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Brighton council approves CUP amendment to allow temporary construction yards at Metro Water Recovery plant
Summary
Brighton City Council approved Resolution 2026-34 to amend Conditional Use Permit 2012-132, permitting temporary construction yards on the Metro Water Recovery Northern Treatment Plant site with eight staff conditions including a 10-foot screening fence and a maximum 10-year duration.
Brighton City Council on April 7 unanimously approved an amendment to Conditional Use Permit 2012-132 that allows temporary construction yards to support expansion of the Metro Water Recovery Northern Treatment Plant on an approximately 82.687-acre property north of Baseline Road and west of U.S. 85.
Planning Technician Hampton Moore presented staff recommendations and eight conditions governing the yards, including limiting the yards to the area shown in the CUP application, permanent decorative opaque screening, a maximum fence height of 10 feet, a stabilized dust-free surface, preservation of the site landscaping approved in the original CUP, and a 10-year limit on the temporary yards. The amendment preserves the remaining conditions of CUP 2012-132 and requires additional building permits for the construction yards and any new buildings on site.
Aiden Travers, the applicant and property owner, described the purpose of the construction staging areas and the plan to support phased expansion. Moore and Travers told council the yards would be internal to the site with limited external sightlines from U.S. 85. Councilmembers asked whether modular units and trailers would be constrained by the 10-foot height screening condition; Moore clarified that the restriction applies to stacked materials and that typical trailers are not precluded by the screen-height limitation.
Staff noted that the plant’s Phase 1 was constructed to 28.8 million gallons per day average flow, and that Phase 2 would allow future expansion to a 60 million gallon-per-day capacity driven by regional growth. The amendment was described as temporary and intended to facilitate buildout without long-term impacts to drainage, utilities, or surrounding property.
Councilmember Chris Fiedler moved to approve Resolution 2026-34, seconded by Councilmember Melinda Carbajal; the motion passed 9-0. Following approval, staff and the applicant will pursue the required building permits and any subsequent approvals triggered by future construction phases.
