Alamosa officials consider zoning change to allow larger multifamily buildings at Boyd School site

Alamosa City staff asked the City Council on Tuesday to consider adding an alternative compliance method to the city’s land‑use code that would allow more than eight dwelling units in a single multifamily building in the established neighborhood zone, a change they say could make the planned Boyd School affordable‑housing redevelopment feasible.

Deacon, a city planning presenter, told the council the current land‑use code caps new multifamily buildings in the established neighborhood at eight units. “So this is specifically what our code says for multifamily dwellings in apartments, so in the established neighborhood zone. So, essentially, it has a cap of 8 units, for, you know, a new building,” Deacon said. He said that limitation can make some infill redevelopment projects, including the Boyd School site, financially infeasible because separate buildings increase per‑square‑foot construction costs.

Why it matters: City staff and the project team said combining units into a single or fewer buildings reduces roofing, exterior walls and utility connections, lowering construction costs and…