Planning commission backs vacation of South Fairview right-of-way, sends amended exhibit to council

Woodland Park Planning Commission members voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that city council approve a request from Andre Brewington to vacate a 60-foot-wide, undeveloped portion of South Fairview Street north of Foster Avenue and south of Woodland Avenue, sending the item to council with conditions requiring a corrected legal exhibit and a staff/legal determination of which municipal-code provision governs division of the vacated land.

The request, which concerns a small triangular remnant of land at the southwest corner of Block 16 in the Foster’s Addition to Manitou Park plat, drew an extended staff presentation and public testimony. “Staff's recommendation is for planning commission to recommend city council deny the request to vacate a portion of South Fairview Street,” Senior Planner CJ Gates said during the presentation, citing utility access, parcel configuration and neighborhood character as concerns. Despite that recommendation, commissioners voted to forward the application with conditions so city council can decide.

The triangle of land in dispute sits west of Woodland Avenue and east of Foster Avenue. City staff said a recent survey provided by the applicant shows the applicant's parcel is roughly…