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Council adopts land-use code changes after trimming proposed color rule; PDO, parking and process updates approved
Summary
Timnath council adopted ordinance changes on Oct. 28 to standardize parking-space dimensions, tighten Planned Development Overlay (PDO) review criteria and require neighborhood meetings for new PDOs. Council amended the proposal by striking the new building-color subsection after debate about scope and enforcement.
The Timnath Town Council on Oct. 28 adopted amendments to the town land-use code addressing parking-dimension standards and the Planned Development Overlay (PDO) process, but removed a proposed subsection that would have regulated building color.
Town planners told council the three-part package was intended to provide clearer design guidance: (1) a new, enforceable rule on building color; (2) dimensional standards for parking spaces borrowed from Larimer County urban-area street standards (including a provision allowing the town planner to vary dimensions up to 10%); and (3) tightened PDO review criteria to ensure flexibility delivers measurable public benefit. Staff said PDO language has sometimes been used to create…
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