Speaker 0: 12 hours. Council Bill 20 2-0477 has passed. Councilmember Flynn, will you please put council bill 20 2-0585 on the floor for final passage?
Speaker 3: Yes, Madam President, I move the council bill 20 2-0585 be placed upon final consideration and do pass.
Speaker 0: It has been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 20 2-0585 is open. May we have the staff report?
Speaker 3: Good afternoon, city council members. My name is Rob Hege. I'm an associate city planner with CPD and Planning Services. Today I'm going to give a brief overview and present the staff recommendation for the MAP Amendment request at 1170 North Holly Street. Subject property is located in Council District five in the Montclair neighborhood. The applicant is requesting a rezone from urban edge single unit D to Urban Edge Single Unit d1x. The Zone District allows for an accessory dwelling unit to be built on the property, but otherwise all form and use standards would remain the same. Subject property is currently zoned esu d x. And as you can see on this map, the surrounding area and immediately adjacent, the property is also zoned as ADX, the current land use of the specific property as a single unit residential. And the majority of the properties in the surrounding area are also single unit residential. The slide shows the character of the civic property in the surrounding area. The photos in the bottom left and top right show the separate property fronts on Holly 12th and Ivanhoe Street. The photo in the top left is a characteristic view of the residential character and the surrounding area. All information. Letters were sent and public notices were posted. Planning board voted unanimously to forward a recommendation of approval on the May 4th. Planning Board hearing. To date, staff has not received any public comment specific to this rezoning request. The Denver zoning code has five review criteria used for evaluating rezoning proposals. The first criteria requires consistency with adopted plan guidance, including Comprehensive Plan 2040 Blueprint, Denver and the East Area Plan. This Map Amendment bill will promote equity by creating a greater mix of housing options in this neighborhood, which is predominantly single unit residential. And it will lead and lead to an environmentally resilient Denver by promoting infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place. Subject property is within the urban edge future neighborhood context as identified by Blueprint Denver, which is predominantly residential and typically low scale single and two unit uses with some multi-unit residential embedded. Blueprint. Denver also identifies this property as low residential future place type, which is predominantly single unit two unit uses and it says Blueprint. Denver states that accessory dwelling units are appropriate where compatible. Future Growth Strategy and blueprint. Denver is all other areas of the city. These areas are anticipated to see 10% of new employment growth in 20% of housing growth by 2040. Blueprint. Denver also has specific housing specific policy guidance and the land use built form housing policy for focuses on diversifying housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. The East Area Area plan that was adopted in 2020 also includes the separate property. The plan includes three policies applicable to the subject property and the proposed rezoning request. The Area wide policy. L six ensure that that ensures that East Area neighborhoods are inclusive places by thoughtfully integrating compatibly designed missing middle housing and accessory dwelling units in appropriate locations. And then there are also two policies specific to the Montclair neighborhood that promote the integration of ADA use where compatible. Staff also finds that this reasoning request meets the next two criteria in the Denver zoning code. And that the rezoning will result in uniformity of district regulations and will further the public health, safety, welfare, primarily through its implementation of adaptive plans, but also by finding additional housing units that are comparatively integrated into the surrounding neighborhood. The justifying circumstance for this rezoning is bound to be the city adopted plan. Since the approval of the existing ESU de Zone District, the city has adopted comprehensive plan 2040 Blueprint Denver in the East Area Plan stated through this presentation, the proposed rezoning ESU de one x meets the intent of these plans which has specific which have specific guidance stating that to use our appropriate. Lastly, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the urban edge neighborhood context, residential districts and ESU. D1 X zoned district purpose intent statements. And finding that all of these five criteria are met. Staff recommends approval of this rezoning request. Have it answering your questions. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. We have four individuals signed up to speak this evening. Our first is in chambers, Bruce O'Donnell.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Madam President. And congratulations. Members of Council. I'll be very quick. I'm here. Unavailable to answer any questions on this rezoning request at 1170 North Hawley. I concur with the staff report and especially in the East Area plan, finding this an appropriate location for you. And I ask that council vote to rezone 1170 North Hallway from East X to ESU d1x and I'm available to answer questions if you have any.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thank you. Can you say your name?
Speaker 3: I'm sorry. Bruce O'Donnell. 386 Northumberland Street, Denver.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Bruce. Our next speaker is online, Michael Circo.
Speaker 1: Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. Can you hear me?
Speaker 0: Yes. We can hear you.
Speaker 1: Oh, thank you again. I apologize for that. We we are looking for an avenue primarily to allow for our family to grow in place and also assist in allowing multi-generational living. My mother and father both live in town, and part of this was our goal to have them be able to age in place with us and help raise our kids and see their grandkids a little bit more. Outside of that, we our main goal was to also allow us some affordability with the home and opening it up to allow more of our family members to come in. I request that the City Council vote to approve CCB two to dash all 585 the rezoning of 1170 North Hawley Street from ESU de X to ESU one. And I'm available to answer any questions. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2: Think, think, think, think.
Speaker 0: Our next speaker is Geoff Baker joining us online.
Speaker 3: My name is Jeff Baker. I live at 2422 Tampa Street. As you know, Denver is in need of more housing and aid to provide this. This result in request is consistent with adopt a plan such as Blueprint Denver. Therefore, I request the City Council approve the rezoning of 1170 North Hawley from ESU d x to ESU d1x. Thank you so much.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And our final speaker is online, Jesse Paris.
Speaker 1: Yes. Good evening. Member of the council.
Speaker 0: Yes.
Speaker 1: Yes. My name is Harris and I'm represented for Blackstar at the moment for self defense, positive action, command for Social Change, as well as the Unity Party of Colorado. The Heath Number of Residents Council, Frontline, Black Middle and I will be the next Mayor of Denver in 2023. I'm in favor of this rezoning tonight. As previous speakers have already stated, we are in a affordability crisis. So any time the city has an opportunity to provide more housing stock or add to our housing, I'm a supporter of it. So I support this new rezoning. It meets all five of the criteria. That's all I have to say. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions for members of Council and Council. Bill 20 2-0585. Seeing none. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council and Council Bill 22, dash 0585. Councilmember Sawyer.
Speaker 5: Thanks, Madam President. No comments. I'm in support of this. That meets all of the criteria. And the reason no one came to talk about it is because we spent three years on the East Area Plan getting community feedback and talking about it. So I'm in support of this and hope the rest of the councilmembers will agree with me on my assessment of all of our criteria. And also, just as a note, I will say, you know, it used to be that all of our 82 rezoning requests came through an East Colfax, and then we re zoned that neighborhood in partnership with Councilman Herndon to do that. And I think we will probably focus on Montclair next based on the number of of 80 rezoning requests that have come through. So that's it for me. Thank.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Madam Secretary. Roll call on Council Bill 20 20585. Sawyer I.
Speaker 4: Black I.
Speaker 2: CdeBaca I.
Speaker 3: Clark I. Flynn I.
Speaker 0: Herndon.
Speaker 3: I. Hines High.
Speaker 2: Cashman Can each i. Ortega Sandoval.
Speaker 4: I.
Speaker 2: Madam President.
Speaker 0: I. Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.
Speaker 2: 12 days.
Speaker 0: 12 days. Cancel the 22 days. 0585 has passed. Councilmember Flynn, will you please put Council Bill 20 2-0586 on the floor for final passage?
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 1170 North Holly Street in Montclair.
Approves a map amendment to rezone property from E-SU-Dx to E-SU-D1x, located at 1170 North Holly Street in Council District 5. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 5-24-22.