A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4846 Knox Court in Regis. Approves an official map amendment to rezone property from U-SU-C to U-SU-C1 (allows for an accessory dwelling unit), located at 4846 Knox Court in Council District 1. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 7-21-20.
Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 12 Eyes. 12 Eyes Council Bill 694 has passed. Next up, Councilmember Sandoval, would you please put council Bill 695 on the floor for passage, please? I move that those 695 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 20 dash 0695 is open. Maybe please have the staff report. Hello. My name is Edson Ibanez, an associate city planner with CUNY Planning. And I'm here to present an overview of the MAP Amendment four 4846 talks. If the host can allow me to share my screen, I can pull up the PowerPoint. Great. Can you see that? Thank you. So the property is currently located in Council District one. It is in the Regis neighborhood and the request is just north of I-70. It is a property that's over 6000 square feet. It is single unit residential. And they're requesting you, as you see one, the existing zoning is you as you see and it is surrounded by us. You see the existing land use is single unit residential and it is surrounded by single unit residential. Here is a looking at the property here on the top right corner and on the bottom left is just a home across the street. So looking at the process, information and notices sent out in March 2017, 2020 and went before the Planning Board on July 15, 2020, and it was approved unanimously. And it is before you here tonight. As of today, there has been only one comment and it is attached to the staff report. The Denver zoning code has five review criterias, which I'll go over. The first criteria is consistency with adopted plans and there are three plans applicable to the rezoning. And the first one is comprehensive plan 2040, the second one to blueprint Denver, and the third is housing and inclusive Denver. So the rezoning is consistent with several strategies and comprehensive plan 2040, but I would just go over a couple of them. This MAP amendment will promote equity by creating a greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood and will lead to an environmentally resilient Denver by promoting info development where infrastructure and services are already in place. Now when we look at Blueprint Denver, a 2019 plan, the subject property is 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 and two unit residential blocks when we're looking at. We're looking at the future place map designation and the subject property is designated as low residential place type displace type as predominantly single and two unit uses and accessory dwelling units are appropriate. Knox Core is a designated is designated as a local street, which is mostly characterized by residential uses and their growth area and blueprint. Denver's in all is classified and all other areas of the city. These areas are anticipated to see 10% of employment growth and 20% of housing growth by 2040. And then blueprint also includes specific policy recommendations, specifically housing policy number four, that talks about diversifying housing choices through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. Next is housing. For an inclusive Denver encourages the expansion, expansion and the development of accessory dwelling units to identify affordable and mixed use housing and as a wealth building tool for low and moderate income homeowners. So therefore, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the recommendations in the Comprehensive Plan Blueprint Denver and Housing and Inclusive Denver because it would expand housing options in order to allow for the development of an accessory dwelling unit. Staff also finds that the requested zoning meets the next two criteria. The zoning will result in a uniformity of district regulations, and it will further the public health and safety welfare of the city by primarily through the implementation of adopted plans. Staff does fine. That the request only meets the justified circumstances. With the newly adopted vision for accessory dwelling units and all residential areas and blueprint Denver. And lastly, the proposed zoning is consistent with the urban neighborhood context residential districts and the intent with for that you as you see one zoned district. So therefore CPD recommends approval based on all findings that are required to have been met. I am available for any questions and the applicant I believe, is also here. All right. Thank you, Edson. Council has not received any written testimony on Council Bill 695. And tonight we have one individual signed up to speak and our first and only speaker will be Jesse Paris. And I thought, we have you up. There we go. All right. You're getting emails. The council. My name is Justin Paris. I reside in District eight and councilman for the district and I'm representing for Denver Homicide. Wow. That's a toxic movement for self defense, positive for social change, as well as the Unity Party of Colorado, Mile-High News and Universe People's Organization. I'm actually in favor of this rezoning today. I support it. I think we need to have more energy use throughout the city, especially with the affordability housing crisis that we are currently in. Even though we have a 26,000 vacant luxury apartments in this town, I support this rezoning and that's all I have to say for today. Thank you. All right. Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions from members of council. Councilman Flynn. Thank you. I didn't get an opportunity to go up and go past the property prior to the hearing. But I did look at the the online aerial photography and it appears as though there already are about four structures in the backyard here. Can you explain? And from the imagery, it looks like like an aid you may already have been built. Is that just a garage? And what are the other three structures in the backyard? If you know. According to the applicant, which doesn't look like he was on, but he's no longer on. I know for a fact that one of the structures is a garage. I do not know for the others. Okay. I'm looking at page five of the staff report. It also has that same aerial photo and you can see the two of them appear to be sheds. And then there's a a large structure that on the Ali Street View wasn't there in the earlier photography. The applicant bought this property about a year ago. And do you know, does the applicant live in the house there? According to the applicant, he does. Okay. All right. And the applicant isn't in the audience. Madam President. I am looking again. It's just that one day. I don't believe. I know. We've got some. If Mr. Day is in the attendees, if you wouldn't mind raising your hand. Oh, I again. All right. We're going to go ahead and get him promoted into the panelists. Kind of like on Star Trek where being beaming him up. All right. Hello, Mr. De. Hi. What are. What are all the structures in the back yard currently? Hi. Hi. Yeah. Yeah. So currently. There's actually only one structure at the backyard, and it is a detached two car garage, initially just purchasing property. Oh, can you hear me? Yes. Yes. Initially there were okay, there was time to share what you're seeing from the aerial photography. There were two utility sheds for doing a lot more. Okay. So you cleared them off? Actually, that's old aerial photography. Or, you know, gardening tools, things like that. The only structures government. I'm sorry, Madam President. I know I was cutting out on me. Yeah. What I took from that yesterday is that when you bought the property, those two utility sheds were there, and. And since then, they've been removed. And that's why on the Ali Street View, it's cleared. So the Ali Street View is really the newer view and what your intent is to to add the idea there. So that's the evidence that answered my question. Correct, completely. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. And welcome to Denver. Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Mr. De, for the public record, would you mind please introducing yourself, though, and you're. Absolutely. I'm Joshua J. I'm born. Colorado resident. I just bought eight or six nuts caught. All right, great. Thank you. All right. The public hearing for council bill 20 dash 0695 is closed. Comments by members of Council. All right, then. No comments by members of council. Madam Secretary, roll call, please. The end of all. I swear I Tories I black. CdeBaca. I. Clark. I. Flynn, i. Herndon. I. Hines All right. Can you? I. Ortega, I. Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 11 Eyes, 11 eyes council bill 695 has passed. Next up, Councilmember Sandoval. Will you please put council bill seven or eight on the floor for passage?