To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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Kat Hammer, Senior Planner, Public Works and Development
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Presenter: Kat Hammer, Senior Planner, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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Planning Case No. CZ23-001 - Greenland Estate Acres Rezoning (District 3)
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The applicant, Beacon Real Estate Services, on behalf of the property owner, Greenland Investments, LLC, seeks approval of a rezoning application. The subject property is 160.7 acres and located southwest of the intersection of County Road 129 and County Road 6 near Bennett (west of Brick Center Road and south of 6th Avenue/Mitchell Road). The property is currently zoned A-1, Agricultural, where a 19-acre minimum lot size is required. This application proposes rezoning to RR-B, Rural Residential B, where a 2.41-acre minimum lot size is required. If approved, the proposed rezoning would permit an increase in allowable residential density from eight units to 67 residential units.
If this application is approved by the Board of County Commissioners, the applicant will be required to submit applications and receive approval of a preliminary plat and final plat prior to obtaining any building permits for new home construction.
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Background and Discussion:
The property is currently zoned A-1, Agricultural, and was established with the initial zoning of Arapahoe County in 1961. The subject parcel is designated as Tier 1 Rural Area in the Arapahoe County Comprehensive Plan and is south of the Urban Reserve Boundary. The subject property does not have access from a public right-of-way and is accessed from a private access easement.
Agricultural and low-density land uses are intended in the Tier 1 land use designation. Although the Comprehensive Plan acknowledges Tier 1 contains several square miles that have been subdivided into ...
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