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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Aesthetic Landscape General Development Plan (Case No. GDP21-001)
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The applicant is seeking approval of a General Development Plan (GDP) to demolish an existing storage structure and construct a larger storage structure to store tools and equipment and upgrade the fencing at 2450 S. Syracuse Way, located south of Iliff Avenue and north of E. Harvard Avenue. The property is currently being used as a landscape recycling facility and a single-family residence.
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Background and Discussion:
The property is currently zoned MU-PUD. A Preliminary Development Plan was approved in 1981 for Suburban Community training and service center, Case No. Z80-056, but was not constructed. An application was initiated for a Preliminary Development Plan for Colorado Hardscapes in 2000, Case No. Z00-039, but was closed due to inactivity and was not approved by the Board of County Commissioners. This application, GDP21-001, proposes a landscaping recycling center, warehouse, office space, storage (indoor and outdoor), single-family residence, caretaker residence, and automobile and truck parking land uses as permitted by right.
Aesthetic Landscape is a registered Recycling Facility with the City and County of Denver and has been operating at this site and providing employment since 2013. Since occupying the property, the residence has been upgraded and the landscape improved. The employees and fleet park on the eastern portion of the site, while branches and green waste are hauled to the rear of the site for mulching. Aesthetic Landscape has office space in the basement of the existing residence that serves customers and 2-3 employee...
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