A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3621 Lowell Boulevard in West Highland. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from U-SU-B to U-SU-B1, located at 3621 Lowell Boulevard in Council District 1. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-27-20.
Looking at other policies within Blueprint Denver, specifically a policy for a diversity of housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. This rezoning is consistent with that policy. And the reasoning is also consistent with a number of housing and inclusive Denver policies. Criteria. Number two, uniformity of district regulations. This is a standard zone district furthering public health, safety and welfare by implementing adopted plans and by providing additional housing unit that is compatibly integrated into the surrounding neighborhood. Justifying Circumstances. Implementing of adopted plan. Specifically Blueprint Denver. I'm looking at consistency with the neighborhood context zone, district purpose and intent. Urban neighborhood contexts primarily consist of single unit two. Unit residential uses or residential districts are intended to promote and protect residential neighborhoods with the character of the urban neighborhood context. The building forms standards, design standards and uses work together to promote a desirable residential area. And the specific zone district, UCB one, the single unit district that allows the Urban House and detached accessory dwelling units building forms with a minimum area of 4500 square feet. Staff finds the proposed rezoning to be consistent with all five criteria and recommends council approve this application. All right. Thank you, James, for your staff report. Council has not received any written testimony on Council Bill 1177. We have two individuals signed up to speak this evening, and our first speaker is Jesse Paris. All right. Go ahead, Jesse. Did you put Jesse up or me up? Because it looks like I saw my picture. And it's Jesse up first. Okay. And then also I'm in the chamber. So every time there's nobody here, the focus is on the tears. One of them is just a missing person. A representative for Denver, homeless out loud. That's the smallest, the self, the most positive, I think, most of the time, as well as the guilty party. Oh, Colorado Mile High. No, I will be there next November 20, 23. I am under reconsideration in favor of this rezoning. Of. I was against it initially because I thought it was going to be more justification as usual. This area of town is rapidly gentrified, so I've got used to rezonings that involve more gentrification of the dumb black and brown areas. So upon further consideration of support processes going units, I'm allowed to see them in every single district in the city. Just like I would love to see Tommy Hall go door to door, follow this and this. Amanda. So that's all I have to say. Thank you. Thank you, Jesse. Next up, we have David Hagan. Hi all. David Hagan. I live at 18 and Chestnut. I am in support of this as well. You'll hear me? Mm hmm. Go ahead. Okay, great. Thanks for having me on as well. I'm in support of this as well. I would like to say a couple of things about it quickly, and I'll tie all this to all the put together at the end here. Just as Sam Gary said, what could be, should be. I think that's a great quote. I didn't know the man, but I admire him based on that quote right there. Well, what could be said, we could be should be is an inclusive comment, not an exclusionary one, as the council member thought it was when he said something different. It's all about bringing us together, just as the zoning is bringing people together, giving more opportunity for somebody else. And I like that. So this is one that I can I can say yes to. Let's see here. My wife was reading something that I wrote earlier, and it's not about how much you do. It's about what you choose to do and about who you choose to represent. And it's about what you choose to remain silent about. And when you choose to defend the will of the people before the power of the elites. It's about treating your constituents like human beings. As Martin Luther King Jr once said, we are caught in an inextricable, inextricable network of mutuality, bound by a single garment of destiny. So that right there is a good reason to approve this rezoning right here. And it's also a good reason to represent all of us. What I see when I look around my screen is not a diverse group of people that represent the make of the city. I see a group of people that are dedicated to the status quo and unwilling to rip the Band-Aid off. That is not what we want to see around here. How it is that you are representing us when you fail to push back at the mayor, shoves policy through what would what would happen if you voted down the $16 billion? Would we have no police or would they strike? David, I need you to stay on topic for the rezoning, please. On topic. It's just I'm just getting there a roundabout way and. Do you think the police would have stayed there in a pandemic? This is not what would have happened. The people would not care and the people would not allow that. We should not have passed that, just as we should not have passed the rezoning of that other place. It took to the 16th storey or 14 storeys or whatever. So just think about those things when you vote yes tonight. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council on Council Bill 1177. All right. Seen no questions by my colleagues. The public hearing for Council Bill 20 Dash 1177 is closed. Comments by members of Council. Councilwoman Sandoval. Thank you, Madam President. So accessory dwelling units are growing more popular in Council District one. As we'll see this one is coming through. Before they had the application, filed the application, they had a pre-approved community planning and development and then met with my office and they rebuilt a garage in 2016 with like a shell of an accessory dwelling unit, knowing that maybe their policy was going to move forward with allowing them. And so this would allow them to legally put in the plumbing so the kitchen and the other appliances needed to finish off the accessory dwelling unit. And I believe it meets all the criteria. And I also believe that accessory dwelling units don't change the fabric of our neighborhood. They allow gentle density. And in a time when we need a different type of housing options, there is a registered neighborhood organization in this neighborhood. It's called West Highland United Neighbors, West Highland Neighborhood Association. Sorry. And they choose not to take a position on any accessory dwelling units. So any accessory, any ADU use that comes to rezoning in this neighborhood, they are no has chosen not to take a stance with that. I feel like it meets other criteria and I would be honored to have my colleague vote. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Sandoval. And seeing the presentation, I agree it meets all of the rezoning criteria. Madam Secretary, roll call. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. Torres. I. Black. I see tobacco. I. Clark. I. Flynn. All right. Herndon. I. Haines. Hi. Cashman. I can. I. Ortega. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce results. 12 Eyes. 12 Eyes Council Bill 20 Dash. 1177 has passed. Councilman Hines, would you please put Council Bill 1184 on the floor for final passage?