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Council rejects motion to send Centerra South density increase to voters
Summary
A motion to place an amendment increasing residential units at Centerra South on the November ballot failed 1–7 after councilors and the city attorney said legal and procedural limits likely bar a public vote on a quasi‑judicial land‑use action.
A motion to put an amendment to the Centerra South development on the November ballot failed 1–7 at the Loveland City Council meeting Tuesday.
The item grew from public comments and a new‑business request asking whether the public should decide a developer request to increase residential density. The motion, read by the mayor from language requested by attorney Robert McKnight, asked voters to approve a proposed increase of 519 residential units and cited an estimated 25‑year change to the city’s tax increment financing (TIF) revenue.
Councilors and the city attorney, Vince Jungless, told colleagues that the proposed ballot question would likely conflict with Colorado procedures for quasi‑judicial land‑use decisions and could expose the city to legal risk. Jungless explained that the plan documents at issue — the Millennium General Development Plan and the Centerra South urban renewal plan — are separate…
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