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Planning commission finds Thirteenth Avenue Station urban renewal plan conforms to city comprehensive plan
Summary
City staff told the Aurora Planning and Zoning Commission the Thirteenth Avenue Station urban renewal plan aims to add a secondary access bridge and enable transit‑oriented development. Commissioners voted unanimously to find the draft plan conforms with the city comprehensive plan and recommended it to city council.
The Aurora Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 22 voted 7-0 to find that the proposed Thirteenth Avenue Station Urban Renewal Plan conforms with the city comprehensive plan, sending the draft plan on to City Council for further action.
City urban renewal staff presented the plan as a tool to unlock two underused development sites near the Thirteenth Avenue RTD station by funding a new secondary access — a bridge across Tollgate Creek — and related public improvements. Jennifer Orozco, who presented the plan for the city, said the draft cooperation agreements with Aurora Public Schools, Arapahoe County and the Mile High Flood District have been signed by the other taxing entities and will be brought to council for approval on the Aurora side.
Orozco said the city has identified two constrained parcels — an RTD parking site north of Thirteenth Avenue and a privately…
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