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File #: CPC 2063    Version: 1 Name: Launchpad Apartments Appeal
Type: Planning Case Status: Failed
File created: 5/23/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/8/2023 Final action: 8/8/2023
Title: An appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to affirm the administrative decision for the approval of a multi-family residential development plan, known as Launchpad Apartments, located at 864 North 19th Street, and deny the appeal filed against Launchpad Apartments. (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: DEPN-23-0001 Presenter: William Gray, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Indexes: Appeals
Attachments: 1. Request for Postponement 07.25.23, 2. Request for Postponement 06.14.23, 3. Staff Report, 4. Project Statement, 5. Appeal to City Council, 6. Appeal Memo to Planning, 7. Appeal Statement, 8. Development Plan, 9. Public Comments 07.27.23, 10. Public Comments, 11. Public Comment Response, 12. Support Letter, 13. Neighborhood Meeting Notes, 14. PlanCOS Vision Map, 15. Vicinity Map, 16. Context Map, 17. The Westside Plan 1979, 18. Westside Generalized Land Use Map, 19. Traffic Impact Study, 20. Geotech Report, 21. Appellant Document: 1999 Landslides Engineering Report SQUIRE, 22. Appellant Document: Deficiencies Geologic Hazard Study, 23. Appellant Document: Hofstead Landslide 1999, 24. Appellant Document: Transcript Neighborhood Meeting 09.26.22, 25. Appellant Document: Uphill Neighbor Letter 06.06.23, 26. Appellant Document: Uphill Neighbor Letter 07.11.23, 27. Appellant Request for Postponement 06.09.23, 28. Appellant Document: Inaccuracy Report, 29. Appellant Document: Staff Makes Appelant Case, 30. Appellant Document: Case Outline, 31. 7.5.502.E Development Plan Review, 32. 7.5.906 (A)(4) Administrative Appeal, 33. CPC Meeting Minutes_06.14.23, 34. Staff Presentation, 35. Oppostion to Postponement.pdf, 36. Postion Statement in Opposition to Appeal.pdf, 37. Exhibit 1 - Applicant's Appeal PPT Presentation 6.14.2023.pdf, 38. Exhibit 2 - Community Leader and Neighbor Support Letters.pdf, 39. Exhibit 3 - Public Comment Compilation.pdf, 40. Appeal to City Council
Related files: 23-363

Title
An appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to affirm the administrative decision for the approval of a multi-family residential development plan, known as Launchpad Apartments, located at 864 North 19th Street, and deny the appeal filed against Launchpad Apartments.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related Files: DEPN-23-0001

Presenter:
William Gray, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development

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Summary:
Owner: Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation, Inc
Developer: Cohen Esrey and The Place
Representative: NES, Inc
Location: 864 North 19th Street


Planning Commission, at a regularly scheduled public hearing on June 15, 2023, voted six (6) to zero (0) to deny the appeal of the Launchpad Apartments project and affirm the administrative decision that approved a development plan for the multi-family residential project, known as Launchpad Apartments.

The Planning Commission found that project met the criteria required for approving a development plan, as set forth in City Code Section 7.5.502.E, thereby affirming the administrative decision, and found that the filed appeal did not meet the criteria in City Code Section 7.5.906.A.4 and denied the appeal.

The review and decision by both the Planning Commission and City Staff for the Launchpad Apartments project were under the previously adopted land use code as both the original application for the development plan and the appeal were filed prior to the effective date of the Unified Development Code ("UDC"). The effective date of the UDC was June 5, 2023.

An appeal to the Planning Commission's decision was filed by Tracey Bradford, on behalf of a group of 22 people ("Appellant Group"), on June 26, 2023. This again raises the matter of transition from the previously adopted land use code and the UDC. The appeal of Planning Commission's decision to City Council was filed after the effective date of the UDC. As such, this appeal action is subject t...

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