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Brighton council adopts ordinance allowing duplexes, townhomes on limited R‑1 parcels adjacent to commercial zones
Summary
On July 8, 2025 the Brighton City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance No. 608, amending Chapter 98 to add duplexes and townhomes as permitted uses in R‑1 residential districts where a parcel shares a border with a C‑2 commercial district. The change affects 13 parcels, most on Northeast Street.
Brighton City Council on July 8, 2025 adopted Ordinance No. 608, an amendment to Chapter 98 of the City Code that adds two permitted uses in the R‑1 single‑family zoning district where an R‑1 parcel shares a border with a C‑2 commercial district: duplexes and townhomes (subject to townhome regulations).
Community Development Manager Andrew Caruso told the council the change is not a rezoning but a change in permitted uses. Caruso said the amendment applies to 13 parcels citywide — 12 along Northeast Street and one each on Kossain and O'Doherty — and that one of the O'Doherty parcels is already a duplex. "There is only 13 parcels in the city where that happens," Caruso said during the council…
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