Responding to requests from neighborhoods, businesses and individuals, Denver City Council and the Denver Planning Board have agreed to extend the final stages of the public review process for the new zoning code. The extension is specifically intended to give residents and business owners additional time to review and comment on the code.
The deadline for public comment on the third and latest draft of the new code has been extended to January 4. Moreover, citizens now will have a full month to review the fourth and final draft of the code once it is posted on January 18. The new timetable also will allow additional time for review by the Planning Board and the Blueprint Denver Committee of City Council.
In addition, the Zoning Code Task Force has recommended that, following adoption of the new code, residents and businesses be permitted to file development applications (but not rezoning applications) under either the new code or the old code for six months (expanded from four months) to allow additional time to transition to the requirements of the new code. City Council will consider this recommendation next Monday, December 7.
Today’s announcement responds to input received during six hours of listening sessions on the new code sponsored last month by City Council and the Planning Board. More than 140 of the 400 who attended the sessions shared their comments.
All drafts of the code are available on the New Code website, http://www.newcodedenver.org.
