Loveland planners nix rezoning of west-end block

LOVELAND — The Loveland Planning Commission voted late Monday night to deny a developer’s request to rezone a block on the city’s west side from low-density to high-density residential.

Barry Floyd, whose purchase of the historic Feed and Grain building in 2006 eventually led to its redevelopment as the Artspace project, had wanted to move four properties around Sixth Street and Douglas Avenue from low-density residential to high-density residential.

City staffer Kerri Burchett, part of the development-services team that had recommended approval of the rezoning, told commissioners Monday that Floyd had signed a tentative agreement to sell one of the properties, a…