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Committee forwards 2625 E. 3rd Ave rezoning after applicant signs community benefits agreement
Summary
CPD recommended forwarding a CCN→CCCN4 rezoning at 2625 E. 3rd Ave (Cherry Creek) to the full council; applicant counsel said a signed development and community benefits agreement includes enhanced landscaping, limits on certain first‑floor commercial uses and construction coordination to address neighbor concerns.
City planning staff told the committee that a proposal to rezone 2625 East Third Avenue from legacy Chapter 59 CCN with conditions to CCCN4 would enable a mixed‑use condominium project and is consistent with Denver's Comprehensive Plan 2040, Blueprint Denver and the Cherry Creek Area Plan.
"Based on the information provided today and the staff report, CPD recommends forwarding the application to the full City Council, finding all criteria have been met," presenter Will Prince said, summarizing staff’s review of consistency, public interest and neighborhood context.
Council members focused questions on a standing condition tied to the site's older CCN zoning, buffering to the north and how the new district's design standards would interact with adjacent protected residential blocks. Applicant land‑use counsel Caitlin Quander said the project team had engaged extensively with the neighborhood association and direct neighbors and had executed a development agreement and a community benefits agreement. "That agreement includes a variety of mitigation, including enhanced landscaping and limitations around certain commercial uses," Quander said, adding there are construction coordination measures and a plan for ongoing neighborhood presentations as design advances.
Committee members also discussed design review rules in Cherry Creek and how a step‑back (a "wedding‑cake" step down) to adjacent protected districts would affect building massing. Quander said the project will proceed through the city's design review board as required and that setbacks in the CCN4 district and the signed agreements are intended to mitigate neighbor impacts.
After questions, the committee moved and seconded a referral of the rezoning to the full City Council for a public hearing; staff noted the item is tentatively scheduled for a future floor calendar date.
