SUBJECT: GENERAL BUSINESS
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PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving with Conditions the Nine Mile Planned Development.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development
PRESENTER: Hannah Hippely, Senior Planner
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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Approval of the ordinance with conditions.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER: The Nine Mile PD Amendment proposes to clean up and clarify elements of the existing PD, expand the scope to include standards for the commercial portion of the development and make modifications which reflect the IGA with the City of Lafayette.
The Comprehensive Plan identifies Nine Mile Corner as a Regional Commercial area. The Town began annexation of these properties in 1994 when a portion of it was annexed along with the Arapahoe Ridge area. That property was zoned Planned Development (PD). The Nelson-Kuhl Annexation brought the rest of the Nine Mile property into the Town in 2015 and that property was initially zoned Community Commercial. In 2016, the Town of Erie and the Erie Urban Renewal Authority (the property owners) entered into an agreement with Evergreen-287 & Arapahoe, L.L.C. (the Developers) to develop the property in accordance with the identified Comprehensive Plan goals. The original PD application was begun in 2016 along with a site plan for the multifamily development. The original PD was reviewed by Planning Commission on June 21, 2017 and approved by the Board of Trustees on July 25, 2017. Progress on the development of Nine Mile Corner was slowed due to ongoing litigation between the Town of Erie and the City of Lafayette. This dispute was resolved by an Intergovernmental Agreement which was entered into in June of 2019 and activity on the project resumed. The PD Amendment which is the subject of this application was applied for in 2019 and is the first step in establishing parameters for the commercial development on the site and reflects the outcome ...
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