A bill for an ordinance relating to the Denver Zoning Code, by adding a requirement for mailed notice to be delivered to property owners within a 200-foot radius of a proposed official map amendment (rezoning). Amends the Denver Zoning Code by adding a requirement for mailed notice to be delivered to property owners within a 200-foot radius of a property to be rezoned at the time the application is received and at least 15 days before the Planning Board public hearing on the rezoning. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 5-8-18.
12 up. Yes, 12 eyes for 22 passes translations. Ladies and gentlemen, we are on to the last council bill of the night. This is number four. Councilman Flynn, would you please put 474 on the floor? Thank you, Mr. President. Yes, I move that council bill 18, dash 474 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. It has been moved and second public hearing for 474 is now open. We have a staff report. Yes. Yes. Thank you, counsel. Thank you. President Council Members. Jason Morrison, Community Planning and Development. So I'm here this evening to present the proposed MELD Rezoning Text Amendment number one. And before I get started, I do want to acknowledge Councilman Rafael Espinosa, who is a sponsor of this particular text amendment. So this text amendment adds a requirement for mailed notice to property owners within a 200 foot radius of a property to be re zoned. The goal here is to improve notification for neighbors during the rezoning process. And this text amendment is specific to the rezoning process only and implements changes at both the application intake as well as the planning board public notification. As outlined in the Denver zoning code. There are two types of public notice. There's informational notice, which provides the public with notice of CPD receipt of an application for review and available avenues to give feedback. And the second type of public notice is notice a public hearing which provides public with advance notice of a required hearing in which a review or decision making body will take action on an application under the Denver Zoning Code. So now let's look at how this text amendment modifies this process. So currently for informational notice, within ten days of a determination of a complete application, the city notifies the following parties the city council members in whose district the subject property is located, the At-Large City Council members and R.A., whose boundaries encompass are located within 200 feet of the proposed rezoning. So this particular text amendment, all current notification, remains the same. And what changes now is that real property owners whose property is located within 200 feet of the proposed rezoning, including those properties to be re zoned, are notified upon receipt of complete application. So similarly, during the notice for public hearing, those that are notice are the City Council members in her district. The subject properties located the At-Large City Council members and the RINO's, whose boundaries encompass or located within 200 feet of the proposed rezoning. And that happens 15 days before a planning board hearing. So this particular text amendment, all current notification remains the same. And now all real property owners whose property is located within 200 feet of the proposed rezoning, including those properties to be reasoned, are notified in advance of the public hearing. So here's a snapshot of our public outreach efforts. And I don't necessarily need to read everything here as I know that it's in front of you and within your packets. But I do want to highlight our attendance back in February at the monthly ANC Zoning and Planning Committee. And I'd also like to note the planning board public hearing, where Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval to Denver City Council. And finally, our attendance at Lou Reed last month, where the committee recommended well, excuse me to where the committee recommended that the bill move forward for your review this evening. So as of today, I've received five letters of support for this particular text amendment. One was from the full delegation of the ANC members. One was from the Overland Park R.A.. One is from the Capital Hill, United Neighborhoods. R.A. One is from the Highland United Neighbors. R.A. And one was also from a private property owner in Denver who owns multiple properties within different neighborhoods. And I'd like to publicly thank everyone for their feedback. CPD finds that the proposed text amendment is consistent with many of the goals, strategies and policies found in Denver's Comprehensive Plan of 2000 and Blueprint. Denver. The text amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan. As Wolves proposed, language enhances communication between the city and those partners at parties potentially affected by this type of zoning procedure. Perhaps more importantly, this text amendment establishes those lines of communication early on in the process, therefore, reinforcing transparency and improving outreach to address concerns and feedback in an open, thoughtful and fair manner. So switching gears to Blueprint Denver, the plan stresses the importance of integrating a thoughtful public involvement strategy into the planning process. And it also highlights that in order for a public involvement strategy to be successful, it must include a wide range of mechanisms for people to share their ideas , questions and concerns. As proposed, the text amendment will improve citizen engagement in an efficient, effective and timely manner. Looking to the second review criteria, CPD finds that the proposed text amendment furthers the public health, safety and welfare of Denver residents, landowners and businesses by both reinforcing transparency and encouraging active citizen participation in the rezoning process. Finally, CPD finds that the proposed text amendment meets the third review criteria as the proposed language is uniform within each particular zone district. Moreover, the proposed text amendment is an improvement to encourage citizen involvement during the early stages of the rezoning process, regardless of which zone district your property is located. So CPD has analyzed the proposed text before for compliance with the review criteria of just outline, and you find that it satisfies the three review criteria. And we would like to recommend that the SEC submitted for approval. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Okay. We have one speaker this evening. Chairman Seiko, 6 minutes. Germans take a Black Star action. Okay. Okay. If I go home, I'm down for this. Good night. All right. That concludes our speaker this evening. Questions by members of council. Councilman Clark. Yeah, I have a quick clarifying question. In the in the in the presentation, you mentioned support letter from the Overland Park R.A.. I don't see that in the staff report. I did get an email from the neighbors of Overland North, which is a separate R.A. Did both of the Overland R.A. offer a letter, or was it just noon and not open? Uh, let me double check here. So the letter that I received was from the Overland Park Neighborhood Association. Okay. Then I just wanted to add to the record that I also got, you know, an email. I think all of us did at about 415 from support from the neighbors of Overland North, which is a separate auno. Okay. Just want to add that. Great. Thank you. We will add that into the record. Thank you, President Pro Tem. Any other questions? All right. This concludes Council Bill 474 comments by members of Council. Kelvin Espinosa, would you like to speak on your own? But just I'll be brief. I just want to thank Jason and Kyle. I get you know, they gave me props, but actually it was their work and heavy lifting to sort of get this language right and in a way that was readily digestible by CPD. And so I want to thank you two specifically for the work that you guys did for the shepherding that you've done with community, the responsiveness that you've had with any inquiries and just general overall professionalism and how well it went at planning board. So it's really impressive. I mean, it's fun to see you guys work. And then the other comment I'll add is, you know, with with the sort of esoteric text amendment like this, you really find out who's paying attention the channel channel late in the planning board because we've gotten a lot of I've gotten a lot of personal support from everybody, just about everybody's district. And it's it's it's it's fun to see things. My district's not suffering. I'm just joking. This is a great this is a great bill. Councilman Flynn. Thanks, Mr. President. I want to echo that remark. I want to thank Councilman Espinosa for bringing this forward. And I hope that I speak for every other person up here on the dais here. This is a very necessary change, because so many of our RINO's, many of our rhinos, are not as active as others. And this will really. Get the word out to the people most impacted by by rezonings. So thank you to Councilman Espinosa. Yeah, I think I think it's I think it's accurate to say that our our notes don't represent every parcel in the city. And so every rezoning, I feel like there's one or two folks who feel like say that they didn't know about this and so who live right next to the rezoning. So I think this is a great bill and I'll be supporting it as well. See no other comments, Secretary Rocha. Madam Secretary. Espinosa. Hi. Flynn. Gilmore. Herndon. Cashman. Canete. Lopez. I knew Ortega. I black eye. Clarke. I miss. Mr. President. I. Please. Closed. Hold on. Okay. There it is. There's 12. All right. Police force voting. As a result, 12 eyes for 74 has passed. Congratulations. On Monday, June 25th, Council will hold a required public hearing for council vote 563 approving the.