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1. List of Residential Zoning Districts/Specific Purposes.

a. R-E Estate District, Large Lot With Common Open Space.

(1) Intent. This is a very low-density residential district intended to encourage the preservation of open space, natural features and agricultural land in conjunction with the clustering of single-family detached dwellings.

b. R-1 Residential Low Density District.

(1) Intent. This is a low-density housing district intended primarily for single-family uses on individual lots. This zone is characterized by tree-lined local streets, interconnected pedestrian circulation system and proximity to schools and parks.

c. R-2 Residential Medium Density District.

(1) Intent. This medium-density residential zone is intended to preserve the traditional building pattern of mixed residential development, which historically has been integrated to form a vibrant, active and cohesive neighborhood unit. This District provides for attached residential dwelling units in addition to single-family detached dwelling units.

d. R-3 Residential High Density District.

(1) Intent. This is a high-density residential zone intended primarily for multi-family uses on individual lots. In order to facilitate appropriate higher densities near viable business centers, multi-family buildings are generally encouraged near a neighborhood commercial center (i.e., B-1 Business District, C-N Commercial Neighborhood District, C-C Community Commercial District or MU-R Mixed Use Residential District). Street and open space designs in these areas shall be used to create compatibility among frontages, which encourage pedestrian interaction and discourage high automobile speeds. Multi-family residential developments shall be designed around or adjacent to open space (refer to Article 2, Section 13 for details).

e. R-MH1 Manufactured Home District 1.

(1) Intent. This is a high-density residential district on a parcel of land under single ownership or control on which two (2) or more manufactured homes are occupied as residences.

f. R-MH2 Manufactured Housing Development District 2.

(1) Intent. This is a low density residential zoning district intended primarily for single-family uses on individual lots within a subdivision, consisting of dwellings partially or entirely manufactured in a factory.

2. Commercial Zoning Districts.

a. C-N Commercial District, Neighborhood.

(1) Intent. The Commercial District is intended to provide for the development of a mixed use commercial center to serve the convenience shopping and service needs of the neighborhood, as well as provide a location for community facilities. This District is intended to serve as a focal point for pedestrian activities within a neighborhood and should be scaled in size to the surrounding neighborhood. Individual buildings are encouraged to be mixed vertically with street-level commercial and upper-level office and/or residential.

b. C-C Commercial District, Community.

(1) Intent. This is a commercial district intended to provide for the location of auto-oriented and auto-dependent uses and/or uses which provide a wide range of general retail goods and services for residents of the entire community, as well as businesses and highway users, primarily inside of enclosed structures.

c. C-H52 Mixed Use Commercial-Highway 52 District.

(1) Intent. The C-H52 District is intended to be a setting for development of a wide range of community and regional retail uses, offices and personal and business services. Secondarily, it can accommodate a wide range of other uses, including multi-family housing and mixed use dwelling units. The C-H52 District is intended to integrate various commercial and multi-family uses while transitioning from the highway to adjacent lower density neighborhoods.

(2) While some C-H52 District areas may continue to meet the need for auto-related and other auto-oriented uses, it is the Town’s intent that the C-H52 District emphasizes safe and convenient personal mobility in many forms, with planning and design that accommodates pedestrians. Further, the C-H52 District is intended to function with, rather than compete with, the downtown area.

d. C-E Employment District.

(1) Intent. The Employment District is intended to provide locations for a variety of workplaces including light industrial uses, research and development activities, offices and institutions. The Employment District also is intended to accommodate secondary uses that complement or support the primary workplace uses, such as hotels, restaurants, convenience shopping, child care and housing. Additionally, the Employment District is intended to encourage the development of planned office and business parks; to promote excellence in the design and construction of buildings, outdoor spaces, transportation facilities and streetscapes; to direct the development of workplaces consistent with the availability of public facilities and services; and to continue the vitality and quality of life in adjacent residential neighborhoods.

3. Industrial Zoning Districts

a. BLI Business/Light Industrial District.

(1) Intent. This zoning district is intended to provide locations for a variety of workplaces, including light industrial uses, research and development offices and institutions. This District is also intended to accommodate secondary uses that complement and support the primary workplace uses, such as hotels, restaurants, convenience shopping, child care and housing.

(2) Additionally, this District is intended to encourage the development of planned office and business parks; and to promote excellence in the design and construction of buildings, outdoor spaces, transportation facilities and streetscapes.

b. I Industrial District.

(1) Intent. This zoning district is intended to provide a location for a variety of employment opportunities such as manufacturing, warehousing and distributing, indoor and outdoor storage and a wide range of commercial and industrial operations. The I District also accommodates complementary and supporting uses such as convenience shopping and child care centers. Locations for this District require good access to major arterial streets and adequate water, sewer and power.

4. Special and Overlay Zoning Districts

a. A Agricultural District.

(1) Intent. This is an ultra-low-density district intended for the pursuit of farm activities and limited animal raising and grazing activities or for transitional status. This zone is characterized by growing crops, raising animal livestock and related functions.

b. P Public District.

(1) Intent. This District is intended to identify and perpetuate the existence of public parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities and public and quasi-public buildings, whether publicly owned or leased.

c. H-O Hazard Overlay District.

(1) Intent. This District is to be used where known geologic and floodprone areas exist, as illustrated by the Environmental Constraints Map in the Comprehensive Plan. It shall be used as an overlay to any other zone.

(2) Principal uses. Principal permitted uses in the H district shall be as follows:

(a) Any use set forth in the existing zone, provided that the hazard has been mitigated to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission and the Board of Trustees, and only by conditional use review.

(b) Parks and open space.

(3) Conditional uses. Uses requiring conditional use review shall be as follows:

(a) Golf courses.

(b) Limited outdoor recreation facilities.

(c) Resource extraction, processes, and sales establishment.

(4) Special uses. Uses requiring special use review shall be as follows:

(a) Gas, oil, and other hydrocarbon well drilling and production (as permitted by state and local regulations).

d. PUD-O Planned Unit Development Overlay District.

(1) Intent. The Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District is enacted pursuant to the Planned Unit Development Act of 1972, as amended (C.R.S. §24-67-101-108). The PUD is intended to be used as an overlay zone district that supplements the underlying standard zone district. The intent and purpose of this District is to permit and encourage innovative design and high quality, master-planned developments on large parcels of land. This District is created to allow and encourage compatible uses to be developed in accordance with a unified development plan in harmony with the environment and surrounding neighborhood. The District is intended to permit greater flexibility in the application of zoning and development standards and greater freedom in providing a mix of land uses in the development of a balanced community. PUDs are expected to preserve critical environmental resources, provide above-average open space and recreational amenities, include exceptional design and provide greater efficiency in the layout and provision of roads, utilities and other infrastructure.

(2) Permitted uses. Uses permitted in the PUD Overlay District shall be those uses permitted in the underlying standard zone district for the property. An applicant for a PUD Overlay District may request modifications to the permitted uses of the underlying zone district to remove those uses that may be deemed incompatible or inappropriate for the overall PUD development. Conditional uses may be permitted if it can be demonstrated that such uses meet the conditional use review criteria for the underlying zone district.

(3) The area of land for the PUD may be controlled by one (1) or more landowners and must be developed under unified control or a unified plan of development.

(4) Areas designated as private streets and/or common open space, including land, an area of water or a combination of land and water within the site designated for a PUD, shall be designed and intended primarily for the use or enjoyment of residents, occupants and owners of the PUD; and provisions shall be made for the establishment of an organization for the ownership and maintenance of such private streets and/or common open space areas unless other adequate arrangements for the ownership and maintenance thereof are provided in a manner acceptable to the Town.

(5) All requirements set forth in this Code otherwise applicable to the area of land proposed for a PUD shall govern, except to the extent that the unified plan of development for residential, commercial, educational, recreational or industrial uses or any combination thereof may propose exceptions in lot size, bulk, type of use, density, lot coverage, open space, or other standards within the existing land use regulations, except those development standards that are not open to modification (see Section 4.7.5.d).