Council voted 11-1 to reject a rezoning proposal that would have opened the door for a private pool to be constructed.
Jayden Welch, 9, comes out of the Denver City Council chambers to take a break from waiting with his grandfather inside during a weekly council meeting on February 25, 2019, in Denver, Colorado.on Monday voted 11-1 to reject a rezoning proposal that would have opened the door for a private pool to be constructed just off of West 38th Avenue in the West Highland neighborhood.
That overwhelming rejection came in the light of neighbors blasting a project that they argue would cater only to the privileged few in a part of the city that has seen rampant gentrification over the last 15 years. In the rezoning application he filed, he cited new residential density in northwest Denver and climate change as justifying reasons to bring a private pool to the area.
That agreement fell on deaf ears when even one of the neighbors who signed it decried the public outreach process that led to its creation.
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