Denver concedes to homeless micro-community zoning code appeal

By Noah Festenstein [email protected]

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.

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.  

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