A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3455 North Birch Street in Northeast Park Hill. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from E-SU-Dx to E-SU-D1x (allows for an accessory dwelling unit), located at 3455 N. Birch Street in Council District 8. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-22-22.
Speakers must stay on the topic of the hearing and must direct their comments to the council members. Please refrain from profane or obscene speech. Direct your comments to council as a whole, and please refrain from individual or personal attacks. Councilmember Cashman, will you please put Council Bill 22, Dash 209 on the floor for final passage? Yes, Madam President, I move the council bill 22 does 0209 be placed upon final consideration and do pass? Thank you. It has been moved and seconded. The required public hearing for Council Bill 20 2-209 is open. May we have the staff report? Thank you, Madam Council President. And thank you. Good evening, counsel. My name is Valerie Ararat, senior city planner with CPD. I will be presenting an ADU case for the subject property located at three, four, five, five North Birch Street. The subject property is in Council District eight with Councilmember Herndon. And is located in the Northeast Park Hill neighborhood. The subject property is currently 7880 square feet, with a zone lot with of approximately 60 feet. The request is for urban edge single unit d1x to allow for a detached adu in the rear of the lot. The site and the surrounding properties to the east, west and south are all ESU decks, allowing for both suburban and urban houses for primary building forums with a minimum zone of 6000 square feet. To the north, the zoning is classified. OCP, which is an open space district intended to protect and promote open space in parks not otherwise owned, operated or leased by the city. Bruce Randolph Avenues, just south of the BLOCK and Colorado Boulevard, is seven blocks west of the site. The site is single unit residential surrounded by single and two unit existing residential land uses in the neighborhood to the west along Colorado Boulevard. Existing uses include commercial retail, public quasi public office and mixed uses to the north and south are classified parks. Open space. For existing building firm in scale the subject properties on the north side of the block with alley access located adjacent to 35th Avenue. There is an existing primary single unit structure and a detached garage accessory structure currently located on the lot. The bottom photo shows the existing alley in the rear and the top photo is the single unit residents to the east of the property. In terms of process. The MAP amendment went to planning board on Wednesday, February 2nd, where the item was recommended approval on the consent agenda. The rezoning was moved forward to final hearing of city council by the Land Use Transportation Infrastructure Committee on Consent on February 15 and is being heard today. In terms of public outreach. To date, staff has not received written input from any RINO's that were sent notice and there was also no public comment on this. The Denver zoning code has five review criteria. The first is consistency with adopted plans, starting with 2040. Staff found the rezoning to be consistent with several strategies shown in the plan 2040. Starting with equitable, affordable and inclusive goals. And I found the rezoning to be consistent with goal two strategy a create a greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood for all individuals and families that can be found on page 28. In speaking to the climate and environmentally resilient vision elements, staff found this rezoning to be consistent with goal eight strategy a promote infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place. Getting into the blueprint. Denver Blueprint. Denver maps this area as urban edge context and residential low, which consists of predominantly a single unit and two unit uses on smaller lots and allows for its use to be thoughtfully and appropriately integrated where compatible. Additionally, blueprint Denver Guidance provides support through policy for diversity, housing, diversity, housing, housing choice through an expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas and strategy a city wide approach to enable ADU uses preferred until a holistic approach is in place. Individual rezonings to enable ADA use in all residential areas, especially where proximate to transit are appropriate. Unless there's a neighborhood plan supporting a to use rezoning should be small an area in order to minimize impact to the surrounding residential areas. This location also includes the Park Hill Neighborhood Plan of 2000, which provides support through land using zoning goal on page 30 to maintain the existing integrity of the residential character of Park Hill. Assure that continued growth and development in Park Hill results in a balanced and compatible mix of housing types and densities. For the second piece Land Using Zoning Action Recommendation three reads Create and maintain a mix of housing types and sizes that are attractive and affordable to a diversity of ages. Incomes, household types, sizes. Cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Getting into criteria. Two and three staff found that this rezoning is consistent with adopted plans. The proposed rezoning will result in uniform application of zoned district building form, use and design regulations, and it will further public health, safety and welfare. Staff on the proposed. The proposed rezoning is justified through a city adopted plan. And finally, the context zone, district purpose and intent of ESU D1 X are all appropriate for this particular location, giving the route given the surrounding area, the adopted time guidance, and the location of the site. And last, given the finding that all review criteria have been met, CPD Recommends City Council Approve Application 2020 19-00226 Based on finding our review criteria have been met. Just to note that approval of a rezoning is not approval of a proposed specific development project. Thank you. And I'm happy to take questions. Thank you, Val. We have one individual signed up to speak this evening. And for council members that might be looking for the PowerPoint and the staff report. Our ledge staff just got those uploaded. So thank you for the heads up, Councilman Flynn. And we're going to go to our first speaker, our only speaker for this hearing, Jessie Parris. May I be her? Yes. Speaker. No. Yes, go ahead, please, Jessie. Now. Some may be hurt. Yes, we can hear you. Okay, Jesse. If the producers want to go ahead and let Jesse know, he can be heard. To. We can hear you just fine, Jesse. We heard council. Yes. Go ahead, Jesse. We can hear you. We can hear you. Jesse. I'm showing. That you're. Mike is unmuted. And it looks like it just muted again. But we can hear you. Okay. Okay. We'll try to give it another moment here. First. Go ahead, please, Jesse. Yes. Good evening. Members of council. May I be heard? Thank you. Yes. When I was just a missing person present for Blackstone, maximum for self defense, positive action to manifest positive change as well as the Unity Party of Colorado, the East Denver Residents Council, Frontline Black News and I will be the next mayor of Denver in 2023 . I am actually under further consideration in favor of this rezoning tonight of this of 3455, North First Street. I just had a few questions. Who is the occupant? What is the demographics of that person? Does this is happening in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Northeast PA to which I am a native of and. Is a bill to my humble supporters to know who is going to be dwelling here. So if you could please answer that question. I would really appreciate it otherwise. I am in favor of this rezoning. Please pass this my remarks as all five of the criteria so I'm certain it will be a year on it. Thank you. Thank you. And that concludes our speakers questions from members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dash 209. All right. Doesn't seem that we have any questions from members of council. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dash 209 Council Member Herndon. Thank you, Madam President. I am in support of this. I believe that the, uh, it is. A no brainer on this. One. I would urge my colleagues to do. Thank you, Madam President. All right. Thank you. Councilmember Herndon and I concur. It meets all of the criteria and we'll be voting in favor of it as well. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 22, Dash 209, please. Herndon High Cashman Can Change. Sandoval, I. Sawyer, I. Torres. I. CdeBaca. Clarke. I. Flynn. I. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results. Tonight's Ten Eyes Council Bill 20 2-209 has passed. Thank you for being here tonight, Val, and our one public speaker as well. Our pre adjournment announcement on Monday, April 18. The Council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill 20 2-344 designating 3435 Albion Street as a structure for preservation. On Monday, May 9th, Council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill 22, Dash 307 Changing the zoning classification for 2900 North Dora Street 2685 North Dalia and a required public hearing on Council Bill 20