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Longmont council directs staff to study raising development height limits
Summary
The Longmont City Council voted 4–1 to ask staff to return with study-session options for increasing building height limits in select zoning districts, with the aim of concentrating multifamily development in denser corridors and improving economic feasibility for affordable housing incentives.
The Longmont City Council voted 4–1 on April 22 to direct city staff to prepare a study-session presentation exploring concepts for raising development height limits in specific zoning districts.
Council member Rodriguez moved the directive, saying the city should examine whether modest increases — for example from the current four stories up to seven or higher — could make multifamily projects economically feasible and help concentrate dense housing along corridors rather than adjacent to single-family neighborhoods. “Economically speaking, there’s a…
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