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Lakewood Planning Commission adopts 2025 three‑mile annexation plan; staff says no current intent to annex
Summary
The commission adopted the annual 3‑mile plan required by Colorado law and recommended it to City Council after staff described the map and residents voiced concerns about annexation and eminent domain; vote was 6–0.
The Lakewood Planning Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt the city’s 2025 three‑mile plan (case PL25‑0003) and recommended it to City Council, carrying the motion 6–0.
Megan Wakefield, an associate planner in Lakewood’s Department of Sustainability and Community Development, told commissioners the plan maps territory within three miles of the municipal boundary that would be subject to annexation review and describes how the city would provide utilities, infrastructure and public services if an annexation petition were filed. "This is a plan ... which in essence, describes what happens if an application for annexation into Lakewood were to be submitted," Wakefield…
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