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Commission recommends rezoning of 7400 S. Alton Court to Employment Center Mixed Use 75
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Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that City Council approve rezoning 7400 S. Alton Court (approx. 14.29 acres) from BP‑75 to Employment Center Mixed Use 75 with the Midtown Centennial overlay; staff said the change aligns with the comprehensive plan while residents and commissioners raised concerns about concentrated residential development.
The Centennial Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 14 recommended approval of an ordinance to rezone 7400 South Alton Court (case RZONE‑25‑00005) from Business Park 75 to Employment Center Mixed Use 75 with the Midtown Centennial Overlay District.
Planner Jess LeCombre told commissioners the rezoning (a staff recommendation to City Council) would allow a broader mix of office, commercial and residential uses intended to support Midtown Centennial’s vision of a transit‑oriented, higher‑density mixed‑use corridor near I‑25 and the Dry Creek light‑rail station. She said the overlay incorporates development standards including a minimum four‑story residential building height within 300 feet of I‑25 and changes the landscape surface ratio from 25% to 10% for the site. LeCombre said staff found the proposed rezoning meets the required criteria in the comprehensive plan and the Midtown Centennial subarea plan and recommended the commission forward a positive recommendation to City Council for the Feb. 3, 2026 public hearing.
Steven Roberts, vice president of development and construction with CityView (the applicant), said CityView intends to redevelop the underused 14.29‑acre site and that the rezoning would enable redevelopment consistent with the city's Midtown objectives.
During public comment, James Hall (7982 S. Vincennes Way) asked that ECMU district descriptions be posted online and warned that recent and proposed projects near Dry Creek have resulted in heavy concentrations of residential units. "We're really concentrating, you know, a lot of residential development in a very small area," Hall said, estimating several hundred units in two nearby projects.
Several commissioners echoed concerns that market conditions have produced a pattern of residential‑heavy developments under the ECMU designation and urged staff and future applicants to pursue a more balanced mix of office and retail uses over time. Staff responded that rezoning is a map change and that, for this site, future site‑plan review would be administrative because the property is more than 200 feet from residential, while noting earlier related submittals for the site had been withdrawn.
Commissioner Panek moved to recommend approval of the ordinance; Commissioner Unger seconded and the motion passed. The item will proceed to a City Council public hearing on Feb. 3, 2026.
