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Design advisory board questions layout of 82‑unit J Road neighborhood, urges redesign of west‑edge units
Summary
At a DAB review of the annexed 2801 J Road site, staff and the applicant presented an 82‑unit for‑sale neighborhood with 33 permanently restricted middle‑income units. Board members pressed the applicant to redesign west‑facing units for clearer pedestrian access, reconsider a detention pond on the primary frontage, and rebalance parking and alley layouts before Planning Board review.
The Design Advisory Board (DAB) reviewed plans for 2801 J Road and raised repeated concerns about unit orientation, circulation, and stormwater siting.
Shannon Moeller, City of Boulder Planning Department, introduced the item as a site‑review referral from City Council and summarized the proposal: "this project is a proposal to create a new residential neighborhood with 82 attached homes, including market rate and middle‑income, permanently affordable homes." The applicant team and staff confirmed the 4.6‑acre site is now annexed and zoned RMX2.
Michael Nota of Neo Studio, the applicant presenter, walked the board through the design. "We have 82 for‑sale homes, 33 of them are permanently restricted middle‑income units," he said, and described a plan with a central linear open space, two play areas, dispersed on‑street and parallel parking, and a 30‑foot easement for a future collector/multi‑use path. The applicant and Margaret Freund (applicant) emphasized site constraints imposed by required right‑of‑way dedications and easements and…
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