Planning Commission approves Sunset Ridge Market preliminary plat for 6.73-acre site

The Greeley City Planning Commission approved a preliminary subdivision plat for the Shops at Sunset Ridge, a 6.73-acre property at the northwest corner of 50 Ninth Avenue and Thirteenth Street, directing dedication of right-of-way for Eleventh Street.

The plat application (SUB2024-0013) proposes dividing the single parcel into four tracts — one about 2 acres, two about 1.25 acres each, and one about 1.75 acres — and reconfiguring easements. Planning staff described the request as “fairly straightforward” and recommended approval under the Greeley Development Code criteria for preliminary plats.

Jeff Wover, city of Greeley planning staff, told the commission the site is zoned CH (commercial, high intensity) and has not been previously developed. He said the primary purpose of the tract configuration is to establish the right-of-way for Eleventh Street, which the city requires for future development. Thomas Gilworth, engineering development review, explained that sanitary sewer is expected to follow the roadway and that full right-of-way dedication for adjacent parcels might be completed through a separate rezone on nearby property.

No members of the public spoke at the hearing. After a brief staff presentation and questions from commissioners, a motion to find the preliminary plat in compliance with development code section 24-2-0-3 (as stated during the meeting) and to approve the plat carried on a voice vote; the transcript records the motion and a second but does not record mover/second names or a roll-call tally.

Because the filing is a preliminary plat, the Planning Commission is the decision-making authority. Further submittals, permits and final plat approval will be required before any building permits can be issued for development of the tracts.

The commission moved on to other business following the vote.