To: Honorable Mayor and Members of Town Council
From: Bill Detweiler, Director of Development Services
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Department Update: Development Services Project Updates
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Staff receives inquiries and land use and building permit applications on a daily basis. The high growth nature of our community leads to many questions and individuals seeking information. All land use activity information is located on the Town website under the Development Activity link. Please contact me if any questions arise.
1. New Quasi-Judicial Applications:
Oakwood Apartments
Douglas County Housing Authority submitted an application for a PD Major Amendment at the Oakwood Apartments Complex located at 559 Oakwood Drive. The proposal is to increase density from 64 units to 109 units. This project requires public hearings with the Planning Commission and Town Council and is in quasi-judicial status.
Ridge Estates
Crystal Valley Development Company submitted an application for a PDP (Ridge Estates) to construct 52 single family homes and associated open space on a 70-acre tract, located south of Crystal Valley Ranch, east of Bell Mountain Ranch and north of Sellers Creek Ranch. This project requires public hearings with the Planning Commission and Town Council and is in quasi-judicial status.
2. General Inquiries in the Town or within the County:
Mixed Use Building Downtown
Craine Architecture submitted a Preliminary Project Application to construct a 5-story mixed use development with ground floor retail and residential condominiums at the southwest corner of Wilcox and 3rd Streets. The project includes 40 residential units, 5,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 3 levels of parking (2 underground).
3. Development Activity:
Annexations
• Castle Rock Industrial Park: The project, located on Santa Fe north of Liggett Road and Santa Fe Intersection, received Council approval for annexation and zoning on First Reading. The applicant requested a delay in Second Reading to resolve site design issues and is requesting Council approval to reopen the case.
• Pine Canyon: The applicant is hosting an open house on Monday, February 12 at 6:00 in the Town Hall Council Chambers to give the community an update on their current plan, which is still going through staff review.
• Ridge Estates: The proposal includes annexation and zoning for residential development. Staff is working with the applicant on density, buffering, water use, and traffic prior to scheduling public hearings. The applicant submitted a new zoning proposal that is now under quasi-judicial review for a density of 52 single family residences. The project is located in Douglas County on the south boundary of Crystal Valley Ranch.
Pending Code Amendments
• Assisted Living / Group Home: Based upon Council direction, staff is preparing a code amendment to define location and development standards for Assisted Living and Group Home Facilities. We expect this item to be before Council soon.
• Parking Requirement Downtown: Based upon Council direction staff is preparing a code amendment to define parking standards in the Downtown Overlay District. The Town and Downtown Alliance staff scheduled an open house for March 1.
Site Development Activity/Commercial
• Promenade:
o 7-Eleven site plan and construction document under review, located southwest of Promenade Parkway and Castle Rock Parkway.
o Chick-fil-A site plan, construction documents, and erosion control plan under review, located in the north/central part of the site.
o Culver’s submitted a revised construction document, located on Genoa Street between Arby’s and Holiday Inn Express.
o La Loma Restaurant site plan, construction documents, and erosion control plan review, located in the north end of the site.
o Les Schwab Tire Center infrastructure, located north of Promenade Parkway near 24 Hour Fitness.
o Midici Restaurant building permit, located on the north end of the site.
o Old Chicago Restaurant site and building permits, located in the central part of the site.
o Starbucks and unnamed commercial unit site plan submittal, located in the north/central part of the site.
• Meadows:
o Collaboration Campus plans and plats, located north of the hospital and south of the high school.
o Self-Storage site and building construction, located on the north side of Meadows Parkway and east of the railroad tracks.
o Town Center:
§ Apex charter school site construction.
§ CVS Pharmacy site plans.
§ Sherwin Williams Retail Store site construction and building permit.
§ South Denver Gastroenterology Ambulatory Surgery Center tenant finish at 3911 Ambrosia Street.
§ Trail improvements in open space areas.
§ Touchstone Imaging tenant improvement at 3911 Ambrosia Street.
• Downtown:
o Eternal Rock Evangelical Church: The Eternal Rock Evangelical Church submitted a Site Development Plan to renovate the old Steele Tire building at 2 Phelps Street. Public hearings will be scheduled with the Design Review Board when staff reviews are complete.
o Fifth Street Apartments: The plan includes 68 multifamily units and 78 structured parking spaces at the northwest corner of Fifth and Jerry Streets. The Design Review Board approved the application on Sept. 13th and Council approved the TIF agreement on October 3rd. Site Construction plans are now under review.
o Riverwalk South and North - mixed use building under construction at Wilcox Street and First, and Wilcox and Second Street.
o Wild Blue Yonder: Lot line vacation and erosion control plans under review for property at Wilcox and 6th.
• Other Commercial Projects throughout Town:
o Castle Locks II, site construction for an 8 building self-storage facility on Liggett Road.
o Fire Station #152 on Crystal Valley Parkway.
o Garage Condos, construction and soil erosion plan, located on Liggett Road.
o Town of Castle Rock, Parks Department Operations & Maintenance Facility, construction and erosion control plans, located on the north end of Caprice Street on the former Town waste water facility.
o Veterinarian clinic, 9,700 square feet, proposed in the old Fowl Line building, located near Founders Parkway and Allen Street (east of Target).
o World Compass Academy building expansion located on I-25 frontage road and South Perry Street.
Site Development Activity/Residential
• Founders Village - sign monument, landscape, fence, and trail improvement plans adjacent to Mikelson Blvd between Mitchell Street and Sovereign.
• Lanterns - construction documents for loop road, through future single-family home development located south of Crystal Valley Parkway and east of Plum Creek Blvd.
• Liberty Village - construction documents for previously platted 159 single family lots located on the north side of Castle Oaks Drive and west of existing construction.
• Plum Creek Fairway 9, construction documents for seven lot single-family subdivision, located on Emerald Drive south of the Plum Creek Golf Course clubhouse.
• Plum Creek Ridge Townhomes - Plum Creek Parkway and Emerald.
• Sunstone Village in Terrain - 120 single family units located south of SH86 and east of Ridge Road. The application has not been scheduled yet for public hearings.
• Terrain - Ravenwood Pool construction and erosion control plans near High Point Road and Rocky View Road.
• Terrain, Sunstone Village, 120 single-family home development, site development plan located south of intersection of State Highway 86 and Autumn Sage.
• Liberty Village - staff is working with Richmond Homes to complete a bridge crossing on Castle Oaks Drive, planned to be completed in the next 180 days.