist view of the town occus appoximatey one and one-haf mies noth of town, whee a few buidings and signs ae visibe amongst the tees. Athough Chaffee County has zoned this.5 mie coido Commecia, agicutua ange and and ua esidentia deveopment pesenty dominate the andscape. West of this coido is pivate and zoned and deveoped as Rua Sububan. East of US 285 is aso zoned fo ua esidentia uses. A band of Residentia zoning extends one-quate mie noth of Poncha Spings, potentiay aowing a types of esidentia uses. Aiving fom the west on US 50, an agicutua vaey stetches aong the South Akansas ive. Simia in chaacte to US 285, the US 50 coido is zoned Commecia beginning about one mie west of town imits, with a one-quate mie band of Residentia zoning aong the town's westen bounday. An eectic substation and a few commecia estabishments mak the westen enty into town. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 25 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Aiving into the Pan aea on US 285 ove Poncha Pass, a few gimpses of Missoui Pak emege about two and one-haf mies south of town. A bief view of sevea buidings in Poncha Spings appeas about one and a haf-mies south of town. A "Wecome to Poncha Spings" sign geets visitos at appoximatey the point whee pubic ands tansition into pivatey-hed popeties. Pivate and is zoned Rua Residentia in this aea by the county, aowing futue deveopment at minimum ot sizes anging fom one-haf ace to two aces, depending on wate and sanitay sewe sevice avaiabiity. Rua Residentia gives way to a sma coido of popety zoned Commecia on US 285 at the edge of town. A cea agicutua and ua esidentia andscape cuenty sepaates Poncha Spings fom Saida. The age Hutchinson Ranch unfods aong the ive vaey. Located on the south side of US 50, the anch is distinguished by a pet cemetey and histoic stuctues. The majoity of the pivate and in this aea is zoned Rua, which is intended fo age agicutua uses that equie sepaation fom uban aeas. Appoaching Poncha Spings on US 50, the cottonwoods aong the ive tend to sceen the town unti about one-quate mie fom town imits. Popety is zoned Commecia at this point, with a one-quate mie band of Residentia zoning extending south aong the town's easten bounday. Chaffee County has aso zoned two sepaate paces in this aea as Commecia and ndustia. Septembe 998

36 TOWN CHARACTER Poncha Spings has evoved with eativey cea boundaies and a definabe fom. The South Akansas ive povides a distinctive ipaian coido that sepaates ua and uban uses within the community. Residentia neighbohoods ae identifiabe disticts, commecia and industia uses ae pedominanty within highway coidos, and the downtown ''town cente" is the histoic coe of the community. Town Cente The downtown is ceay the heat of the town, due in pat to the pesence of the ackson Hote and the Post Office. The thee-stoy ackson Hote, buit in 878, acts as the ancho fo the downtown, giving it a sense of pace and histoy that many town centes ack. Dominating the chaacte of the downtown, howeve, is the US 285/US 50 intechange and its expansive "tianges", ceating numeous chaenges fo the town's coe. The hote, post office and sevea othe pedestian-scae buidings ae sited cose to the oad, which is typica of many downtown aeas. Howeve, ingess, egess and paking at the Post Office, estauants o othe businesses in Poncha Sping's town cente is hampeed due to poo sight distance and taffic movements ceated by the neaby highway intechange. Active edeveopment of the downtown coe and the potentia deveopment of sevea vacant and paces in the vicinity of the intechange tianges is subject to negotiating a wokabe soution with the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation. Cuent highway poicies and funding constaints wi make any soution a ong-tem chaenge. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 26 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Residentia Neighbohoods Two esidentia neighbohood disticts adjacent to the cente of town have eativey stong edges and a egibe steet patten. A thid neighbohood distict south and east of downtown offes a distincty ua esidentia chaacte. The Chipeta Pak neighbohood distict is defined by US 285 to the west, US 50 to the noth, the ive to the south and undeveoped agicutua and to the east. This neighbohood is chaacteized by its sma300-foot bock patten, unpaved oads and aeys, matue andscaping and a wide vaiety of housing types, pimaiy one-stoy fame, og, A-fames and moduas. Typica of ode esidentia subdivisions, patted ots in the Chipeta Pak neighbohood ae aggegated fo deveopment, with singe ot sizes anging fom 25 to 50 feet in width and 25 to 50 feet in depth. The foca point fo the neighbohood is the Town Ha, acoss fom Chipeta Pak. The neighbohood has easy access to the town cente. Located east of the town cente, the deveoping Rio Poco neighbohood distict is bounded by the ive and agicutua and to the noth and west. South of Tue Avenue and adjacent to the South Akansas ive, a sevea oigina esidences ae situated on ong, naow ots. The majoity of the neighbohood is chaacteized by ecent esidentia deveopment, pimaiy modua home constuction on 6000 squae foot ots. The newe deveopment acks andscaping and othe subdivision impovements, athough a sma pak is panned at the nothen edge of the Rio Poco subdivision which wi povide neighbohood chiden with a paygound. Septembe 998

37 A thid esidentia neighbohood distict is ocated south of the ive and east of US 285 off Hot Spings Road, which continues south on CR 5 to the Poncha Hot Spings. ts setting in a wooded, ipaian aea and at the base of Poncha Pass gives the neighbohood a sense of potection within a natua envionment. Tansected by Poncha Ceek, the Hot Spings neighbohood hods sevea singe famiy homes on age ots, typicay one to two aces in size. Commecia and ndustia Coidos The town has two commecia and industia coidos: US 50 and CR 20. Noth of US 50, the CR 20 coido contains the Chaffee County Faigounds, the Poncha Spings ndustia Pak, the Chaffee County maintenance faciity, State Highway Depatment popety and a few ua esidences. Ove 50 aces of vacant, unpatted and zoned industia abuts CR 20. The US 50 coido is chaacteized by a vaiety of commecia and industia businesses, scatteed esidentia uses and a ack of consistency in tems of setbacks, andscaping and cub cuts. Deveopment in the US 50 coido is spit on the east and west ends of town, with paces of undeveoped and noth of the US 285/US 50 intechange. On its westen end, US 50 coido deveopment incudes a afting company, mote, gas station, appiance stoe, timbe company, eectic substation, spoting goods stoe and a sma esidentia subdivision on Kimbein Lane. At the easten end of town, US 50 is ined with gas. stations, a tuck stop, a ski shop, a manufactued home buide, a mobie home pak and othe esidences. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 27 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH POPULATON CYCLES Fom the time the town was incopoated unti today, the gowth of Poncha Spings has been cycica. Poncha Spings eay obust economy and stong popuation gowth was foowed by natua disastes, a shifting egiona economy and decining minea makets. The town's popuation hit its owest point duing the eay 20th centuy. Stong state and nationa economic conditions duing thee decades (920's, 950's and 970's) bought new gowth to Poncha Spings, foowed by decine duing the 980's and esugence duing the 990's. Popuation Yea Popuation Souce: U.S. Bueau of the Census Aveage Annua Popuation Change % % % Souce: Backgound Economic/Demogaphic Reconnaissance Repot Septembe 998

38 COMMUNTY DEVELOPMENT Consideing pubic sentiment, the desied buidout popuation of the town is between 450 and 600 pemanent esidents. New esidentia gowth ecognizing these popuation paametes coud be accommodated within cuent town boundaies as infi on existing subdivided ots o with subdivision of age undeveoped paces. Sepaate foms of commecia/industia gowth is tageted fo the US 50 and CR 20 coidos, with the town cente a edeveopment focus. n fi Appoximatey 25 subdivided buiding sites ae avaiabe within the Rio Poco subdivision. Anothe 20 homes coud potentiay be buit within the Chipeta Pak neighbohood. n the Hot Spings neighbohood, ony two o thee ots ae cuenty vacant. At an aveage househod size of 2.2 pesons pe unit, an additiona 00 pesons coud be accommodated. Assuming no vacancy ate, the potentia town popuation with buidout on existing subdivided ots is 422 pesons. Popuation and Housing Yw: Popuation Housing Units HH Size vacancy Rate % % % % % % % Souces: Cooado Depatment of Loca Affais; Bueau of the Census COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Vacant Land Lage paces of unsubdivided and zoned fo esidentia deveopment that aow densities geate than one unit pe ace ae imited to the Rio Poco neighbohood and aong CR 20. Vacant and zoned fo ua esidentia use (ER-2) exists adjacent to the Chipeta Pak and Hot Spings neighbohoods. Whie and aong CR 20 is not ecommended fo community esidentia deveopment due to its commecia/industia and ua esidentia chaacte, appoximatey 4 aces of and coud be deveoped noth of the existing Rio Poco subdivision. Unde ER-3 zoning, an aveage density of five units pe ace on ten aces ofbuidabe ots coud accommodate 0 pesons. The Chipeta Pak neighbohood coud potentiay be extended to the east on appoximatey 40 aces of agicutua and zoned ER-2 on ying within town boundaies. Cuent zoning woud povide appoximatey 40 homes, athough ezoning to ER- woud aow deveopment in a patten consistent with the Chipeta Pak neighbohood. f esidentia deveopment occus at the ER- density, the steet gid coud be extended east fom the Chipeta Pak neighbohood. Additiona ua esidentia deveopment coud aso occu in the Hot Spings neighbohood on a imited basis. Dweing Units by Type Singe Famiy Detached 99 Singe Famiy Attached 3 Mobie Homes 36 Souce: U.S. Bueau of the Census [ Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 28 Septembe /998

39 PLAN DRECTON The Pan Diection shoud be used in conjunction with the poicies found in each Chapte to hep diect gowth and community deveopment activity. The Pan Diection is intended to guide futue and use decisions. Whie the Pefeed Diection is not eguatoy, any changes to the Poncha Spings Zoning Map shoud be consistent with the Pan Diection. The nine and use categoies ofthe Pan Diection incude: Agicutua: Aeas that do not eceive uban sevices and ae potected fo agicutua o othe ua uses. Highway Commecia: Automotive, odging and etai uses. ndustia: Manufactuing, stoage and outdoo opeations. nstitutiona: Pubic and quasi-pubic faciities, incuding the town ha, fie station, cemetey, visitos cente and post office. Paks/Receationa: Active and passive eceation aeas, incuding Chipeta Pak, Rio Poco Pak and the faigounds. Community Residentia: Aeas that contain housing at densities geate than one unit pe ace. Rua Residentia: Aeas that contain housing at densities ess than one unit pe ace. COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Sevice Commecia/ndustia: Whoesae and sevice uses. Land use is futhe deineated into the foowing categoies: Within Existing Town Limits: Aeas cuenty within the Town of Poncha Spings that ae consideed, fo the puposes of zoning, as eithe an Estabished Aea o a Deveoping Aea. Futue Annexation Aea: Deveoping aeas that ae poposed fo futue annexation into the Town of Poncha Spings. Outside Town Limits: Aeas that ae not poposed fo futue annexation into the Town of Poncha Spings. The Pan Diection aso descibes the foowing featues; Foca Points/Landmaks: dentifiabe tansitions fom the highway coido into the town cente. Each foca point epesents an inceasing degee of "imination", the use of design techniques to ceate an awaeness of aiva. Gateways: Community aiva points at town boundaies enhanced with consoidated signage and andscaping. Histoic Pesevation: Stuctues isted o poposed to be isted on a oca, state o nationa histoic egiste, incuding the Town Ha and the ackson Hote. Town Bounday: The town imits with futue annexations. Town Cente: The histoic downtown coe fom the od aioad ight-of-way south to the ive bidge. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 30 Tais: The egiona tai system extended though the community. Septembe 998

40 j Coido Deveopment New gowth and edeveopment aong the west and east anchos of the US SO coido in Poncha Spings wi be agey dependent on its attaction to visitos, whie deveopment aong the CR 20 coido wi hinge on the egiona maket fo industia poducts and sevices. Commecia gowth outside the town boundaies wi not contibute to town evenues yet wi ceate spawing, "stip" deveopment. With annexation, the Town has an oppotunity to conto the deveopment and appeaance of thee gateways into the community: West US SO, East US SO, and Noth US 28S. The Town coud equie annexation in exchange fo wate and sanitay sewe sevice. ncentives fo ceating an impoved appeaance aong the highway coido wi be necessay. The instaation of andscaped medians, and inceasing the numbe and pacement of steet ighting as one entes the coido, can povide a sense of aiva into the community and continuity aong the highway coido. Amotization of non-confoming signs can aso be expoed. n addition, deveopment standads that emphasize quaity design pactices wi ove time esut in positive changes within the highway coido. Activey pomoting the US SO coido as commecia and the CR 20 coido as industia wi expedite deveopment and edeveopment goas fo the entie community. New industia deveopment can be tageted to the Poncha Spings ndustia Pak o two othe age industiay zoned paces on CR 20. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 29 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Town Cente Redeveopment Pehaps the most significant potentia fo the ceation of a town identity and impoved quaity of community ife ies in the edeveopment of the downtown coe. Sowe taffic, inceased pace access, and pedestian amenities wi set the stage fo edeveopment in the town cente. The edeveopment of Poncha Sping's histoic coe is dependent on the convesion of the existing US 28SUS 50 intechange to a modified ''T" intesection. With this convesion, educed taffic speeds ae necessay on US 285 between a stop ight at the new intesection and the South Akansas Rive bidge cossing. n addition, the vacation of unneeded ights-of way to adjacent popety ownes coud povide the access needed fo commecia deveopment. Whie the cuent Town Cente zoning anticipates edeveopment fo the downtown coe, numeous incentives can be initiated to faciitate edeveopment activity. The instaation of sidewaks with steet tees, benches and histoicstye ighting can encouage the deveopment of vacant popeties and attact new businesses into the community. The key to successfu deveopment wi be a specific pan that ceates a pedestian-scae etai envionment. Businesses ae needed that cate to oca esidents yet attact aea visitos. The enovation and potection of histoic stuctues and the deveopment of achitectua guideines that pomote buiding design of consistent scae, continuity and textue wi aso be citica to the success of the downtown coe. Septembe 998

41 POLCES: COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Poicy CCG- The Town sha submit its Compehensive Pan fo acceptance by the Chaffee County Panning Commission. Poicy CCG-2 The Town sha wok with the Chaffee County Panning Commission to coodinate the poicies within the Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan with the poicies of the Chaffee County Compehensive Pan. Poicy CCG-3 The Town sha wok with the Chaffee County Panning Commission and adjacent popety ownes to ezone popety adjacent to Poncha Spings consistent with the Poncha Spings Pan Diection and the Chaffee County Compehensive Pan. Poicy CCG-4 The Town sha coodinate its panning activities with Chaffee County and the City of Saida to peseve the open space sepaation between Poncha Spings and Saida. Poicy CCG-5 Land sha be annexed ony if the specific pace is within a designated futue gowth aea of the town and its deveopment wi povide a positive tax etun to the town. Exceptions incude existing esidentia stuctues adjacent to the town bounday that equie city wate and/o sanitay sewe sevice due to pubic heath concens. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 3 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Poicy CCG-6 Pio to the povision, extension and/o connection to Town wate and o sanitay sewe faciities, annexation sha be equied. Poicy CCG-7 The in fi of vacant and within the town sha be encouaged to pomote a secue tax base and a compact community. Uban deveopment aong US 50 and US 285 outside of designated annexation aeas sha not be encouaged. Poicy CCG-8 The Town sha peseve the ua entances into town by imiting the expansion of stip commecia deveopment aong US 50 and US 285, in coopeation with the City of Saida and in conjunction with the goas and poicies of the Chaffee County Compehensive Pan. Poicy CCG-9 The Town sha peseve the entance to town fom the south and the Hot Spings neighbohood by maintaining ua/and uses south of the South Akansas Rive Bidge. Poicy CCG-0 The Town sha wok with and ownes in the US 50 coido to deveop a specific Coido mpovement Pan that encouages site impovements and incudes the use of design techniques to ceate a sense of aiva and continuity aong the highway. Septembe 998

42 Poicy CCG- The Town sha estabish highway coido standads to addess andscaping, signage, cub cuts, and setbacks. Poicy CCG-2 The Town sha conside an amotization peiod fo the eventua eimination of non-confoming signs. Poicy CCG-3 The Town sha wok with egiona and state economic deveopment agencies to encouage the ocation of new industia uses within the CR 20 coido. Poicy CCG-4 The Town sha initiate a specific pan to edeveop the cente of town fom the od aioad ight-of-way south to the ive bidge as a pedestian-oiented commecia coe. Poicy CCG-5 The Town sha wok with business ownes to deveop a Business mpovement Maste Pan that guides the edeveopment, attaction and etention of businesses. Poicy CCG-6 The Town sha conside expansion of the Town Cente to the east towads Town Ha to ink the commecia and civic functions into one centa, community coe. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 32 COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Poicy CCG-7 The Town sha povide incentives fo edeveopment of the bocks between Popa Steet, Poncha Avenue, Pame Avenue and Highway 285 into pedestian-oiented downtown etai. Poicy CCG-8 The Town sha encouage the pesevation and enovation of histoic stuctues. Poicy CCG-9 The Town sha conside achitectua design guideines in the Town Cente that pomote buiding design of consistent scae, continuity and textue. Poicy CCG-20 The Town sha puchase and and ceate a new pak aong the ive at south edge of the Town Cente. Poicy CCG-2 The Town sha taget new esidentia deveopment eithe noth of the existing Rio Poco subdivision o east of the Chipeta Pak neighbohood. Poicy CCG-22 The Town sha wok with and ownes and conside the ezoning of the site east of the Chipeta Pak neighbohood fom ER 2 to ER at such time that esidentia deveopment is poposed fo the popety. n the event that a ezoning is mutuay ageeabe, the Town sha wok with the deveope to extend the existing steet gid, using simia bock and ot sizes. Septembe 998 L

43 Poicy CCG-23 The Town sha wok with and ownes and conside the ezoning of the ER 3 distict aong CR 20 to ER 2. Poicy CCG-24 The Town sha equie at east one-sixth contiquity fo a annexations and sha not pemit any "fagpoe" annexations. COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 33 Septembe /998

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45 NTRODUCTON Thee toos ae impotant to the impementation of this compehensive pan: its action pans, the updated Land Use Code, and the Capita mpovement Pogam. This chapte pesents the action pans. The odinance to update the Land Use Code, and the Capita mpovements Pogam, ae contained in sepaate documents. ACTON PLANS Action pans ae bief desciptions of initiatives to be undetaken by the Town within a cetain timefame. The action pans ae not intended to be incusive of evey possibe use of the pan, but athe a cea outine of desied accompishments. By conveting poicies to a pogam of actions, impementation of the entie pan is faciitated. Thee timefames ae pesented: shot, mid and ong-tem. Actions identified as shot-tem ae intended to be stated eativey soon and competed within thee yeas. Mid tem actions ae schedued fo initiation between thee and five yeas. Actions that wi take onge than five yeas to initiate ae consideed ong tem. Each action is tied to a poicy o set of poicies. Fo this eason, action pans ae categoized by the chaptes within which thei oveaching poicy is descibed. An exception is genea actions, which do not eate to any specific poicy yet ae impotant to a poicies. Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 34 MPLEMENTATON GENERAL Action: Revise Land Use Code to ) eiminate inconsistencies with updated statutoy povisions, 2) codify odinances adopted since 985, and 3) addess specific issues eating to pubic heath, safety and wefae. Poicy Addessed: N/ A Timefame: Shot-tem Action: Revise Land Use Code to impement specific Compehensive Pan poicies. Poicy Addessed: ENR-3, S-, CCG-, CCG-2, CCG-9 Timefame: Pe specific poicy Action nitiate an annua pocess of eviewing the Compehensive Pan poicies. Poicy Addessed: A Timefame: Shot-tem Action: nitiate the pocess of updating the Compehensive Pan in its entiety evey five yeas. Poicy Addessed: A Timefame: Long-tem Septembe 998

46 ENVRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Action: nitiate discussions with the City of Saida concening geothema enegy deveopment at the Poncha Hot Spings. Poicy Addessed: ENR-5 Timefame: Shot-tem Action Pepae a Wehead Potection Pan. Poicy Addessed: ENR-9 Timefame: Mid-tem SERVCES & NFRASTRUCTURE Action: nitiate discussions with the City of Saida concening joint impovement and use of the Poncha Spings Hot Spings wate main. Poicy Addessed: S-2 Timefame: Shot-tem Action: Duing the annua budget pocess, conside funding one o moe specia tash pickups. Poicy Addessed: S-23 Timefame: Shot-tem Action: Pepae a compehensive Tanspotation Study. Poicy Addessed: S-2 Timefame: Shot-tem Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 35 MPLEMENTATON Action: Request that the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation pefom a signa waant study and speed study aong US 28S between the South Akansas ive bidge and the nothen intesection of US 28SUS SO. Poicy Addessed: S-3 Timefame: Shot-tem Action: Request that the Cooado Depatment of Tanspotation pefom a signa waant study at the nothen intesection of US 28SUS SO. Poicy Addessed: S-4 Timefame: Shot-tem Action Pepae a Capita mpovement Pogam. Poicy Addessed: S-6, S-9, S-5 Timefane: Shot-tem Action: Pusue gants and/o ow inteest oans fo majo capita impovements. Poicy Addessed: S -8 Timefame: Shot-tem; Mid-tem Action Lease additiona wate ights fo wastewate augmentation. Poicy Addessed: S-4 Timefane: Mid-tem Septembe 998

47 Action mpove the town's nsuance Cass Rating. Poicy Addessed: S-22 Timefame: Mid-tem Action: mpove the Town Ha community oom. Poicy Addessed: S-24 Timefame: Mid-tem Action: mpove the Visito's Cente as a muti-use faciity. Poicy Addessed: S-25 Timefame: Mid-tem Action: Pan and impove the Town-owned popety on Poncha Ceek south of town fo eceationa access. Poicy Addessed: S-29 Timefame: Mid-tem Action: Deveop a youth eceation cente at the Faigounds. Poicy Addessed: S-26 Timefame: Mid-tem Action: Pepae a compehensive Dainage Study. Poicy Addessed: S-8 Timefame: Mid-tenn Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 36 MPLEMENTATON Action: Adopt standads fo dainage system design and constuction. Poicy Addessed: S-9 Timefame: Long-tem Action: Extend the egiona tai though Poncha Spings. Poicy Addessed: S-27 Timefame: Long-tem Action: Expand Hoove Ranch Pak. Poicy Addessed: S-28 Timefame: Long-tem COMMUNTY CHARACTER & GROWTH Action Submit the adopted Compehensive Pan fo acceptance by the Chaffee County Panning Commission. Poicy Addessed: CCG- Timefame: Shot-tem Action: nitiate discussions with and ownes and to conside ezoning the ER 3 distict aong CR 20 to ER 2. Poicy Addessed: CCG-23 Timefame: Shot-tem Septembe /998

48 Action: nitiate discussions with the State Office of Business Deveopment concening pogams and incentives to attact industia uses within the CR 20 coido. Poicy Addessed: CCG-3 Timefame: Shot-tem Action Pepae a Business mpovement Maste Pan. Poicy Addessed: CCG-5 Timefame: Shot-tem Action: Pepae a Coido mpovement Pan fo the US 50 highway coido. Poicy Addessed: CCG- 0 Timefame: Shot-tem Action: Pepae a Town Cente Redeveopment Pan. Poicy Addessed: CCG-4, CCG-6, CCG-7 Timefame: Mid-tem Action: Puchase and and ceate a new pak aong the ive at south edge of the Town Cente. Poicy Addessed: CCG-20 Timefame: Long-tem Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan 37 MPLEMENTATON Septembe [ [ L

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50 '!!! '],M!mi!Wm '! '!!!!!mm i""!'f"'tf'i'\fy jf'f\)b''ft' ]'!!=a =a =:, '=:. '=' "Vaues, ssues & Visions" Meeting Febuay Oth, 998 7:00P.M. Town Ha i""!'f"'..-(t'\f]'y 0RU ]']' =a! =.a =a '=' =a :. "! =a=a "Pan Atenatives" May 2th, 998 7:00P.M. Town Ha (e'f'\'ut'''y 'E!(C}B>TfT' ]']"" o:!t!!:a y =a =a Y'::.a :a!!:. =a "Pan Diection" uy 28th, 998 7:00P.M. Town Ha EXT'E]' :=..::=a '=' "Pan Diection" uy 29th- August 2nd, 998 County Fai (f;;qmmut FORUM V "Daft Pan" Septembe 8th, 998 7:00P.M. Town Ha Fo moe infomation, contact: Town of Poncha Spings Laui Dannemie, Town Manage 330 Bunett Avenue Poncha Spings, Cooado 8242 (79) ponchas p@chaffee.net M, Poncha ings M Landes & Associates, nc. fa:'f,;ttit fti's.

51 k..les >NCE. L.. Coud use moe divesity in industy besides touism Town divided by highway; kids have to coss - need pak on both sides Lack of jobs (bette than sevice) Have industia pak nea faigounds to attact industy Shoud impove appeaance to visitos coming in Bette signage/moe fiendy signage Sceen taie pak, o tade and to move them off highway Bette tai system, especiay to schoos No paking at Post Office Beautification of tianges Downtown - had to wak due to tianges and ack of pedestian connectivity The enties into town fom East and West ae unattactive Limited access to Rio Poco; dangeous intesection Peope just pass though; don't stop 8-wheees, a safety issue Lots- ong, skinny ots 25 feet wide; wide moduas have to go in sideways Speeding Houses too age fo ots Can we do something about state high way geomety? Need epacing of od tees; adding new tees Peseving histoic stuctues and histoic chaacte Potecting individuaity of Poncha Spings eative to Saida Road/dust conto: connict, some want paving, some don't Maintaining commecia tax base - don't expand esidentia into commecia New esidentia pave, pay its own way Fea of unning out of money as gowth occus Maintenance of paved vs. unpaved oads - what's the cost? '--..'e st.....g hts --. Definition of the town and downtown - ighting, andscape VSONS OF THE FUTURE Cente of town wi shift (West o noth o towads Saida) Sign conto: amotization Potentia fo commecia gowth with high ways. Wi have achitectua con tois and andscape guideines in pace befoe gowth comes Have potentia fo deveoping new commecia aea Pak noth of town; if gowth occus thee, possiby at Faigounds New tees Fu industia pak, andscaped with picnic aea and tais New esidentia gowth expanding to West, possiby Nothwest o East (behind commecia and aong highway) Connected tai system - to Saida Maintain sepaation (open space) between P. S. and Saida Redesign bidge ove ive GROUP 2: THREE MLE AREA RESDENTS VALU ES & SPECAL QUALTES Agicutue Rua esidentia (2-0 ace ots) Sceney Cossoads of the Rocki es Good ai quaity Night skies Divese widife Quiet Cimate Fiendy peope ackson Hote Town Ha nfingement on popety ights Divese economic deveopment (e.g. pace fo moe cean industy) Need to maintain Poncha Spings identity dentify whee commecia deveopment wi occu f attact deveopment, how to sevice/house Avaiabiity of wate Fie/poice potection in the futue Specia use pemits (e.g. home occupations that have majo impacts; aso enfocement) Keeping ua aeas ua Diecting gowth Avaiabiity of ai ines Leve of summe/winte touism - ack of sping/fa touism Gowth impacts on widife VSONS OF THE FUTURE 5 YEARS Moe highway commecia popeties, with annexation of some Moe attactive signage/businesses Kids staying with jobs in aea Moe esidentia aea to accommodate jobs mpovements to hande taffic inceases Fexibe zoning fo deveopment 20 YEARS Disappeaance of agicutue Baance between uban/ua Stonge, moe ceay defined business aea Baance 4-season touism Baanced tax buden Moe matue andscaping Pesevation of tue key agicutua paces.. town of Poncia Spings P. 0. Box 56 Poncha Spings co 8242 U.S. POSTAGE PAD PONCHA SPRNGS, CO PERMT NO. ZP CODE 8242

52 The Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan Poject Has Begun! The Town of Poncha Spings has begun the task of updating its compehensive pan. The pan is "compehensive" because it wi addess and use, housing, eceation, tanspotation, economic, envionmenta and infastuctue issues within Poncha Spings. The pan wi aso conside whee futue gowth shoud be diected, o avoided, within a thee-mie aea suounding Poncha Spings. n addition, the poject wi incude the pepaation of a capita impove ment pogam and an update of the town's and use codes. Futue town meetings and events ae schedued as foows: , Tuesday, May 2 Pan Atenatives Tuesday, uy 28 Pan Diection uy 29 -August 2 Pan Exhibit Tuesday, Septembe 8 Daft Pan L MPORTANT! PLEASE READ THE ENCLOSED SURVEY, ANSWER AS NDCATED, AND RETURN N THE PRE-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE BY MARCH 20. THANK YOU! The fi st town meeting was hed Tuesday, Febuay 0 at the Poncha Spings Town Ha. Attendees deveoped a ist of Vaues, ssues and Visions as fo ows: GROUP : TOWN OF PONCHA SPRNGS VALUES & SPECAL QUALTES Widife (dee, bea, accoon, bighon sheep (Hot Spings oad), eage, anteope) Quiet Views of mountains Safety Cose-knit community (changing) Semi-ua setting Location: touists go though, tuckes Have utiities Cose to age cities Cose to Monach Ski Resot Good eceation: hunting, fishing, afting, hiking, Hot Spings, biking, boating, bidwatching, hoseback iding Touism: Cean industy Pak: Town Ha Nationa Foest: Scenic open space, efuge Sma size: the town and county Access to sevices in Saida Mid cimate Majo highways: good, we-maintained tanspotation Town ditch system Land dedicated fo pak (behind post office - ace) View points: Masha Pass Road, oad to Hot Spings, Cemetey Residentia community - we-kept secet Histoic: Some homes, Pinon Dive, Rive Ochad Pace (Rosedae), Ute Tading Post, Town Ha, ackson Hote, homes behind ackson, cemetey, smokestack (fiepace) fo Od Dance Ha [continued on page 2].... M.. Landes & Associates

53 -UES L..-. Coud use moe divesity in industy besides touism Town divided by highway; kids have to coss - need pak on both sides Lack of jobs (bette than sevice) Have industia pak nea faigounds to attact industy Shoud impove appeaance to visitos coming in Bette signage/moe fiendy signage Sceen taie pak, o tade and to move them off highway Bette tai system, especiay to schoos No paking at Post Office Beautification of tianges Downtown - had to wak due to tianges and ack of pedestian connectivity The enties into town fom East and West ae unattactive Limited access to Rio Poco; dangeous intesection Peope just pass though; don't stop 8-wheees, a safety issue Lots- ong, skinny ots 25 feet wide; wide moduas have to go in sideways Speeding Houses too age fo ots Can we do something about state high way geomety? Need epacing of od tees; adding new tees Peseving histoic stuctues and histoic chaacte Potecting individuaity of Poncha Spings eative to Saida Road/dust conto: confict, some want paving, some don't Maintaining commecia tax base - don't expand esidentia into commecia New esidentia pave, pay its own way Fea of unning out of money as gowth occus Maintenance of paved vs. unpaved oads - what's the cost? L-e sthts _..j Definition of the town and downtown - ighting, andscape VSONS OF THE FUTURE Cente of town wi shift (West o noth o towads Saida) Sign conto: amotization Potentia fo commecia gowth with high ways. Wi have achitectua con tois and andscape guideines in pace befoe gowth comes Have potentia fo deveoping new commecia aea Pak noth of town; if gowth occus thee, possiby at Faigounds New tees Fu industia pak, andscaped with picnic aea and tais New esidentia gowth expanding to West, possiby Nothwest o East (behind commecia and aong highway) Connected tai system -to Saida Maintain sepaation (open space) between P.S. and Saida Redesign bidge ove ive GROUP 2: THREE MLE AREA RESDENTS VALUES & SPECAL QUALTES Agicutue Rua esidentia (2-0 ace ots) Sceney Cossoads of the Rockies Good ai quaity Night skies Divese widife Quiet Cimate Fiendy peope ackson Hote Town Ha ES t-\ce nfingement on popety ights Divese economic deveopment (e.g. pace fo moe cean industy) Need to maintain Poncha Spings identity dentify whee commecia deveopment wi occu f attact deveopment, how to sevice/house Avaiabiity of wate Fie/poice potection in the futue Specia use pemits (e.g. home occupations that have majo impacts; aso enfocement) Keeping ua aeas ua Diecting gowth Avaiabiity of ai ines Leve of summe/winte touism - ack of sping/fa touism Gowth impacts on widife VSONS OF THE FUTURE 5 YEARS Moe highway commecia popeties, with annexation of some Moe attactive signage/businesses Kids staying with jobs in aea Moe esidentia aea to accommodate jobs mpovements to hande taffic inceases Fexibe zoning fo deveopment 20 YEARS Disappeaance of agicutue Baance between uban/ua Stonge, moe ceay defined business aea Baance 4-season touism Baanced tax buden Moe matue andscaping Pesevation of tue key agicutua paces 'own of Poncha Spings P. 0. Box 56 Poncha Spings CO 8242 U.S. POSTAGE PAD PONCHA SPRNGS, CO PERMT NO. ZP CODE 8242

54 COMMUNY PCNCf Lfesday' t.\y 8, qq8 at Poncha 5pings own Pak 600 P.M. 'ti\??? he Picnic is fee and open to an Poncha 5pings' esidents, thei fani\ies and gt.ests, and bt.siness ownes. Bing yot. fani\y, bing yot. fiends!f O N US FOR FOOD AND FUN N PONCHA SPR NGS nfomation fom ou Compehensive P\an wi\\ be on disp\ay. 5ponsoed by the own of Poncha 5pings Boad of ustees Fo moe infomation c ntact Laui Danneni\\e, own Manage at S3q-688.2

55 - - E PUBLC MEETNG! The Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan CoinmunHy Foum V ''Daft Pan'' wi meet Tuesday, Septembe 8, 998 7:00 P.M. Poncha 9pings Town Ha We wi pesent the Daft Pan and Code fo you eview and discussion. This is the kickoff of a two-week OPEN HOUSE at Poncha 9pings Town Ha, whee the Daft Pan and Code wi be avaiabe fo pubic eview and comment. Pease join us! Fo moe infomation, contact: aui Dannemie, Town Manage 330 Bunett Avenue, Poncha 9pings 79:

56 NOTCE OF PUBLC HEARNGS. Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan Mondayt Septembe 2t pmt Poncha Spin&s Town Ha 2. Poncha Spings Land Use Code Update Monday, Septembe 28, pm, Poncha Spings Town Ha

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58 PONCHA SPRNGS COMMUNTY OPNON QUES'fiONNARE EXECUTVE SUMMARY GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT. Poncha Sings is known as the Cossoads of the Rockies, and shoud continue to CCitnize on its ocation. Poncha Su ings shoud attact moe jobs nnd sen ices by aowing new housing, business and industy to de, ch inside and outside of town. Stongy Aga ee Poncha 33'Yc, 3-Mic 39 /c, -'o/o Neuta 7'Yo 3'Yo Stongy Disngee 2 /o 22'Yo 2. Poncha Sp ings shoud "stike n bnancc" between its ast and its futm e. Potecting its 'uiet esidentia acus, cdc, coping its histoic downtown aong US ignnt)' 285, and u omoting quaity dc, eotment aong US Hihway 50 shoud he pnnning ohjccth cs. Poncha 3-Mic St ong)' Agee -''V.. -'7'V., 25'Y.. 2C v., Ncuta a Stonuh... Disctee C) y., w v., 3. Poncha Spings is uni'ue hccmsc of its na setting and has enough a csidcntiu and commecia dc, conncnt. nstead of omoting moe town dc, coment, the Town shoud wok with the County to u otcct the a una, aicutun ecmuun). Poncha 3-Mic St ongy Agee Ncutna 5'Y., 20'% Stongy Distgee 22'V.. -'cy., MPROVEMENTS. The Town wi be eaing a new 5 yea Caitn mih"o\'ement Pa ogam to assist with budgeting fo steets, utiities, a eceation, and othe ossihe Town imu o, ements. f you had a tota budget of $00, how much money woud you aocate to the foowing: Poncha 3 Mie Buid a tni system $6.54 $6.36 Buid neighbohood aks $3.20 $0.3 Buid a eceation cente $6.0 $5.70 Pa\'e existing oads $9.35 $22.56 Ugade town enty signs $9.73 $7.40 Re, itai7..c downtown, $7.7 $0.33 Uagnue meeting faciities $-.42 $3.58 Exaumd wate system $9.77 $6.8 mau o, e wastewate system $9.20 S-'.96 Othe. S-'.53 $ Most of the esidentia steets in Poncha Spings ae unaa, ed. The Town shoud e\'entuay (a, e its steets, beginning with those geneating the most taffic. Stongy Neuta Stongy Agee Disagee Poncha 3H'V., 7'Vc, 6'Yo 2 /o 7% 3-Mie -' 7'Vt, U'Y., 8% 8 /o 8o/o 3. Man) Copc da i\ c though Poncha Saings, and thei image of the town is what they ''iew aong the highways. The Town shoud set an cxnmaie fo attacti e commecia sigmagc and andscning aong US Highways 50 and 285 by imu cn ing enty 0ints with Ugadcd signs and andscaping. Poncha 3-Mie Sti"Cmgy Agee Neuta Stongy Disagee o/o -' At om. time, the comm "i Main Sta eet" of Poncha Spin:,!S w0s cent d iun what is now US fighway 2H5, between Chicta Hid Poncha A\'cnues. The Town shoud assist with gnmts and othe funding to e, itaize this conunecita aeca. St onch... Ag ec Neuta Stongy Disagee Poncha 3-Mie 6'Vc, H'Vt, 7 /o LAND SE REGULATON. The Town is updating its Land Usc Code, which incudes zoning and subdh ision o\ isions. The Ufdnted Land Usc Code shoud efect the existing de, eio(ment attens of Poncha Sings und educe the need fo \'ainnces to buiding setbac<s, height and othe standads. Stongy Neuta Agee Poncha 3-Mie 25 /o 20 /o 30 /o 30o/o 8% SURVEYS SENT: SURVEYS RETURNED: PERCENT REPONSE: Stongy Disagee 0 A 8% % Town of Poncha Spings Compehensive Pan Poject M Landes & Associates, nc.

59 PONC-A SPRNGS COMMUNTY OPNON QUESTONNARE EXECUTVE SUMMARY 2. Gowth shoud ay its own way. The Udatcd Land Usc Code shoud o, idc subdh ision design standads that equie sidewaks, cub and gutte, a\'cd oads and simia infastuctue impo, cmcnts to be instaed by dcvciocs. Stongy Agee Poncha 3-Mic 47o/o 56 /o 9o/o 9o/o Neuta 2o/o 5o/o Stongy Disagee % o/o 3. A vticty of diffeent tyi)cs of and usc ae aowed thoughout Poncha Sings. The U)datcd Land Usc Code shoud )ovide moe Cdictabiity about what gets buit whee, with ceay defined uses fo esidentia, commecia, industia and agicutua disticts. Stongy Neuta Stongy Agee Disagee Poncha 39 /o 35 /o 2 /o 4o/o /o 3-Mie 40 /o 33o/o 3 /o 8o/o 6 /o 4. Poncha Sings has a ich histoy, which is efected in many of its buidings. Poncha Sp ings shoud otcct its histoa ic stuctues, and conside achitcctut guideines fo new commecia dcvco)mcnt. Stmngy Ncutnt Stongy Poncha 3-Mic Agee 40 /o 26% 9(% 43(% 20 /c, Ho/c, 2 /o Disagee 9o/c, GENERAL. n genea, wheat ac the 3 things ou iie most ahnut h ing in Poncha Su ings? (Rmti,2,3, with hein,! the most impoaant) Poncha 3 Mie sma town atmos)hee views of mountains mid cimate ccess to eceation, Nationa Foest access to Saida fo sen ices unt ch;u acte of c ea /o 23 /o 23%..2 /o 3 /o H 0 /o /o 2 /o % 8 /o 37 /o 7 /o 2 /o - /o % H% 8 /o 25 /o 2 /u ft'yu /o 50ft, 2 /u 5 /c, 7 /o 8 /o 8 /o 20 /o 5 /u 27 /o Othe 7% 2'%.. 0 /o 3'% 2'Yo ()Ofc, Town of Poncha Spings Compchcnsi\'c Pan Pqjcct 2 2. n genea, what ac the 3 things you ike east about i\ ing in Poncha Sings? (Rank,2,3, with being the most toubesome) Poncha 3 Mie ack Of high aying OCU 2 /o 2 /o 8 /o 25 /o 6 /o 6 /o jobs commecia highway 7 /o 2 /o 3 /o 27 /o 6 /o 6 /o image condition of town steets 36 /o 2 /o 24 /o 24 /o 33 /o 22 /o dccndcncc on touism industy access to ocaiaks, tais ack of cdcstian "downtown" othe. f you coud change me thing about Poncha S,ings, wheat woud you chmge'! Thee wee 47 esponses of Ponchn esidents and 38 esponses of 3-mic esidents to this question. n addition to issues addessed in othe questions, highway taffic and Post Office a"<ing wee mentioned. 4. The cuent popuation of Poncha Sings is ppoximatey -00 eoie. f you wee dng o 'uccn, what woud the popuation he in the yea 200'! Poncha 3 Mie Less than () 4 /o 2fYo 4o/o /o 40-5()0 50- ()()() ()() Moe than Pease chec< the apu opiate boxes: A. Reside in Poncha Sp ings'! B. Reside within 3 mies of Poncha Spin,!s? C. Seasona esident ony? 29'% 25%, 3(Yo 8 /o Poncha Yes No % % % U% 3% 97% 28o/o 40%, /o 6 /o 3-Mic Yes No oo/o 00% 00% 0% 9% 9% 6. A c thee an)' additiona issues you wish to identify, o do \'OU hayc itn\' othe comments? Thc wee 35 esonses of Poncha esidents and 24 esponses of 3-mie esidents to this (ucstion. n addition to issues addessed in othe questions, se\'ca csondcnts u oposcd imn m ement of Poncha Spings namesake hot SH'ings. M Landes & Associates, nc.

60 PLAN DRECTON QUESTONNARE Summay Yes No Bank Utimate popuation of esidents 79% 6o/o 5% Requie annexation befoe poviding wate sevice outside 77% 0% 3% town Annex aeas adjacent to town to conto commecia 58% 24 /o 8% deveopment, town gateways Encouage potection of suounding agicutue though 77% 3% 0% impoved zoning measues Use PDR's (Puchase of Deveopment Rights) as incentives 45% 27 /o 27% to etain woking anches Discouage stip commecia deveopment noth aong US 55% 39% 6% 285 and west aong US 50 mpove visito cente with andscaping, picnic tabes, and 53% 40% 6% paving mpove sense of town enty with new signage, median 63% 32% 5% andscaping Deveop geothema poos at Hot Spings on CR 5 66% 26% 8% Potect ua esidentia chaacte of Pinyon Lane aea 74% 0% 6% Regiona tai extended fom Saida aong US 50 32% 50% 8% Regiona tai extended fom Saida aong CR 20 53% 37% 0% mpove existing picnic aea on ive south of town with ive 56% 3% 3% access and paking mpove existing picnic aea on ive south of town with 48% 45% 6% paviion and est ooms Deveop eceationa/youth cente at County Faigounds 68% 26% 6% Deveop highway coido deveopment standads and 65% 29% 6% impove ighting, andscaping and sign conto aong US 50/285 coido Redesign US 50/285 tianges to sow taffic and impove 63% 32% 5%!pace access nsta sidewaks and histoic-stye amp posts as 6% 35% 3% edeveopment occus Loca oads emain in gaded gave condition with dust 8% 9% 0% conto mpove municipa wate faciities with expanded capacity 77% % % and stoage Continue in-fi of housing on vacant ots in esidentia aeas 55% 23% 23% Gadua expansion of esidentia steet gid patten east of 47% 32% 2 o/o Tomichi to Town imits Upgade community meeting faciities at histoicay- 55% 29% 6% peseved Town Ha Encouage pesevation and enovation of a histoic 84% 6% 0% stuctues Sponso annua"community cean-up" day with fee specia 85% 5% 0% efuse coection Yes No Bank N URVEY9 9ENT: 73 9URVEY9 RETURNED TO 8/28: 82 PERCENT RE9PON9E: 35.8% Town ( Poncha Spings Compeensi\'e Pan ;\.f /,antes & Associates, nc.