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RESOLUTION NO. 31 SERIES 1997 A RESOLUTION DENYING A PROPOSED REZONING FROM INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESS TO SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE BOULDER COUNTY LAND VENTURE. WHEREAS, Richmond American Homes of Colorado, Inc., as applicant for owner Boulder County Land Venture, applied for a rezoning of an approximately 153 -acre parcel, located on the eastern edge of the City at the northeast corner of Dillon Road and South 104th Street, from Industrial and Commercial Business to Single Family Estate; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1260, Series 1997, which would so rezone the property, was considered by Louisville City Council on First Reading on June 17, 1997; and WHEREAS, a properly noticed public hearing was held on Ordinance No. 1260 during the June 17, 1997, City Council meeting, at which the applicant and several interested persons presented testimony to the City Council; and WHEREAS, numerous documents were made a part of the record of the public hearing. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: 1. Based on the testimony of the witnesses and the documents made a part of the record of the public hearing, the City Council finds as follows: a. Louisville Municipal Code s17.44.050 provides that, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable and desirable development within the City of Louisville, the rezoning of land "is to be discouraged." Rezonings may only be considered if one of four stated criteria are met. The criteria are set out in Louisville Municipal Code s17.44.050. b. The applicant did not establish that any of the four stated criteria were met by the proposed rezoning. c. The applicant urged that one of the criteria has been met, as follows: "the area for which rezoning is requested has changed or is changing to such a degree that it is in the public interest to encourage a redevelopment of the area." 1