Littleton planning commission approves conceptual master plan for River Park South, limits building height to 65 feet

The Littleton City Planning Commission voted 5-0 on May 29 to approve PC Resolution 6-20-25, a conceptual master development plan (MDP) for River Park South that removes the existing Santa Fe Park planned-development overlay (PLO) and applies the underlying Centimeters zone district to the southern portion of the River Park property.

The approval covers a 7.86-acre undeveloped parcel at the future intersection of South Platte River Parkway and West Phillips Avenue and is intended to bring the parcel’s regulatory framework into alignment with the River Park development to the north. Senior planner Zarin of the Community Development Department told the commission, “With that, staff recommends approval of PC Resolution six-two 25.”

The MDP will allow future detailed site plans to be reviewed administratively under the Centimeters (corridor mixed) zone. The applicant, Evergreen Development, asked for an administrative waiver to reclassify certain materials currently defined as secondary in the Centimeters district (board-and-batten, standing-seam metal, natural wood siding) to primary materials; the community development director has approved that waiver, and the waiver will be handled administratively for future site plans. The applicant also voluntarily agreed to a 65-foot maximum height for mixed-use and commercial buildings on the southern site; the Centimeters zone would otherwise…