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Council denies rezoning application to add residential units in Stroh Ranch
BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Stroh Ranch residents expressed concerns and support for the proposed 275-unit Mill Creek development near Parker Road and Stroh Road.
e council unanimously refused to approve an ordinance to amend the Stroh Ranch Planned Development Master Plan 3nd Amendment during the July 17 meeting.
e development would have extended from the intersection of Parker Road and J Morgan Boulevard in the north to Stroh Road between the King Soopers shopping center and Village on the Green neighborhood in the south.
e applicant submitted a rezoning application that would have amended the Stroh Ranch Planning Development zoning to add 275 residential units to the planned development for use in the Mixed Use Planning Areas for e nearly 23 acres is currently zoned for residential and commercial use. e proposed rezoning would have increased the residential dwelling units from 2,817 to 3,092 units, utilizing the additional residential space for mixed-use development.
Filings 14 and 15.
According to a document provided to the town, the rezoning
“ e Town of Parker’s vision for the plan is to be a community where bicycling, walking and rolling are comfortable, safe and convenient and provide multimodal transportation options and a network for people of all ages and abilities,” said Jeremiah Fettig of Parker’s community development department. e goal is to promote what town leaders call a multi-modal approach to access, mobility and system development, wrapping all into the town’s overall transportation vision adopted in 2014. e Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan replaces a 2005 bike lane plan and supports the Town’s other transportation related policies and standards. At the same meeting, the council also approved revisions to the Land Development Ordinance and Chapter 10.10 of the Parker Municipal Code with the adoption of the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Streetscape Design and Construction Manual. e manual project is a follow-up on the town’s 2019 adoption of standards “[ e project] creates a single comprehensive manual that includes new design
Fettig’s comments came during a lengthy town council meeting on July 17 in which members unanimously approved a resolution to adopt a Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan as part of the Town of Parker Transportation Master Plan.
