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Department of Community Development
Reference: East Cherry Creek Valley Pipeline CUP
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Clint Blackhurst - Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Joshua M. Tetzlaff, AICP - Associate Planner
Date Prepared: February 27, 2017
PURPOSE
This Conditional Use Permit application for a brine water pipeline in northeast Brighton is being brought before the City Council for review. The applicant is East Cherry Creek Valley Water & Sanitation District (ECC). 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
This pipeline, to be owned by the ECCV, is proposed to cross through land over which the City of Brighton has jurisdiction. The pipeline will leave the ECCV water treatment facility located at the northeast corner of Bridge Street and I-76 and follow I-76 north to a deep well injection site within the Town of Lochbuie about one (1) mile northeast of it origination. The property this pipeline is proposing to be located on was annexed into the City in 1985, as part of an annexation for Bromley Park. The property is zoned as part of the Bromley Park PUD and is classified as an industrial part of the Bromley Park PUD. The ECCV water treatment facility was approved by Conditional Use in 2008 and constructed shortly thereafter.
The brine water pipeline will be a 12" pipe and will be buried a minimum of 4.5' below grade. The pipe will also be placed at least 10' from any existing water lines.
The applicant has the responsibility for acquiring all of the necessary temporary and permanent easements for construction of the pipeline and for any needed traffic control during construction. It is also responsible for...
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