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ORIGINAL
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. ..:z.
Series of 2006
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
WHEAT RIDGE, COLQRADO, RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE
NORTHWEST SUBAREA PLAN AND BY SUCH ADOPTION,
AMENDING THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge adopted a Comprehensive Plan
on October 25, 1999 and amendments were considered and adopted in January 24,2000; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation District's plans for constructing a light rail line
into the subarea with an end-of-the-line station proposed near Ward Road and W. 50th Place has
the potential to dramatically change land uses and the development pattern in the subarea; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2000 did not contemplate a light rail line
or station to be located in the subarea; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed staff and its consultant to prepare a subarea plan
for the area generally bounded by Ward Road, W. 52nd Avenue, Tabor Street, and 1-70 in
fulfilhnent of one of the Council's strategic goals; and
WHEREAS, C.R.S. 31-23-206 (2) provides that the Comprehensive Plan may be
amended by the City from time to time; and
WHEREAS, City Council desires to amend the Comprehensive Plan to address changed
conditions in the area due to the plans ofthe Regional Transportation District to construct a light
rail line into the area; and
WHEREAS, Planning Commission has held a public hearing as provided by C.R.S. 31-
23-208 and Section 2-60 (b) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws; legal notice thereof duly
published in the Wheat Ridge Transcript on May 11, 2006, with a written recommendation
forwarded to the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission ofthe City
of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
I. The Planning Commission ofthe City of Wheat Ridge hereby recommends
adoption of the Northwest Subarea Plan attached as Exhibit A.
2.
The Planning Commission recommends that the Northwest Subarea Plan supercede
the Comprehensive Plan for the portion of the City covered by the Subarea Plan.
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3. A copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the City Council.
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DONE AND RESOLVED THIS IY"1ayof, ~ ,2006.
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CHAIR, PLANNING COMM
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