Sloan Lake Park.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 10-137
in effectSec. 10-137. - Sloan Lake Park.
(a) Adoption of map. The attached map shall be and hereby is approved and adopted and the regular specified area thereon, as defined in subsection (c)(2) of this section, indicated by a solid black boundary line and by shading shall be and hereby is determined to be and is designated as an area necessary for the preservation of a certain central business district view. The restrictive provisions of this article shall be in full force and effect as to the portion of the attached map indicated by shading.
(b) Limitations on construction. No part of a structure within the shaded area on the attached map shall exceed an elevation of five thousand three hundred fifteen (5,315) feet above mean sea level plus five-tenths of one (0.5) foot for each one hundred (100) feet that such part of a structure is horizontally distant from the reference point. Whenever a structure lies partially outside and partially inside of the shaded area on the attached map, the provisions of this article shall apply only to that part of the structure that lies within the shaded area on the map.
(c) Definitions.
(1) Reference point: A point located in Sloan Lake Park one hundred twenty-five (125) feet east of the intersection of the center lines of Sheridan Boulevard and West 20th Avenue, on which is located a bronze marker set in concrete.
(2) A regular specified area: An area enclosed by a line drawn southeasterly from the reference point to the intersection of the center lines of West 17th Avenue and Federal Boulevard; thence northerly two hundred (200) feet along the center line of Federal Boulevard and coterminous with the westerly line of the Old City Hall mountain view preservation area; thence northeasterly approximately four hundred fifty (450) feet along the northwesterly line of said designated area to the center line of Eliot Street extended; thence northerly along the extended center line and center line of Eliot Street to the center line of West 22nd Avenue; thence southwesterly to the reference point.
(d) Exceptions.
(1) Allowable height: Any new structure which under the terms of this section 10-137 would be limited to less than thirty-five (35) feet in height may be constructed to a height of thirty-five (35) feet above the natural grade.
(2) Existing structures: Any existing structure which is not in compliance with the terms of this section 10-137 may be replaced as necessary to its current height.
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(Ord. No. 288-88, § 1, 5-16-88)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH10BUBURE_ARTVIIIRESTWIARNEPRCEBUDIVI_S10-137SLLAPAFetched: 10/27/2026