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Boulder County commissioners approve site-plan review limits, set moratorium to end May 13
Summary
Boulder County commissioners voted April 22 to approve text amendments to the county Land Use Code that replace a 125% presumptive compatible size standard with a median‑based structure size limit, with a sliding allotment and several narrow exemptions, and set the temporary moratorium to expire May 13, 2025.
Boulder County commissioners voted April 22 to approve text amendments to the county Land Use Code (docket DC‑24‑0003) that replace the current 125% presumptive compatible size standard used in site plan review with a limit based on the median residential floor area of a defined neighborhood. The board amended staff’s draft on the dais to reduce one middle-tier allotment and directed the temporary moratorium tied to the rulemaking to end on May 13, 2025.
The docket drew a long staff presentation and three hours of public comment. Ethan Abner, long-range planner with Community Planning and Permitting, summarized staff’s findings: “Staff recommend that the Board of County commissioners approve[d] docket DC‑24‑0003 text amendments to the land use code related to site plan review Article 4‑800.” He told the board the county’s building‑permit data show new homes in the unincorporated county have grown well above national averages and that about 91% of applications seeking to exceed the existing size presumption were approved.
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