City of Brighton - File #: ID-352-23

• File #: ID-352-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/9/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/21/2023
• Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING THE BROMLEY FARMS ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM THE BROMLEY FARMS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS R-1A, R-1B, R-3, AND O FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 142.72 ACRES OF PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF BROMLEY LANE, EAST OF CHAMBERS ROAD, WEST OF THE BRIGHTON OASIS FAMILY AQUATIC PARK, NORTH OF THE INDIGO TRAILS SUBDIVISION, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/21/2023	1	City Council
10/17/2023	1	City Council

Department of Community Development
Reference: Bromley Farms Zoning Map Amendment

To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Nick Di Mario, Senior Planner, AICP Candidate
Date Prepared: September 25, 2023
PURPOSE
The Zoning Map Amendment application before the City Council is for an approximately 142.72 acre property (the "Property"). The Property is located to the south of Bromley Lane, east of Chambers Road, west of the Brighton Oasis Family Aquatic Park, and north of the Indigo Trails Subdivision. Currently, the Property is zoned under the Bromley Farms Planned Unit Development ("PUD"). The PUD that governs the Property was vested for an initial period of six (6) years from the date of its approval and two extensions were granted by City Council running the vesting until December 6, 2021. Council found with the second extension that no further vesting should be allowed unless the land was platted by December 6, 2021. The Property has not been platted.
Phil Stuepfert of HR Green is the applicant (the "Applicant") working on behalf of the Property owner, Gail M Hartley Non-Exempt Marital Trust (the "Owner"). As the prior approved PUD is no longer vested, the Applicant and Owner are now requesting that the land be formally rezoned from the Bromley Farms PUD to the zoning designations of R-1A (Single and Two Family Residential), R-1B (City Neighborhood Residential), R-3 (Multiple Family Residential), and O (Open Space District) (see attached Zoning Map).
Zoning is necessary as it guides a property's uses allowed by right or conditionally, and this, in turn, allows owners, neighbors, and the community at large to have a reasonable expectation of what can occur on the subject property. It establishes standards for construction including building height, lot coverage, and building setbacks. There are a variety of zone districts within the City, including residential, commercial, industrial, mixed...