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Broomfield staff recommends zoning overlay to meet state transit-oriented density goal; council splits on administrative-review requirement
Summary
City staff told council preliminary calculations show Broomfield would need zoning capacity for roughly 11,500 additional units near US‑36 transit stations under House Bill 24‑13‑13 and recommended creating a zoning overlay; council broadly agreed on producing an overlay and submitting the HOG report to DOLA but was split on adopting the bill’s administrative-review process.
City staff told the Broomfield City Council on Monday that complying with House Bill 24‑13‑13—Colorado’s new transit-oriented communities law—would require a substantial increase in zoning capacity near Broomfield’s US‑36 transit stations, and asked council whether to pursue compliance and which local process to use.
Deputy City & County Manager Anna Bertenzetti presented staff’s preliminary Housing Opportunity Goal (HOG) calculations and two implementation paths: (1) parcel-by-parcel PUD or rezoning amendments (15–18 months, 20–25 property owners, 35–50 council meetings) or (2) a zoning overlay district applied within a half‑mile of stations (staff recommended; estimated 6 months, 2–3 council items). Staff’s draft calculations indicate the city would need zoning capacity to accommodate roughly 11,500 additional…
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