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unrealistic terms for counter offers to be consid-
ered and denying access to generate offers.
Furthermore, the campaign has also claimed
that unless the landmark ordinance is changed,
nonowner designation will become a frequent oc-
currence, which isn’t true and not borne out by re-
ality. But for this small group with “alternative facts,”
even once is too much.
Applications for nonowner-designated landmark
status are a rare statistical anomaly. To illustrate,
since the law was changed in 2012 to increase the ap-
plication fee, only one nonowner application has re-
sulted in designation, the Beth Eden Church, which
was successfully rehabilitated and now is a brewery in
northwest Denver.
Since I was sworn into office 18 months ago, there have
been 197 requests for the right to demolish a potential
landmark structure citywide. Of the 197, almost half, 86,
have been in my northwest Denver district, which is just
one of 11 districts. In that time, for the entire city, only two
applications have been filed and come before City Council
for a vote – neither of which was designated as a landmark
structure.
The current ordinance, like zoning and pedestrian right-
of-way, is not an affront to property rights, but is instead
an integral part of the rights each of us are afforded when
we purchase property in the city and county of Denver,
intended to protect the common good. Our ordinances
and policies, when combined, give us the tools to shape an
ever-changing city that is strengthened by its past, with
intact communities, and development that is durable, has
character and promotes prosperity for all who inhabit
Denver.
I would ask that the real estate community serve Denver
property owners by helping them understand laws that
apply to the properties they are purchasing and, when
working with someone trying to effect change, help them
seek win-win solutions that make our future better, just as
our past made this wonderful present. \\
Beth Eden Church was successfully redeveloped.
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