A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3201 Walnut Street. Rezones property at 3201 Walnut Street from I-MX-3, UO-2 to C-MX-5, UO-2 in Council District 9. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 9-9-16. The Committee approved filing this resolution at its meeting on 8-16-16.
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Good evening, Council President, Members of City Council Brian Winterberg of Community Planning and Development here to present rezoning 2016 i00046 at 3201 Walnut Street from I am three you are to to see annex five you go to the subject site is located in council district seven. Zooming in it is in the five point statistical neighborhood. And here we see our specific location. Our site is one half of a block that is along Walnut Street, down by 32nd Avenue and 33rd Street. And it is located one half mile from the 30th. And Blake Station is an area that will seem very familiar to you. Now. Did you say councilors six, seven or nine. Tells us this is nine. Oak? Yes, please. Clear. Point of order, Mr. President, if we can. We've been trying to spread the word to staff. We are no longer following along with you. So can you please tell us when you're changing sides? And don't assume we can't see a cursor or anything, so just let us know when you're. Changing, please. Okay. So are you viewing the current slide that I'm seeing now which says request in the upper right hand corner? Okay. There we go. We're on it now. Okay. The property is 1.15 acres. It is comprised of one ownership parcel and features, one structure ranging in height from 1 to 2 stories. And it currently includes an industrial user. The property owner is requesting a rezoning to facilitate redevelopment of the site consistent with the proposed zone district. So the request before you is to rezone from I am 302 to see Annex five or to maintaining the billboard use overlay and no billboards exist on the subject site. Just a reminder that the approval of a rezoning is not the approval of a specific development proposal. So I'll move on to the next one. So the request is to see Annex five, which is in the urban center, a neighborhood context, a mixed use zoned district, allowing buildings of a maximum height of five storeys with the billboard use overlay and onto existing context, zoning, land use and building from scale onto existing context zoning so we can see our subject site is called out in imx302. We can see some IMX 302 located just to the south and the west. But we do see a consistent corridor of see Amex five and see Amex five. You are to applied along the Walnut Street corridor to the north and to the south. Important to note that the IMX three zone district currently allows both the general and industrial building forms moving on to existing land use. You can see that our subjects that is called out as industrial, the purple color, and we can see a pretty consistent corridor of industrial uses along the Walnut Street corridor, but generally trending towards multifamily and commercial, moving to the north towards Blake Street and of course acknowledging that the entirety of the 30 and Blake Station area is generally trending away from heavy industrial to a mix of uses and moving on to building form and scale. You can see that our subject site is called out in the upper left hand corner existing industrial user. We can see a lack of curb and gutter at the subject site. And then looking to the surrounding environs, we see a number of industrial users as well as adaptive reuse of existing structures. Moving on to process the following. Eight registered neighborhood organizations were notified throughout the process, and the application has received one letter of support from the Reno Neighborhood Association, as well as one letter of support from a neighboring property owner. No other R.A. Communications have been received. Moving on to process. In terms of the public hearings, we did send notice of receipt of application to Arnault's and City Council on May 1st. On July 20th, the Planning Board recommended approval to City Council 8 to 0, and on August 16, the Lands Transportation and Infrastructure Committee moved the bill forward to City Council. And we sent notice of today's City Council public hearing to Arnault's and City Council as well as signage was properly posted on the property on September 2nd. Now on to the review criteria. Of course, you're familiar now with the five, the first of which is consistency with adopted plans. We have two citywide plans as well as one small area plan here that will seem very familiar to this body after last week's hearing to adopt Hite amendments to the 38th and Blake Station area. So the first adopted plan is comprehensive plan 2000. And we find that the rezoning is consistent with comprehensive plan 2000 as seen here and articulated in your staff report. Moving on to Blueprint Denver, the city's land use and transportation plan, you can see that our subject site is called out as a mixed use concept land use as well as within an area of change. We can also see that Walnut Street is called out as a residential collector, and these are streets that primarily balance mobility and land access, generally shaped by the mix of uses along the corridor. So we do find that it is consistent. Theresa on the subject site to see x five both implementing these land use recommendations, area of change as well as mobility recommendations in a pedestrian friendly building form. Now on to the northeast downtown neighborhoods plan. So, again, an area very familiar to you now. We can see that our subject site is called out in the ballpark, small area with urban design recommendations as seen here. So sighting buildings for a consistent street edge with parking in the rear, linking buildings to the streets through grounds to reactive uses, transparency and entrance requirements, all recommendations that are not currently implemented by the general and industrial building forms in the I am x three zone district. You can see their subject site is also called out with a mixed use industrial land use category, that kind of mustard yellow color. So recognizing that a mix of light industrial uses are appropriate to be mixed with more urban residential uses, where pedestrian access, of course, is still important. Now in terms of building heights, we can see that our subject site is called out in the pink category, which is a five storey recommended maximum building height, and again, a building height that has been reconfirmed through the recently adopted 38th and Blake Station area plan amendments. So a very consistent process moving forward. Based upon our review of the five criteria, we do find that the rezoning is consistent with adopted plans. Next, moving on to uniformity of district regulations, we find that the rezoning to see Annex five or two will result in a uniform application of some district standards, as well as further the public health, safety and welfare through the implementation of adopted plans. Moving on to justifying circumstances, we can see, as stated in your application, that the land or its surrounding environs has changed or is changing to such a degree that warrants the rezoning. We can see a number of change conditions, first in our adopted plans recommending a redevelopment of the area and recognizing an evolving character which we again see realized today as redevelopment in the area is actually signaling an evolution in the environs, as well as the anticipated redevelopment of the National Western Stock Show. Again, as an influence on the subject site, along with the introduction of commuter rail transitioning to a more transit oriented development context. Now in terms of consistency with neighborhood context, zone, district purpose and intent, we find that the rezoning meets the intent of the urban center neighborhood. Context Description The purpose statement for the c m zone districts and the specific content statement for C max five. So based upon our review of the five criteria, we do find that the rezoning meets L five and do recommend approval and happy to answer any questions as well as the applicant is here tonight. Thank you. Thank you. We have one speaker. Bill Park you. Hi. My name is Bill Parkhill. I'm at 631 high in Denver and I'm the applicant and the owner of this property, and I'm here for questions. Thank you. That concludes our speakers. Are there any questions? By members of council. Councilman. Espinosa Yeah. Ryan Did you say that this is consistent with the adopted stationary plan or and the new incentive zoning? Is it does it fall in that area that we just passed? Great question. So while you're very familiar with this this general area of the city, our subject site was not within the plan Height Amendment area because the Northeast Downtown Neighborhoods Plan already recommends a five storey maximum building height for the subject site. The process reconfirmed that recommended building height. So essentially there was nothing to amend the Heights recommendations in northeast. Thank you. Thank you. Great. Councilman Flynn. Oh, that's great. Okay. Any other questions by members of council? You know, I'm going to bring up Bill Park. You'll. Again. And just you said this in committee, but for the edification of folks who were not at committee. What are you planning to do in this? First of all, let me say go bust. We about four of us. Appreciate that. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. So our current plan is for an adaptive reuse. Of the building to maintain the character of the building. However, part of that building requires lifting of the roof to above the 45 foot height limit. We are currently negotiating with a climbing gym, so we would you know. Our intention is a rock climbing gym. Which requires this high portion of the roof. So we're hopeful that with this height amendment, we're going to be. Able to integrate kind of. A higher portion of the roof. With this. Lower house and kind of keep that rhino type of character. Yeah. You don't any retail at all. I'm sorry. Are you doing any retail at all? There will be a kind of kind of a retail frontage. The C-Max Zone requires obviously some transparency and some windows along that frontage. And the existing warehouse. Doors will be converted to glass openings. And we'll have some retail there. Okay, great. Thank you. Any other you can have a seat. Any other comments from members of council? This concludes a public hearing for council. 549 is now closed. Comments by members of council. I call on myself. I represent this district. Mr. Park, you and I have talked a lot, especially dealing with the station area 30th and Blake Station area high amendments. And this change allows us to really create this area of living, working and playing. There's a lot of job opportunities here. There's a lot of new apartments and hopefully condos that will be gone up in the area. But this allows for the neighborhood to have a place to to play and enjoy. And so there's nothing like this idea that we've seen thus far. And I am it's consistent with all the other plans, and I am supportive of this seeing no other comments. Madam Secretary, Rocha. Black, i Clark, i. Espinosa, i. Flynn, I Gilmore, i. Herndon, i. Cashman, I can eat. Lopez, Ortega, Sussman, I. Mr. President. I. Please cause voting announce results. 12 Ice. 12 Ice. One Abstention. Oh 12 Eyes Council Bill 549 has passed. Thank you. Congratulations. Councilman Sussman, we please put Council Bill 551 on the floor.