Department of Community Development
Reference: Brighton Crossing Filing No. 7, 2nd Amendment Subdivision Plan
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of the City Council?
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Summer McCann, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: February 7, 2025
INTRODUCTION / PURPOSE
The subdivision plan application (the "Application" or the "Subdivision Plan") before the City Council is for an approximately 20.90-acre property (the "Property"), generally located to the north of East Bridge Street, west of Mt. Bierstadt Street, east of Wooten Avenue and south of the intersection of Singletree Lane and Bowie Drive, situated within the Brighton Crossings Development. Sue Sibel is the project contact working on behalf of the Property owner and applicant, Brookfield Residential LLC (the "Applicant"). The purpose of this Application is to subdivide previously platted land for single-family residential development.
PROCESSES
Platting is necessary as it results in the creation of lots and/or tracts for future use(s), easements, and rights-of-way for streets within a proposed subdivision. Platting is the third step in the land development process with the City (Annexation > Rezoning > Platting - Subdivision Plan > Platting - Final Plat > Permits). The Land Use & Development Code (the "Code") requires two steps in the subdivision process. It begins with a subdivision plan, where staff and the Applicant work together to design a conceptual layout of a future subdivision, as well as provide general development obligations of a developer. Subdivision Plans submitted before the Code change in November 2024 follow the previous process. This includes a public hearing with the Planning Commission to approve the plan, followed by another public hearing with the City Council for the acceptance of public improvements. The subdivision process concludes with a final plat. A final plat is an administrative process in which the applicant provides the fin...
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