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Public voices tree canopy, housing and stormwater concerns at Lakewood comprehensive plan docket hearing
Summary
At a public hearing on the 2026 comprehensive plan and zoning-map amendment docket, planners described 12 potential amendments. Public commenters pressed council to strengthen tree protections, address stormwater and lake drying, and consider local impacts of state housing laws.
The Lakewood City Council opened a public hearing Oct. 20 to set the city's 2026 comprehensive plan amendment docket and zoning-map amendments, a first procedural step that begins a multi-step review through winter, the planning commission and back to council for adoption in 2026.
Planning Manager Tiffany Spear told the council the docket contains 12 potential amendments, including city-initiated items (nine), two private rezones and one council-directed review of an existing land-use policy on nonconforming uses. The proposed topics range from lot-splitting and transit-oriented housing to revisions to minimum parking requirements and historic landmark designation language.…
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