Draft code proposes design guidelines, lighting zones and revised signage and parking rules
The 50% draft creates a new design-guidelines chapter for commercial and multifamily development, divides the town into two lighting zones to support dark-sky aims, integrates signage rules into the development code with updated standards for illuminated signs, and revises parking minimums to be housing-type specific with concessions for attainable housing and EV/bicycle counting.
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Design Workshop's draft adds a standalone design-guidelines chapter for commercial, industrial and multifamily development, intended to protect Estes Park's character while allowing flexibility. The guidelines emphasize roof lines, materials, scale, pedestrian orientation and building form; presenters said photographs of local examples will be used as visual references.
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