DENVER — Plans for a new Denver Police District 6 Headquarters were sent back to the drawing board Tuesday after a zoning board rejected most of the city’s requests for exemptions to neighborhood design standards.
The City and County of Denver requested ten variances from existing zoning codes for the District 6 building design: a three-story building with a parking lot and a two-story garage. Only two were granted.
The new station is paid for by the 2017 voter-approved Elevate Denver bond. A spokesperson for the Denver Police Department says the district needs a new space because the current one is “outdated and over-capacity,” operating at 250%…