WEEK OF JULY 27, 2023
VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 35
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Parker officials address road, drainage and bike improvements BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Filings 14 and 15. The nearly 23 acres is currently zoned for residential and commercial use. The 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. According to a document provided to the town, the rezoning
Parker officials address a long list of issues related to roads, including updating a nearly two-decade-old bike lane plan. “The 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. 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. The 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. The 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. The manual project is a follow-up on the town’s 2019 adoption of standards “[The project] creates a single comprehensive manual that includes new design
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Parker Town Council adjourns for a recess following the Stroh Road Planned Development Master Plan discussion. From left at the dais: Joshua Rivero, Anne Barrington, Todd Hendreks, Jeff Toborg, John Diak, Brandi Wilks and Laura Hefta. PHOTO BY HALEY LENA
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. The council unanimously refused to approve an ordinance to amend the Stroh Ranch Planned Development Master Plan 3nd Amendment during the July 17 meeting.
The 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. The 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
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