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Speaker 4: I move that bill. 0168 be placed upon final consideration and do pass.
Speaker 1: Thank you. It has been moved and. Seconded. Here. You look. Here. There we go. A moved and seconded. Thank you. Council Secretary. The required public hearing for Council Bill 20 2-168 is open. May we please have the staff report?
Speaker 6: Good afternoon, members of the City Council. My name is Fran Beneficial and senior city planner with Planning Services and today I am going to present an overview of the MAP Amendment four 4116 North the Gator Street. The subject property is located in Council District one with Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval. And it is located in the Sunnyside neighborhood. The property owner is proposing to rezone the property to a district with a smaller minimum lot size to be able to build a detached EU. Well, annotated EU is currently allowed under the existing Sony and Hitachi to you is not allowed because the it's is smaller than the minimum 5500 square feet required in the U.S. you see one on district. Spuriously mentioned the properties currently in the urban single unit C one zone district and as you can see on the map. The properties are completely surrounded by other properties. Also shown us you see one. The Kremlin use of the site is single unit residential and it is surrounded by other single unit uses with some two unit multi-unit uses nearby. This slide here shows a couple of images of the existing area with the site of the proposed rezoning on the bottom left and an image that shows the residential character of the neighborhood. Now speaking to the process. Information on notice of the application was sent on December eight, 2021. Planning Board recommended approval and consent agenda on February 2nd. Attached is staff report. You can see a letter of support from Sunnyside, United Neighborhood Inc. Sunny that was provided by the applicant. The R.A. agrees that you will be a great enhancement to the Sunnyside neighborhood. To date, stuff has not received any other letters of support or opposition for any from any other notes or by the public. Now let's take a look at the Denver zoning code. Either of you criteria. The first criterion is consistency with adopted plans. There are three plans applicable to his rezoning Comprehensive Plan 2040 Denver and the Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan. The rezoning is consistent with several of the strategies in comprehensive plan 2040, but I will go just over a couple of them as an example. The MAP Amendment will promote equity by creating a greater mix of housing options in every neighborhood, and it will also lead to an environmentally resilient Denver by promoting infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place. Now looking at live in Denver. The subject properties map is part of the urban neighborhood context. Future places MAP designates the subject property as low residential place type displaced types have predominantly single and two unit uses, and accessory dwelling units are appropriate. North Street is designated as a local or on designated street type. The growth area in Denver is all other areas of the city. These areas are anticipated to see a 10% employment growth and 20% housing growth by 2040. Lupe in Denver also provides guidance on when it's appropriate to rezone to a southern district with a similar minimum standard size. It's appropriate when a pattern of smaller loads with smaller uses is present in surrounding blocks. Well most of the single unit residential lots contained in the same block and the subject property have a load size consistent with the existing use. You see one district on a 5500 square feet or greater on the block to the west of the subject property. More than 50% of the lots are 4690 square feet more consistent with the U.S. You'd be one swing district. If you take a look at the block to the north of this subject, property, more than half of the single unit residential lots have a lot smaller than 5500 square feet. The lot sizes contain on the blocks south of the proposed rezoning are more consistent with the U.S. You see one district, an over 5500 square feet, but still have a considerable amount of smaller lots in the middle of the block. With that agrees that there is a pattern of single unit residential smaller lot sizes in the in the area. And the applicant's proposal of a district with a smaller lot size is consistent with the future. Places Map Blueprint Denver Guidance. And the Blueprint Danvers Guidance for applying for residential future place. Blueprint also includes specific policy recommendations. Housing Policy four focuses on diversifying housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. Now, if you look at the Sunnyside neighborhood plan, it was adopted in 1993 and it is applicable to the subject. Property plan is silent on residential rezoning specifically. However, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the residential land use goal and housing goal that asked to upgrade the housing stock by encouraging long term residency and increasing home ownership , the properties restored to a smaller lot size. The property owner will be allowed to build the 32 new building forming the subject site. The residential character of the Sunnyside will be maintained and the housing stock will be upgraded and will allow the property owner to age in place. Encouraging long term residency. Stuff also finds that the requested signing 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 implementation of. Adopted plans. As discussed above. According to Blueprint Denver, it is appropriate to respond to a district with a smaller load size than the current district. If a pattern of similar loads with similar uses exists in the surrounding blocks, it is also specifically recommended the city diversify housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas. This plan was adopted after the date of the approval of the existing zone district. Therefore, these are appropriate, justified circumstances for the proposed rezoning. Lastly, the proposal, Tony, is consistent with the urban neighborhood context residential districts and the US up one stone district. With that stuff recommends approval based on finding or review criteria has been met.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Fran, for the great staff report. And this evening, we have one individual signed up to speak on this required public hearing. Jesse Perez. Go ahead, please. Jesse, you just have to anew earn.
Speaker 2: Okay. I'm unmuted. Yes, my name is just Mr. Pearce and I'm a presenter for Blackstone at the moment for self defense, positive action command for Social Change, as well as the Unity Party of Colorado, the East Denver Residents Council and Frontline Black News. And I'll be the next November 2023. I'm in favor of this reasoning. Some nights, as is usual on these hearings, I'm in favor of the accessory dwelling units, the.
Speaker 5: 80 youth.
Speaker 2: On my support of 80 use when I ran for City Council at large in 2019, and I will continue to support them as mayor in 2023. So I'm in favor of this rezoning tonight. We need to use all over the city in every district. I'm good work. Amanda Sandoval, you got this. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you. That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council on Council Bill 22, DASH 168. Not seeing any questions from members of council. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council on Council. Bill 22. Dash 168. Council Member Sandoval.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Madam President. This neighborhood, along with three other neighborhoods, but specifically the Sunnyside neighborhood, is undergoing a neighborhood planning initiative. And part of that is we are asking and requesting that this idea of these lot sizes be added to the neighborhood plan so that these type of rezonings don't have to come before city council anymore. Once we get a little bit further along, I'm going to start looking at areas of Sunnyside that don't have a current entitlement for accessory dwelling unit and work on that. But I would say three fourths of Sunnyside actually does have accessory dwelling unit zoning. So I appreciate my colleagues supporting this application. It has met all of the criteria and we will be doing as many as much proactive work in District one so that these type of rezonings don't have to come through. And that's the point of a neighborhood planning initiative is to call out issues such as these on lights. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval. And agree that this meets all of the rezoning criteria and happy to support this this evening as well. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 22, dash 168.
Speaker 6: Please send the vote.
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Speaker 6: Will take it. Madam President.
Speaker 1: I. Madam Secretary, closed the voting and announced results. 13 Eyes. 13 Eyes Council Bill 20 2-168 has passed. Moving along. Councilmember Sandoval, will you please put council bill 22, dash 169 on the floor for final passage.
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4116 Decatur Street in Sunnyside.
Approves a map amendment to rezone property from U-SU-C1 to U-SU-B1 (allows for an accessory dwelling unit), located at 4116 North Decatur Street in Council District 1. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-15-22.