Body
Department of Community Development
Reference: Christine Place Vacation
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Clint Blackhurst - Acting City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP - Asst. City Manager of Development
Holly Prather, ICP - Community Development Director
Prepared By: Joshua M. Tetzlaff, AICP - Associate City Planner
Date Prepared: March 28, 2017
PURPOSE
The right-of-way vacation application before the Council is for two pieces of land. One is located on the east side of N. 19th Avenue, south of Jennifer Court and the other is located on the south side of Jennifer Court, east of N. 19th Avenue. The applicant for Christine Place, Jeff Teater, is requesting the City vacate the two small strips of right-of-way. The required process for vacation of right-of-way is governed by the Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 43-2-303. The vacation must be by ordinance, and therefore, this application is before the City Council for either approval or denial.
BACKGROUND
The parcels to be vacated are adjacent to property that was annexed into the City in 1983 and is currently zoned R-3. The applicant for the Christine Place project has been working with the City on developing a market-rate apartment complex. The two parcels to be vacated are adjacent to that property and are either unused right-of-way, as is the case with the 19th Street parcel, or right-of-way that is unnecessarily wide and the Streets and Fleet Department determined the existing road could be narrowed, as is the case with the Jennifer Court piece. This narrowing would happen from the existing fifty plus (50+) foot street to one that meets current City standards for a local street, which would be thirty-six (36) feet. Upon vacation of the two parcels, title to the vacated portions vests in the adjacent landowner and the City no longer has any ownership or maintenance responsibilities for those parcels.
CRITERIA BY WHICH COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE ITEM
Vacation of ...
Click here for full text