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Denver Mayor
Skips Key Meeting After Overland Park's Zoning Victory -
What's He Hiding?"
Friday, 2 February 2024
Zoning appeal forces Denver Mayor
to resubmit homeless micro-community permit without a new meeting.
Craig
Arfsten's
successful appeal claims city's improper permitting process on a technicality.
Overland Park's 621 W.
Wesley Ave. micro-community site at center of zoning dispute.
Concerns raised by local residents
about potential increase in crime due to the development.
Zoning code requires a documented
and properly conducted community information meeting, lacking in this case.
Denver fails to uphold zoning
requirements, including documentation of outreach efforts.
City admits failure to follow
a technical procedure during the appeal hearing.
New permit submitted immediately
after successful appeal, symbolically affecting Overland Park residents.
Mayor's strategy
includes building "tiny homes" in micro-communities for homeless individuals post-encampment sweeps.