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County planners outline aggressive schedule to meet state transit‑oriented rezoning goals
Summary
Planning staff briefed commissioners on state strategic-growth and transit‑oriented communities laws and said unincorporated Arapahoe County must add zoning capacity for roughly 19,176–20,000 additional units near transit by Dec. 31, 2026; staff outlined outreach and administrative steps starting Jan. 2026.
Arapahoe County planning staff told the commission on Dec. 2, 2025, that state planning laws require a rapid local response this year and next. Jason Reynolds, planning division manager (participating by phone), summarized two state actions: a strategic-growth requirement (planning elements and a water element) and House Bill 24-1313 (transit‑oriented communities), which requires jurisdictions to calculate a housing opportunity goal around transit areas and provide zoning capacity to meet that goal.
Reynolds said Arapahoe…
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