Speaker 0: 11 Eyes Council Bill 8 to 0 has passed. Councilman Flynn, will you put Council Bill 866 on the floor, please?
Speaker 1: Yes, Mr. President. I move that council bill 866 be placed upon final consideration and do pass.
Speaker 0: It has been moved and seconded. The public hearing for Constable 866 is open. May we have the staff report?
Speaker 7: Thank you, Mr. President. Gian Lorenzo got community planning and development. Before tonight, we have an official map amendment application number two 1809 Rezoning 52 Monroe Street from PWD 4083 to 0 three. 52 Monroe Street is located in Council District ten in the Cherry Creek neighborhood. The location is on Monroe Street between Ellsworth and First Avenue. The site is approximately 6250 square feet and currently contains a two story mixed use building. Again, the proposal is to rezone the parcel from the existing former Chapter 59 PUD zoning to growth three to allow redevelopment of the parcel with a boutique medical office. So the proposed zone District G of three stands for General Urban Context Residential Office with a three storey height limit that allows urban house, duplex, townhouse and apartment building forms. So the existing context, as I mentioned, the existing parcel is former Chapter 59 zoning 5483. It is adjacent to GM x three to the north, g RH three to the south, additional PD zoning across the street and B one with waivers. Pudi, 43, was established in 1999. It allows a two storey building with a 6000 square foot maximum size and specifies the uses as a townhouse unit and attached office space. Like many PDAs from that era, it is written two specifically to accommodate a change in the size or location of the existing building or redevelopment of the site without zoning rezoning. Sorry. In terms of the existing context regarding land use subject site, as I mentioned, is currently mixed use. There is a single residence and office space. The block on which is located is largely nonresidential. There's a drive through bank to the north and there is one single unit residence of the south. Further to the south is an Excel substation. There's a large bank and office building across Monroe Street to the west and multi-unit residential to the south west. So a little look at the existing building form and scale in the area. The subject site is highlighted in yellow there and that's looking at the existing building from Monroe Street. To the south is the Excel substation, which you can see from in street there. The existing drive through bank to the north of the site. And these are the existing banks, a large office and multi-unit residential in the southwest corner, looking on the other side of the street. So a bit about the process. This application went to Planning Board on July 18th, 2018, and they voted unanimously to recommend approval. It went to the Land Use Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on August 7th City Council tonight, September 17th. In terms of public comment, there is one letter of support from the Cherry Creek East Association included with the application, and no additional comments have been received since that time. So to jump into the review criteria, criteria number one requires consistency with adopted plans. In this case, there are three applicable plans Comp Plan 2000 Blueprint Denver and the Cherry Creek Area Plan adopted in 2012. Staff found that the proposal is consistent with a number of comprehensive plan policies. These five specifically, which largely relate to promoting infill development and creating neighborhood nodes, and perhaps most importantly, land use strategy to see review and update city processes for enforcement of zoning and other land use regulations. These should include a consistent, enforceable set of performance standards for the owners and operators of all land uses and a swift, efficient and fair inspection and compliance process. So that policy largely speaks to supporting rezoning from former Chapter 59 zoned districts. In terms of blueprint. Denver The site has a land use designation of urban residential. This anticipates neighborhoods that are higher density and primarily residential, but may include a noteworthy number of complimentary commercial uses. The make up of this block, as I mentioned before, is primarily nonresidential and largely represents a transition from the primarily urban residential area to the east and south to urban or sorry to the town and regional center designations along first to the north and west. It's also an area of stability, although as you can see here, it's immediately adjacent to an area of change. The goal for areas of stability is to maintain the character of an area while accommodating some new development and redevelopment. The proposed zoning would maintain the existing mixed use character of the block while remaining compatible with nearby residential areas. The future street classifications for the streets adjacent to the site. Monroe is an UN designated local blueprint. Denver says that local streets are influenced less by traffic volumes and tailored more to providing local access. Mobility is typically incidental and involves relatively short trips at lower speeds. The proposed rezoning to grow three is consistent with the UN designated local street classification, because the zoned district enables low intensity and low scale office and residential uses along streets designated for residential purposes and traffic levels. So for the Cherry Creek East I'm sorry, the Cherry Creek Area Plan. The plan recognizes the value of boutique medical offices specifically and states that continuing to provide high quality office space for these boutique firms is essential to the mixed use character of Cherry Creek. The Cherry Creek East Sub area in which the site is located, supports a mix of residential and office uses and some of the highest residential and employment densities in all of Cherry Creek, as well as the greatest diversity of housing types. The plan also recommends reinforcing the residential character, respecting existing scale of the area and rezoning PDS to 2010 ten zoning code. So as you can see here, the land use designation largely fits the blueprint Denver land use designation of urban residential. And there is an anticipated building height here of three stories, which is also consistent with the proposed zoning. So for the first three criteria, staff does find that the rezoning is consistent with the comprehensive plan blueprint Denver and Cherry Creek Area plan in terms of the uniformity of district regulations. The request is consistent with this criterion as well. It's also rezoning from former Chapter 59. And so that brings greater uniformity into the regulation of the site. And it also furthers the public health, safety and welfare by implementing the city's adopted plans, as well as by bringing it into modern zoning. So four criteria number for justifying circumstances. There is a specific sub criterion there that you can use. It says that the city adopted the Denver zoning code and the property retained former Chapter 59 zoning. So that is the case with this parcel. The proposed rezoning would bring the property into compliance with 2010 Denver zoning code standards and would allow for redevelopment of the property in a manner consistent with the city's adopted plans and policies. And finally, criteria number five, which requires consistency with neighborhood context, zone, district purpose and intent. The general urban neighborhood context is characterized by multi-unit residential uses in a variety of building forms. And low scale commercial areas are embedded within residential areas. Commercial uses occur in a variety of building forms that may contain a mixture of uses within the same structure. CAGR of three largely meets this neighborhood context description and the residential office districts are intended to provide opportunities for residential and office uses in low to moderate scale residential building forms. So staff has found that the proposed zoning is consistent with both the neighborhood context as well as the zone district purpose and intent. Therefore, Community Planning and Development recommends approval of 2018 by number nine based on finding all review criteria have been met.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. We do have four individuals signed up to speak this evening. A few signed up to speak on this item. Might ask that you please come up to the front bench and be ready when I call your name to step up to the podium and your time will start to elapse. And I do apologize if I get your name wrong. First up, it looks like we have Tom Reagan ready.
Speaker 6: Good evening, Mr. Chairman. Mr. President, members of council. I'm Tom Ragged Eddie. My address is 950 17th Street, Denver, and I'm here to speak on behalf of the applicant, Dr. Donny Elliston Mateo. The doctor has long had a medical practice in Cherry Creek.
Speaker 1: East, most recently.
Speaker 6: At a 155 South Madison Street, and she has wanted to relocate and expand the practice.
Speaker 1: 52 MONROE.
Speaker 6: The subject property here was on the market and.
Speaker 1: Was ideal, both in terms of its location and the.
Speaker 6: Structure that's on the property. It was also surrounded as as your staff told you, primarily by commercial uses in one residential rental unit, which is now owned by a colleague of Dr. Don Mateos. The problem was it zoning, it was owned under the old.
Speaker 1: Code was approved and the old PUD.
Speaker 6: Specified that two thirds of the property.
Speaker 0: Could be.
Speaker 6: Residential and one third commercial. With respect to the rezoning, our original thinking was to amend the PUD, but after meeting with your staff they suggested grow three because even though it's a general district with primarily a residential focus, it does allow for certain kinds of commercial uses.
Speaker 1: That fit well.
Speaker 6: With the residents, including a medical practice. We met with Cherry Creek East Neighborhood Association on several occasions and Councilman Nu and Cherry Creek East gave us a letter of support when we agreed to enter into a good neighbor agreement, which waived a number of problematic uses that they didn't really want to see there. So we would ask for your support as well, and we'd be happy to answer any questions. And Dr. Samatar, who is here, if you'd like to know anything about her practice. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. And next up is Danielle Stamets, I.
Speaker 4: Good evening. My name is Daniella Stomach Doyle and I am the owner of 52 Monro and the owner of the practice with the intent to move at this location. I'm here to answer questions.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. Next up, Jesse Pierce.
Speaker 10: Jesse Paris Blackstar, some more self-defense than Mohamed Salah. I just had one question. What is going to be the aim percentage for this residential district? Sit.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. Our last speaker is Chairman Sekou.
Speaker 1: It's. Hmm. German so-called black star movement self-defense. 2019 candidate for mayor Sue County in Denver. We support this wholeheartedly and. You know, this is one of the moments in city council where we get to see the little guy, not a little guy, but regular folks who are leading productive lives that seem to say an area and just need a break. You know. So. This is one of the times that, you know, we can step forward and say, hey, on behalf of the people, you know, leveling the playing field because it is consistent.
Speaker 6: Why not? Why not?
Speaker 1: And congratulations. Because I know that you guys are going to approve this 13 step. Not to jinx the boat, but in hopes that there's a unanimous vote and universal support for this ordinance change. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. That concludes our speakers. Are there any questions from members of council? All right. Seeing no questions that the public hearing for Constable 866 is closed. Are there any comments by members of council? Councilman Espinosa.
Speaker 5: I just wanted to give Jessie.
Speaker 7: An answer.
Speaker 5: This is me shooting off the cuff and ball parking. On the prior rezoning that area. Typically the market rate, Amy, is roughly 122 to 1 30%.
Speaker 7: Of the area median income.
Speaker 5: In Cherry Creek. We don't measure.
Speaker 7: Very significantly north basically where our tables go, you know, and just that is what market rate is. Yeah, that's.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Espinosa. No other comments. I will add that based on what was brought forward in the public hearing and in the staff report, I think it's clear that all the criteria have been met and I will be voting yes on this tonight. Madam Secretary, welcome.
Speaker 4: Black. Right. Brooks Espinosa, I. Flynn I. Gilmore, I. Herndon, I. Can each. Lopez.
Speaker 5: I.
Speaker 4: Ortega. SUSSMAN. Hi, Mr. President.
Speaker 0: I am secretary. Please go to the voting announced results tonight. Tonight is council bill 866 has passed. On Monday, September 24th, the Council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill 933, designating 670 Marion St, the Maya Reed Maru Galia house as a structure for preservation.
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 52 Monroe Street in Cherry Creek.
Approves an official map amendment to rezone property located at 52 Monroe Street from PUD to G-RO-3 (planned development to general urban, residential-office) in Council District 10. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 8-7-18.