Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2025 09 24

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In,/ City Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 Open Space Advisory Board Staff Report September 24, 2025 ITEM: ZON-000555-2025 — Avista Adventist Hospital GDP, Amendment No. 2 STAFF: Rob Zuccaro, AICP, Community Development Director REQUEST: Approval of Resolution 01, Series 2025 recommending to the City Council approval of a public use dedication of approximately 7.5 acres to be designated Open Space as part of the Avista Adventists Hospital General Development Plan, Amendment No. 2 SUMMARY: Portercare Adventist Health Systems requests two simultaneous amendments to the Avista Adventist Hospital General Development Plan (GDP) and the ConocoPhillips Campus GDP (Redtail Ridge). GDPs are required when a property is zoned Planned Community Zone District (PCZD). This zone district is reserved for larger, master planned developments and the GDP serves to establish the overall development plan and zoning standards for the development. One of the primary purposes of the requested amendments is to "swap development rights" by removing unused development allocation (square feet of allowed building area) from the Avista Adventist Hospital GDP and adding a similar development allocation to a parcel within the ConcoPhillips Campus GDP that is owned by Portercare Adventist Health Systems. The ConcoPhillips Campus GDP amendment would also establish building height and bulk standards for a new hospital campus. Specific to OSAB's review authority, the property owner is also proposing dedication of an approximate 7.5-acre parcel to the City for use as open space within the Avista Adventist Hospital GDP boundaries (see Lot B on proposed GDP amendment, Attachment No. 2). The proposed land dedication covers approximately half of a 15- acre parcel listed on OSAB's 2023 Candidate Open Space Ranking map as a High Priority (Parcel DD). The property owner requests that the City manage the new open space parcel as Open Space -Preserved Land as defined under City Charter, and that the City does not develop public trails, trailheads or other amenities on the parcel, unless such agreement is amended in the future. This public land dedication is not being made to meet a municipal code requirement for public use dedications, as the property is already subdivided and no new development is proposed within the Avista Adventist Hospital GDP area. Public use dedications are required when a property is initially subdivided, totaling 12% of commercial areas and 15% of residential areas, or cash in lieu of land dedication (LMC Sec. 16.16.060). Additional public use dedications may be required as part of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval process when development occurs within the GDP area if certain criteria are met (LMC Sec. 17.28.080). This application does not include a PUD development proposal. l 5