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AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FOR ALL FINAL PLATS AND CONSOLIDATION PLATS ZONED FOR ANY RESIDENTIAL USE THROUGH APRIL 4, 2021, AND TEMPORARILY AMENDING THE COMMERCE CITY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
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Summary and Background Information: Subdivision plats are currently subject to administrative approval pursuant to Article III, Division 2 of the Commerce City Land Development Code ("LDC"), except in certain circumstances such as a request by the City Council that a plat be reviewed by the Planning Commission and the City Council. The criteria for plat approval is the same regardless of the manner of review.
On October 4, 2021, the City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to require that all final plat applications including residential use be determined by the City Council following a public hearing process Planning Commission review and recommendation through April 4, 2022. The City Council also moved, at the time, to immediately request (in the manner authorized under Section 21-3241(4)(d)) that any final plats including residential use go through such process as provided in Section 21-3241(b) of the LDC. Based on that motion, any pending final plats including residential use with a date scheduled (or to be scheduled) for administrative approval as of October 4, through April 4, 2022, must go through the public hearing process for approval. The requested ordinance makes that request more permanent until its expiration.
Final plat review processes and criteria can be found at: https://library.municode.com/co/commerce_city/codes/land_development_code?nodeId=ARTIIIDERE_DIV2RE_DSU_S21-3241FIPL.
Consolidation plat review processes and criteria at: https://library.municode.com/co/commerce_city/codes/land_development_code?nodeId=ARTIIIDERE_DIV2RE_DSU_S21-3243COPL.
Ordinance Terms: The ordinance requires the public hearing process for both "final plats" (Section 21-3241) and "consolidation plats" (Section 21-3243) through and i...
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