A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4750 Zuni Street in Sunnyside. Approves an official map amendment to rezone property from U-SU-C to U-SU-C1 (allows for an ADU), located at 4750 Zuni Street in Council District 1. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 3-3-20.
13 Eyes Council Bill 162 has passed. We're on to the next 120 dash 0201. It's a bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4750 Zuni Street in Sunnyside. Councilmember CdeBaca Would you please put Council Bill to zero one on the floor for passage. And move that Council bill to zero one be placed upon final consideration and do pass? It has been moved again. Thank you. The required public hearing for Council Bill 20 dash 0201 is open. May we have the staff report, please? Afternoon. My name is Jim and I'm an associate city planner with community planning and Development. And today, I'm going to send you an overview of a MAP amendment for 4759. Subject property is located in Council District one. In the Sunnyside neighborhood. Properties located in the property is located just south by 70 along Sunni street north of 47th Avenue. It's approximately 7720 square feet, and it's currently occupied by a single unit home. The property is currently in the urban single unit C Zone District and the applicant is proposing to rezone to urban single unit C1 to allow for an accessory dwelling unit. The U.S., U.S. one allows for the Urban House and the Dutch accessory dwelling unit forms. The maximum height for a house is 30 to 35 feet and 24 feet for the 32 year. Existing zoning is urban single unit C, which allows for a minimum zone load of 5500 square feet. Most of the surrounding properties are also southern U.S. U.S.. So it is occupied by a single unit residence and it's surrounded by mostly other single unit residences. This slide shows the existing area. You can see in the top left, that's the property and then the other one. So to give you an idea of that, it's a very residential area. Speaking of the process, information on notice of the application was sent at the beginning of December 2019. The public hearing was initially scheduled for April 13 and had to be rescheduled for June 1st and then rescheduled a third time. Today's move to property was probably noticed every time and as a result no comments had been received by the public or registered native neighborhood organizations. The Denver zoning code has five review criteria which I will go over. The first criteria is consistency with adopted plans. Therefore, plans are applicable to these rezoning. The first one is comprehensive plan 2040. The second one is in Denver. Then we have housing and inclusive Denver. And the last one is Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan of 1992. The rezoning is consistent with several of the strategies in comprehensive plan 2040, but I'll go just over a couple of them. This MAP amendment will promote equity by creating a greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood, and it will lead to an environmentally resilient Denver by promoting infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place. I want to implement the subject properties mapped as part of the urban neighborhood context. This context is described as containing small, multi-unit, residential and mixed use areas that are typically embedded in one unit of two unit residential. And this look patterns are generally regular with a mix of early access, and they have been described as having a high degree of walkability ability and good access to transit with less reliance on cars . The future places map designates the subject property as low residential place status. Displaced types have predominantly single and two unit uses, and accessory dwelling units are appropriate. Sunni Street is designated as a residential collector, which is mostly characterized by residential use. The growth area in bloom in Denver is all other areas of the city. These areas anticipated to see 10% employment growth and 20% housing growth by 2040. Lupine also includes specific policy recommendations. Housing policy number four talks about diversifying housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. Now looking at housing and inclusive Denver. It encourages expanding the development of accessory dwelling units to incentivize affordable and mixed use housing and as a wealth building tool for low and moderate income homeowners. The proposed rezoning is consistent with the recommendations and comprehensive plan in Denver and housing in Denver because it will expand housing options and allow the development of an accessory dwelling unit in this location. Finally looking at the Sunnyside neighborhood plan that was adopted by city council in 1982. It identifies the serious residential. The goals of the plan refer to maintaining and stabilizing the residential character of Sunnyside while encouraging small scale shops and offices, particularly in the commercial zones along 44th Avenue and different street. So that will enhance or serve. The neighborhood does not have any particular recommendations for the area where the subject property is located. But it says are the key to a safe, stable neighborhood will be in providing decent, affordable rental housing. Since the proposed Southern District would contribute we'll continue to reinforce. The residential character of the area is consistent with the applicable recommendations of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan. Stuff also finds that the requested Sony meets the the next two criteria. The rezoning will result in uniformity of the regulations and will further the public health, safety and welfare primarily through the implementation of adopted plans. Stuff does find that there is a justified circumstance for the MAP amendment, with the newly adopted vision for accessory dwelling units in all residential areas in Philippines. Under. Lastly, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the urban neighborhood context residential district and the intent of the USOC once owned district stopped us to recommend approval based on finding or review criteria has been met. And that concludes stuff. Presentation. Thank you, Fran. If we could ask you to stop sharing your screen for us. Thank you. Tonight, council has not received any written testimony on Council Bill 20-0201. We do not have any individuals signed up to speak this evening. And so we'll just go ahead and go to questions by members of council. Any questions of my colleagues? All right. CNN the public hearing for council bill 20-0201 is closed. Comments by members of council. Councilwoman Sandoval. Thank you, Madam President, and thank you, friends, for this great presentation and if the applicants are on the line. I would just like to acknowledge the fact that at the very beginning of this presentation, they were not just postponed once, but they were, I think, postponed twice or maybe even three times. And so I was looking back over this report and we heard it in February, and that just trying that is telling of our the very trying times that we're in right now. And so I usually go on about accessory drying units and what we're doing. And I'll say that because I feel this application meets all of the criteria, the five criteria, and I would just ask my colleagues to please vote in favor of this. And once again, to the applicant, thank you for your patience. Well, we figured out virtual and had some other protests in our city about other things happening. So thank you. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Councilwoman. So, you know other comments by members of council. Madam Secretary, roll call. In the bar. I. Sawyer. I see. Torres, I. Black. I will mark you as an I think you see tobacco. I can't. I. When I. Heard it. I kind I. Cashman. I can eat I. Ortega. I. Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 13 Eyes. 13 Eyes Council Bill 201 has passed. Or moving on to 20-05, four or five. It's an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4228 Kalama Street and 40 to 60 Kalama Street in Sunnyside. Councilmembers say to Barker, Will you please put Council Bill 545 on the floor for passage?