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City Council Meeting Minutes May 6, 2008 Page 7 of 17 Mayor Sisk requested a City ~4ttorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1533, Series 2008. Mayor Sisk opened the public; hearing and requested a Staff presentation. Planning Director Wood expl<~ined Ordinance No. 1533, Series 2008 authorizes the amendment the PCZD GE:neral Development Plan (GDP) for the Business Center at CTC. The amendment applies to the portion of the GDP (28 acres) which is currently zoned PCZD-C and is located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of State Highway 42 and So. 104th Street. The parcel is part of 750 acre parcel originally annexed by the Mizel Annexation in 1975 and zoned Commercial Business (CB). The zoning was changed to PCZD-C in 1998 with the replatting of the Colorado Technology Center as the Business Center at CTC. The applicant is IBC Holding;> Denver II, LLC and the property owner is the Colorado Tech Land Company, LLC, represented by Mr. Jon Lee. The applicant is requesting the modification of the GDP for the purpose of increasing the scope of zoning to include: 1) research and development uses, 2) warehousing, and 3) fabrication and assembly uses. Staff and the Planning Commission do not support the portion of the request that freestanding warehouses be a permitted use in the PCZD-C district. ~4 freestanding warehouse could be reviewed as a Special Review Use under the CB zone district standards. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on March 13th and forwarded a recommendation of support vuithout condition. Mayor Sisk requested an Applicant presentation. Mr. Jon Lee, CTLC, 2500 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO, noted they have owned the property for 33 years. In 1998 the zoning was changed to PCZD-C. He explained they are asking for warehousing in addition to retail. The warehousing would be consistent with the surrounding building, and would not be dead storage warehouse. Mayor Sisk requested public comment and hearing none closed the public hearing. MOTION: Councilor Dalton moved to approve Ordinance No. 1533, Series 2008, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Marsella. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7-0. Mr. Lee reported the Metro District lift station will be completed in two month and they are working with the Public Works Department on the Dillon Road Project.