Changes the zoning classification from OS-A (Open Space context, Public Parks) to S-MX-3 (Suburban context, Mixed Use, 3-story max.) of 7155 E. 36th Ave. Rear to conform to adjacent zoning in Council District 11. Changes the zoning classification from OS-A (Open Space context, Public Parks) to S-MX-3 (Suburban context, Mixed Use, 3-story max.) of 7155 E. 36th Ave. Rear to conform to adjacent zoning in Council District 11. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AFTER PUBLICATION. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 2-18-14.
Councilman Herndon, will you please put count 115 on the floor for final passage? Yes, Madam President, I move that council bill 115 to 2014 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. The public hearing for Council Bill 115 is open. May we have the staff report? Miss us. Thank you. Madam President, members of council. My name is Deirdre Rose with Community Planning and Development here with application number two 2013 i000234 7155 is 36th Avenue and this is specifically an 18,000 square foot portion of the rear of what is really a larger lot. The rezoning proposals to go from OSA, which is an open space, a category typically reserved for publicly maintained and owned public lands to as a mixed three or suburban mixed use three story. This is in Council District 11, just west of Quebec Street in Councilman Herndon's district. And as I mentioned, is a very small strip of land along the Quebec corridor where there are commercial hotel development that was associated with Stapleton Airport. This property is just to the west of that. Here's a picture of the property just to give you a full appreciation for what we're doing here. The property abuts an alley that serves Pontiac Street just to the west. And the status of the property is that it was sold to the applicant milk and hospitality, and they're the owners of the hotel just to the east of the property. There were restrictions on this property prior to it going for sale to use as open space and they were removed by prior agreement by the former owner. That open space agreement was specific to when the Denver Airport associates, the two owners ago on the property and reserved the area as an open space buffer in agreement with the neighborhood. The Greater Park Hill Neighborhood Association. That neighborhood association was then deeded the property and held the property and never maintained it as open space, never had the funding to do that and then sold the property to the applicant for this rezoning to go forward. It was never under city and county of Denver parks, maintenance or ownership and OSA is not a typical zoning for a property in that situation. The request is to rezone it to us. Annex three a suburban mixed use three storey, which is the same zoning as on the parcel for the hotel just to the east. The hotel is zoned as Annex three. The residential to the west is ESU. RDX, that's urban edge single unit D. So that is a typical corridor, commercial corridor condition, where you have a residential neighborhood adjacent to a commercial corridor and then to the north is office development. Under the industrial mixed use categories, there is quite a different diverse array of context in this area. The building form and scale around this site, I showed you the site itself, but then there are single storey homes as well as the office development to the north. Again, it's fairly low scale as far as the process is to has out a ruling on February 25th and is it a city council today. Regarding public outreach, as I mentioned, the Greater Park Hill Neighborhood Association, per community association did sell the property to the applicant and did remove the deed restriction for open space. So we did not receive any other comments from any other associations. We have reviewed this zoning consistent with our review criteria, including consistency with adopted plans, uniformity of our district regulations, furthering the public health, safety and welfare, justifying circumstances and consistency with neighborhood context on district and intent. With regard to neighborhood plans, I'll quickly go through these because really this is a matter of ensuring that this slice of property has the same zoning as the proper. That is owned by the same owner to the east. But regarding comprehensive plan, there are typical strategies regarding urban infill development and consistency with zoning, encouraging quality infill development that is consistent with the character of the surrounding neighborhood. In order to further develop this property at any point to use this property, it would have to have the same zoning as a hotel site to the east, whatever it may become in the future. With regard to Blueprint Denver, this is also an interesting piece of information. This is an area of stability along this commercial corridor. It has never been residential along the commercial corridor, but it is designated as an area of stability where changes can occur and they just don't happen on quite as large an impact as areas of change. Let's say Stapleton, just to the east of Quebec, on the other side. With regard to streets 36th Avenue and 38th are both designated local and industrial collectors. And in Quebec Street is a commercial arterial. The Park Hill Neighborhood Plan does not specifically talk to the site, but along the Quebec Street corridor. There are descriptions of the sub area in which the site is located, talking about it being framed by airport, hotels and other industrial businesses, and that with the economic development goal being five to develop vacant land in a way that is compatible with the character and density of the surrounding business and neighborhoods. And the Stapleton perimeter plan designates the property as underutilized land, but doesn't have any specific recommendations with regard to justice. Justifying circumstances of explain those in the preceding discussion that the property is really no longer considered or ever managed as open space at this time. And a deed restriction on the use was removed by the former owners in 2012. Therefore, current zoning is generally reserved for publicly maintained parks in open space, and a new zone district needs to be assigned with regard to neighborhood context, zoning and intent. Within the suburban neighborhood context, it is being proposed to have the same zoning as the property to the east, capturing current conditions on the commercial sites and should it ever be developed, would be developed part and parcel with that larger site. With that, CPD recommends approval based on the finding that all review criteria have been met. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Ose. Two speakers. The Mr. Mallory would like to come to the podium and speak or know. You don't. You don't have to know, okay? You're just here for questions if we have them. Okay. Thank you very much. Sekou. Yes. Chairman Sekou Black Collective Movement, self-defense, representing poor, working for homeless people. First of all, it's my honor to be here today in support of this. The only change. It may seem small and trivial, and we're trying to put together some consistency in terms of how these different areas have some consistency in terms of zoning for possibilities of development and from looking at the picture. Most folks would think that what you're going to do with this I mean, this analogy does and real do this. I know this man. And I've had homeless people stay in his hotel. He's been more than kind in embracing us and helping us out to find emergency housing for them. When it's like going through a bunch of loops and circles and things to get it done through the city, especially on emergency thing. And so he's been there for us, and we hope that you will approve the zoning change because just thinking about it, it would be an excellent spot to teach poor people how to grow some food. I mean, what better place to do it? And it's already set up in a row. So it's almost like we decided to plant some cotton and we'd be right there with it and maybe get a shirt out to do that. But it gives us a chance to do something and be active and keep the neighborhood looking good. And there's a lot of possibilities for it. If we just take this thinking out the box and I'll be sharing these ideas with my friends here, and I would like to personally thank you for all the work that you've done. And my brother, who lived at the hotel, who Pastor Jerry Stephens. We spent a lot of time at that pool together, figuring out how to keep me from ended up going to jail by coming down here every week. So thank you very much for your time and I hope you guys support this donation. Okay. That's the last of our speakers. Are there questions from council? And seeing none. Well, we'd have one. There is one councilman. Never just in the next. Or maybe two early. Thank you, Madam President. I just. I can't resist asking a question. So is this a it couldn't quite see it on the the display. Is this on the other side of the alley from the existing or is it on the same side of the alley as the existing smx3? It is on the same side. It's on the same side of the alley. Right. If you if you look at there's a zoning picture in your staff report as well, I guess you don't have the. But just to the east of the site is that some x three that goes north and south between 38th and just south of 36. So if you so if you go from oh, now, that didn't make sense. Go back in you reach the the this weird osa strip before you get to the alley. That's right. Strip. And then you get to the alley. So rezoning this strange strip that's been reserved next to the alley. Right. Got it. Okay. So that was sort of confusing me. And then the neighborhood association owned this piece. The third. Yeah. The the former owner, Denver Airport Associates, I imagine, has developed many of the hotels or those properties for that commercial development. And in some discussion with the neighborhood for which notes, we could not find anything on it. But according to the Greater Park Hill Neighborhood Association reps of today, that it had been granted to their neighborhood association as an open space buffer from the commercial development. And then they were provided the property and the responsibility of maintaining it and then were cited for not maintaining it. Because if you look at the property and you look at the picture, it's doesn't make sense that it's the property they would be maintaining. It actually looks like it belongs to the hotel. And so now with it under other ownership, actually the current owner is responsible and has been responsible for maintaining that. So yeah, it was. And then the Denver Airport Associates actually removed the restriction for the Greater Park Hill Neighborhood Association in order for them to sell it so that. It wouldn't happen. Oh, I see. So the airport association sold or gave it to the neighborhood association with the Covenant and then had to remove the covenants so the neighborhood association could then sell it to the. Thank you. The current owner got it. Yes. Wow. That must be the only occasion of a neighborhood association owning a big chunk of property. Anyway, that's. I'm sorry. This is just mere curiosity. I look forward to voting in favor of this. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Nevitt. And see no other questions. I'll close a public hearing. Ask for comments from council members. Councilman Herndon. Thank you, Madam President. As Councilman Levitt said, this is a bit peculiar, but I think we're certainly fixing the dilemma. I've met with the owner as well as the Register Neighborhood Organization, and you would be surprised at the costs it takes to maintain that plot. And they were certainly losing money funds doing this. And this is certainly, as most people realize, assumed it belonged to the the hotel as well. So it's happy that all parties involved were really happy with this. And I certainly would encourage my colleagues to support this. Thank you, Councilman Herndon. And seeing no other comments, i will ask for Raquel Herndon. I can eat Lemon Lopez Montero by Nevitt Ortega by Rob Wright. Brown Fats. I. Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, close to voting. Announce the results. Tonight. Ten Eyes. The bill passes on Monday, April 28th. Council will hold a required public hearing council bill 245 Changing the class zoning classification of 24 2024, 30, 24, 42, 24, 60 and 2460 through to 2490. South University Boulevard. Any protests against Council Bill 245 must be filed with the council officers no later than noon on Monday, April 21st, 2014. And seeing no other business before this body, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everyone. Denver ATV. Your city, your source. 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