A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 2900 South University Boulevard in Wellshire. Approves an official map amendment to rezone property located at 2900 South University Boulevard from S-SU-F to S-SU-F UO-3 (adding conservation overlay to existing zoning) with Waiver in Council District 4. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 6-26-18.
These photographs show some development around the site, including the there on the left hand side of the screen, in the middle of the parking lot directly to the south and the church. And then on the on the top right hand side of the screen is the cluster development to the northeast of the property. And then finally at the bottom right, there is a picture, a historic photograph of the of the structure itself. As I mentioned, the C f zone district allows suburban houses and it calls for deep setbacks and lower lot coverage that would typically characterize suburban development. And then this proposal also proposes establishing the U. O three historic structure use overlay at the site. The historic structure use overlays typically applies applied to sites and only is applicable to sites that are two structures that have been designated as a landmark by the city and county, and it permits limited commercial uses with the goal of encouraging the preservation of historic structures in neighborhoods. Those uses include limited office uses, not not including medical or dental offices, art studios and bed and breakfast lodging. And the overlay establishes limitations on parking signs and other events to to around events at the site to minimize impact on surrounding properties. There are quite a few neighborhood associations that are registered neighborhood organizations that consider the site to be within their boundaries. All have been notified several times through this process. We've not received any official public comment from Arnaud's. We did receive one appraisal document with a short email introduction from a neighbor and it has been included in the staff report. As you're aware, to adopt a rezoning, the Council must find that these five criteria in the Denver zoning code are met. With regard to the first consistency with adopted plans, this property is affected by two plans the comprehensive plan and Blueprint Denver. This proposed rezoning would further several comprehensive plan policies aimed at incentivizing the preservation of historic structures and landmarks in the city. The blueprint future land use proposed for the site is single family residential and it is an area of stability which, according to Blueprint, includes most of the city's residential neighborhoods and their associated commercial areas. And the goal for areas of stability are to identify and maintain the area, the character of these areas, while accommodating some new development and redevelopment. The waiver request in this case, staff feels, is justified because it would allow for the use of property that is just slightly smaller than what had been originally intended by the YOU oh three overlay. And Historic Preservation staff have noted that there are other structures around the city where perhaps adjusting this threshold may be appropriate and it is intended to be addressed on a larger scale in a future text amendment to the zoning code. With regard to the other criteria, this request will result in the uniform application of the CFA zone districts, building form, use and design regulations and the regulations of the historic structure use overlay. It will improve the will the general welfare of the community by facilitating the rehab and preservation of a historic structure while respecting the existing suburban development in the area. And staff agrees with the proposed justifying circumstance that it's in the public interest to apply an overlay here to allow for the rehabilitation and adaptive use of a unique historic structure that has been in nonresidential use for for many years. And then finally, this will this proposed rezoning will result in the establishment of the appropriate suburban neighborhood context, which is appropriate in this area for the single and multi-unit, residential and other and commercial use types found in this area and the pattern of suburban houses on larger lots. So with that, CPD recommends approval of this proposed rezoning based on a finding that all the review criteria have been met. Thank you very much. All right. We have one person signed up to speak this evening, PJ Paterno. You have 3 minutes. Come on up to the podium. And if you could introduce yourself for everybody. I'm PJ Turner. I own the property. I'm happy to answer any questions. This is a property I've found after selling a property down the springs, which was actually about 15 years older than this 1900. So this is a child compared to this property I'm used to. An old property happened upon it. I thought it was cool. It spoke to me a little bit. I've been in the Greenwood Village Tech Center area for about 15 years of my business, which is 28 years old. Happy birthday, Leo. My birthday was Friday and was 28 years ago that I got into the business of wealth management. So we have, you know, clients around Denver in other states, actually just quite a practice in California. But we have limited employees. We're hiring actually somebody right now. But it's a great piece of property. I think it's going to be cool again. It was in disrepair, both the property, the grounds and I'm learning the actual building. But we're going to make a great again. I have people helping me and and giving a lot of proposals and trying to figure out ways to make it no longer a child care, but an adult care. Adult business. So happy to answer any questions. Actually the work you guys do having sat through the first part of this. So thanks for taking my little property on the tonight to and hopefully it works out for all of us. Thank you. Thank you very much. That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council Councilman Lopez. I actually think I. Accidentally push that button, so. All right, Councilwoman Ortega. Mr. Potato, if you could come back just for one minute. You mentioned something about putting adult business in there. I don't think you meant that literally in terms. Of retract the statement. This is not. I just. Wanted to clarify. That. Yeah. I'm sweating on that one. Yeah. No, no, no, no. I didn't mean it in that regard. Okay. Thanks for. Paying such close attention. To clarification. Thank you. Councilwoman Ortega. Councilman Flynn. Thank you, Mr. President. Andrew. Could you clarify something that became fuzzy during your presentation that I thought I understood the. The use overlay three can only be applied. Over a huge structure that is already landmarked. Thank you for asking for that clarification. It can actually be applied anywhere and it is applied around the city in places that do not have historic structures. But that's what I. Have. Uses can only be applied under the overlay to a historic. Structure. In a landmark structure. In a landmark. Structure, yes. Are we so in your opinion, are we doing this out of order? Because our next item is to landmark the structure. Should we not do that first or does that not matter? I, I don't believe it actually matters because if the if even if the you oh three overlay were applied and for some reason the landmarking was not adopted, the, the other three would not apply unless the landmarking had been accomplished as well. Okay. And the you oh three overlay can only be applicable to residential properties to residential zones. Is that true? I believe so. It's it's typically aimed at older residential properties. It was it was originally used to replace the R four zone from the from former Chapter 59. And it was applied around kind of around Cap Hill and places like that where there were kind of older mansions and other big buildings that they were looking for. Prior to the current zoning code, we're looking for creative ways to allow reuse of those of those old buildings. And the UO three was developed during the process of creating the current zoning code and applied there as well. So these limited to. Commercial residential. Uses, so these limited commercial uses could occur in residential structures that are in a unitary overlay but are not landmarked. Only those that are in the upper three overlay and our land earlier. Okay. Thank you for that clarify. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman Flynn. Seeing no other questions for a public hearing for Council Bill 668 is closed comments by members of Council Councilwoman Black. Thank you, Mr. President. You'll hear more about this property during Kerry's presentation. But it's a cool, funky old house. It's actually in my neighborhood. And most of, you know, I live in a very suburban 1950s neighborhood. This house is very, very different. And we really lucked out with P.J. being interested in purchasing it and willing to landmark it. And I am actually doing this as a legislative rezoning so that he can have his office use in the neighborhood. So I hope everyone will support it. Thank you, Councilwoman Black, seeing no other comments. Madam Secretary, roll call. Black Eye. Brooks. Espinosa. Flinn Gilmore. Herndon. Cashman. Carnage. Lopez. I knew Ortega. I. Susman. I. Mr. President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and Nelson results. Sorry. There's somebody. There we go. 1339 as council bills 668 has passed calls from Gilmore. Will you put Council Bill six, eight, eight on the floor.