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Aurora council directs staff to draft UDO amendments to expand small‑lot housing options
Summary
Council instructed staff to draft amendments to the city'019 Unified Development Ordinance to expand small‑lot/compact housing beyond subarea C into subareas A and B, simplify design standards, and explore parking and materials flexibility. Staff and consultants plan to introduce formal code amendments for review in January.
Brandon Camarata, a manager in the Planning and Business Development Department, told the Aurora City Council on Nov. 3 that staff and consultants are preparing code amendments to expand small‑lot and compact housing options citywide and simplify related design standards.
Cam arata said the project began in May, involved roundtables and one‑on‑one sessions with developers, and followed a staff code audit. "This is basically the same presentation that we made in October to the PED committee," he said, adding the work aims to address existing UDO constraints that limit small lots largely to subarea C.
Why it matters: staff and consultants said expanding small‑lot options could provide more product types and price points, support reinvestment in existing neighborhoods, and better leverage transit‑served areas. Chris Brewster, vice president at Multi Studio, told the council the team recommends three focus areas:…
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