Call to Order

Roll Call

40 West Artline Framework Plan Discussion Updates by Alexis Moore

General Business

Section 31-12-105(1)(e) of the Colorado Revised Statutes places limits on municipalities that annex land by mandating that “no annexation may take place that would have the effect of extending a municipal boundary more than three miles in any direction from any point of such municipal boundary in any one year.” Section 31-12-105(1)(e) of the Colorado Revised Statutes also requires that, “prior to the completion of any annexation within this three-mile area, the municipality shall have in place a plan for that area that generally describes the proposed location, character, and extent of streets, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, other public ways, grounds, open spaces, public utilities, and terminals for water, light, sanitation, transportation, and power to be provided by the municipality and the proposed land uses for the area.” In addition, any municipality adopting an annexation plan must update the plan on an annual basis.

A creation of a new zone district, Commercial Limited (C-L). The Commercial Limited (C-L) zone district will provide a zone district option that accommodates a range of non-residential land uses, without the more intensive commercial/light industrial land uses that are allowed in the Mixed-Use General, Mixed-Use Employment, and Commercial Regional zone districts. The C-L zone district is a potential alternative to the M-G-S, C-R and M-E-S districts.

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A creation of a new zone district, Commercial Limited (C-L). The Commercial Limited (C-L) zone district will provide a zone district option that accommodates a range of non-residential land uses, without the more intensive commercial/light industrial land uses that are allowed in the Mixed-Use General, Mixed-Use Employment, and Commercial Regional zone districts. The C-L zone district is a potential alternative to the M-G-S, C-R and M-E-S districts.

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Roll Call of Commissioners

Discussion of interests and questions for 2023

Discussion of attached housing and multifamily definitions in the Zoning Ordinance

General Discussion

The Union Neighborhood Vision Plan was first heard by Planning Commission on September 25, 2019. Since that time, it has been an agenda item or general discussion item at more than a dozen Planning Commission public hearings. Many amendments have been proposed and discussed by the Commission over the past three years. At the July 13th meeting, the Commission determined to proceed with an up or down vote on the originally drafted plan presented in 2019.

The applicant, Norris Design, working on behalf of the property owner, is requesting to rezone the properties at 7050 and 6840 West Hampden Avenue from the Academy Park Planned Development (PD) / Mixed-Use Employment Suburban (M-E-S) to the Mixed-Use General Suburban (M-G-S) zone district. The existing property is 5.034 acres in size. In the event of a successful rezoning and in accordance with the Residential Growth Limitations Ordinance (RGL), the applicant is requesting 102 dwelling unit allocations. The applicant intends to fill their allocation request in the surplus pool (November and December) of the 2022 calendar year. If the requested number of allocations are unavailable in the 2022 surplus pool, a request for 102 allocations will be made in 2023. Under the provisions of the RGL, the Planning Commission does not consider or approve the request for dwelling unit allocations over 40. The subject site is located south of West Hampden Avenue and west of South Pierce Street, in the area known as Academy Park. This property is located within the Mission Trace and Academy Park Growth Area as identified in the Lakewood Comprehensive Plan. Please note, the Staff Presentation was revised 8/29/22 to address a technical issue related to the presentation audio. The revised presentation includes audio describing that public notification for the proposed rezoning was provided in accordance with the Lakewood Zoning Ordinance, and that any public correspondence will be provided to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.