denver community planning and development
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Denver City Council requires large developers to provide more open space, earlier public input
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Developers of projects of five acres or more will have to involve the public earlier in the planning process and provide up to 10% of publicly accessible open space under a new procedure adopted by the Denver City Council on Monday. The council voted 11-0 to change the way in which large scale developments are…
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Widespread construction irks Denver residents — who aren’t shy about letting the city know
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One could argue that most folks are less than ecstatic when new construction comes to their neighborhood, especially with those lovely 8 a.m. jackhammer or dump truck wakeup alarms on their day off. That at least appears to ring true for residents of many of Denver’s 78 neighborhoods, which have experienced swift growth and ubiquitous…
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Denver sets new requirement in fray over small lot parking exemption
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The lengthy, contentious debate over a parking exemption for small lot developments in Denver reached a climax Monday, with the City Council voting to require on-site parking, despite objections from city planning and development staff and some residents. The impetus of a city review of an otherwise rarely used parking exemption was the introduction of…
