A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 1634 Xenia Street in East Colfax. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from E-SU-Dx to E-SU-D1x, located at 1634 Xenia Street in Council District 8. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-20-20.
13 Eyes Council Bill 20 Dash. 1123 has passed. Councilmember Flynn. Will you please put Council Bill 1124 on the floor for final passage? Certainly I moved the Council Bill 20 1124 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. It has been moved again. Thank you, Councilwoman Sawyer. The required public hearing for Council Bill 20 Dash 1124 is open. May we have the staff report? Okay. Let me know if you can see this one. All right. Okay. Is that working? Uh huh. Thanks, Fran. Okay. This is going to sound repetitive because it's very similar. So. My name is from Benefield, and I'll present an overview of the MAP Amendment for 1634 Cynthia Street. This one is located in Councilman Chris Herndon's District eight. In the East Colfax neighborhood. The subject. Property is only a block and a half north Jim Colfax Avenue and one block west from Yosemite Street. The city limit with Adams County and the studio Ferrara is approximately 6250 square feet and is currently occupied by a single unit dwelling. The property is currently in the urban edge single unit, the Exon District, and the applicant is proposing to rezone to urban edge single unit d1s to allow for an accessory dwelling unit. The ESU de one x requires a minimum standard of 6000 square feet and allows for the urban house suburban house on the Dutch expressway detached accessory dwelling unit building forms. The maximum height for the house is 30 to 35 feet and 24 feet for the detached 82. The subject property is stone. Yes, UTX, as I said, and the surrounding properties are stone PSU decks with some e RH 2.5 to the Southwest and some MSR five to the stealth. Site is occupied by a single unit dwelling and it's surrounded by other single unit uses. But we can see that there's some public possible link to the north and some two unit multi-unit, residential and mixed use and commercial use to the south along the Colfax corridor. This slide shows the existing area with the site of the proposed rezoning on the top left and just some images to show the character of the neighborhood on the top right and the bottom left. In regards to the rezoning process and informational notice of the application was sent on July eight, 2020. Planning Board recommended approval on September 14th. The City Council public hearing was properly notice on October nine, and as a result, no letters of opposition have been received or support. No letters of support for opposition. To approve a rezoning, it must be found. The request map amendment is consistent with five review criteria from the Denver zoning code. The first criteria is that the rezoning request must be consistent with adopted, must therefore adopt the plans that apply to the request. Rezoning. Comprehensive Plan 2040 Blueprint. Denver. The East Area Plan and the Housing and Inclusive Denver Plan. The rezoning request is consistent with a comprehensive plan because it will allow infill development that broadens the range of housing types available in an area where infrastructure and services already exist, consistent with strong and authentic neighborhood vision elements, as well as environmentally resilient vision elements. The rezoning request is also consistent with Blueprint Denver. The subject properties mapped as part of the urban edge neighborhood context. This context is described as containing predominantly residential uses with single and two unit low scale homes on short walkable blocks. The future places map designates the subject property. A slow residential low residential place type displaced types have predominantly single and two unit uses, and accessory dwelling units are provided. Sonya Street is designated as Local Street, which is mostly characterized by residential uses. The growth area in Denver is for other areas of the city. This area is anticipated to see a 10% employment growth and 20% housing growth by 2040. Blueprint also includes specific policy recommendations. Housing Policy four focuses on diversifying housing choice through expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. And Housing Policy five recommends removing barriers to strengthening energy use as this rezoning would accomplish. The recently adopted East Terrier plan designates the subject property as urban edge future neighborhood context a low residential unit for your place. Consistent with Blueprint Denver the proposals eat as you would want. Exon District would allow for the development of an accessory dwelling unit that is consistent with the urban edge, future, neighborhood context and low residential future places. The proposed rezoning would contribute to the preservation of the neighborhood's existing character, while allowing comparable new construction and uses consistent with the recommendations of the East Area plan. Housing an inclusive Denver encourages expanding the development of accessory dwelling units to incentivize affordable and mixed use housing. The proposed rezoning is consistent with the recommendations in the Comprehensive Plan Blueprint Denver, the East Area Plan and Housing and Inclusive Denver because it will expand, expand housing options and allow the development of accessory dwelling units. Stuff also finds that they requested zoning meets the next two criteria. The rezoning will result in uniformity of district regulations and will further the public health, safety and welfare primarily through its implementation of adopted plans. It justified a circumstance for this rezoning is a client of the plan. Since the approval of the existing ESU de zone district, the city has adopted the Comprehensive Plan 2040 Blueprint Denver that you stereo plan and housing in inclusive Denver stated throughout this presentation. The proposed rezoning meets the intent of this class. Overall, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the Urban Itch neighborhood context that exists in the surrounding area and with the purpose and intent of the ESU one district. This meeting that if criteria and conclusions does recommend approval based on finding or review criteria has been met. And that concludes the presentation. Thank you very much. All right. Thank you, Fran. Council has not received any written comments on Council Bill 1124, and we have one individual signed up to speak this evening. Jesse Paris. Maybe even a member of the council. My name is Justin Shoppers and live in district eight county district representative member homicide well black star action member for Self-defense positive action committed for social change as well. Party of Colorado and Mile-High News. And I will be the next mayor of Denver in 2023. I'm in favor of this rezoning tonight. I just had a question or two. I want to know what was going to be the aim item for this property in question. Because as you already know, and if you are aware, we have a housing crisis, we have upwards of ten to close to 20,000 people on the streets right now. And this is only going to get worse until we actually try to make a dent in our affordability crisis. So I would like to know what the AMA level is going to be for these properties. And if it is at all possible with the demographics of the people that are going to be occupying this or currently occupied this property. Ah, I would greatly appreciate if someone could answer those questions. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Jesse. Questions from members of Council on Bill 1124. Seen no questions of members of council. The public hearing for Council Bill 20 1124 is closed. Comments by members of Council. Councilman Herndon. Thank you, Madam President. I and I believe that this meets the criteria, and I would ask my colleagues to support it. I'm just excited to see the East Area plan is already being considered as we go through rezoning. So happy that that was approved and now we're using that as criteria in this area. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you, Councilman Herndon. And seen the criteria for this rezoning has been met. I will be supporting it as well. Madam Secretary, roll call, please. Herndon. I. Hines. I. Cashman. I. Can each. I. Ortega. I. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. Torres, I. Black. I. CdeBaca, I. Clark. I. Flynn. I. Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 13 Eyes. 13 eyes. Counsel Bill 20 Dash 1124 has passed. Councilmember Flynn, would you please put council Bill 1162 on the floor for final passage?