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File #: 24-224    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Failed
File created: 4/9/2024 In control: Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting
On agenda: 4/23/2024 Final action: 4/23/2024
Title: Planning Case No. CZ23-001 - Greenland Estate Acres Rezoning (District 3)
Attachments: 1. Board Summary Report, 2. Staff Presentation, 3. Planning Commission Staff Reports, 4. Application Packet, 5. Rezone Plan Set, 6. External Referral Summary & Responses, 7. Neighborhood Outreach Packets 8-9-23 & 8-26-23, 8. Division of Water Resources 3rd Letter, 9. Bennett School District Letter, 10. Bennett Watkins Fire & Rescue Letter, 11. Arapahoe County Health Department Letter, 12. Comments from the Public, 13. Carol Vote Anderson Letter of Opposition, 14. Planning Commission Minutes, 15. Draft Motion, 16. Resolution
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
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:
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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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