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File #: CPC SWP 16-00155    Version: Name: 543 Robbin Place
Type: Planning Case Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/3/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/24/2017 Final action: 10/24/2017
Title: An appeal of City Planning Commission approval of a Subdivision Waiver from subdivision design standards allowing primary residential access from an alley for three duplex buildings on lots zoned R-2 (Two-Family Residential) located at 543 Robbin Place. (Quasi-Judicial) Presenter: Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Planning and Community Department Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Indexes: Appeals
Attachments: 1. EXHIBIT 1_appeal request, 2. EXHIBIT 2 - alley right-of-way, 3. 20' wide alley - Robbin Pl - CC Powerpoint - LT, 4. Vicinity Map, 5. Robbin Pl - CC Powerpoint - LT, 6. Staff Report - CPC SWP 16-00155; CPC PFP 16-00156; CPC NV 17-00141 (Robbin Pl), 7. EXHIBIT 2_postponement request FW_ August 22nd City Council Meeting appeal item, 8. FIGURE 1A.rev - Preliminary Plat, 9. FIGURE 1B - Final Plat, 10. FIGURE 2 - Project Statement, 11. FIGURE 3 - emails, 12. FIGURE 4 - Letters, 13. FIGURE 5 - Appeal Letter, 14. FIGURE 6 - OWN letter, 15. FIGURE 7 - CGS Recommendations, 16. FIGURE 8.rev - Geological Hazard Investigation, 17. FIGURE 9 - Survey Ltr for Admin Relief, 18. 7.7.1302 Waiver of Subdivision Dev, 19. CPC July 20 2017 543 Robbins Place Minutes
Related files: CPC PFP 16-00156, AR NV 17-00141

Title
An appeal of City Planning Commission approval of a Subdivision Waiver from subdivision design standards allowing primary residential access from an alley for three duplex buildings on lots zoned R-2 (Two-Family Residential) located at 543 Robbin Place.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Presenter:
Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Planning and Community Department
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development

Body
Summary:
Appellant: John and Mary Osborn; Dee Dengler
Applicant/Owner: Paul Rising
Location: 543 Robbin Place

An appeal was filed with the City Clerk on July 28, 2017 regarding the City Planning Commission's unanimous decision rendered on July 20, 2017 to approve a subdivision waiver (to allow for primary access to the subject property via an adjacent public alley [not a public street]), and associated preliminary and final plat applications (to replat the subject property into six lots). (EXHIBIT 1)

City Planning Commission also approved a non-use variance application to allow less than the minimum 50-feet lot width required in the R-2 (Two-family Residential) zoning districts; however, this non-use variance approved by the City Planning Commission is not being contested.

The vacant subject property is generally located between West Boulder and West St. Vrain Streets and North Chestnut and Cooper Avenue on the City's Westside.

Previous Council Action:
A similar preliminary/final plat application and subdivision waiver were submitted for this property on April 20, 2016. After internal staff review, the subdivision waiver only was heard and approved at the City Planning Commission hearing on August 18, 2016.

An appeal of City Planning Commission's decision was submitted to the City Clerk on August 29, 2016 and at the appeal hearing October 25, 2016, City Council rendered a 4-4 vote, thus denying the appeal (and reaffirming City Planning Commission's approval). A reconsideration hearing by City Council on November 22, 2016 re...

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