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Commission backs new mixed‑use Lutheran Legacy Campus zoning to guide hospital‑site redevelopment
Summary
The planning commission voted 6-0 to recommend a new Article 14 to the Wheat Ridge zoning code to create the "Mixed Use Lutheran Legacy Campus" zone district, adding development standards, tree‑preservation language and minimum commercial-square-foot requirements to guide future redevelopment of the former hospital campus.
The Wheat Ridge Planning Commission on Dec. 18 voted 6-0 to recommend approval of an ordinance creating a Mixed Use Lutheran Legacy Campus Zone District and making related conforming amendments to Chapter 26 of the city code.
Senior Planner Scott Cutler and staff presented the nearly final ordinance, which implements the Lutheran Legacy Campus Master Plan and establishes development standards intended to guide future redevelopment of the largely vacant hospital campus. Cutler said the draft ordinance will appear before City Council for first reading in January, with subsequent Council review…
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