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What gets approved in Pueblo County
In Pueblo County, 91% of land-use board decisions were approved over the last 24 months. Commercial / office / retail clear 88%. ZoneWire analyzed 26 land-use board decisions in Pueblo County over the last 24 months. Here are the most active project types and how often each one clears.
| Project type | Decisions | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial / office / retail | 8 | 88% |
1 decisions that went against the odds
These are the denials and deferrals in categories that usually sail through, the deals worth understanding before you commit capital.
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In Pueblo County the Board of County Commissioners has approved every land-use development application it has decided, including one the Planning Commission recommended denying, so approval is not where your deal is won or lost. The risk lives in the conditions, which land on roughly 71% of decided applications: water-share dedication on rezonings, drainage and traffic deferred into the subdivision process, and fire-suppression and ingress-egress strings on use permits. Buy the record to see exactly which conditions the BOCC attaches and how it handles a hostile Planning Commission recommendation before you file.
- Who decides
- Pueblo County Planning Commission recommends, Board of County Commissioners decides
- The pattern
- 7 of 7 decided land-use development applications approved (0 denied) at the Board of County Commissioners Land Use Meetings on record, with 2 items (TA 26-1 text amendment and Buffalo Burr Solar SLI 25-1) continued to July 9 and still pending; conditions attached on 5 of the 7 decided applications (~71%). Code-enforcement legal actions are excluded from these counts.
Proof
Riverstone Academy Private School Special Use Permit (SUP-26-1, 1950 Aspen Circle)
Mar 12, 2026
The Pueblo County Planning Commission forwarded a recommendation of DENIAL on SUP-26-1, citing truck-traffic safety near a school site. County staff recommended approval. The Board of County Commissioners approved the permit at its Land Use Meeting over the Planning Commission's denial recommendation and attached conditions (limited to private-school use, with certificate-of-occupancy, fire suppression, and ingress/egress requirements). This is the clearest case in the current record of the Board approving past a hostile Planning Commission recommendation.
Full breakdown
Pueblo County decides land use at the Board of County Commissioners Land Use Meeting. The Board is the statutory permit authority for rezonings, special use permits, and 1041 permits, and the Pueblo County Planning Commission is the recommending body that forwards each case to it.
Across the land-use development applications the Board has actually decided, it approved every one (7 of 7: the MA-25-18 rezoning, the SLI-25-2 Waxwing solar 1041, the SUP-26-1 Riverstone school, the Sirius and SEAL 1041 permits, the MA26-1 consent rezoning, and the SUP 26-4 animal feeding operation) with zero denials.
Two more items are still pending rather than decided: the TA 26-1 text amendment and Buffalo Burr Solar (SLI 25-1, the 540 MW NextEra 1041 permit) were both continued to the July 9 land-use meeting, Buffalo Burr pending a CDOT-compliant traffic study at Hwy 96 and Boone Road and decommissioning-bond language.
So approval is not your risk in Pueblo County. The cost of yes is. Conditions land on 5 of the 7 decided land-use applications, roughly 71%, and they are not boilerplate.
A 40-acre rezoning for a conservation subdivision (MA-25-18, Premier Homes) carried a requirement that each lot dedicate one water share to the Saint Charles Basin Water District, the district's standing regulation, resolved at platting, plus drainage and traffic deferred into the subdivision process, and a special use permit came tied to fire-suppression and ingress-egress build-out.
The most useful tell in the record is SUP-26-1, the Riverstone Academy private school at 1950 Aspen Circle: staff recommended approval, but the Planning Commission forwarded a recommendation of denial over truck-traffic safety near the school, and the Board approved it anyway with conditions.
That tells you a hostile Planning Commission vote is survivable here if you bring the Board a conditioned path to yes.
One live policy thread worth watching for anyone siting compute: TA 26-1 was held specifically to rewrite the code so that a use-by-right carve-out staff had granted for Pueblo Plex is removed and data centers there require a special use permit; the rest of the county was already proposed as SUP.
We are still gathering data in this market, so the rate will sharpen as more hearings land, but the pattern so far is clear: bring the conditions, win the Board.
See Real Meeting Intelligence
Here's what ZoneWire found in the latest Pueblo County meeting
Board of County Commissioners Meeting - 2026-07-02
This Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners meeting contained no substantive land-use or zoning business. The board approved a gravel-crushing contract with Meraki Construction LLC (item 4A), ratified the Sheriff's Stage 2 Open Fire Ban (item 4B), and authorized a local disa…
See full analysisKey Decisions
- Gravel Crushing Contract with Meraki Construction LLC
- Pueblo County Treasurer Statement of Fees Collected for May 2026
- Sheriff's Stage 2 Open Fire Ban
Board of County Commissioners Work Session - 2026-07-02
BOCC Special Meeting June 29, 2026 - 2026-06-29
Board of County Commissioners Meeting - 2026-06-25
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Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners and the Pueblo Regional Planning Commission oversee zoning and land use decisions across the county, including the City of Pueblo and unincorporated areas along the I-25 corridor. The county has seen renewed industrial interest around the former CF&I steel mill site and the growing cannabis cultivation zone south of the city. Residential subdivisions are expanding along US-50 toward Pueblo West, driving steady plat and rezoning activity in the unincorporated communities.
Recent Zoning Insights in Pueblo County
Board of County Commissioners Meeting - 2026-07-02
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Monthly Zoning Activity
Pueblo County had 2 public meetings in July 2026 with 9 zoning insights detected, down 95% from June.
| Month | Meetings | Zoning Insights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 9 | |
| Jun 2026 | 15 | 168 | |
| May 2026 | 14 | 117 | Roundup |
| Apr 2026 | 18 | 116 | Roundup |
| Mar 2026 | 7 | 159 | Roundup |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Land use and development in unincorporated Pueblo County are governed by the Pueblo County Unified Development Code (UDC), which the Board of County Commissioners adopted on October 22, 2024. The UDC consolidated the County's previously separate zoning and subdivision regulations (Title 16 Subdivisions and Title 17 Land Use) into a single code covering zoning districts, permitted uses, development standards, and administrative procedures. The Department of Planning and Development administers and enforces the code.
The UDC organizes unincorporated land into several district families, including Agricultural districts (Large Agriculture A1, Medium Agriculture A2, and Small Agriculture A3), Residential districts (such as Rural Residential, Residential Agriculture, Suburban Residential, and Mixed Residential), plus business/commercial and industrial districts. The code also provides a Planned Unit Development (PUD) district as an alternative to conventional regulations, combining use, density, and site plan review into a single process. Pueblo County published a Zone District Conversion Chart showing how prior designations (for example, the former A-1 through A-4) map to the new UDC districts.
The Pueblo County Planning Commission reviews land use applications and makes recommendations. It meets regularly on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers at the Pueblo County Courthouse, 215 W. 10th St., with special meetings held as needed and dates subject to change around holidays. The Board of County Commissioners holds a monthly Land Use public meeting and makes the final decisions on land use matters.
You can look up a parcel's zoning using the County's Interactive Map: locate your parcel, open the layers list, and turn on the Pueblo County Zoning layer, then match the color to the zoning legend. Zoning information is also available through the Property Information, Maps & Online Services resources and the Assessor's online property search. For help, contact the Department of Planning and Development at the Government Services Center, 201 W. 8th St., Suite 110, Pueblo, CO 81003, or call 719-583-6100.
Pueblo County's UDC establishes three agricultural zone districts based on scale: Large Agriculture (A1), Medium Agriculture (A2), and Small Agriculture (A3). These districts accommodate farming and ranching along with limited residential use; in the A1 and A2 districts, one accessory dwelling and one accessory farmstead dwelling may be permitted per lot. Specific dimensional standards and the full table of allowable uses for each district are set out in the adopted Unified Development Code.
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