HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Resolution 2013-02CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 02
Series of 2013
TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, RECOMMENDING ADOPTION
OF THE UPDATED NORTHWEST SUBAREA PLAN AND BY SUCH
ADOPTION, AMENDING THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN (CASE NO. WPA-13-03 / NW SUBAREA)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge adopted a Comprehensive Plan,
Envision neat R0 e, on October 12, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan identifies the Northwest Subarea as a priority
reinvestment and redevelopment area to include in the future a mix of land uses focused around
the Ward Road transit station; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the original Northwest Subarea Plan on June 26,
2006 as an amendment to City's Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, there have been changes in the area since 2006 that warrant an update to the
plan in order to provide better direction for future development in the Northwest Subarea; 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, 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 September 5, 2013.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City
of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
I The Planning Commission of the City of Wheat Ridge hereby recommends
adoption of the updated Northwest Subarea Plan attached as Exhibit A.
2. The Planning Commission recommends that the 2013 Northwest Subarea Plan
supercede the Comprehensive Plan and the 2006 subarea plan for the portion of the
City covered by the Subarea Plan.
A copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the City Council.
ATTEST.
Secretary to the P Cc inmission