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Aurora staff weigh larger buffers and EV‑ready rules for new gas stations
Summary
City planning staff presented existing Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) limits and regional examples and councilmembers asked for more data on conditional approvals, residential proximity and industry impacts; staff will return with five years of permit histories and clearer maps.
Marissa Noble, GIS Planner 3 in Aurora’s long‑range planning group, told the Planning and Economic Development Committee that Aurora’s current UDO bars new gas stations within 500 feet of certain sensitive uses (daycare centers, hospitals, K‑12 schools, nursing/group homes) and limits placement near intersections where two corners are already auto‑oriented businesses. She said stations are permitted in industrial zones and allowed in mixed‑use districts only as a conditional use.
The presentation compared Aurora’s rules with recent ordinances elsewhere: Lakewood (Jan. 2025) bars stations within a half‑mile of an existing station and requires at least three EV chargers, Louisville (March 2023) caps total stations and sets minimum spacing, and Denver (Feb. 2025) bars stations within a quarter‑mile of existing stations or light‑rail and requires 300 feet from…
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