A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3645, 3655, 3665, 3675, 3685, 3701, 3739, 3745, 3801, 3811, 3815 West 46th Avenue in Berkeley. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from U-SU-C to U-SU-B1 (allows for accessory dwelling units), located at 3645, 3655, 3665, 3675, 3685, 3701, 3739, 3745, 3801, 3811, and 3815 West 46th Avenue in Council District 1. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 8-3-21.
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Hey, Denver, here's what's happening in your city now. A day at Sun Valley Kitchen in a community center begins long before the doors open to the public at dawn. Donations arrive. Meals are prepped. Anticipation builds for another busy day for Glen Harper, founder of Sun Valley, the services provided by the community center. We're always meant to be well. I moved into Jefferson Park on the north side of the stadium in 1999. I had been in this space before. I was driving home from work one night and I came to the corner of 13th and Decatur and it was in a complete blizzard. And I said to myself out loud, You should make a left and go check out that building. And I did. And it appeared to be vacant. And that's how everything started. I don't think it was by chance. Actually, I think it was destined. Opening the restaurant was a was part of the plan. Having a commercial kitchen was also part of the plan. We have been doing concession work for the last 20 years and selling fresh cut fries at festivals. So Fries bought this building as we were doing improvements to the building and started to meet neighbors. Became really clear that there was a sense of ownership of this space by people in the neighborhood and that we had a real responsibility to do something that serve the community with this space. Vivi Lemus is programing operations manager. She moves about the building alongside Glenn meeting with the public, addressing needs and developing projects for the community. So Sun Valley Kitchen and Community Center was born out of the need to have that gathering. Space. And also food. For the youth. And the families and the kids that. Live in the Sun Valley area. I feel like we are. Situated in a community that. Is very diverse. It's a community filled with young families. We are. Surrounded by Denver Housing. Authority. Housing as well. So it's an area in the city that's. Like a little pocket that's kind of isolated from this major roads around. I started. As a cooking instructor in 2016, coming on Saturdays and teaching cooking classes for. Kids in the kitchen. And it was beautiful and. Controlled chaos and. Those we had up to 20 some kiddos when the pandemic hit. I've been here full. Time as the. Manager for operations. For about a. Year. At one time the facility was open to the public. It was a kitchen, grocery and community center. But then COVID. While the rest of the city shut down the doors to the Sun Valley Kitchen remained open. Health concerns closed the community center to the public, but the food pantry remained a bright source of salvation to the neighborhood. Now, with COVID, we have primarily been focusing on our food pantry. That has grown dramatically since COVID. We have had amazing support from our youth employees that help facilitate our low cost grocery program. Which we just to meet people where they are. And we not only. Provide groceries, but we also provide hot. Meals and healthy options for meals. We are not aware of it. And I think we set up a little bit of the pandemic a minute ago, yet they get in there that they don't have anything. Left in baby. And I think they have a friend who is keeping them. Coming from a homeless situation. Path Glenn has reached out to help many people in many ways. One of our sayings is Being your community is being like a family. We're all joined together. Creating this space has really been an incredible honor, and it's just an honor to be a part of this neighborhood. It is a incredibly connected neighborhood. Nearly everyone knows everyone. We have kids that run freely throughout the neighborhood and everyone is watching out for all of the kids that are here. And it's just been an amazing experience. By 2 p.m., it's 86 degrees outside, but the staff never slows down. None of the incredible kindness provided by Sun Valley Kitchen could be achieved without the charity of everyone involved. Neighbor helping neighbor is central to the success in providing care to the community. Our youth employees are an essential part of what we do here. They are used that. Have grown up in the Sun Valley. And most of them are high schoolers, you know, just 13, 16 and. Learning. How to just have your first official job. We are opening our space up to have more volunteers help with the North Coast grocery program and with our meal prep. We're kind of selective. We do require vaccination and still masks for to protect our youth employees as well as our community members. If there's one thing that I really would like for people to know about our community and our kitchen is how that sense of community has not wavered through the pandemic. I think it's something that a lot of people would love to be able to have an opportunity to have a space in a neighborhood that they are a part of. And it's been a magical. For more stories, check out Denver's YouTube page or tune in to Denver eight Doc TV. Explore your imagination and reconsider what's possible. After three years in the making, Meow Wolf is now open. This four story exhibition is home to 70 plus unique installations. Rooms and portals go to meow wolf dot com for information and tickets. Here's the event you've loved celebrating for 51 years now with an elevated experience. Denver Oktoberfest has improved music production, full bars, less lines and seamless payment for all food and drink. We can't wait to show off what we've done. The Mexican Cultural Center with the Colorado Symphony presents Latin beats. So Negros de las Americas a free concert which celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. 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Please wait until our meeting. Host promoted to speaker. When you are promoted, your screen will flash and say Reconnecting to meeting. Please don't leave the meeting. You will be reconnected and will need to turn on your camera. If you have one and your microphone, you will see your time counting down at the bottom of your screen. Once you have finished speaking, you will change back to participant mode and see your screen flash one more time. All speakers should begin their remarks by telling the council their names and cities of residence and if they feel comfortable doing so, their home addresses. If you have signed up to answer questions, only state your name and know you are available for questions of counsel. Speakers will have 3 minutes. There is no yielding of time. If translation is needed, you will be given an additional 3 minutes for your comments to be interpreted. We will alternate between in-person and virtual for efficiency by calling in-person participants and then alternating to virtual participants. Speakers must stay on the topic of the hearing and must make their comments to the council members. Please refrain from profane or obscene speech or comments to council as a whole, and please refrain from individual or personal attacks. Councilmember Teenage, would you please put Council Bill 822 on the floor for final passage? Yes, I move that council bill 20 1-8082 to be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 822 is open. May we have a staff report? Good evening, members of City Council. I'm an associate city planner with planning services. And tonight, we're going to be looking at the rezoning request for 1544 South Emerson. Emerson Street. The subject property is in Council District seven represented by Councilman Clark. In the Plat Park neighborhood. The property is located mid-block between Florida and Iowa Avenue along Emerson Street. The site is 4160 square feet and currently contains a single unit home. The applicant is requesting to resume to U.S. U A1 to allow for an 80 U in the rear of the property. All other forms and your standard will remain the same. The property is currently in the urban unit, urban single unit business district, which allows for a minimum of 4500 square feet. As mentioned before, the subject lot is only 4160 square feet, which means that to allow for the construction of a detached to you, it needs to be reason to us. You A1 that allows for a minimum of 3000 square feet. As you can see on the map, most of the surrounding properties are also zoned UCB with some UCB one to the West and some U.S. you see to the east. And so. The current land use for the site is single unit residential and in the immediate vicinity. The area's land use are mostly other residential uses. As shown on these photos. The character of the neighborhood is mostly residential. Subject property can be seen in the bottom left image of the slide. Throughout the rezoning process, application notifications have been provided according to Code Requirements. Planning Board recommended approval and not mislead. On July 21st, an a m No letters of support of opposition from the public have been received by staff. Moving on to the Denver zoning code review criteria, it must be found. The request map amendment is consistent with the five criteria. The first criteria is consistency with adopted plans. There are two plans applicable to his rezoning. The first one is comprehensive plan 2040, and the second one is Blueprint Denver. Stated in the stat report. The rezoning is consistent with several goals in the comprehensive plan. The MAP Amendment will promote equity by creating a greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood, and it will lead to an environmentally resilient Denver by promoting infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place. Now moving to the consistency with Denver the subject properties map is part of of the urban neighborhood context. The future places map designates the subject property as low residential place type displaced types have predominantly single and two unit uses, and accessory dwelling units are appropriate. Emerson Street is designated as a local street, which is mostly characterized by residential uses. Blueprint. Denver also provides guidance on when it's appropriate to rezone to a second district, which with a smaller minimum lot size is appropriate when a pattern of smaller loads with similar uses is present in the surrounding blocks, while the block with a subject site only shows a few loads that are smaller than 4500 square feet, we can see to the west of Clarkson Street where the zoning is used to be one higher percentage of smaller lots in the single unit residential uses more consistent with the proposed US-EU A1. The growth area in Blueprint. Denver is all other areas of the city. These areas are anticipated to see 10% employment growth and 20% housing growth by 2040. Finally, blueprint also includes specific policy recommendations. Housing Policy four focuses on diversifying housing choice through expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. Study also finds that the requested signing meets the next two criteria. The rezoning will result in uniformity of disregarded regulations and will further the public health, safety and welfare primarily through the implementation of adopted plans. Justified circumstance for this rezoning is a key part of the plan. Since the approval of the existing U.S. Sub Zone District, the city has adopted the Comprehensive Plan 2040 and Blueprint Denver, a stated throughout this presentation. The proposed rezoning meets the intent of those plans. Overall, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the urban neighborhood context. Residential districts and the U.S. view a one zone district. With that stuff recommends approval based on finding already criteria has been met. All right. Thank you, Fran. This evening, we have one individual signed up to speak and he's joining us online. Jesse Paris. Yes. Good evening. Member of the council. My camera's off for some reason. My name is just with Sampras. I'm representing the Black Sox. A more self defense positive to memories of the Chinese was the Unity Party of Colorado the frontline black north and I'll be the next my member in 2023. I just want to say I'm in favor of this rezoning tonight. I need more. It's just a growing unit and we have a housing crisis. So the CSU darling units are most needed at this time. So any time this council is approving of accessory dwelling units, I'm all for it. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes our speakers this evening for this hearing. Questions from members of Council on Council Bill 822. Not seeing any questions. I was going to give it a second there, Councilmember Flynn. They ram presidents. It appears to take a few seconds after you hit the button to do that. Is there a. There's a minimum width for a lot in the zone district. And that is what. On which district? I'm sorry. Which one? For this rezoning to A1 in the urban context. I'm pretty sure we were just talking about that. We? Where is that? I think it's 37.5. She'll be. Great. I mean, she might need you to come up to the mic so you can introduce yourself. Oh, sorry. Okay. I just looked up here. It's 25 feet. Okay. And is there a minimum depth? I haven't seen a minimum lot depth on any of these other than in the suburban context for F1. That's correct. So this lot is about 125 feet deep. I am not sure. But okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Flynn. Not seeing any other questions. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council on Council Bill 822 Council member Clark. Thank you, Madam President. I'd say thank you to staff for putting this all together, and I think that this clearly meets the legal criteria for rezoning, and I'll be supporting it and encourage my colleagues to do the same. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Clark, and agree that the rezoning criteria have been met and happy to support it as well. Council Bill 21, Dash 822 is on the floor for final passage. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 8 to 2, please. Clark, i. Flynn. I. Herndon, I. Paint. All right. Cashmere. I can eat. Ortega, I. Sandoval. I. Sawyer, I. Torres, I. Black. I. See tobacco, i. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results. 3913 Eyes Council Bill 20 1-822 has passed. Thank you, friend. Next up, Councilmember Kimmich, will you please put Council Bill 851 on the floor for final passage? Yes, council president. I move that council bill 20 1-0851 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 851 is open. May we have the staff report from. It's going to be very similar. Mm hmm. Good afternoon. Jump in, if you like, in planning services. The next case we're going to look is a rezoning request for 32, 36, 25 West 36th Street. Four 3625 West 46th Avenue. Subject property is in Council District one, represented by Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval. In the Berkeley neighborhood. The property is located between Loa Laurel Boulevard and Osceola Street along 46th Avenue, right at the corner of the alley . The site is 5090 square feet and currently contains a single unit house. The applicant is requesting to rezone from U.S. you c to us ub1 to allow for an 80 u in the rear of the property. All other forms and U standards will remain the same. The property is currently in the urban single unit season district, which allows for a minimum standard of 5500 square feet. As I mentioned before, the subject load is only 5090 feet, which means to allow for the construction of a detached you. It needs to be a reason to use you. Be one. That allows for a minimum. So a lot of 4500 square feet. As you can see on the map, most of the surrounding properties are also shown you, as you see with some others, you see one, two or so and a public park to east. The current land use for the site is single unit residential and in the immediate vicinity of the area. Land use are mostly other residential uses. Shown on these photos. The character of the neighborhood is mostly residential. The subject property can be seen in the bottom right image of the slide. Throughout the rezoning process, application notifications have been provided according to code requirements. Planning Board recommended approval on July 21st and a present. No letters have received from the public or a have received by stuff. Moving now to a Denver zoning code review criteria. It must be found that the request map amendment is consistent with the five criteria. The first criteria is consistency with adopted plans. There are two plans with rezoning. The first one is comprehensive plan 2040, and the second one is Blueprint Denver. As stated in the staff report, the rezoning is consistent with several goals and comprehensive plan. This MAP amendment will promote equity by creating greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood, and it will lead to an environmentally resilient Denver by promoting infill development where infrastructure and services already in place. Now blueprint the subject properties mapped as part of the urban neighborhood context. The future places map designates the subject property as low residential place type. Display stops have predominantly single and two unit uses, and accessory dwelling units are appropriate. 46 Avenue is designated as a residential collector. Street Street. Blueprint. Denver also provides guidance on when it's appropriate to rezone to us on districts with a similar minimum so lot size. It's appropriate when a pattern of similar loads with similar uses is present in the surrounding blocks. The block with the subject site shows a large proportion of properties that are under 5500 square feet, which would be consistent with the US be one district and a few lots that are larger than 5500, which would be consistent with the existing song district of us, you see. Therefore, Stuff.co.nz considers there is a pattern of smaller loads with similar uses and the applicant's proposal to respond to a district with a smaller load so lot size is consistent with the future places map and blueprint guidance for applying the no residential future place type. The growth area in Blueprint. Denver is all other areas of the city. These areas are anticipated to see 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. Stuff also finds that the 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 implementations of adopted plans. The justified circumstance for this rezoning is so severe that the plan, since the approval of the existing U.S., you see some district the city has adopted the Comprehensive Plan 2040 and blueprint, Denver stated throughout this presentation. The proposed rezoning meets the intent of this plan's. The proposed rezoning is consistent with the urban neighborhood context residential districts and the you as you be one zone district. That's a frequent approval based on finding already criteria has been met. All right. Thank you, Fran. We have one individual signed up to speak this evening joining us online. Jesse Paris. Yes. Good evening. Watching at home. Those in the council members. One name is just represent for blacks strong symbol for self defense positive action can work for social change as well as the unity party of Colorado and front black males and I will be there next November 2023. I'm in favor of this rezoning tonight for the reasons I stated on the previous rezoning. We have a housing crisis, so any time that this council's approving zoning increases, the housing stock, whether it's special units to granny flats, however you want to call that, I'm in full support, so please pass this to my good councilwoman, Amanda Sandoval , for leading the way with these accessory dwelling units. I would love to see these in all areas of the city, not just in District one or just that simple. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions for members of Council on Council Bill 851. Councilman Flynn. Thank you, Madam President. Friend. Our next hearing involves a lot of properties on the same block asking for the exact same thing. And this one is broken out separately. And I'm curious, why are we hearing this separately? Well, as you know, these are application driven applications. So this applicant had applied first. It just happened that they ended up in the same timeline. And also, they're a little bit different because this one has early access. The others don't. So we figured that. That makes a difference. So this applicant had the option of being bundled with the others, but chose not to because of different circumstance. Yes, I know he could, but also he had applied before, so he wasn't sure that the other group was going to be able to coordinate everything. He's in a hurry to get the rezoning, so it just happened that they ended up being together. But he had applied earlier in the process. Okay. And I think, Madam President, that was it. Except for. Let me. This is from C to B1 and ah, do you know what the minimum width and there is no minimum lot depth. No that's only an F1. Only F1. And there is no F1 in the urban context. No. Okay. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Flynn. The public hearing is closed. Comments from members of Council on Council Bill 851. Councilmember Sandoval. Thank you, Madam President. I believe that this application meets the criteria, and I ask my colleagues to offer support. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval and I agree that it does meet the rezoning criteria and we'll be voting in favor tonight. Council Bill 21, Dash 851 is on the floor for final passage. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 851, please. Sandoval, I. Sawyer, I. Torres, I. Black. I see the bucket. I cut. My. Friend. I. Herndon. Hines All right. Cashman. I'm Kenny Ortega. I. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 13 Eyes. 13 Eyes Council Bill 20 1-851 has passed. Thank you, Fran. Thank you. We're going to move on here. Council member, can we please put council bill 855 on the floor for final passage.