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After House Bill 24-1007, council pauses group-living enforcement and asks staff for options
Summary
Staff told the council the city must remove the term "family" from the zoning code and may not set occupancy limits except where those limits are supported by demonstrated health-and-safety standards; council asked staff for more legal analysis and comparative examples before making a formal policy decision.
City staff told the City Council on June 16 that state legislation (House Bill 24-1007) requires changes to local land-use rules that have long used the term "family" and limits municipal authority to set residential-occupancy caps except where those caps are based on demonstrated health and safety standards.
The staff presentation described two linked steps: amending local land-use definitions to comply with the new statute and temporarily pausing enforcement of the city's group-living regulatory provisions while staff and the council consider policy options.
"The legislature has preempted us from having that designation," City Attorney John Shaverick explained, summarizing the new statute and noting a statutory provision (cited in the staff materials) that allows local occupancy limits only when supported by demonstrated health-and-safety standards or applicable state or federal regulations.
What staff proposed: planning staff and the city attorney described specific code edits included in the packet:
- Remove the code's…
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