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Boulder Landmarks board schedules initiation hearings for four Arapahoe properties after months of review
Summary
Following staff briefings and public comment, the board scheduled initiation hearings on whether to designate or issue demolition permits for four houses on Arapahoe Avenue and heard competing arguments over preservation, flood risk and affordable-housing financing.
The Boulder Landmarks Board voted on Jan. 7 to schedule initiation hearings for four Arapahoe Avenue properties being considered for demolition, responding to months of site visits, feasibility work and public comment.
Staff told the board it had conducted a site visit and a subsequent virtual session in December to explore alternatives to demolition. Preservation staff summarized constraints — a steep south slope, portions of the parcels inside the 100-year floodplain and tight site geometry that complicates on-site parking and fire access — and said some scenarios left the development short of required parking for the project’s low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) financing.
The applicants and community members gave…
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