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Land Development Code Update
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Summary & Background
Background:
The City is currently in the process of updating the Land Development Code, which includes the zoning and subdivision regulations for the City. For the last two years, Kendig Keast Collaborative, the consultant for the Land Development Code (LDC) update has been working with staff and City Council to receive direction and edits on the draft code. Council last reviewed the draft code sections on June 10, 2024. This was review of Module 2 and 3.
The goals for the Commerce City Land Development Code (LDC) update are as follows:
Ø Modernize the development code
Ø Implement existing plans including the policies and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan
Ø Organize the regulations into a simplified, logical code
Ø Tailor the development standards to achieve quality, resilient outcomes
Ø Streamline the review procedures to be more clear, illustrated, less time-intensive
Ø Create a more user-friendly development code, including more graphics and tables.
Kendig Keast Collaborative will be present on January 27, 2025, to present an update and overview of the LDC update to the City Council in a Study Session with a focus on modules that City Council has not been briefed on including the establishment of zone districts and updated review procedures. The following is a summary of some of the topics that will be discussed.
Development Review Procedure changes:
Some notable proposed changes to the Development Review Procedures are as follows:
? Use By Permits will be replaced with Limited Use Permits and would no longer go to the Board of Adjustment for approval.
Limited uses are a subset of permitted uses within a zone district that will be subject to specific design or operational standards that must be met for the use to be allowed. The standards are specifie...
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