Around Town....
Remember: The greenest house is the one already built!
West Washington Park:
The public hearing and final vote for this major residential rezone is on the
agenda for Monday, December 15, A 5:30PM, on the 4th Floor of the City and
County Building. To help, contact Charlie Busch at president@wwpna.org or
Councilman Chris Nevitt at 720-865-8900

Park Hill:
A multi-block section of Park Hill north of Colfax  was rezoned last month after
seriouisly hard work by affected homeowners. For more information and to help
with related issues, contact Heather Shockey at 303 394.3494 or email her at
hshockey@msec.org

If you or your neighbors are beginning discussions with your Council rep,
or with the Planning Department, about rezoning your neighborhood in
accordance with the plan maps of Blueprint Denver, let us know and we'll
put you in contact with others who have trod the road already.

Good Luck!
Blueprint Denver was adopted by City Council in March 2002.  The Planning Manager at
that time asserted an intent to have revised zone descriptions and a revised zone map
before Council for adoption within a year. But, she died of cancer, Denver elected a new
mayor who appointed a new Planning Manager, and the effort went to the end of the line.

Despite years now of sporadic work and tens of thousand's for consulting fees, no date
certain yet exists for the revised zone map to come before Council. It always "about a
year" away.

Despite courageous advocacy by some isolated individuals, real estate and development
interests have long been opposed to any changes to the zoning code which limit their
freedom of action. They only support those changes which increase their opportunities for
development. Despite a lot of property rights blather, those interests and organizations do
not support the property rights of existing homeowners. The delays work to their advantage.

Last year, homeowners from a small section of West Highland and Sloan's Lake were
successful in convincing their Council rep to support rezoning their respective areas. In the
course of that effort, the Planning department appeared to re-discover the significance of
the residential sections of Blueprint Denver and other homeowners around the city saw this
change as an opportunity to press for rezoning in their neighborhoods.

Piecemeal is better than nothing and it's all we have until Hick tells his Planning Manager
to get the job done city-wide and eliminate this long drawn-out uncertainty.

Send him an email!   Mayor John Hicklenlooper (MileHighMayor@ci.denver.co.us)
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