Loveland rezones residential property to commercial

LOVELAND – The Loveland City Council in a 5-1 vote Tuesday night approved rezoning property from residential to commercial at the intersection of N. Lincoln Avenue and E. Eisenhower Boulevard.

Phoenix-based developer Evergreen Devco Inc. is seeking to purchase various properties, including five residential properties on the west side of N. Jefferson Avenue, for a commercial development that would potentially include a Sprouts Farmers Market.

Neighbors in the area have expressed concern over added noise and especially traffic problems that the site presents, while 200 people have signed a petition supporting a potential natural grocers, somewhere in the city.

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Mayor Cecil Gutierrez told representatives of Evergreen that the council is not against the project, and that it would receive broad support if not for site challenges. He said that further study would be conducted concerning traffic before considering a site-development plan.

A Sprouts a company spokeswoman on Tuesday said that Sprouts does not have a lease agreement signed but is working on planning applications with the city of Loveland.