City of Brighton - File #: ID-42-22

• File #: ID-42-22
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/26/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 2/1/2022
• Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING THE REZONING VIA PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ESTATES SUBDIVISION, FILINGS 1 AND 2, FROM R-1 AND R-1-B TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ESTATES PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF BRIDGE ST., SOUTH OF BASELINE RD., WEST OF TELLURIDE ST., AND EAST OF THE BRIGHTON LATERAL DITCH, AND LOCATED IN A PORTION OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO (FIRST READING)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/1/2022	1	City Council

Department of Community Development
Reference: Mountain View Estates Planned Development

To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of the City Council
Through: Michael Martinez, City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP, Deputy City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Nicholas Di Mario, Associate Planner
Date Prepared: January 14, 2021
PURPOSE
The Zone Change via a Planned Development ("PD") application before the City Council is for an approximately 165.7 acre property (the "Property"), generally located north of Bridge St., south of Baseline Rd., west of Telluride St., and east of the Brighton Lateral Ditch. Currently, the Property has a mix of the zoning designations of R-1 (Single Family Residential) and R-1-B (City Neighborhood Residential). Redland is the applicant (the "Applicant") working on behalf of the Property owner, AMREPCO, INC. (the "Owner"). The Owner desires to alter certain site development standards. As such, the Applicant is requesting a zone change via a PD.

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. It establishes standards for construction including building height, lot coverage, and building setbacks. There are a variety of zone districts within the City including residential, commercial, industrial, mixed-use, and planned development (PD).

The Land Use & Development Code (the "LUDC") outlines review criteria upon which the decision should be made. 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 the City Council. This request to rezone was brought before the Planning Commission on January 13, 2022 for their recommendation prior to review and final deter...