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Department of Community Development
Reference: Discovery Pipeline CUP
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Clint Blackhurst, Interim City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP, Assistant City Manager for Development
Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Lauren Simmons, AICP, Senior Planner
Date Presented: July 11, 2017
PURPOSE
This Conditional Use Permit application for a pair of natural gas and oil pipelines in east Brighton, near E-470 is being brought before the City Council for review. The applicant is John Wolford, PSI, LLC. Per Section 17-8-60 of the City of Brighton Land Use and Development Code, an application seeking a Conditional Use Permit must be presented before the City Council at a public hearing. Following the public hearing, Council shall provide by resolution an approval or denial of the request, including conditions specific to the application.
BACKGROUND
The pipelines are proposed to cross through land over which the City of Brighton has jurisdiction. The pipelines will be located on the north side of E-470 between properties zoned as the Willow Bay PUD and just east of the South Platte River (the "Pipeline Property"). The property these pipelines are proposing to be located on was annexed into the City in 1990, as part of an annexation known as the Third Annexation for Willow Bay. The property is not currently zoned as it is in the E-470 right-of-way.
The gas line will be an 8" pipe and the oil pipeline will be 10" and will be buried a minimum of 48" below grade, even though the Federal regulations only require 36". At all road crossings, the depth will drop to at least 60".
The applicant has the responsibility for acquiring all of the necessary temporary and permanent easements for construction of the pipelines and for traffic control during construction. It is also responsible for returning any disturbed land to its natural state following construct...
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