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Boulder planning board presses staff on permanence and flexibility of proposed TDM ordinance
Summary
At a May 27 Planning Board session, staff sought feedback on a draft Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance. Board members urged clearer rules on the duration of financial guarantees, options for cash-in-lieu programs, and protections for affordable housing, and asked staff to return with a draft ordinance in August.
City of Boulder planning staff asked the Planning Board on May 27 for feedback on a Transportation Demand Management ordinance meant to complement recent parking-minimum eliminations and a residential access management program. Chris Haglund, principal project manager, laid out a tiered approach that would apply the ordinance to developments large and small and rely on financial guarantees provided by developers or property owners to fund tenant-level TDM programs.
Board members focused on three practical questions: whether the financial guarantees should be perpetual or reviewed periodically; whether the city should allow a cash-in-lieu option that would let payments be spent citywide; and how the ordinance should…
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