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Department of Community Development
Reference: Section 17-8-60 of the Municipal Code - Conditional Use Code Amendment
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: Joshua M. Tetzlaff, AICP - Associate City Planner
Date Prepared: April 6, 2018
PURPOSE
City staff is requesting that the City Council amend the current conditional use regulations found in Section 17-8-60 of the Municipal Code, as well as a few other minor sections of code involving conditional uses. The amendments are to update the conditional use regulations for today's land uses as well as ensure the definitions are up-to-date.
BACKGROUND
The Municipal Code contains provisions for conditional uses that were last amended in 2015. When amended in 2015, the amendment was done so the conditional use regulations would be aligned with the new oil and gas regulations that were enacted at that time.
In the first quarter of 2017, staff decided to look at the conditional use regulations and ensure they were meeting the needs of the City of Brighton and its residents. Staff noticed there were some uses that were continually coming to City Council that were being approved without any conditions. Two of those types of uses were for micro-breweries and childcare facilities located within religious institutions. Due to how these applications have been treated historically, staff wanted to try to find a way to expedite these types of applications to simplify the development process.
Another portion of this proposed amendment is meant to clearly define the development review process when an applicant submits a conditional use application. Well stated regulations include discussion of the overall process needed for approval so that developers have some predict...
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