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Broomfield council backs drafting of code changes to speed medium- and high-density housing; directs staff to study taller options
Summary
City planning staff asked the Broomfield City Council to approve community engagement and ordinance drafting for a package of residential zoning changes intended to modernize standards and speed medium- and high-density housing approvals.
City planning staff asked the Broomfield City Council to approve community engagement and ordinance drafting for a package of changes to the residential zoning code that staff said is intended to modernize standards and reduce developers’ reliance on Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezonings.
Principal Planner (Miss) Donahoe told council the code updates propose three main moves: rename and revise the existing R3 medium-density district (to a “medium-low” district) to better accommodate duplexes, triplexes and townhomes; rename and revise R5 (from “high density” to “medium-high”) to allow neighborhood-scale multi-unit projects; and create a new R7 district intended for higher-density multifamily development.
Donahoe outlined key numeric changes staff proposed: in the R3 rewrite, maximum density…
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