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Committee forwards rezoning request for East Andrews assisted‑living expansion in Montbello
Summary
City planning staff presented a rezoning request to allow an assisted‑living operator to add 63 beds at 12150 East Andrews Drive in Montbello. Staff said the operator plans 100% affordable units targeted at 60% AMI and the planning board approved the map amendment; the committee voted to forward the matter to the council floor.
City planning staff briefed the Community Planning and Housing Committee on a rezoning application for 12150 East Andrews Drive in the Montbello neighborhood and the committee voted to forward the application to the council floor.
Edson, a planner with Community Planning and Development (CPD), described the site as nearly 3.5 acres currently zoned SMU‑3 (multiunit up to three stories) and said the applicant seeks SMX‑3 (suburban mixed use up to three stories) so an assisted‑living operator can expand. The existing facility is classified as a residential care facility (type 2, 11–40 beds); the applicant proposes adding 63 beds that would move the use into residential care type 3. Staff noted the request is scheduled for a City Council public hearing on Feb. 23.
CPD said the applicant intends a 100% affordable operation targeting residents at 60% of area median income (AMI) or lower and that the planning board previously approved the rezoning unanimously (it was returned for re‑notice and reapproved on Jan. 7). CPD further described the site context: single‑family neighborhoods to the east, industrial and mixed‑use to the west, and a church and small school nearby. The staff report includes consistency findings with Comprehensive Plan 2040, Blueprint Denver and the Far Northeast small area plan and summarizes the project’s equity analysis and neighborhood outreach.
Applicant Peter Hines (Open Arms Assisted Living) told the committee the addition would be built on the vacant portion of the site and that the existing building and parking lot would remain. Councilmembers asked about requirements for proximity to single‑family zones and how the project would serve neighbors; CPD noted protected district standards apply adjacent to single‑family zones and that the applicant has submitted letters of support including one RNO and community signatures from a prior meeting.
The committee moved and seconded the rezoning and forwarded the item to the council floor by voice vote. The CPD planner said he is available to answer further questions and that the item is tentatively scheduled for council public hearing on Feb. 23.
