A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 2005 Willow Street in Stapleton. Approves an official map amendment to rezone property from PUD 574 to U-MX-3 (planned development to mixed-use) located at 2005 North Willow Street in Council District 8. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-25-20.
And move that council bill 160 to be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Second. It has been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 20-0162 is open. Maybe please have a staff report. Hello. Just want to make sure if I share my screen. Great. Can you see my city? Yes. I'll get to go. Hello everyone. Good evening. My name is Edson Ibanez and I am with Kenny playing below for you today. You have 205 North Street. It's currently currently zoned as 8574 and the request is for um, three currently in Council District eight in the Central Park neighborhood, the subject property is on the northwest corner of Willow Street and Montague Boulevard. It's just over 34,000 square feet. And it is one story, animal care and boarding facility. There are no plans for demolition and the property owner intends to retain existing to maintain the existing building and the proposed zoning as you three. The current zoning is former Chapter 59. Cuddy is adjacent to CME 20 with waivers to the north and east arm u 20 with waivers to the west and east to the south. 8574 is that is the current zoning, which is a former Chapter 59 party and it's a custom zoning district that allows for an animal animal care and boarding facility with a maximum height of 25 feet. It has very strict landscaping requirements and building footprint requirements when looking at the land use. The site is occupied by industrial land use and it's surrounded. Uses include single unit, residential office, commercial and public quasi public land uses. And here is a bird's eye view of this, such a property looking north. At the bottom right hand corner is a subject property looking north at the top right is a Stapleton Veterinarian Hospital, which is east of the subject property. At the top left is a single unit residential home located north, and at the bottom left is an entrance of the Stapleton High School, located directly west of the subject property. So this specific application went before the planning board on February 19 and it was approved unanimously and it is before you tonight. And there has only been one letter of support and is attached to the staff report. Five review criteria are analyzed for the appropriateness of the request, and we will start with consistency with adopted plans. So in addition to comprehensive Plan 2040 and Blueprint Denver of 2019, there is one neighborhood plan, which is the Stapleton Development Plan of 1995. When looking at comprehensive 2040 under the neighborhood vision element under strong and authentic neighborhood goals number one Strategy B and mentions ensure neighborhoods offer a mix of housing types and services for a diverse population. This strategy is encouraged quality and for development that is consistent with the surrounding neighborhoods and offer opportunities for increased amenities under a climate vision element under environment and resilience. Goal eight Strategy A Promote infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place and strategy b encourage mixed use communities where residents can live, work and play in their own neighborhoods. The request rezoning is shown in the context map as urban context and different Denver the repos your mixed three zone district is consistent with the neighborhood context description inappropriate for this location because it is a commercial district allowing a variety of building forms, compatible heights and building form a design sense. The building form standards and uses work together to promote a safe, active and pedestrian scale residential areas. And looking at the place types, it is classified as local center, which is primarily provides options for dining, entertainment, shopping and may also include some residential and employment uses. And buildings are generally three hikes. Three stories are less than a mere boulevard. It is a residential collector street in North Willow Street is a non designated local street. The street classification in desired building heights in this area are consistent with the zone district purpose and intent, and therefore it is appropriate for this location. When looking at the growth area strategy, it is classified as all other areas in the city which we anticipate to see around 20% of new household growth and 10% of new employment growth by 2040. Now, looking at the Stapleton development site, five general recommendations for this plan include the promotion of diverse and successful communities. The subject property is located in District one, not Council District one, but District one of the plan, which is intended to create an urban community that's consistent in scale with the adjacent residential neighborhood communities and provide a mix of lower density 2 to 4 storey commercial uses. You mix three is consistent with the general recommendations and District one recommendations of the Stapleton Development Plan. Now looking at the other review criteria under uniformity of disregulation plus rezoning will result in a uniform application of zoned district building, farm, land use and design regulations. It would further the public health, safety and welfare by implementing adopted plans and the adoption of the Denver Zoning Code in 2010 and the retention of former Chapter 59 zone districts of this subject. Property, including custom zoning, is an appropriate justifying success for the proposed rezoning. And lastly, with consistency, with neighborhood context, zoning, district purpose and intent, the request is consistent with the neighborhood context description, zone, district purpose and intent statement. Therefore, CPD recommends approval based on a finding that all the review criteria has been met. And I am open here for any questions you might have as well as the outcomes here as well. Thank you for the staff report. Tonight, Council has not received any written testimony on Council Bill 20-0162 and we have one individual signed up to speak this evening. And it's Jesse Paris. Go ahead, Jesse. Do not be hurt. Mm hmm. We can hear you. Go ahead, Jesse. I'm just curious. I'm representing Denver Homicide. Low Black Star Action Movies for self-defense. Positive attitude for social change. Was the Unity Party of Colorado, universal African People's Organization and Mile High News. And I will be running to be the next mayor of Denver in 2023. I was against this because initially I thought it was going to be a redevelopment of a property. So now I'm seeing that it's going to be a veterinarian hospital or something of the sorts animal hospital. I'm going to have to retract that. And yes, thank you for approving this of the with the name change, the ownership change can change as well. That's all I have to say. Thank you. And. Q That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council. Councilman Cashman. Yeah, thank you, Madam President. Just a detail question. I'm just wondering, with such a simple, straightforward use, do you have any clue why this ended up being a PE you'd rather than being fit into a standard zoning classification? The applicant is here and they can probably give more reasoning why. Specifically, I know the PD only allows for one specific use, which is the animal care and boarding facility I've done in 2005. I don't know the reasoning behind that. We can ask the applicant if they have any insight would be fine. Their name? If you want to raise your hand. Mark. Mark, come. Okay. We see them in there. And it's an is it? Would you be able to stop sharing your screen for us right now? Thank you. Wonderful. So we've got Mark in the queue. Go ahead, Mark, and please introduce yourself. Hello. My name is Mark Cullen with Architecture. I'm represented following there, Stacy Reid. I believe this whole area was. With all its killed. I'm not exactly sure. But I do know that the producers spent a very specified for exact use and. I think what she is planning to do some other business. She will be a content content owner. And she has a plan, but a plan. My put on hold to it or to it to a pandemic. Sure. Okay. So I can explain more than that, but not a problem. Thank you, sir, for for your attempt. And yeah, its past history. And. Just. Just a detail I was interested in. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. And thank you, Mark. So you know, the questions, the public hearings on Capitol Hill, 200162 is closed. Comments by members of council. All right. Seen no comments by members of council. Madam Secretary, roll call, please. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. For us, I. Black. The Council on the Black. So you're still you're muted. Okay. She said yes. Okay. Thank you, CdeBaca. I. Clark. All right. Flynn, I Gilmore. Apologies and Herndon. I should have started with you. This is your district. I apologize. Herndon. I. Hines, I. Cashman. I can h. I. Ortega. All right. Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 13 Eyes. 13 Eyes Council Bill 162 has passed. We're on to the next 120 dash 0201. It's a bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4750 Zuni Street in Sunnyside. Councilmember CdeBaca Would you please put Council Bill to zero one on the floor for passage.