Tag: Zoning
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EDITORIAL: Governor’s land grab repudiated
Gov. Jared Polis has pushed a passel of laws through the legislature over the past couple of years that mandate sweeping revisions to local land-use rules. His attempt, essentially, to rezone Colorado’s metro areas micromanages matters ranging from the number of housing units per parcel to whether new housing can be required to have off-street…
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Lakewood City Council approves zoning map
Lakewood finalized the last ordinance for its nearly 400-page zoning code proposal on Monday and approved the zoning map, ending a heated process that had sparked controversy in the city since the beginning of the year. The final ordinance of the new Lakewood zoning code was approved with an 8-3 vote during the City Council…
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Lakewood water district asks city to halt potential zoning changes due to pipe demand
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District asked the City of Lakewood to pause its significant zoning change proposal due to potential strain on district pipes. GMWSD — who provides water and sewer service to around 48,000 people in west Lakewood — sent a letter to the…
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Lakewood City Council to tackle major zoning proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lakewood City Council will break up a nearly 400-page zoning code proposal into four separate ordinances, with elected officials noting the complexity of the task and the need to individually tackle some issues. The councilmembers then plan to take up each one individually. The…
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Platt Park couple loses rezoning bid
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Brendan and Katie Harrison purchased a lot in Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood, located south of downtown and east of Broadway, about three years ago. Their plan for the property was to build a duplex so they, along with their three children and aging parents, could live together, separately, but under the same roof. However, on…
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As ‘transit-oriented’ law takes hold in Colorado, some see erosion of home rule | ANALYSIS
A new law that mandates more than 30 Front Range municipalities incorporate state housing density goals along transit routes will lead to messy conflicts over contractual obligations and yet another erosion of Colorado’s long history of local control over zoning and building regulation, according to critics. Supporters, on the other hand, argue that the high cost…
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Elway’s Cherry Creek to close due to proposed new development
The original location of Elway’s steakhouse in Cherry Creek is closing at the end of this month, the restaurant announced on Thursday. Open for 20 years, Elway’s is closing because of the proposed Cherry Creek West project, according to a message the restaurant posted on its website. Its last day will be Aug. 31. “The…
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Appeals court rules developer may bring ballot initiative to rezone Telluride neighborhood
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court on Wednesday clarified that a developer may bring a ballot initiative in Telluride to rezone part of a planned-unit development for affordable housing despite other lot owners’ objections. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals stressed that the question of whether…
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Denver mayor won’t hold community meeting following successful zoning appeal of Overland Park homeless site
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office won’t conduct another community meeting following a Denver resident’s successful appeal, which disputed the “micro-community” zoning code for the Overland Park neighborhood and forced the city to resubmit the permit request. Craig Arfsten, president and co-founder of Safe and Clean Denver, successfully persuaded the city’s appeals board that a zoning…
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Denver mayor won’t hold community meeting following successful zoning appeal of Overland Park homeless site (copy) (copy)
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office won’t conduct another community meeting following a Denver resident’s successful appeal, which disputed the “micro-community” zoning code for the Overland Park neighborhood and forced the city to resubmit the permit request. Craig Arfsten, president and co-founder of Safe and Clean Denver, successfully persuaded the city’s appeals board that a zoning…