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Council favors flex/light industrial mix with solar options for Section 36 subarea
Summary
City planning staff and consultant Kimley Horn presented two land‑use concepts for the Section 36 subarea; council members generally favored Concept 1 (flex + light industrial) with options to include rooftop/leased solar and to use decommissioned ponds for city solar tied to wastewater operations.
Planning manager Becky Smith and consultant Blake Young of Kimley Horn updated the council on the Section 36 subarea plan on May 5, presenting two land‑use concepts and asking for council feedback on vision goals and potential sustainability measures.
Blake Young summarized the project timeline and constraints, telling council the plan grew from the Northglenn 20‑year comprehensive plan and aims to guide redevelopment, improve connectivity and encourage sustainable economic development in the area north of Thornton and east of Broomfield. He described environmental and regulatory constraints including a regulatory floodway, a wastewater force main, and oil-and‑gas setbacks on the Anadarko property; Young noted Colorado’s 2,000‑foot setback for residential uses and that the site currently has a development agreement limiting residential proposals.
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