As a neighborhood group, the Citizens for Healthy Established Neighborhoods (CHEN) would like to express our support for the recent proposed amendments to the Land Use Development Code that was effective July 1. CHEN supports any initiative that maintains the neighborhoods of Durango as places of residence where neighbors can enjoy peace, tranquility and a sense of community. We seek to protect all neighborhoods from commercialization, be it an overabundance of vacation rentals, auxiliary dwelling units or retail marijuana – all undeniable commercial, special-use ventures in our residential neighborhoods.
We want to preserve the “neighbor” in our neighborhoods. In our opinion, the ADU ordinance recently adopted, and going into the registration and enforcement phase, advances the quality of rental housing for Durango residents by adhering to building codes and life-safety codes. Also, we want to publicly express our support for the 3 percent cap on vacation rentals in the EN-1 and EN-2 neighborhoods. We support the City Council amendments to the LUDC to negotiate retail marijuana shops in the mixed-use neighborhood zones on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. We believe that these proposed amendments to the LUDC are in the best interest of residents of Durango’s established neighborhoods.
Alma Evans, Lee Evans, David McHenry, Merle Harrison, Jan Holt, Sandra Mapel, Mike Todt and Cathy Walker
Citizens for Healthy Established Neighborhoods
Durango
