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 Requiring Public Hearings:
Day Care Use by Special Review:
A Use by Special Review application was submitted for a day care use in the Craig and Gould Neighborhood. The building is located at 399 Gilbert Street. The application will be scheduled for Planning Commission and Town Council public hearings.
Parks and Recreation Department Rezone Request:
The Town Parks and Recreation Department submitted a PL-1 rezone application to construct a 14,000 sq. ft. maintenance facility. The 156-acre site is located at the north end of Caprice Drive. The application will be scheduled for Planning Commission and Town Council public hearings.
Riverwalk Comprehensive Sign Package:
The Riverwalk development team submitted a Comprehensive Sign package application to establish a consistent and planned sign program. The application will be scheduled for a Design Review Board public hearing.
Wild Blue Yonder Site Development Plan Amendment:
The Wild Blue Yonder Brewery development, located at 519 Wilcox Street, is making changes to exterior building materials, and that change requires public review and action by the Design Review Board.
2. General Inquiries in the Town or within the County:
Timber Canyon Replat Request PPA:
Staff received a request seeking feedback on a replat in the Timber Canyon subdivision. The applicant is proposing lot adjustments to create one large single family lot. Timber Canyon is located northeast of the intersection of Crowfoot Valley Road and Founders Parkway.
3. Development Activity:
Annexations
• Ridge Estates: The proposal includes annexation and zoning for 52 residential lots. Density, buffering, water use, and traffic are issues that require further study prior to public hearings. 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. The item is tentatively scheduled for the Planning Commission in April and Town Council in May.
• Parking Requirement Downtown: The final draft was approved by the Downtown Development Authority and will be heard by Town Council on May 1.
• Wireless Code Update: Staff and legal counsel are drafting a code amendment to align the Town with Federal and State allowances for wireless providers and to define a process which requires design elements. The draft is under review by industry stakeholders and staff will present the code to Council within the next 90 days.
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 early grading permit was issued. The project is 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 Premier Members Credit Union, site development plan, located southwest of Promenade Parkway and Castle Rock Parkway.
o Retail building with up to 7 tenants, site development plan, located northwest of Promenade Parkway and Castlegate Drive West.
o Retail building with 3 units, construction documents for 6,000 sf retail building adjacent to Meadows Parkway in southwest corner of the block south of Lowes.
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 The Self-Storage site and building construction, located on the north side of Meadows Parkway and east of the railroad tracks received a TCO.
o Town Center:
§ Apex charter school site construction.
§ CVS Pharmacy site construction.
§ Sherwin Williams Retail Store site construction and building permit.
§ South Denver Gastroenterology Ambulatory Surgery Center tenant finish at 3911 Ambrosia Street.
• Downtown:
o Riverwalk South and North - mixed use building under construction at Wilcox Street and First, and Wilcox and Second Street.
o Street Patio installation approved for multiple downtown businesses.
o Wild Blue Yonder: Lot line vacation was approved and erosion control plans are 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 Castle Rock Industrial Park, site plan for two buildings, totaling 25,800 sq. ft. of office, warehouse and flex space, located northwest of intersection of Hwy 85 and Liggett Road.
o Founders Marketplace, construction drawings for commercial retail development, northeast of 5th Street and Founders Parkway.
o Garage Condos, construction and soil erosion plan, located on Liggett Road.
o Metzler Ranch, site development plan for a veterinary clinic to go into the vacant Fowl Line building located near Founders Parkway and Woodlands Boulevard/Allen Street.
o Starbucks, site development plan and plat, located on southeast corner of Wolfensberger Road and Kinner Street.
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 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.
• Meadows Springs at Castle Rock multifamily apartment complex site plan and construction documents, located at corner of Bilberry and Viridian.
• 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 was heard by the Planning Commission on March 22 and recommended for approval to Town Council.
• 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.