Washington Park.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 10-61.5
in effectSec. 10-61.5. - Washington Park.
(a) Adoption of map. The attached map shall be and hereby is approved and adopted and the portion thereon indicated by shading or crosshatching and as described in section 10-61.5(c)(2) shall be and hereby is determined to be and is designated as an area necessary for the preservation of a certain panoramic view to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 10-56. The restrictive provisions of this article shall be in full force and effect as to the portion of the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching.
(b) Limitations on construction. No part of any structure within the area on the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching that is within nine thousand (9,000) feet horizontally from the reference point shall exceed an elevation of five thousand three hundred twenty-three and nine-tenths (5,323.9) feet above mean sea level plus one (1) foot for each one hundred (100) feet that said part of a structure is horizontally distant from the reference point. No part of any structure within the area on the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching that is more than nine thousand (9,000) feet horizontally from the reference point shall exceed an elevation of five thousand four hundred fourteen (5,414) feet above mean sea level. Wherever a structure lies partially outside and partially inside of the area on the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching, the provisions of the section shall apply only to that part of the structure that lies within the area indicated on the map by shading or crosshatching.
(c) Definitions of terms used.
(1) Reference point: A point having an elevation of five thousand three hundred twenty-three and nine-tenths (5,323.9) feet above mean sea level located one hundred thirty (130) feet north and one hundred thirty (130) feet west of the intersection of the center lines of South Franklin Street and East Arizona Avenue at which point is located a brass cap set in concrete. Said point is identified on the attached map.
(2) Area designation: An area enclosed by a line drawn from the reference point in Washington Park northwesterly to the centerline of Alameda Avenue and Logan Street, thence west along the centerline of Alameda Avenue to the centerline of South Lipan Street, thence southerly to the centerline of West Mississippi Avenue, thence westerly along the centerline of West Mississippi Avenue to the eastern boundary of Ruby Hill Park view plane, thence southeasterly on said boundary, to the Ruby Hill reference point, thence southerly on the east boundary of the Ruby Hill view plane to the centerline of West Evans Avenue, also being a point on the northern boundary of the State Home mountain view designated area; thence easterly and southeasterly on the northerly boundary of the State Home view plane to the State Home reference point, thence southerly along said boundary to the centerline of West Harvard Avenue, thence easterly along said street centerline to the centerline of South Clarkson Street; thence northeasterly on a straight line to said Washington Park reference point.
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(Ord. No. 34-83, § 1, 1-24-83; Ord. No. 427-04, § 1, 6-28-04)
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_ARTIVRESTWIARNEPRMOVI_S10-61.5WAPAFetched: 10/27/2026