CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
ORDINANCE NO. 4527
AN ORDINANCE REZONING TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 637/681 RAILROAD BOULEVARD AND 2225 RIVER ROAD
FROM I-2 (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL) TO I-1 (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL)
Recitals.
On February 17, 2010 the Grand Junction City Council adopted the Grand Junction Comprehensive Plan which includes the Future Land Use Map, also known as Title 31 of the Grand Junction Municipal Code of Ordinances.
The Comprehensive Plan established or assigned new land use designations to implement the vision of the Plan and guide how development should occur. In many cases the new land use designations encouraged higher density or more intense development in some urban areas of the City.
When the City adopted the Comprehensive Plan, it did not rezone property to be consistent with the new land use designations. As a result, certain urban areas now carry a land use designation that calls for a different type of development than the current zoning of the property allows. City Staff analyzed these areas, considering how best to implement the vision, goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.
Upon analysis of each area, Staff has determined that the current Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map designation is appropriate, and that a proposed rezone is the most appropriate way to create consistency between the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map and the zoning of these properties.
Consistency between the Comprehensive Plan’s future land use designation and the zone district of a given area is crucial to maximizing opportunity for landowners to make use of their property, because the Zoning and Development Code, in Sections 21.02.070 (a)(6)(i) and 21.02.080(d)(1), requires that all development projects comply with the Comprehensive Plan.
The I-1 zone district meets the Future Land Use designation of the Comprehensive Plan, Commercial Industrial. Rezoning this area to I-1 is also consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and is generally compatible with land uses in the surrounding area.
An Open House was held on January 18, 2012 to allow property owners and interested citizens an opportunity to review the proposed zoning map amendments, to make comments and to meet with staff to discuss any concerns that they might have. A display ad noticing the Open House was run in the Daily Sentinel newspaper to encourage public review and comment. The proposed amendments were also posted on the City website with information about how to submit comments or concerns.
After public notice and a public hearing as required by the Charter and Ordinances of the City, the Grand Junction Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed zoning map amendment for the following reasons:
1. The requested zone(s) is consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.
2. The review criteria in Section 21.02.140 of the Grand Junction Zoning and Development Code have all been met.
After public notice and a public hearing before the Grand Junction City Council, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the proposed zoning map amendment implements the vision, goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and should be adopted.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION THAT:
The following property shall be rezoned I-1 (Light Industrial).
637/681 Railroad Boulevard
2225 River Road
See attached map.
Introduced on first reading this 4th day of April, 2012 and ordered published in pamphlet form.
Adopted on second reading this 2nd day of May, 2012 and ordered published in pamphlet form.
ATTEST:
/s/ Stephanie Tuin /s/ Bill Pitts
City Clerk Mayor