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RESOLU TION NO . 35
Series 2012
TI TLE: A RESOLUTION BEGININNING A CITY-I NITI ATED
COMPREHENSIVE REZON ING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED
ON W. 38 TH AVENU E APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN SH ERIDAN
AND WADSWORTH TO MIXED USE -NEIGHBORHOOD
WHER EAS , the Envision Wheat Ridge comprehensive plan was adopted
in 2009 and the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan was adopted in 2011 ; and
WHEREAS, both plans recommend that the 38 th Avenue corridor
redevelop over time with mixed use development that supports the vision for a
Main Street; and
WHEREAS, the existing zoning designations along the corridor are
generally commercial, including a predom i nance of Commercial -One (C-1 ),
which allows only limited residential development; and
WHEREAS , rezoning the properties on the corridor to Mixed Use-
Neighborhood (MU-N ) would support the City's goals for redevelopment of the
corridor in a mixed use development pattern ; and
W HEREAS, Section 26-113 of the Code of Laws requires City Council to
begin the process of city-i nit iated rezonings by adopti ng a resolution doing so
and referr ing the matter to the Planning Commission for a public hearing , which
would be preceded by a neighborhood meeting .
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Ci ty Council of t he Ci ty
of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
A . The City Counci l hereby initiates a rezoning of properties located
on W . 38th Avenue approximately between Sheridan and
Wadsworth to Mixed Use-Neighborhood (MU-N).
DONE AND RESOLVED THIS gth Day o July 20E:.----
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