City and County of Denver - File #: 19-0914

• File #: 19-0914
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/30/2019
• In control: Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
• On agenda: 9/30/2019
• Final action: 9/30/2019
• Title: A bill for an ordinance amending Chapter 30 (Landmark Preservation) of the Revised Municipal Code. Amends Chapter 30 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code (DRMC), Landmark Ordinance to simplify designation criteria, add criteria associated with cultural significance, to extend time frames for demolition/designation review process, to add required mediation and to clarify language and ensure consistency throughout the ordinance. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 9-10-19.
• Indexes: Zach Rothmier

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/1/2019	1	Mayor	signed
10/1/2019	1	Council President	signed
9/30/2019	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
9/23/2019	1	City Council	ordered published with a future courtesy public hearing
9/10/2019	1	Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee	held in committee	Fail
9/10/2019	1	Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 8-30-19

Requesting Agency: Community Planning and Development
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name:

Name: Kara Hahn
Email: kara.hahn@denvergov.org

Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance amending Chapter 30 (Landmark Preservation) of the Revised Municipal Code.
Amends Chapter 30 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code (DRMC), Landmark Ordinance to simplify designation criteria, add criteria associated with cultural significance, to extend time frames for demolition/designation review process, to add required mediation and to clarify language and ensure consistency throughout the ordinance. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 9-10-19.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
At the request of City Council, Landmark Preservation staff has been working over the past 19 months to make changes to Chapter 30 of the DRMC. In early 2018, Landmark convened a task force to examine areas to reduce conflict and simplify some of the complexities of the ordinance. The task force met 11 times between March 2018 and March 2019 and explored how to improve Landmark processes while b...