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Council approves multiple Unified Development Code updates, including landscape and affordable-housing provisions
Summary
On Nov. 5 the council approved Ordinance 22-2025 (landscape and open-space rewrite) and Ordinance 23-2025 (11 UDC changes) on second reading, adding stormwater and water-conservation standards, prohibiting nonfunctional turf per state statute, and expediting affordable-housing development review.
Alamosa City Council unanimously approved two packages of land-use changes Nov. 5 that alter landscaping, stormwater, signage and affordable-housing development review in the Unified Development Code (UDC).
Deacon, development-staff presenter, described Ordinance 22-2025 as a repeal-and-replace of Division 5-3 (landscaping and open space) to provide clearer, locally-applicable standards and incorporate stormwater and water-wise measures. He…
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