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Downtown Review Board approves Early Connections conversion, allows 5-foot perimeter fence
Summary
Downtown Review Board members voted unanimously on May 6, 2025, to approve a form‑based zone minor improvement plan that will convert the two‑story building at 415 Sawatch Street into the Early Connections Learning Center and allow a five‑foot perimeter fence enclosing the facility’s outdoor play areas.
Downtown Review Board members voted unanimously on May 6, 2025, to approve a form‑based zone minor improvement plan that will convert the two‑story building at 415 Sawatch Street into the Early Connections Learning Center and allow a five‑foot perimeter fence enclosing the facility’s outdoor play areas.
The approval permits facade and landscaping improvements, installation of a sidewalk along Sawatch Street subject to engineering approval, and a warrant under the FBZ (Form Based Zone) process to allow a five‑foot fence within the common lawn frontage typology. Staff said the project complies with Plan COS and the FBZ standards pending final technical sidewalk details.
City staff planner Johnny Malpica described the site as a 0.65‑acre property (28,620 square feet) at the southeast corner of West Costilla and Sawatch. The proposed fence will be a black, powder‑coated…
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