Registered Neighborhood Organization Position Statement – Denver, CO

The Registered Neighborhood Organization Position Statement is the City and County of Denver, Colorado form that a Registered Neighborhood Organization (RNO) completes after a membership vote, to report the vote count and state the organization's position on a Denver City Council rezoning application.

The form records the application number and location, the RNO's name, its registered contact (name, address and email) and the date submitted. It then states that a meeting was held on a given date, as required by DRMC § 12-96, with a number of members in attendance, and breaks the vote into three counts: members voting to support (or to not oppose) the application, members voting to oppose it, and members abstaining. A closing resolution gives the total voting in aggregate and the RNO's position on the Denver City Council Application number, with a space for comments.

An RNO is a neighborhood group whose organizational and contact information is on file with the city's Community Planning and Development Department. CPD notifies RNOs of pending zoning text or map amendments inside or within 200 feet of their boundaries. The CPD page on RNOs says RNOs are encouraged to present their position as described in DRMC section 12.96 and to report vote results with this form. The form is not an RNO registration or renewal form, and it is not the rezoning application itself; the city publishes rezoning applications for review at www.denvergov.org/Rezoning.

Registered Neighborhood Organizations that have taken a vote on a pending Denver rezoning application use this form to report the result. The form asks for the RNO's name and a registered contact, so it is completed on behalf of the organization by that contact.

• RNOs notified by CPD of a zoning text or map amendment inside or within 200 feet of their boundaries are the groups the city invites to present a position. The CPD page says RNOs are encouraged, not required, to present one.
• The form is completed only after the organization has voted. It says to complete it following a vote of the RNO.

Individual residents who are not acting for an RNO do not use this form. The CPD page also says there is currently no method for individual citizens to be included in the distribution of RNO notifications. Groups that want to become an RNO register with the city separately, under the Denver Revised Municipal Code, Chapter 12, Article III. The printed form has no signature line.

Complete the form after the RNO has voted on the rezoning application. The form itself says to fill it out following a vote of the Registered Neighborhood Organization, and it records the meeting date and vote counts, so it cannot be completed before the meeting takes place. No separate due date is printed on the form. The CPD page says CPD notifies RNOs of pending zoning amendments; for any timing tied to a particular application, contact planning staff at [email protected] or 720-865-2974.

The form is submitted by email: send the completed form to [email protected]. The form and the CPD page both give this address.

• Email: attach the completed form and send it to [email protected]. The form says you may save it in *.pdf format for future reference.
• Questions: planning staff can be reached at [email protected] or by telephone at 720-865-2974.

The form names no mailing address or in-person channel, and neither source mentions a fee. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the email channel above.