Woodland Park revises residential use table and definitions; commissioners push to keep duplexes subject to council review in multifamily zones

Planners presented a revised residential use table and new definitions for dwelling types at a Woodland Park Planning Commission work session on March 27, asking commissioners to review how duplexes, townhomes, modular dwellings and manufactured/tiny‑home types are classified and where they can be sited.

The packet reorganizes existing categories into a consistent taxonomy — using terms such as “dwelling, single household detached,” “dwelling, single household attached,” “dwelling, duplex,” and “dwelling, multi‑household” — and pulls several model definitions from the state model code to reduce ambiguity between modular, manufactured and park‑model/tiny‑home structures.

Why it matters

The definitions and the use table determine which residential building types require a conditional use permit, which are permitted by right, and where specific units may be located. That affects whether projects undergo discretionary public review and how housing types such as accessory dwelling units (ADUs), townhomes and manufactured-home communities are regulated.

Key changes and debates

Definitions and cross‑references

- The draft adopts a more uniform set of terms and moves shared technical concepts (for example, sight triangle language that previously lived in the sign chapter) into a centralized definitions chapter so multiple sections can reference the same definition. - Planners…