Speaker 1: On the presentation monitor on the wall you will see your time counting down. The speakers must stay on topic of the hearing and must direct their comments to council members. Please refrain from profane and obscene obscene speech. Direct your comments to the Council as a whole and refrain for individual or personal attacks. Councilwoman Black, will you please put Council Bill 599 on the floor?
Speaker 8: Thank you, Mr. President. I move that council bill 599. Be placed on the floor.
Speaker 1: For final consideration and.
Speaker 8: Final consideration and due process.
Speaker 1: It has sorry it has been moved in second to the public hearing for 599 is now open. May we have the staff report? Carlin Heizer. Welcome back to Denver. I know I've said that, like, five times, but it's so good to see you.
Speaker 6: Great. Thank you very much. Colonizer with community planning and development. Here to present the proposed rezoning 417670 East 64th Avenue and 6203 Panasonic Way. So moving on to the second slide, this proposed rezoning is in city council district 11. Next slide shows that it's in the disease statistical neighborhood.
Speaker 1: Mr. Hazard, just make sure you're we can't sometimes see the pages. It doesn't flip with you. So just let us know what page you're on as you're going through.
Speaker 6: Okay. So I'm on slide three. Yep. I'm moving on to slide four shows the specific location of the proposed rezoning. So this is in the 61st and Pena Station area. It's due north of the new stations and ride lot and just slightly northwest of the new Panasonic building, which in this particular image is kind of the only building that you see within the parameters of the of the aerial photo. Slide five. This specific request affects two properties. They are 17670 East 64th Avenue and 6203 Panasonic Way. Both properties are undeveloped. The Northern properties about nine and a half acres in size. The southern property addressed off of Panasonic Way is about five and a third acres in size. The applicant is requesting rezoning to allow for future transit oriented development on both parcels, and the request is to rezone from several former Chapter 59 districts and overlays to S-Max 12 A with the AIO and DOS six overlays. Slide six shows the specific districts that are requested. So some x 12 is in the suburban neighborhood context. It's a mixed use district, 12 stories maximum. It allows some auto oriented design flexibility that is associated with suburban context zone districts, but also has additional standards that necessitate pedestrian oriented design elements, particularly along primary streets. And those things are baked into the standards for that district. The AIO is the DIA influence overlay zone district. It prohibits single and two unit residential and also requires that navigation easements be filed prior to rezoning approval or approval of a site development plan. And I just want to note that that requirement has been met. The applicant provided proof of existing easements covering both properties fully that DIA has said meets that requirement. Finally, the DOH six overlay is the painting station next design overlay district, and this was created by council just a few months ago. It allows for flexibility and signage in conjunction with an approved district plan. Moving on to Slide seven, existing context for zoning the so the sites themselves are zoned CMU 20 with waivers and conditions and CMU 30 with waivers and conditions and then with various overlays. On top of those, the surrounding zoning has similar mix of overlays, but to the north is gateway zoning to the south and west DIA zoning into the east. Smc's eight zoning with the same overlay is being sought by the applicant and the Smc's eight. Zoning was part of a larger rezoning earlier this summer for the full and wider properties. It was approved by council back in June or July. Slide eight, more information on the existing zone districts. So the CMU 20 and 30 are both former Chapter 59 mixed use districts. Both have a 1 to 1 floor area ratio and waivers and conditions are a part of both zone districts. Those waivers and conditions restrict the residential uses that are allowed on the sites, but those restrictions are now out of date, with updates that were made to the AIO earlier this summer by council. And furthermore, the redundant with the AIO. So the waivers and conditions are no longer needed so long as the AIO is mapped on the sites, which is what's proposed. The overlay is currently mapped on the site. Don't actually apply when the underlying zoning is a former Chapter 59 district. They apply once the property is re zoned to a Denver zoning code district. They are, as already mentioned, the airport influence overlay and the Pioneer Station Next Design Overlay District. But currently one of the parcels also has the ur1 adult use overlay and the applicant is now proposing to keep that overlay, but the other two would be kept as part of the proposed rezoning. Slide nine shows the existing context for land use, so the sites themselves are undeveloped. To the north is an agricultural property that does not appear to be in active use. There is a single family residential home on that property. To the south is the station in park and ride for 61st and penny station to the east. Mostly undeveloped land, although the Panasonic building is located in that vicinity and then to the west, more undeveloped land and the A-line alignment. Slide ten shows imagery to attach to each of these land uses. So the first two images at the top are the subject properties. Then to the north, across 64th Avenue is the farm use that's no longer active to the east. Across Panasonic way is the Panasonic building and then to the south is the park and ride lot for the station. In terms of process. This followed standard notification procedures throughout. Planning Board had its public hearing on August 3rd and voted to recommend approval by a vote of 7 to 0. It then went to Luti committee which moved it on to council. The public outreach was provided or notification was provided to the RINO's that are listed at the bottom of Slide 11 and no public comment has been received. Moving on to Slide 12 shows the review criteria for the rezoning and the standard five criteria do apply. Slide 13 will be starting with the first criteria of consistency with adopted plans. And the applicable plans in this area are Company 2000, Blueprint, Denver and the 61st and Pioneer Stationery Plan. Slide 14 shows areas of consistency with comp plan 2000. The strategies listed here on the slide were found to be consistent with the proposed rezoning and for additional details on those, please refer to the staff report. Slide 15 Transitions to Consistency With Blueprint Denver So the subject properties are located in an area of change and the land use concept is mixed use for the Northern Parcel and transit oriented development for the Southern Parcel Blueprint. Denver also provides street classifications for the surrounding street network, but those classifications were updated by the 61st and Pioneer Stationary Plan. So moving on to Slide 16, this shows the street classifications as that plan updates blueprint Denver and so 64th Avenue to the north is identified by that plan is a future commercial arterial Telluride way which runs it's the curving street that runs throughout the station area identified as a mixed use arterial. And then Panasonic Way, which runs directly adjacent to the southern property, is identified as a mixed use collector. And these street classifications of collector and arterial streets match up well with the density that's proposed by the rezoning. Moving on to Slide 17 are the land use recommendations from the stationary plan. The concept land use recommended by the stationary plan is mixed use employment for the Northern Parcel and Todd Transit Community core for the Southern Parcel. Slide 18 shows the recommended building heights by the stationary plan. And for both properties, it's a 12 storey maximum. Slide 19 is about the 61st and the general development plan. So GDPs are not adopted plans, but they do provide more detailed and site specific guidance for properties that are under GDPs than what you would find in an area plan. And so the GDP is relevant for that reason. The land use recommendations from the GDP are mixed use employment for both the northern and southern properties. So a little different from the guidance from the other adopted plans which identified mixed use for one or mixed use employment. And then Todd for the Southern mixed use, employment is what's recommended by the GDP for both parcels and the concept building height is 12 storeys as recommended under the GDP. So moving on to Slide 20, just to summarize consistency with adopted plans. So what we have here is a situation where a variety of mixed use land use recommendations are provided that apply to the two parcels, those being mixed use, mixed use employment or transit oriented development. The Smc's 12 aid districts implements the intent of each of these land use recommendations. And it also meshes well with the recent rezoning to the East, which uses SIMEX districts to implement similar land use guidance from those same plans. Moving on to the second criteria, then uniformity of district regulations. The proposal would zone out of a former Chapter 59 zone districts and into the Denver zoning code and also implements overlay districts that are consistent with what is mapped in the surrounding area. The third criteria public health, safety and welfare. That criteria is met by virtue of implementing the city's adopted plans. Criteria number four justifying circumstances identified as a changed or changing condition. Those change conditions being the opening of the station just south of the subject properties. New and updated regulatory tools from within the last year, the creation of the Smc's 12 Aid District last November. Updates to the AIO. The creation of the DOH six overlay. It's making use of regulatory tools that have been recently put in place for the purpose of mapping in this area. And finally, there is increased development activity and interest now with development of the station and the rezoning of the properties in the station area. So finally, with regard to consistency with neighborhood context, zone, district purpose and intent, that criteria is also met is detailed in the staff report. And so wrapping up with the final slide CPD recommendation is approval based on finding that all of the review criteria have been met.
Speaker 1: All right. Thank you. CORTLAND We have one speaker tonight and that is Ryan McCaffrey. You have 3 minutes.
Speaker 6: Good evening, council members. My name is Ryan McBride with Norse Design, where I'm the applicant representative this evening, 1101 Banning Street, Denver, Colorado. I don't have anything to add. I just want to say thank you to Cortland and Staff for getting us to this point tonight. But and we look forward to moving forward with this project eventually.
Speaker 1: But I'm here to answer any questions you have. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That concludes our speakers questions from members of council. Councilman Ortega.
Speaker 3: Thank you. I'd like to ask Cortland if you can come up to the microphone. So looking at slide 17, it looks like the site to the north. Is primarily focused on employment, but it's a mixed use district. So will that mixed use include any residential or is the residential only? Primarily focused on this site to the south.
Speaker 6: So the zoning would allow residential on either of the properties. And then the IIO further restricts residential. That's allowed it allows multi-family residential, but not single or two unit residential.
Speaker 3: So can you talk a little bit about the noise abatement requirements that are required for both sites?
Speaker 6: Sure. Very generally, I know that the building code was recently amended and that additional provisions were provided in that building code update that were modeled after noise abatement procedures that are in place in Aurora that provided the model for those. So there's the building code and what's in it, as well as additional provisions that were added locally to help abate noise.
Speaker 3: Okay. And then just to clarify, the maximum heights on either one of the sites is 12 storeys. Correct. Okay. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Great. Thank you. Um, any other questions for members of council? All right, CNN that concludes all of our questions. That comes from members of council. The public hearing for Council Bill 599 is now closed. Comments by members of Council Councilwoman Gilmore.
Speaker 2: Thank you, President Brooks. And, you know, I'm glad that Councilwoman Ortega asked the question about the increased building code.
Speaker 0: That to really.
Speaker 2: Mitigate noise for folks who are going to actually reside in the TOD Station area. So sixty-firsts and PENNER, we need to make sure we're creating the housing opportunities to really attract the retail and activate this TOD Station. And so this rezoning will allow the developer to look at added opportunities and going up to 12 stories, looking straight to the West, they will have unobstructed views of the Rocky Mountains because it butts up right to Panya. And then on the western side is the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. And so the opportunities for folks to really live, work and play close to home will be realized through, you know, this first step forward with the rezoning. And I will be supporting this tonight. And if my council colleagues are coming along on the District 11 tour on Friday, you will actually get to see this site firsthand and will be touring the Panasonic building, too. So just a little plug for you to come out and join us in District 11 on Friday. Thank you, President Brooks.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilwoman Gilmore. If you are going on the tour, raise your hands. No, I'm just joking. Okay. Other other comments from members of council. It has been moved and seconded. Madam Secretary, roll call.
Speaker 4: Gilmore I can eat new Ortega. I. Susman My black eye. CLARK All right, Espinosa.
Speaker 0: FLYNN Hi.
Speaker 4: Mr. President.
Speaker 1: I please close the voting and announce the results.
Speaker 4: 11 eyes, zero nays.
Speaker 1: 11 eyes, zero nays. Council Bill 599 has passed. Congratulations. Councilwoman Black, will you please put Council Bill 624 on the floor?
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 17670 E. 64th Avenue and 6203 Panasonic Way.
Rezones 17670 East 64th Avenue and 6203 Panasonic Way from C-MU-20 with waivers and conditions, AIO, DO-6 and C-MU-30 with waivers and conditions, UO-1, AIO, DO-6 to S-MX-12A, AIO, DO-6, (rezones two parcels of land from the former Chapter 59 zoning code to allow for Transit Oriented Development) in Council District 11. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 8-23-16.