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Council rezones 10.9-acre property at 10285 Ridge Road for 200 affordable units, Red Rocks expansion
Summary
City council approved an ordinance rezoning 10285 Ridge Road from Agricultural A-1 to Mixed Use Commercial Transit-Oriented Development, enabling a Foothills Regional Housing project for up to about 200 affordable units, an expansion for Red Rocks Community College nursing program and supportive services.
Wheat Ridge city council on Friday approved an ordinance on second reading rezoning a 10.89-acre parcel at 10285 Ridge Road from Agricultural A-1 to Mixed Use Commercial Transit-Oriented Development (MUCTOD). The rezoning enables redevelopment by Foothills Regional Housing and includes a concept plan that limits density to roughly 20 dwelling units per acre — about 200 total units — with building heights generally limited to two to four stories depending on the edge.
Senior planner Stephanie Stevens told council the site was formerly part of a larger state-owned group-home campus and has been vacant and deteriorating for decades. She said the proposed MUCTOD zoning and the applicant’s voluntary concept plan respond to the city plan and the adopted…
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