DENVER — A Denver resident on Tuesday successfully appealed the zoning decision to build a "micro-community" site in the Overland Park neighborhood in Denver, forcing Mayor Mike Johnston's office to refile the permit request.
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The successful appeal is unlikely to stop the building of the "micro-community" at 621 W. Wesley Ave., which already broke ground.
But it offers a symbolic victory to residents opposed to the city's plans to erect "micro-communities" in their neighborhoods to house homeless people. The subject of the appeal is technical in nature — something that city officials are expected to correct, which, if or when done, would likely mean little or no changes to the schedule for opening the micro-community.
Craig Arfsten, president and co-founder of Safe and Clean Denver who filed the appeal, said he does not intend to derail the project.
>Read the full story on Colorado Politics.
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