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Board directs rewrite of Planned Unit Development rules to modernize zoning and avoid project delays
Summary
Staff will rewrite Grand County's outdated Planned Unit Development regulations after developers warned removing PUD tools could hinder large resort-style housing projects; the Board wants updated PUD criteria and a Planning Commission review next month.
Grand County Community Development reviewed its 1974 Planned Unit Development (PUD) overlay and recommended modernizing or pausing PUDs until the county master plan is updated. Planner Hannah Mahorney and Director Kris Manguso suggested delaying changes until the master plan is complete, arguing that updated R2/R3 zoning could replicate many PUD functions.
Developer Clark Lipscomb told the Board he expects his Mill Apartments project to deliver 462 housing units across 14 buildings by year-end and warned that losing PUD flexibility could force less-compatible building forms. Commissioners directed staff to drop the freeze proposal and instead rewrite the PUD regulations to reflect contemporary criteria; staff plans to present the rewrite to the Planning Commission next month with BOCC review in August.
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