<u>TEXT AMENDMENT Pueblo County Planning & Development (Applicants) CASE NO.: TA-26-1… plan amendment
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Pueblo County Meetings
Board of County Commissioners Land Use Meeting, July 9, 2026
Approves Text amendment TA-26-1 (data centers, special event permits), unanimous
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What happened
The Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners approved NextEra Energy's 540-MW Buffalo-Burr Solar and battery storage project (case SLI-25-1) on Air Energy Resources LLC's 2,750 acres near Boone on a unanimous voice vote after a continuance to update decommissioning bonding and…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Pueblo County, CO
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- July 9, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Projects in this meeting (4)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsZV26-1
Awaiting final voteOpen this projectFollow free
Case TA 26-1
ApprovedOpen this projectFollow free
ZV26-2
ApprovedOpen this projectFollow free
Sign/billboard special
ApprovedOpen this projectFollow free
Free sample: decision 1 of 6
Sign/billboard special use permit SUP-26-6
Approval of a billboard sign, 12 feet high, 36 feet wide, 20 feet above ground level for total 32 feet in height; identical to a companion sign about 500 feet apart on the same property. Approved on voice vote.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners approved NextEra Energy's 540-MW Buffalo-Burr Solar and battery storage project (case SLI-25-1) on Air Energy Resources LLC's 2,750 acres near Boone on a unanimous voice vote after a continuance to update decommissioning bonding and…
Key Decisions (6)
Approved
Sign/billboard special use permit SUP-26-6
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Buffalo-Burr Solar 540-MW facility SLI-25-1
Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved
Text amendment TA-26-1 (data centers, special event permits)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Stagecoach permit condition update HSLI-14-3 (Leeward Renewable Energy)
Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Continued
Zoning variance ZV-26-1 (Sebenocker) continued
Vote: unanimous
Other
Zoning variance ZV-26-2 (Verizon Wireless cell tower)
Development Activity (3)
Buffalo-Burr Solar and Battery Project
Infrastructure
Stagecoach (Leeward Renewable Energy)
Infrastructure
Verizon Wireless freestanding cell tower at US Highway 50 & Hobson Ranch Road
Infrastructure
Market Signals (3)
Infrastructure
Pueblo County continues to attract large-scale renewable energy investment, with…
Commercial Demand
The county reclassified data centers to special-use-only across three industrial…
Sentiment
An active wildfire is disrupting land-use processing (a variance was…
Who Spoke (14)
Staff · 2AttorneyApplicant's Rep · 2Public · 2
On the record: 2 staff members, an attorney, 2 applicant's representatives, and 2 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.
This season: 1 of 1 (100%) forecasts called in this county.
<u>SPECIAL USE PERMIT Palmer Advertising, Jason O’Brien(Applicant) CASE NO.:SUP-26-6 (APN… conditional use permit
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApproved
8995 Old San Isabel Rd variance
ContinuedNot forecast
freeContinued
<u>SPECIAL USE PERMIT Paul R conditional use permit
No vote recorded
SUP-26-3 W US Hwy conditional use permit
No vote recorded
RAV-26-1 48240 E State Hwy vacation
No vote recorded
<u>SPECIAL USE PERMIT Palmer Advertising, Jason O’Brien(Applicant) CASE NO.: SUP-26-5… conditional use permit
No vote recorded
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