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Department of Community Development
Reference:
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Marv Falconburg, AICP, Assistant City Manager
Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Lauren Simmons, AICP, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: May 7, 2018
PURPOSE
The property owner, Gabriela Guzman, is requesting approval of a Zone Change, the Guzman Subdivision Final Plat and the Guzman Subdivision Development Agreement.
The Zone Change, Final Plat and Development Agreement applications that are before the City Council are for an existing unplatted parcel of approximately 35.136 acres, located at 648 Weld County Road 31, just north of the Jacobs Run subdivision (the "Property"). Currently, the Property has a zoning designation of Agricultural Residential (A/R). The owner, is requesting a zone change to Rural Estate (RE).
In accordance with the Municipal Code, Section 17-8-80, Zone Changes, a Zone Change application shall be presented to the City Council, at a public hearing, along with an ordinance approving, approving with conditions or denying a Zone Change application. 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. City Council is tasked with the final decision on requests to zone and rezone properties within City Limits. An ordinance to rezone must be approved by City Council via two readings to be considered approved. City staff collects and analyzes application materials, and after a thorough review, presents their findings to Planning Commission and City Council. Requests to rezone are brought before the Planning Commission for their recommendation prior to review and final determination by the City Council.
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