City of Brighton - File #: ID-297-22

• File #: ID-297-22
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/9/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/4/2022
• Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING THE MAGPIE PROPERTY ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM ADAMS COUNTY A-3 TO I-1 FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 95.105 ACRES OF PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED IN A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, THE EAST ONE-HALF OF SECTION 11, THE WEST ONE-HALF OF SECTION 12, AND THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO (FINAL READING)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2022	1	City Council
8/16/2022	1	City Council

Department of Community Development
Reference: Magpie Property Zoning Map Amendment

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: Nick Di Mario, Associate Planner
Date Prepared: July 25, 2022
PURPOSE
The zoning map amendment application, commonly known as a rezoning, before the City Council is for approximately 95.105 acres (the "Property"), comprised of six unplatted and yet to be annexed parcels, including a portion of East 152nd Avenue right-of-way (known as Bromley Lane within City limits), located to the north of East 152nd Avenue and east of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way and is currently zoned A-3 (Agricultural - 3) through Adams County. Madison Jones with Lovett Industrial is acting as the applicant (the "Applicant") on behalf of the Property owners Magpie Run Properties LLC, Connie Surabian, Lazarus Surabian, Ryan Steel, Stacey Wenzel Steel, and Betty Mathis (the "Owners"). The Applicant submitted an annexation petition to the City that went before City Council for substantial compliance on July 5, 2022, where the City Council passed a resolution stating that the annexation petition was in substantial compliance with C.R.S. ? 31-12-104, thus a request to annex is before the City Council concurrent with this application. The Property owners desire to develop the Property with access to City utilities and therefore must annex. Land annexed to the City must have a City zoning designation, and as such, the Applicant is requesting a rezoning to Light Industrial (I-1).

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...