A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4401 South Quebec Street in Hampden South. Approves a map amendment to rezone a property from PUD 206 to S-MX-5 (planned development to suburban, mixed-use) located at 4401 South Quebec Street in Council District 4. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 4-19-22.
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And Development, and I'll be presenting the MAP Amendment four 4401 South Quebec Street. This application is located in Council District four in the Hamden South neighborhood. The property is located along South Quebec Street, north of I to 25. It's just over an acre and is currently occupied by an office building that is primarily used for mental health counseling services. And the purpose of the rezoning is to expand the permitted uses to allow for short term overnight stays. And the applicant is proposing to rezone from pod 206 to Smic's five. The existing zoning is 206. This is a district within the former Chapter 59 zoning code that allows for office and retail uses. It has a maximum floor area ratio of 1 to 1 and a maximum building coverage of 35%. The site is currently used for office uses. The surrounding area is mostly multi-unit. With commercial and retail self-storage directly to the south. This slide shows the existing building performance scale with the subject property on the bottom right hand side. This map amendment was complete at the end of December. A postcard notifying property owners within 200. Feet of the site was. Sent out on December 22nd and then planning board unanimously recommended approve approval of the rezoning on April six. And to date, no public comment letters have been received. There are five review criteria for rezoning in the Denver zoning code that must be met. The first criterion is consistency with adopted plans. And there are two plans that are applicable to this rezoning. Information on how the application meets the strategies and the comprehensive plan can be found in the staff report and some moving to blueprint. Denver. The Blueprint. Denver identifies the future neighborhood. Context of suburban. These areas have irregular block patterns of curvilinear streets and a range of uses. And then the future place type and blueprint. Denver is high, medium residential. These place types provide a mix of medium scale multi-unit residential uses with heights up to five storeys. It can also accommodate compatible commercial and retail uses consistent with the six five request. In South Quebec, Street is designed as is designated as a commercial arterial street. The Blueprint Growth Area strategy is all other areas of the city. This is where we anticipate to see 10% of new jobs and 20% of new housing by 2040. And then Blueprint also includes specific policy recommendations, as are the land use and built form. General Policy three recommends rezoning properties from the former Chapter 59 Zoning Code so that the. Entire city is covered by the Denver zoning code. Staff also finds the requested rezoning meets the next two criteria. The rezoning will result in uniformity of district regulations and will further the public health, safety and welfare, primarily through rezoning of property into the Denver zoning code and allowing a district with a greater density and greater mix of uses. There's also a justifying circumstance for this MAP amendment because the city adopted the Denver zoning code, and this property remains in the former Chapter 59 zoning code. And lastly, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the suburban neighborhood context and the purpose of the mixed use districts and the specific intent of the six five zone district. So finding review criteria have been met. Staff recommends approval of this rezoning, and that concludes my presentation. Think. Ding, ding, ding. Ding, ding, ding. This evening we have two individuals signed up to speak, but both are joining us virtually. Our first speaker is Alison Hibbs. Good evening, counsel. Can everybody hear me okay? Leah Good evening. My name is Alison. Hibbs with Plan West. I am here tonight to represent EWR Plaza in our request to rezone the property at 4040 4401 South Quebec from the outdated PUD 206 to a current. Denver zoned district. Specifically S-Max five. Plan West is a land planning and design. Firm here in Denver. Our case manager, Libby Adams, has already given you guys a very thorough presentation, so I won't take up your time tonight with too much redundancy, but I just want to let the council know that we are here available to answer any questions that you have. The proposed free zone is to benefit both the owner of EWR Plaza by expanding counseling services, which are currently permitted with the current 5206 to include short term overnight services as well as the city by bringing the outdated PUD into a current Denver's own district. Thank you for hearing our proposal tonight and we appreciate your support. Thank you. Our next speaker is Jesse Perez. Yes. Good evening. Members of Council. May I be heard? Okay. In regards to this rezoning, I'm in favor of it. It meets all five of the criteria. Um. If there is going to be some place here was am I ever going to be it is going to be commercial retail. How many employees are going to be at this location? If someone please answer the question. I really appreciate it. Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dashboard 12. All right. It doesn't look like I knew I needed to wait for a second. Councilmember Flynn, please go ahead. Thank you, Madam President. Libya. Do you know, is the Raleigh House the sole occupant of the building or are there other users in there at the moment? And and are they part of this application or do they know about it? Hi. Councilmember Flynn. Can you actually repeat that question? I was being re promoted and so it took me off and then I missed the second half of your question. But halfway between being beamed up. And you're not quite there yet. Thank you. I'm just wondering, is Raleigh how's the sole tenant in this building or are there other users? And if there are other users, are they aware of this? And are they supportive of it or. Or are they impacted by this change? Yeah, that may actually be I may defer to our applicants for that question. I don't know if Alison is able to rejoin. There she is. Okay. Sorry. Technical difficulties on there. I can tell you that Raleigh House does own the building currently and is the primary tenant there. We can try to get the. Owner on as well. We believe there are the tenants that are aware of this. We believe the tenants are aware. Alison, do you know the answer to that question? Yeah, sure. I believe the tenants have been notified. Is that the answer? Does that answer? Your answer was partly cut off. Are the other tenants in the building aware of this and are they impacted by the change? It's like. I. Yes, to the best of our knowledge, the other tenants are aware and are not. Impacted by this change. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. I see no other questions from members of council. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dash 412. Councilmember Black. Thank you, Madam President. I am supporting this resign because it meets the criteria and to address Councilman Flynn's questions. The the building is a small office building in an area where there are office buildings and public storage. And it's really not changing the use at all. They're just allowing people to sleep there at night if they need to be, which is something we desperately need in our city mental health services and a place for people to stay the night if they need to. So I'm both supportive of the rezoning and the youth, and I hope my colleagues will support this rezoning. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Black. And seeing that it does meet all of the criteria, I'm happy to support it this evening as well. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 22, Dashboard 12. Black. I see tobacco, I. Flynn. I turned it on hands. I can change. I. Ortega, I. Sandoval. I swear, i. Torres. Hi. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results. You have a nice. 11 eyes council bill 22, Dash 412 has passed. We're going to move on to our second hearing of the evening. Thank you, Libby, for the staff report and those community members who testified on the previous hearing. Council member state of.