Tag: urban planning
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Think twice before allowing two accessory dwelling units behind every single-family home | Bob Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The many volunteer homeowner associations that surround downtown Colorado Springs are organizing to strenuously resist changes to single-family zoning being proposed by the city government. Among those associations is the Old North End Neighborhood, located between Colorado College and Penrose Hospital along North Cascade and…
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Think twice before allowing two accessory dwelling units behind every single-family home | Bob Loevy
The many volunteer homeowner associations that surround downtown Colorado Springs are organizing to strenuously resist changes to single-family zoning being proposed by the city government. Among those associations is the Old North End Neighborhood, located between Colorado College and Penrose Hospital along North Cascade and North Nevada avenues. Officers of that organization are mainly concerned…
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State legislature debating single-family zoning | Bob Loevy
People on the Front Range who live in homes with single-family zoning should be paying close attention to two bills currently under consideration in the Colorado state legislature at the state Capitol in Denver. One of those bills would, in effect, turn all single-family zones on the Front Range into two-family zones. The other bill…
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Colorado lawmakers begin to tackle major housing bills, including occupancy limitations
Major measures on housing are starting to move at the state Capitol this week, which saw the first hearings on some of the roughly 260 bills introduced in this session so far. Colorado faces an acute housing shortage. One study puts the deficit in metro Denver region alone at 45,025 to 115,012 housing units. As…
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Here’s how to participate in the El Paso County Master Plan adoption hearings
The El Paso County Planning Commission will host two special meetings next month, during which they are expected to review and adopt the county’s newest master plan that will guide local development for the next 20 to 30 years. The hearings begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, when county staff and representatives from design firm…
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Another round in the high-density zoning battles of Colorado Springs | COLUMN
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The argument over allowing higher population densities in older established neighborhoods in Colorado Springs is about to heat up again. The city government is moving forward with RetoolCOS, a program to rewrite the city’s residential…
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Another round in the high-density zoning battles of Colorado Springs | COLUMN
The argument over allowing higher population densities in older established neighborhoods in Colorado Springs is about to heat up again. The city government is moving forward with RetoolCOS, a program to rewrite the city’s residential and commercial building codes and put more people and more automobiles in less space. One proposed change will increase the…