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Lakewood council adopts overhaul of zoning 'Article 3' after months of debate; key director discretion language trimmed
Summary
After hours of public comment and two council amendments, Lakewood City Council approved a replacement of Article 3 of the zoning code to allow additional housing types (duplexes, triplexes, ADUs) and new mixed‑use rules, passing the ordinance 9–2.
Lakewood City Council on Sept. 22 adopted an update to Article 3 of the Lakewood Zoning Code, a contentious rewrite that replaces the city’s previous rules for residential and mixed‑use districts and expands by‑right housing types such as accessory dwelling units, duplexes and triplexes.
The ordinance, O2025‑29, passed on second and final reading after councilors approved two amendments that narrowed planning director discretion. Councilors removed a sentence that would have allowed the director to reduce the minimum size required to create a planned development district and deleted the words “where appropriate” from a purpose statement that would have softened a requirement to…
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