Speaker 0: Hi, Madam Secretary. Please. Because of the Iranian announced the results. One nay, one abstention. 11. Nice. 11 is council bill 545 has passed. Up next, we have 20 dash 0550. A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 516 Newton Street in Farnham. Council members say to Barker, Will you please put Council Bill 550 on the floor for passage?
Speaker 5: I move that council bill 550 be placed upon final consideration and do pass.
Speaker 2: Dagen.
Speaker 0: Very good. The required public hearing for council bill 20 0550 is open. May we have the staff report, please?
Speaker 4: Yeah. So you guys can see my screen and hear me okay?
Speaker 0: Mm hmm. Yes.
Speaker 4: I'm Libby Kizer with CPD, and I'll be presenting a rezoning request for 516 Newton STS to allow for an EDU. Okay. This is in City Council District three in the Burnham neighborhood, and this is the first aid request in the neighborhood. The property is located south of the Sixth Avenue Freeway on Newton Street. Its approximately 6000 square feet and is currently occupied by a single unit dwelling. The properties in the urban edge single unit de zone district and the applicant is proposing to rezone to urban edge single unit de one x to allow for an edu the esu d1x requires a minimum lot size of 6000 square feet and allows for the urban house, suburban house and detached accessory dwelling unit building forms. The maximum height for a house is 30 to 35 feet and 24 feet for a detached adu. The subject property and most of those in the vicinity are zoned e. S. U. D x. However, approximately 70% of the Burnham neighborhood is zoned esu de one x and already allows the use. The site is occupied by a single unit dwelling as mentioned, and is surrounded by mostly other single unit uses. As shown in these photos, the subject property and those in the immediate vicinity contains single storey houses on front, loaded lots with generous setbacks. This application has followed the typical rezoning process. The planning board hearing was held on June 3rd and the application was unanimously recommended for approval. As of the present, two public comments have been received opposing the rezoning because of increased density and visual impacts. To approve the rezoning, it must be found that the requested MAP amendment is consistent with five criteria found in the jungle zoning code. The first criteria is that the rezoning request must be consistent with adopted plans, and there are four plans that apply to this rezoning, including Comp Plan 2040 Blueprint, Denver Housing and Inclusive, Denver and the Farnham West Farnham Neighborhood Plan of 1986. The rezoning request is consistent with the comprehensive plan, as it would allow for an additional housing option within one mile of a light rail station in an established neighborhood consistent with three strategies in the equitable, affordable and inclusive vision elements. In addition, the proposed rezoning would allow infill development that broadens the range of housing types available in an area where infrastructure and services already exist, consistent with the strong women centric neighborhoods vision element as well as the environmentally resilient vision elements. The rezoning request is also consistent with Blueprint Denver. The subject property is mapped as part of the urban edge neighborhood context, which is described as containing predominantly residential uses with single and two unit low scale homes on short walkable blocks. In Blueprint under the future places MAP designates the subject property as a low residential place type, which generally contains single and two unit uses and its use are appropriate. Newton Street is characterized as a local or on designated street, which generally contains residential uses. At the ludy meeting, Councilwoman Torres had a question regarding how residential low guidance was applied to this case, and this guidance doesn't specifically mention ADOS, but rather focuses on the appropriateness of rezoning from a single unit district to a two unit district. However, in the definition of low in an urban edge context, it states that 80 use are appropriate where compatible, and in this case an ad would be compatible as the unit would be located on the rear of the lot and wouldn't impact the character of the surrounding area. As far as blueprints, numbers, growth strategy, the property is in all other areas of the city category where 10% of future jobs and 20% of future housing are desired. This is the least intensive growth category. Blueprint also includes specific policy recommendations. Housing policy number four talks about diversifying housing choice through the expansion of accessory dwelling units throughout all residential areas, and this rezoning would help achieve this in the meantime. The proposed rezoning is also consistent with housing and inclusive. Denver, which encourages expanding the development of accessory dwelling units to incentivize affordable and mixed use housing and to help low and moderate income homeowners build wealth. Finally, the Burnham Burnham Last Neighborhood Plan of 1986 applies to the subject property, and the rezoning would help implement four of the plan's goals, including stabilizing or upgrading existing housing, maintaining the neighborhood's character and the quality of residences, and encouraging no new low density housing. Staff concludes the requested zoning meets criteria. Number one, consistency with adopted plans. Staff also finds that the requested zoning meets the next two criteria, as it will result in uniformity of district regulations and will further the public health, safety and welfare primarily through its implementation of adopted plans. The justifying circumstance for this rezoning is a city adopted plan since the approval of the existing ESU de Zone District. The city has adopted the Comprehensive Plan 2040 Blueprint, Denver and Housing and Inclusive Denver. As stated throughout this presentation, the proposed rezoning meets the intent of these plans. Overall, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the urban edge neighborhood context that exists in the surrounding area and the purpose and intent of the ESU de one s district thus meeting the fifth criteria. In conclusion, CPD recommends approval based on finding all review criteria have been met. The applicant and I are available for questions.
Speaker 0: Thanks, Libby. Tonight, council has not received any written testimony on Council Bill 20 Dash 0550 and we have zero individuals signed up to speak. Questions from members of council. Councilwoman Sandoval.
Speaker 5: Yes. Thank you, Madam President. So, Libby, I have a question for you. In your presentation, you mentioned the ADA being at the back of the law. Is it required to be at the back of the lot in the zone district or can they have a different type of accessory drilling unit in the zone district? Because I wasn't familiar with ones that are fully require the unit to be at the back of it.
Speaker 4: But it is my understanding that it would have to be on the rear 35% of the lot and detached from the primary structure.
Speaker 5: So he can't have a basement one.
Speaker 4: I don't think it could be attached. But let's see. I believe it's just the detached accessory dwelling unit.
Speaker 5: Building form where you double check that and and you don't have to get it tonight. But will you double check that?
Speaker 4: Absolutely. Yeah.
Speaker 5: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Flynn.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Madam President. Just a curious. Because I was looking. Virtually since we're not going out. But I. I was looking at this one along with the other rezonings, and I noticed that on the back part of the what I offer the alley, there is a six foot privacy fence that is. Looks like it, maybe about 35% into the back of the lot. And it sort of marks off the back yard from the portion where the aid would go. And I'm curious if someone if the owners here, Libby, maybe you could explain why that is. It's actually the shed that's behind the house is now part of what's fenced off onto the alley. And I'm just curious about does the do you have to have access from the front, from the primary street? Is it necessary that access from the alley? And do we know why that six foot fence is there? It apparently doesn't have from the image, it doesn't look like it has a gate in it.
Speaker 4: And the applicant to be available who could maybe answer that configuration a little better than I could.
Speaker 3: And I'm sorry, there is there is a gate there by the shed. I'm just curious, because I've never seen this before.
Speaker 0: Right or. Getting the applicant in.
Speaker 2: I'm Ben Holtzman. Can you guys hear me okay? Yes. Thank you. Great. Thank you. When me and my wife purchased this property, that fence had already been built there. In the middle, there is a gate in the back. And I believe the intention of whoever built it was just to have extra parking in the back. So we do have parking in the front on the driveway and then two or three spaces in that space in the back. And that I guess having the fence there is what gave me the idea to get it back there.
Speaker 3: Okay. Excellent. Okay. Thank you. I would point out that it's not paved, so you can't actually park on it. So I mean, a better use as an aid to you. Thank you.
Speaker 0: All right. Thank you, Councilman. Councilwoman Torres.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Madam President. Hi, Benjamin. How are you?
Speaker 2: Well, how about you?
Speaker 5: Good. I didn't. I don't think I asked this question when it was in committee. But do you plan to rent it or is it for family use?
Speaker 2: And I would. Probably. Well, I haven't determined that yet. Probably mostly rental. Occasionally family. But it's kind of a long way off in determining exactly how I'm going to build it. Okay. No immediate plans to build it anyway, I think, especially after COVID. I'm going to have to save up for quite some time.
Speaker 5: So we have we have a new one that just came up at the end of our alley. If you want to see some that.
Speaker 0: Have recently been built, give us a call.
Speaker 5: But just wanting to make sure that, you know, because this was a question in terms of neighbors who opposed it, if you rent it, you're the primary occupants. Right. So you're not planning to move.
Speaker 2: Correct. We are the primary occupants.
Speaker 0: Okay.
Speaker 5: Thank you. Thank you, Madam President.
Speaker 0: All right. Thank you. See no other questions. The public hearing for Council Bill 20 dash 0550 was closed. Comments by members of council. Councilwoman Torres.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much, Madam President.
Speaker 5: I know that they referenced a 1986 neighborhood plan.
Speaker 4: It's one of the oldest ones that we have in District three, and we're currently going.
Speaker 0: Under going over the west area plan to update Barnum, Burnham, West and other neighborhoods in West Denver.
Speaker 4: But some of those.
Speaker 0: Values.
Speaker 5: That were mentioned by Libby are still pretty consistent folks wanting to keep single housing character. But what it does offer nowadays is an option to stay in the.
Speaker 0: Neighborhood as a property.
Speaker 5: Owner.
Speaker 0: And any use.
Speaker 5: Providing that gentle density is.
Speaker 0: One of the things that we do support.
Speaker 5: I do support and our office does.
Speaker 0: Barnum.
Speaker 5: 70%, 80 use. We haven't seen at least zoned for 80 years.
Speaker 0: We haven't seen too many getting built.
Speaker 5: Libby I'm not sure if that has come up for, for, for you all at all. But even those that are zoned, I haven't seen too many site development.
Speaker 0: Plans come through.
Speaker 5: So with that, with the option, we are still finding folks really wanting to enter into this.
Speaker 0: Space and we.
Speaker 5: Want to encourage them to do that.
Speaker 0: So I appreciate this application and look forward.
Speaker 5: To supporting it and my other council.
Speaker 0: Members for their support. Thank you, Councilwoman. See no other comments. Madam Secretary, roll call.
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Speaker 0: I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results.
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Speaker 0: 13 Eyes Council Bill 550 has passed. We're on the homestretch here, folks. Next, public hearing is 20 dash 05776. And it's a bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 1901 South Clarkson Street in Platte Park. Councilman CdeBaca, will you please put Council Bill 576 on the floor for passage?
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 516 Newton Street in Barnum.
Approves an official map amendment to rezone property from E-SU-Dx to E-SU-D1x (allows for an accessory dwelling unit), located at 516 Newton Street in Council District 3. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 6-16-20.