Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2022 06 23

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RESOLUTION NO. 8 SERIES 2022 A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 17, ZONING, TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IN CHAPTER 17.76 WHEREAS, Colorado statutes require municipalities to include within their comprehensive plans provisions that will promote affordable housing; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 58, Series 2017, adopted on November 6, 2018, the City endorsed the Boulder County Regional Housing Partnership, which recommends a goal of ensuring twelve percent (12%) of the housing inventory will be permanently affordable to low-, moderate-, and middle -income households by 2035; and WHEREAS, on May 13, 2021, the Planning Commission approved Resolution No. 4, Series 2021, recommending approval of an ordinance to adopt Inclusionary Housing requirements for the City of Louisville; and WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, City Council approved Ordinance No. 1809. Series 2021 which established Chapter 17.76 - Inclusionary Housing in the Louisville Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, House Bill 21-1117, adopted by the Colorado General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor on May 28, 2021, clarified that the existing authority for cities to plan for and regulate the use of land includes the authority to regulate development or redevelopment in order to promote the construction of new affordable housing units; and WHEREAS, City Council included on the 2022 Work Plan consideration of an ordinance to require 30% inclusionary housing for property that is rezoned from a non- residential zone district to a zone district that allows residential development; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing concerning the draft ordinance amendment on June 9, 2022, at which evidence and testimony were entered into the record; and WHEREAS, after consideration of the evidence and testimony presented at the public hearing and based on the following findings, the Planning Commission voted 6-1 to direct City staff to draft a resolution recommending the City Council deny the draft Ordinance. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of Louisville, Colorado does hereby recommend denial of a draft ordinance to amend the inclusionary requirements within Chapter 17.76 of the Louisville Municipal Code and adopts the following findings in support of the recommendation for denial: Commission Finding: The Commission is supportive of additional inclusionary housing within the City and finds that this position is supported by the following policies within the Comprehensive Plan: We