Residents urge pause on density changes until zoning-map and code rewrite finish

Jul 15, 2026

Local residents and a neighborhood association urged the Estes Park board to avoid expanding attainable-housing density into new zoning districts until the comprehensive development-code rewrite and a full zoning-map review are complete, citing risks that definition changes (for example PUD) could extend higher-density development into inappropriate locations.

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Rebecca Urquhart of Homestead Lane told the board she supports attainable housing but urged caution before expanding density allowances into new zoning districts during the ongoing Estes Valley development-code rewrite. "If you expand it to different zoning districts before you finish this code the Estes Valley development code review, you really need to look at the big picture of the zoning map before you get started on making changes to that density requirement," she said.

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