Commerce City - File #: Z-962-20-23

• File #: Z-962-20-23
• Version: 1
• Name: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE QUIKTRIP PUD ZONE DOCUMENT FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF EAST 88TH AVENUE AND TOWER ROAD
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/16/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/15/2023
• Final action: 5/15/2023
• Title: SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY ZONING THE PROPERTY ANNEXED AS THE QUIKTRIP ANNEXATION FROM ADAMS COUNTY A-3, AGRICULTURE TO A PUD ZONE DISTRICT AND APPROVING A PUD ZONE DOCUMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/15/2023	1	City Council	approved on second & final reading	Pass
5/1/2023	1	City Council	introduced by council as seated and approved on first reading	Pass

Title
SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY ZONING THE PROPERTY ANNEXED AS THE QUIKTRIP ANNEXATION FROM ADAMS COUNTY A-3, AGRICULTURE TO A PUD ZONE DISTRICT AND APPROVING A PUD ZONE DOCUMENT
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Summary & Background
QuikTrip Corporation is requesting the approval of a property for annexation zoning into the City of Commerce City. The parcel is approximately 14.7 acres in size and is currently vacant. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of East 81st Avenue & Tower Road (PIN172328400003) and is proposed to be rezoned to a Planned Unit Development (PUD). Three planning areas have been proposed with the QuikTrip PUD, one allowing a QuikTrip Fuel Center/Convenience Store, one allowing future commercial development (no tenant specified at this time), and the other for open space with no development. This case is in conjunction with the annexation zoning case Z-962-20-22, and inclusion into the E-470 Commercial General Improvement District case ECAGID-015-23.

Approval Criteria
Approval Criteria Section 21-3350 Zoning of Newly Annexed Land may be approved only if:

Criteria (1): Generally. zoning of newly-annexed land or land in the process of annexation shall be considered an initial zoning and should represent good planning principles and be consistent with the goals and land use designations of the comprehensive plan.

· Analysis: The commercial uses proposed are intended to serve the surrounding area and provide a unique product that is in line with the vision of the Comprehensive Plan for this area as a commercial focused corridor along Tower Rd.

o Staff finds this application meets this criterion.

Criteria (2): Criteria for zoning. After passage on first reading of an ordinance annexing property to the city, the subject property shall be given the zoning classification:
(a) Most compatible with the city's comprehensive plan designation of the pro...