Speaker 0: No. Go on it. No. Okay. We're going to go ahead. We have had this issue before and so Scott's going to go ahead and get back in and join us so that he can do the staff report. And so if our legislative analysts can be looking for Scott as he returns. Let's check your audio now, Scott.
Speaker 2: Can hear me now.
Speaker 0: Yes, we can hear you now. So. All right. Go ahead with the staff report, please.
Speaker 2: All right. Thank you. Sorry about that again. Scott Robinson with plenty in development. And share my screen here. This is a request to rezone 2101 and 2105 North Humboldt Street from student over 74 to UMC to Property is located in Council District nine in the City Park West neighborhood. It is at the northwest corner of Humboldt Street and 21st Avenue, just north of the Uptown Hospital District. Property is about half an acre in size, and it is currently home to the Gerri's Nut House business, which is a business that manufactures packages, distributes and sells nuts and other snacks. And so the applicants are requesting a rezoning to allow the addition of a hardware store to a portion of the building. The building would remain, and the jury's that house business would remain in a portion of the building and a portion of the building would be converted into a hardware store. Here you can see the existing zoning. I won't get into what the puta says on the next slide, but you can see it's surrounded on three sides by the u t u v zoning. That's two unit residential zoning with a mixture of some. You mix two and two x nearby and then the hospital zoning across 21st Avenue to the south. The Peabody was adopted in 1982, and it allows basically the existing business retailing, selling, processing and packaging of food in the existing building as it is built. No additions or changes are allowed over the TV. But you can see the existing language says the jury is not. House business comes off as industrial, surrounded by a mixture of single unit two unit and multi-unit residential with some mixed use, commercial civic uses and other industrial uses mixed in north of 21st Avenue and then again south of 21st Avenue. Our hospitals and medical uses. You can see the property in the photo in the bottom. Right. And then some of the surrounding property in the other photos. The proposed zoning is you. Me too. Which is urban context. Main Street zoning with a two storey maximum height. It would allow a range of commercial, residential and civic uses in the town house drive thru services, drive thru restaurant and shopfront building forms with a maximum height of two stories for 30 feet and would require buildings to be built up to the street within a dot to requirement and also includes transparency requirements to create a walkable urban environment. This application went to planning board on March 31st of this year, received a unanimous recommendation of approval by two members of the public spoke. They raised concerns about the impacts on parking and the impacts on. Sailing along buildings to the north. This went to the Land Use Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 15th. You have in your packet letters of support from three registered neighborhood organizations Capitol Hill. United Neighbors. City Park. West. In October on the Hill. In order to approve a rezoning, the city must find that these five criteria have been met. The first criterion is consistency with adopted plans. There are three adopted plans that apply to this property. First is Comprehensive Plan 2040, as described in the staff reports test on its proposed rezoning, consistent with multiple strategies from efforts at Plan 2040 , including these which are related to supporting small businesses and appropriate infill development. In terms of equity, Stephane supposed resulting consistent with these strategies for the equitable, affordable and inclusive vision element of company in 2040 relating to providing services and amenities in neighborhoods and supporting small businesses. And in terms of climate stuff, I'm suppose presenting consistent with these two strategies from the environmentally resilient, the resilient vision element of plan 2040, again relating to install development and mixed use development. The second plan is Blueprint Denver from 2019. The future context designation for this property is urban, which calls for a mixture of mixed use and commercial embedded into residential neighborhoods, which is consistent with the proposed rezoning and consistent with the proposed new urban neighborhood context of the US two zone districts. The future place designation is low residential, which calls for predominantly single and two uses, but with limited mixed use where commercial uses are already established, which is the case here, and heights up to a maximum of two and a half storeys, which the proposed running up to two. Both 21st Avenue and Humboldt Street are local streets, providing local access to the property. The future growth strategy in this first priority is all other areas of the city intended to accommodate 10% of new jobs and 20% of new housing by 2040. These are consistent with the proposed rezoning and blueprint. Denver also includes other strategies and recommendations, including Policy three Strategy A relating to rezoning properties out of former Chapter 59 into the Denver zoning code, which this proposed rezoning would do. The third plan is the new central area plan adopted this fall. It has the same urban context and low residential place designation, which again calls for liquid and mixed use where commercial uses have already been established, which again is the case for this application. It also calls for promoting and protecting small businesses in the area north of 21st Avenue in the City Park neighborhood, which is where this property is located. And the proposed rezoning would help facilitate that and would also help maintain appropriate small scale, mixed use zoning in these areas with the appropriate building forms and set back requirements. So staff finds the proposed rezoning consistent with the adopted plans and the first criterion. The second criterion is uniformity of district regulations. That finds the proposed rezoning would result in uniform application of the units to zoned districts. The third criterion is to further the public health, safety and welfare of the city. Staff finds the proposed rezoning would do so by implementing the city's adopted plans, allowing for expanded uses to serve the community in this area and also requiring building form and design if the property is at some point in the future redeveloped. The building would be brought up to the street with transparency, creating a pedestrian friendly and safe environment. Loading, walkability and health will serve. The fourth criterion is justifying circumstances. Staff finds the proposed rezoning justified by the change for changing conditions in the area. First, that the property is retained over Chapter 59 zoning, and this is done into the zoning code and also newly adopted plans in the area. The sex area plan, as I mentioned, was adopted just last year and calls for strengthening this commercial zoning, mixed use zoning, inappropriate locations at City Park West. The fifth criterion is consistency with neighborhood context, zone history, purpose and intent. Staff finds the proposed rezoning would result in development consistent with the urban neighborhood context, description and the purpose and intent of the movements to zone districts. And with that staff finds all criteria have been met and recommends approval of the evidence to answer any questions.
Speaker 0: All right. Thank you, Scott, for the staff report. And tonight, counsel has not received any written testimony on Council Bill 21, Dash 0406. And we have two individuals signed up to speak this evening. And our first speaker is Steve Farris. And you're going to have to go ahead and unmute, Steve. All right, we've got Steve in the queue, but Steve, we need you to go ahead and move, please. All right. Well, unfortunately, we might have had. Steve. Oh, there you go. Are you with us, Steve?
Speaker 2: Oh, well, I'm Steve and Julia. I'm also signed up to speak. I. Owned and operated Jerry's Nut House at 21st. And Campbell so I'm happy to speak if I'm a head of Steve now.
Speaker 0: Yeah, we had Steve Ferris and then Steve and Julian, we've got you both up on the screen as Steve Ferris. So go ahead.
Speaker 2: Sorry about that. So my name's Steven Julia. I own and operate Jerry's house. I'm a third generation of my family to operate it. My grandfather started over there on the same site in 1948, and to be honest, I'm just trying to find a way to continue my family business in that area and add something as I look over in coal. And, you know, over time, the neighborhood's evolved a lot and it doesn't totally suit what we can afford that Jerry's not house based on the space and the property taxes. So I'm after a long thought, I thought about adding a retail use that would be useful for the neighborhood and frankly for me myself living in the neighborhood and my wife and I settled on Ace Hardware. And that's really why we're trying to change the zoning. And we have been working on getting some additional parking in the area for additional employees and customers. We historically have had a parking agreement with Campbell Chapel across the street, so I'm hoping will rekindle that with us so we can have additional parking right across the street. If not, we'll find some more elsewhere. But yeah, I mean, I just want to stay there. I grew up there. I still live in the area and I want to keep my family. So that's why I'm asking for rezoning. I'm happy to answer any other questions. Thank you.
Speaker 0: All right. Great. Thank you, Stephen. We appreciate that. And not seen the actual seafarers in the queue here. And I looked in the attendee so we don't have him in there either. We will go ahead and close. The public hearing comments by members of Council on Council Bill 406, please. Give it a moment here. Councilmember Hines.
Speaker 2: Thanks, Madam President. Excuse me. Thank you. Council President. I think the council member for this district isn't here. But I used to live just a few blocks west of this for a long time. And I used to use this route to I used to go right by Jerry's nuthouse when I went to the doctor and when I moved to Uptown and in 2008, my dog was very active. She was a passenger, and I would take her to City Park every day using that route along 21st. And so I think that this meets the criteria. But but I also wanted to give a plane for for Jerry Scott House and being an institution in the in the community. I also want to want to say that there is a dearth of hardware stores in this area, particularly considering the amount of people who have moved into both City Park West and Uptown and, you know, and Capitol Hill, for that matter. And the closest hardware store is on 12th, I think, which is an ace, but it is not wheelchair accessible. I'm not sure how they're able to remain in business, but without being accessible. But either way, I think that there is there's certainly an opportunity for, you know, for Mr. Ferris excuse me, not Mr. Ferris, but Jerry's no house to accommodate a hardware store. And I think that the neighbors would love it as well. Again, we're considering the rezoning, not the not the use side, but but I'm really excited for for this opportunity. Thank you, council president, for letting me pinch hit for District nine.
Speaker 0: All right. Well, thank you, Councilmember Hines. And not seeing anybody else with their hands raised as far as comments. I do agree that this does meet all of the rezoning criteria and I'm happy to support it this evening. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 406, please.
Speaker 4: Black I.
Speaker 3: Claire.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 3: Flynn. I earned it.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 3: Hines.
Speaker 2: I.
Speaker 3: Cashman.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 4: Can I?
Speaker 3: Ortega. I. Sandoval.
Speaker 4: I. Sawyer, I.
Speaker 3: Torres. I. Madam President.
Speaker 0: I. Madam Secretary, please close the Iranian announce the results.
Speaker 3: 12 Eyes.
Speaker 0: 12 Eyes. Counsel Bill 20 1-0406 has passed. We are now on the homestretch. Our final public hearing tonight. Councilmember Flynn, would you please put Council Bill 424 on the floor for final passage?
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 2101 and 2105 North Humboldt Street in City Park West.
Approves a map amendment to rezone property from PUD #74 to U-MS-2 (planned development to urban main-street), located at 2101 and 2105 North Humboldt Street in Council District 9. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 4-13-21.