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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE Z-945-17-19 AND REZONING THE “NEXUS NORTH AT DIA” PUD ZONE DOCUMENT TO ALLOW CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BUCKLEY ROAD AND EAST 88TH AVENUE IN COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO.
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Summary and Background Information: The applicant wishes to amend the Nexus North PUD Zone Document to allow for the construction of a large warehouse distribution facility (>750,000 sq. ft.) in Planning Area (PA) 1, while maintaining the same total area of PA-3 uses (primarily flex, office, tech and research) as the original Nexus North PUD.
The proposed amendment does not change any of the approved uses, bulk standards, or design standards for the project. It grants the Community Development Director the ability to administratively approve the expansion of PA-1 to allow for a warehouse distribution facility greater than 750,000 sq. ft.
This expansion of PA-1 would likely eliminate all, or a majority of, PA-2 but the applicant would be required to maintain the same amount of acreage for PA-3. PA-3 would likely move towards the north west corner of the property to accommodate the expansion of PA-1 (Figure 1.2). These changes in Planning Area configurations are only permissible for a project greater than 750,000 sq. ft. Alterations to the planning areas for projects not meeting this threshold are still permissible, but only as originally approved in the PUD, with changes to PA-1 limited to 6% and 15% for the other Planning Areas.
The Planning Commission is supportive of this amendment because it preserves the desirable, more office intense, uses in PA-3 while accommodating a similarly desirable large-scale warehouse distribution project that would be unique in the Metro Area. The Planning Commission is also supportive of the limited scope of the amendment; only allowing for changes in the Planning Areas for this specific type of project and preserving the overall integrity of the PUD u...
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