Wheat Ridge previews multiyear zoning-code audit to implement adopted city plan

Oct 20, 2026

Staff told council the zoning-code update will be a multiyear effort beginning with a residential and commercial audit by outside consultants to identify barriers to the city plan; amendments will be phased and some topics will require additional stakeholder engagement.

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Lauren Michalak previewed a multiyear zoning-code update that will begin this fall with an outside consultant team. The first step, she said, will be a full audit of residential and commercial regulations to identify provisions that conflict with the adopted city plan or create barriers to desired development patterns. Michalak described a phased approach: some amendments will be quick cleanups, others will require deeper policy discussion and stakeholder engagement.

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