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DOCS DEPARTMENT REPORT TO THE COUNCIL
December 17, 2018
Legacy PUD Amendment(Z-637-18) .
• Plan Commission Docket No. 18090010 OA
• Amendment to the Legacy PUD text in order to adjust the maximum residential unit limitations and specify the
location and facilities for the amenity area
• Site is located south of 146th Street and west of River Road
• It is zoned Legacy PUD Z-501-07
Planning and Zoning Analysis
This ordinance amendment is proposed to address two specific items:
1. Legacy Amenity Area
a. The amendment more clearly sets a location and timeline for the installation of the amenity area.
b. The amenity area has always been planned for the Legacy development, but there was not a specific time
frame in place for when it will be built.
c. This amendment will require the amenity area to be built within 60 days following Technical Advisory
Committee review of the site plan or after completion of Cherry Creek Boulevard.
d. The amendment also provides the location for the amenity area which will be along Cherry Creek
Boulevard.
e. The items to be included in the amenity area will include a pool,wading pool,bathhouse,pavilion,picnic
area, sport court,playground equipment, and parking area.
2. Housing type variety
a. Currently the PUD limits apartments to 300 units and limits all residential to 1,344 units(including
single-family).
b. The amendment will allow for the total number of apartment units to be increased to 389 units.
c. The overall permitted number of residential units will be reduced to a maximum of 1,250.
d. While the number of apartments permitted is increasing,the overall density of the development is actually
being reduced.
Negotiations with Petitioner during Plan Commission process
• Staff requested a tree preservation easement be placed on Barker's Canopy and petitioner agreed.
• The timeline for building the amenity area was tightened up.
• TAC review only was agreed upon for the site and construction plans of the amenity area.
Concerns discussed by the Plan Commission
• The Plan Commission wanted to make sure the amenity area features were not just meeting the minimum
requirements.
L • Bike parking was discussed and petitioner said there will be bike parking.
DOCS Staff found that the proposed amendments would not have a negative impact on the development overall. The
allowed locations for apartments are not changing. They are only permitted in the Urban Residential,Village Core,and
Corner Use Blocks. It will allow for more density near the core of Legacy and the retail and office areas and it will allow
for additional variety in housing options. The amendments will also provide more certainty on the location and time
frame for the construction of the amenity area. DOCS Staff recommended that the Plan Commission forward this item to
City Council with a Favorable Recommendation. They voted, 8-0 to send it with a Favorable recommendation to City
Council.
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