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Castle Rock council reclaims final say on large downtown projects; asks staff to expand neighborhood notice radius

2251253 · January 21, 2025
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Summary

The Town Council voted to make the Downtown Design Review Board advisory for projects of 10,000 square feet and larger and directed staff to return a draft ordinance. Council also asked staff to study expanding neighborhood notice from 500 to 2,500 feet for larger developments.

Town of Castle Rock Councilmembers voted unanimously to require that future downtown development site plans of 10,000 square feet or larger be advisory-only decisions by the Design Review Board (DRB) and return final decisions to the elected town council.

The move, made by Councilmember Tim Dietz, directs town staff to draft an ordinance changing the DRB’s decision-making role in the Downtown Overlay District so that site development plans at or above the 10,000-square-foot threshold will be recommendations only, with council…

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