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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY ZONING THE PROPERTY ANNEXED AS THE TOWER LANDFILL ANNEXATION FROM ADAMS COUNTY A-3 TO A PUD ZONE DISTRICT AND APPROVING A PUD ZONE DOCUMENT
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Summary & Background
There are three related applications being reviewed concurrently with this Annexation Zone Change:
- Land Use Plan Amendment (LUP-058-24)
- Annexation (AN-263-24)
- Vacation of Right-of-Way (V-93-24)
The applicant is requesting approval of an annexation zoning from ADCO A-3 (Adams County Agricultural-3) to Commerce City Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a 110-acre property, located generally at the southwest corner of East 88th Avenue and E-470. This application is contingent upon the corresponding Land Use Plan Amendment and Annexation cases being approved.
The intent of the Annexation and Zoning of this property is to move the existing entrance and operations of the landfill to the subject property. This will move the entrance to the east, closer to E-470, in an effort to reduce truck traffic and queuing on East 88th Avenue. Moving the entrance and operations from the existing location would also allow that area within the existing landfill to be used for landfill footprint, thus extending the life of the landfill. Approval of this PUD Zone Document would not allow the existing landfill footprint to expand by right. Any future expansion of the landfill footprint is subject to approval by City Council.
Zoning of Newly Annexed Land approval criteria - Land Development Code Section 21-3350(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 property;
(b) Most comparable to the county zoning classification existing on the subject property at the time of acceptance by the City of the annexation pe...
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