Department of Community Development
Reference: Swink Property Zoning Map Amendment
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of the City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Emma Lane, Senior Planner - Historic Preservation
Date Prepared: August 30, 2022
PURPOSE
The Zoning Map Amendment application before the City Council is for an approximately 150.586 acre property (the "Property"). Comprising two unplatted and yet to be annexed parcels, the Property is located north of East Bromley Lane, south of Southern Street, west of South 50th Avenue, and east of the South 45th Avenue alignment. Currently, the Property has a zoning designation of Adams County A-3 (Agriculture-3). Anna Sparks of Innovative Land Consultants, Inc. is the applicant (the "Applicant") working on behalf of the Property owners, Swink Farms, LLLP and Alvin W. Swink (the "Owners"). The Applicant has submitted an annexation petition to the City that went before City Council for substantial compliance on August 2, 2022, and the City Council passed a resolution stating that the annexation petition is in substantial compliance with Colo. Rev. Stat. ? 31-12-104. The Applicant desires to develop the Property for the purpose of commercial and residential development 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 from Adams County A-3 (Agriculture-3) to City of Brighton C-3 (General Retail and Services), R-1-A (Single- and Two-Family Residential), R-2 (Mixed-Density Residential), and R-3 (Multiple Family Residential).
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 a property. It establishes standards for construction including building height, lot coverage, and building setbacks. There are a variet...
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