Planning Projects

The Director has approved an application for a new home located at 1016 24th Street following the Village House Form Type Standards. One minor adjustment related to the sidewalk width was approved simultaneously with this request because the sidewalk is on a Local Street and pedestrian volume is not anticipated to increase.

If the Director approves a form zone site development plan, the approval shall not be deemed final, and building permits shall not be issued unless and until the written decision and the complete application materials (including all exhibits and supplemental materials) have been posted for 21 days on the city’s website and the decision has not been called up for Planning Commission review by City Council.

Two members of City Council may initiate a Call-Up of the Director’s decision by filing a written request for a Call-Up with the City Clerk on or before 21 days after the written decision and complete application materials are published to the city’s website. If a Call-Up is initiated, Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing within 30 days after the written request was filed with the City Clerk to determine whether the subject site development plan complies with the standards set forth in Chapter 18.29.

The Code requires that the written decision posted on the city’s website include a written analysis of the approval criteria. This staff report constitutes the written decision required by the Code.

Case Packet

Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:30pm at 911 10th Street, City Council Chambers, to review an application for a Major Adjustment related to a combination of Form Zone Types for 1615 Ford Street. The Planning Commission shall, as provided in the public notice, conduct a public hearing, review the proposed major adjustment against the applicable major adjustment criteria contained in section 18.29.07.001.4.b.4, and at the close of the public hearing, render its decision. See Code § 18.29.07.02.4.b.

The property, 1615 Ford Street, is a 7,000 square-foot lot located in the Transition Form Zone District and R3 Use Zone at 1615 Ford Street. The site consists of lot 4 of Block G of the Kinneys Addition subdivision. There is an existing single-household dwelling (a contributing structure in the East Street Historic District) that is proposed to remain and an existing garage that would be removed. The existing home was constructed in 1878 according to the Jefferson County Assessors records. The lot front on to Ford Street, which is a local street, with alley access to the rear. The applicant is requesting approval of a major adjustment to build a compound of attached and detached cottage units, a major adjustment related to a combination of forms. The existing single-household cottage will remain with a new duplex cottage structure for a total of three units. A new attached garage is proposed to provide parking for the existing cottage and new proposed duplex cottage units. This proposed Form Zone Type is primarily based off of the 18.29.03.009 Compound Form Type- Two or Three Cottage Compound. The Proposed Lot Standards and Building Size & Dwelling Unit Limitations for 2 or 3 cottages, Setbacks, Porch Standards and Additional Standards are drawn directly from the existing Compound Form Type – Two or Three Cottage Compound. The proposed form type draws language from Adjustments for Mostly Preserved Buildings and from multiple allowable form types on this parcel. These include House Side Drive and Village, and Cottage Side Drive Form Types.

Applicant's Proposal-Letter

Sketch Site Plan

The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and review a site development plan for 1211 Avery Street on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:30pm at 911 10th Street, City Council Chambers. The site development plan is for three building totaling 18,248 square foot of multi-household unit buildings on Lot 26 Canyon View Business Park is to ensure all the technical and zoning requirements are demonstrated and complied with. The plan calls for 43 multi-household units on the site with onsite parking. The property has an existing 5,000 square foot office building with a parking lot on it, but the majority of the site is an undeveloped, 109,659 square foot lot.

Plans

Staff Report

Application Type(s): Minor Subdivision Plat

Approval Process: The city received an application on October 17^th, 2024 and is currently under review. The Director of Community Development has the authority to approve the application and has approved it.

The Code requires that the property be posted for at least 14 consecutive days, posting shall indicate that a minor subdivision plat application has been filed with the department, that the application and plat are available for public inspection during working hours, and that any comments must be filed in writing with the director.

Notable application details:

• Use Zone: R-2
• Form Zone Overlay: Edge
• The application is to subdivide an existing parcel into three (3) smaller lots for future single household development. No other changes are proposed.
• Each lot has been evaluated for minimum lot standards and access requirements to allow at least one form type per lot

A full analysis is detailed in the staff memo linked below.

Proposed Minor Subdivision Plat

Staff Memo

Next Steps: Recording

Approved: November 22, 2024

The City of Golden has reviewed and approved a form zone site development plan (the “Site Development Plan or SDP”) application for a three-story, multi-unit building for a 40 unit, for-sale affordable housing project at 817 14^th Street (the “Subject Property”), see Exhibit 3. The use is allowed by Section 18.28.160(1).

One hundred percent (100%) of the residential dwellings are affordable housing units to be preserved with a permanent affordable housing deed restriction (the “deed restriction”) through a land trust that includes a recorded deed restriction on the property and units. The Applicant has provided a letter of intent to deed-restrict all the condominium units for 99 years under a Community Land Trust (Habitat for Humanity). The units can only be sold to buyers who make 80% Area Median Income or less, see Exhibit 4. The deed restriction also prevents future owners from selling the units at a market rate. Additionally, the City was awarded a State of Colorado, Strong Communities grant that this project is the beneficiary of through the City. The grant conditions the deed restriction on the project per the terms of the submitted letter. Proof of the deed restriction is required by August 31, 2026 to comply with the grant. Finally, the SDP was reviewed under the parking requirements for affordable housing and a parking reduction of one space per unit for being one hundred percent (100%) affordable as prescribed by Municipal Code.

This one hundred percent (100%) residential project without the deed restricted, affordable component would only be allowed by special use permit, which requires a public hearing at Planning Commission, and would also have to provide additional parking spaces on site for a market rate building.

The Site Development Plan was reviewed by City Staff for compliance with Title 18, see this memo and the City’s review matrix, Exhibit 5. The Applicant submitted a request to the Historic Preservation Board to review a demolition of the existing structure on the Subject Property and it was approved, see Exhibit 6. The Subject Property was also reviewed by Planning Commission and then City Council for a Right of Way vacation, see Exhibit 7, who approved the vacation ordinance. The approved vacation included a provision that if the proposed development at the Subject Property is not completed with an issued building permit and recorded restriction for affordable units within five (5) years of the effective date of this Vacation, the Vacation shall revert back to the City

The Director of the City of Golden Division of Community Development (the “Director”) is authorized to approve site development plan applications that are subject to form zoning under Chapter 18.29 of the Municipal Code (the “Code”). See Code § 18.40040(1). The Director has delegated this authority to Staff of the Planning Department.

Staff Report

Exhibit 1: Vicinity Map

Exhibit 2: Shop/Office with Apartments over Shop Form Type

Exhibit 3: Applicant’s Site Development Plan

Exhibit 4: Affordable Housing Development Letter-Deed Restriction

Exhibit 5a: Review Matrix-Site Development Plan (Section 18.29-Landscaping, 18.40, 18.36 and 18.34)

Exhibit 5b: Review-Engineering Letter

Exhibit 6: Historic Preservation Board Resolution-Demolition

Exhibit 7: City Council Ordinance-Right of Way Vacation

Application Type(s): Form Zone Site Plan & Major Adjustment

Approval Process: The city received an application on April 17 and review comments by the city have been addressed by the applicant. The Planning Commission has authority to approve the application.

The Code requires that the written decision posted on the city’s website include a written analysis of the approval criteria. This staff report constitutes the written decision required by the Code.

See Site Plan and Applicant Materials from 10/24/24 Meeting

Staff Report

Notable application details:

• The application is to build a cluster development of attached and detached cottages.
• The Major Adjustments are to allow:
  • Reduce the setback for the detached garage from 5 feet to zero feet from two interior lot lines resulting in 5 feet of building separation.
  • Reduce the requirements of 18.29.03.013.2.b for minimum lot frontage of the common court, minimum landscaping, and minimum area as applicable.
  • Subject to and conditioned upon Planning Commission approval of the Major Adjustments, approval of the Form Zone Site Plan.

Next Steps: Public Hearing for final decision

Final Outcome: Continued to Planning Commission hearing scheduled for 11/20/24 at 6:30pm in City Council Chambers:911 10th St.

Application Type: Major Adjustment

Approval Process: The city received an application on August 29, 2024. The Planning Commission has authority to approve the application.

The Code requires that the written decision posted on the city’s website include a written analysis of the approval criteria. This staff report constitutes the written decision required by the Code.

Staff Report

Notable application details: (bullet point)

• The application is a request to allow a fence height above six feet for a 6 foot privacy fence and a two foot trellis extension, for a portion of the fence along the north-eastern property line.

Next Steps: Public Hearing for Final Decision

Final Outcome: Approved by Planning Commission hearing scheduled for 10/24/24 at 6:30pm in City Council Chambers:911 10th St.

The Golden City Council held a Public Hearing on Tuesday October 22, 2024 at 6:30 P.M. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 911 10th Street, Golden, Colorado to consider a final plat and subdivision development agreement for 3.68 acres to allow for redevelopment. Platting ensures that proper easements and dedications occur for utilities and that the various deeded parcels are merged into a single legal lot of record. The subdivision development agreement details all public improvements for utilities, sidewalks and landscaping to be completed for the redevelopment. The Plat was approved.

CASE NO: PC 24-03/Ordinance 3128
APPLICANT: West Colfax Golden, LLC
LOCATION: 17270 W. Colfax Avenue

Final Plat

Next Steps: City Council 2nd Reading on October 8, 2024 at City Hall- 911 10th St. Golden, CO 80401 - Public Hearing for final decision. City Council Packet

Members of the public may comment on the application during the public hearing and/or submit written comments to the City Council prior to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Email publiccomment@cityofgolden.net

Planning Commission Continuation Recommended Approval to City Council on August 21st, 2024.

Continuation Memo to Planning Commission

Revised ODP Submittal

Application Type: PUD Amendment

Approval Process: The city received an application on October 16, 2023 and review comments by the city have been addressed by the applicant. The City Council has authority to approve the application, following a Planning Commission Public Hearing for a recommendation.

Notable application details: (bullet point)

• The application proposes to maintain the current residential use of the site, however would change the type of development allowed to include single household, duplex and row house types where single bedroom condominiums are all that is currently allowed.
• The PUD amendment includes additional design and landscaping standards

Final Outcome: Approved at City Council 10/13 meeting.

Proposed PUD/ODP Amendment

Case Packet