A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 480 South Tejon Street in Athmar Park. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from E-SU-B to E-SU-B1 (allows for an accessory dwelling unit), located at 480 South Tejon Street in Council District 7. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 3-29-22.
Tennis Council Bill 20 2-0354 has asked. Councilmember Sawyer, will you please put Council Bill 20 to dash 0355 on the floor for final passage? I move that council bill 20 220355 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 20 2-0355 is open and we have Val back up for the staff report. Go ahead. Thank you, Madam President. Good evening. Members of council again, Valerie Herrera, senior city planner with Community Planning and Development. I will be presenting an ad rezoning case for the subject property located at 480 South Tyrone Streets. The subject site is in Council District seven with Councilmember Clark. Located in the Ashmore Park neighborhood. Subject property is a large, fairly large site, currently 9370 square feet with a zone lot width of 50 feet. The request is for urban edge single unit B one to allow for a detached accessory dwelling unit in the rear of the lot. The site and the surrounding properties to the north and east are SUV, allowing only urban houses with a minimum zone. Lot area of 4500 square feet just south of the site is zoned eastside allowing for both suburban and urban houses with a minimum zone lot area of 6000 square feet. To the West Zone former chapter 50 9r1, which is a single unit detached dwelling, low density district. To the northeast is E2 C, which allows up to two units on a minimum zone lot area of 5500 square feet and to the north off Alameda Avenue is urban edge mixed use three a with use overlays one and two . The site is single unit residential and surrounded by single unit residential to the north east and south of the site. West of the site is classified public, quasi public where you can find the Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy, Rochelle Junior High School Catholic Charities, Michelle and KIPP Denver Collegiate High School all along South Taken Street subject properties , fairly large corner lot on the northeast corner of Virginia Avenue and South Tyrone Street, there is an existing primary single unit structure as shown in the middle photo and a detached accessory structure currently located on the lot. The photo at the top is a capture of the school campus across the street to the west of the property . And the photo on the bottom is a property across the street directly to the south. The Map amendment went to planning board on Wednesday, March 16th, where the team was, where the item was recommended, approval on the consent agenda. The rezoning was then moved forward to the final hearing of City Council by the Land Use Transportation Infrastructure Committee on Consent on March 29th and is being heard today. To date, staff has not received written input from any of the registered neighborhood organizations that were sent notice and no public comments received. The Denver Zoning Board has five criteria review criteria. The first is consistency with adopted plan, starting with comprehensive plan 2040. Staff found the rezoning to be consistent with several strategies shown from Campaign 2040. Again. Goal one strategy a increasing development of housing units close to transit and mixed use developments. Go to strategy a create a mix greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood for all individuals and families. Goal eight Strategy A under environment is promote infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place and environmental resilience. Goal eight Strategy B Encourage a mixed use communities where residents can live, work and play in their own neighborhoods. Blueprint under maps. This areas urban edge context and residential low, which consists of predominantly single and two unit uses on smaller lots and allows for accessory dwelling units to be thoughtfully inappropriately integrated where compatible. Oh. Additionally Blueprint Denver guidance provides support through policy for diversify housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas as well as strategy. A city wide approach to enable adus use is preferred. The Ashmore Park perimeter plan of 2000 finds that the proposed rezoning demonstrates consistency with this plan, per the following goal found on page 14 of Overall Plan Goals and Strategies Section Goal one Promote neighborhood stability, support, preservation of neighborhood character and create sense of place strategies underneath that goal. Continue to maintain the integrity of residentially zoned areas and identify characteristics that make more, park a unique neighborhood and promote the neighborhood as a good place to live and work . For criteria two and three step on the rezoning to be consistent with adopted plans. The proposed rezoning will result in uniform application of zoned district building form, use and design regulations, and it will further the public health, safety and welfare through implementing adopted plans and facilitating increased housing density. Four criteria for staff found that the proposed rezoning is justified through a city adopted Plan B and finally, the context zone, district purpose and intent of ESU B one are all appropriate for this particular location given the surrounding area, the adopted plan guidance and the location of the site. Given the finding that all review criteria have been met. CPD Recommends City Council Approve Application 2020 1i-0 0 to 4 zero based on finding our review criteria have been met. Note is approval of a rezoning is not approval of a proposed specific development project. Thank you. Thank you, Val, for the staff report. We have one individual signed up to speak on this hearing. Jesse Paris. Yes. Even in members of council, I find it odd. Let me turn off my camera, but we're going to go through with it. My name is just Wissam Paris, and I'm represented for Blackstar at the moment for self defense. Classic Memphis chains, as well as the Colorado the East Denver Residents Council, Frontline Black News. And I will be the next mayor of Denver in 2023 and I reside in just eight. And Christopher Hearn is just. I'm in favor of this rezoning. I've supported you in the past when our city council was a large enough, supported them and still 2022 soon to be 2023. I will continue to support. And rezoning is no different. It meets all five of the criteria, which is a simple adopted plan. It needs uniformity with district regulations. If our public health, safety and wellness, it meets justifying circumstances. It means consistency with neighborhood context. Don't use that purpose in. So with that being said, I support this and I hope you were well. Thank you. Sweep the council like they sweep the unhoused every night. Candy and cash went to say. Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dash 0355. Councilmember Flynn. Uh, thank you, Madam President. The orientation of the slot. The address of the slot is at odds with the rest of the Val Verde subdivision, that in which it's part it covers three lots of of that subdivision and the rest of the residences front on the east west streets, the avenues. But this one has an address on Tatum Home Street. So I'm curious, how does CPD apply the standards for placing an ADU on a lot like that because. If we recognized teo on street as the front, then the lot is only 75 feet deep. Mm hmm. And does that meet the requirements for a detached adu in the rear? 35% of that lot. Does that give sufficient space, or do we have the ability to. Modify some of those for special circumstances like this. The reason I ask is there is an alley, but it's on the side of the house rather than at the rear of the house. If you go by the address, the other houses on that block I think are oriented the same way. But they have addresses on the avenue, I think it was Alaska place. So how do how do we handle that? You know, I'll try to give that a stab, Councilman Flynn. Of course, the rezoning side of things sometimes we don't always see a proposal of what what what wants to be done with the site. But if and when we do receive a proposal concurrent with the rezoning, we typically connect with our development services team and help the applicant to understand what would be feasible, what would not. It would also be dependent on whether or not they want to demolish the primary structure. That could also be an option if they wanted to split the lot because they are going down to a smaller lot size. So there are a number of different options, but I think that we wouldn't be able to kind of narrow that down. And I don't know that what CPD would recommend on the development services side of things if and when a project came in for concept. Sure. I think the rest of the parcels, the rest of the. Lots on that block on. Alaska cover, only two lots of the subdivision. This one is three. So it's 75 feet. Mm hmm. Also, there is an existing garage on the property, and I wasn't able to drive by, but I just looking at the Google satellite view, which is not really a satellite, it looks like that might be it has several doors on it and a porch. Is that already being used as an aid to you? Do you know, or is that strictly a garage? You know, I would not be able to answer that, but maybe if the applicant is on right now, Paul Salazar is his name could respond to that. Sure. Thank you. Madam President, if Mr. Salazar's error, could he we do. I see him raising his hands and so will his hands. Who will ask the producers to bring him into the panelists, please? Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. All right. You have Mr. Salazar on. Mr. Salazar. If it does, the garage that's on the property right now, is that being used? Is that equipped as a residence? Is there a kitchen and bathroom and plumbing in there? No. Currently that garage is just a garage here. Thank you. It's it's hard to tell from Mr. Google. Appreciate that. Would you be able to follow up with us as to what are the standards for locating an ADU on a property when it's shallow like that and the backyard is just so narrow, whereas it would make more sense to put this adu where the garage is off the alley. I mean, that would be a perfect location for it. But would that fit within our standards and forms? Just to follow up would be helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Absolutely. Councilman Flynn, thank you so much. I'm sure our ADU programs are already covering it. I'm sorry. I don't have a better response. Okay. That will follow. Are they watching? Possibly. I would assume so. Perhaps so. All right. Well, thank you, Val, for the response and council member Flynn for those questions. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council on Council Bill 20 2-0355. Council Member Clark Thank you. Council President Thank you for that great presentation. I think this clearly meets the criteria that we're here to determine tonight, so I'll be very supportive of this. I also just wanted to flag for the rest of the council that Hammer and Valverde are now working with CPD and my office to do what the rest of West Denver has done and look at doing neighborhood wide use. And that is getting so popular that I'm not getting burned by Ruby Hill because they're a little upset that they were not included in the second round. So hopefully lots of good ideas on the way and hopefully fewer nights like tonight where we are sitting here and just approving one little edu at a time as we go. And so thank you to our president pro tem for leading the way over in West Denver. On my side of the things with some some neighborhoods that really got over it and are excited about it and who knows, maybe Ruby Hill by the time we're done with it in this room. So thank you very much. Definitely be supporting us tonight. Thank you. Council president. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Clark. And happy to support this this evening as well. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 22, Dash 0355, please. See tobacco. I. Clark Black. I. Flynn. Hi. Haines. Hi. Cashman. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I know. I. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, closed the voting and announced the results. Of tonight's. Ten Eyes Council Bill 20 2-0355 has passed. Thank you for the staff report Val and the pre adjournment announcement this evening. On Monday, June 20th, council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill 20 2-0469 Changing the zoning classification for 1895 North Quebec Street and 1800 North Oneida Street in South Park Hill. A required public hearing on Council Bill 22, Dash 0470, changing the zoning classification for 1450 North Olive Street in Montclair and a required public hearing on Council Bill 22, Dash 0476 Changing the zoning classification of 2524 through 2660 Larimer Street. 2609 2623 2641 Lawrence Street. In five points in a protest against Council Bill's 22 dash for six 920 2-470 or 20 2-476 must be filed with the council offices no later than noon on Monday, June 13. There being no further business before this body, this meeting is adjourned.