HomeMy WebLinkAbout1-2025CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 01
SERIES OF 2025
TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE
CITY PLAN AS THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
(WPA-25-1)
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Wheat Ridge is authorized to
make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the city pursuant to CRS
31-23-206 and 31-23-208; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Envision Wheat Ridge comprehensive
plan, upon the recommendation of the Commission, as the city's master plan in 2009; 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, the Planning Commission desires to amend the comprehensive plan
to provide guidance and direction for the city's growth for the next 15 years; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed staff and its consultants to prepare a new
comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, City staff and the consultant team undertook extensive study and
extensive public engagement, holding public meetings, distributing information, and
providing online opportunities for input with respect to the creation of a new
comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, such study and engagement has now been completed and a proposed
new Wheat Ridge comprehensive plan, called the City Plan, has now been prepared; and
WHEREAS, the draft City Plan was presented to the Planning Commission for
review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on August 21, 2025 as
provided by C.R.S. Section 31-23-208 and Section 2-60(b) of the Wheat Ridge Code of
Laws; legal notice of which was duly published in the Wheat Ridge Transcript on August
7, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Wheat Ridge hereby
recommends adoption of the 2025 Wheat Ridge City Plan, attached as Exhibit A, which
Exhibit expressly includes maps and other matter intended by the Commission to form
the whole of the plan, and that said plan supersede and replace in its entirety the 2009
Envision Wheat Ridge comprehensive plan.
Section 2. A copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the City Council.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption
DONE AND RESOLVED this 21 st day of August 2025.
Chair, Planning Commission
ATTEST:
Secretary to4he-Planning Commission