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Boulder planning board approves site review for synagogue at 6018 Oregon Avenue
Summary
The Planning Board approved a site-review amendment allowing a one-story synagogue and associated site changes at 6018 Oregon Avenue, citing compliance with site-review criteria despite neighbor concerns about lighting, screening and groundwater. The motion passed unanimously, 6–0, subject to standard tech-doc conditions including ditch-company approval and final lighting plans.
The City of Boulder Planning Board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a site-review amendment that clears the way for a new synagogue and associated site work at 6018 Oregon Avenue, part of the Boulder Jewish Commons. The motion (LUR2025-00031) adopted staff findings and the recommended conditions of approval.
Staff presented the project as a site-review amendment to a previously approved campus plan. Senior planner Alex Pichaz told the board staff had reviewed zoning, site history and public notice and found the proposal met the site-review criteria. The applicant is proposing a low-profile, single-story building (roughly 23–26 feet), a 7-foot privacy/security fence along the southern property line, a roundabout-style drop-off to improve emergency and accessibility circulation, EV-ready parking, bicycle parking and roughly 55% usable open space.
Why it mattered: the congregation says the current facility is undersized and vulnerable to flooding and security threats. "We simply would not be moving if it weren't absolutely necessary," Rabbi Mark Soloway said during the applicant…
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