Woodland Park commission agrees on 'multiple dwelling' naming in UDC update; staff to send polished draft to city attorney after 359 comments

WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — The Woodland Park Planning Commission on July 24 reached agreement on revised names for multiunit residential zone districts and confirmed staff will package a polished Unified Development Code (UDC) draft for legal review after processing 359 public comments submitted to the Conveio platform.

Commissioners and staff discussed three linked topics: how to rename zone districts after the State of Colorado removed the word "family" from certain housing definitions; whether to use "manufactured home park" or "manufactured home community" for what had been called "Mobile Home Park"; and how to label multifamily districts so the code's wording is consistent and avoids confusing acronyms. Planning staff said the goal is consistency with state model code and minimal disruption for property owners and the zoning map.

Planning staff reported they had logged 359 public comments. "We were at 359," the staff member said, adding that staff and consultants were reviewing each comment and would return to commissioners with a redline showing what was incorporated and what was not. Staff estimated the city attorney would need three to four weeks for legal review and forecast returning a revised document to the commission in September.

Why it matters: the naming and definition changes follow a state-level change in housing terminology and will appear throughout the city's UDC.…