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Click here if you are a business and want to provide your input
The City of Boulder is building off extensive stakeholder input from the East Boulder Subcommunity Plan, adopted in 2022. We’ve worked hand-in-hand with the community on envisioning the future of East Boulder and are now making the vision happen!
This next phase of the process will result in a rezoning strategy based on the adopted plan and updates to the city’s Form-Based Code (FBC), which may be applied to areas of change identified in the Subcommunity Plan and the map below (areas in green).
This will:
Reduce barriers to achieving the types of places we heard community members want.
Promote the design of buildings to strengthen their relationship to public space.
Enhance the unique character of the East Boulder subcommunity.
Nurture a more economically resilient, walkable place for businesses, workers and residents.
Provide more attainable and affordable housing opportunities to accommodate a growing region.
Encourage workspaces and commercial places for existing and new makers and merchants.
What is a Form-Based Code? The purpose of the FBC in Boulder is to establish building form and design standards for development within areas designated by the “FBC Areas” map, with the goal of achieving a particular type of place based on the community’s vision.
The FBC will ensure that East Boulder’s buildings and public spaces (streets, sidewalks, parking, plazas, gathering places) are designed to create high quality places that are interconnected, accessible, and appropriately scaled.
Click here if you are a business and want to provide your input
The City of Boulder is building off extensive stakeholder input from the East Boulder Subcommunity Plan, adopted in 2022. We’ve worked hand-in-hand with the community on envisioning the future of East Boulder and are now making the vision happen!
This next phase of the process will result in a rezoning strategy based on the adopted plan and updates to the city’s Form-Based Code (FBC), which may be applied to areas of change identified in the Subcommunity Plan and the map below (areas in green).
This will:
Reduce barriers to achieving the types of places we heard community members want.
Promote the design of buildings to strengthen their relationship to public space.
Enhance the unique character of the East Boulder subcommunity.
Nurture a more economically resilient, walkable place for businesses, workers and residents.
Provide more attainable and affordable housing opportunities to accommodate a growing region.
Encourage workspaces and commercial places for existing and new makers and merchants.
What is a Form-Based Code? The purpose of the FBC in Boulder is to establish building form and design standards for development within areas designated by the “FBC Areas” map, with the goal of achieving a particular type of place based on the community’s vision.
The FBC will ensure that East Boulder’s buildings and public spaces (streets, sidewalks, parking, plazas, gathering places) are designed to create high quality places that are interconnected, accessible, and appropriately scaled.
The purpose of this questionnaire is to inform future updates to the City of Boulder’s Form Based Code that will support spaces for local businesses in evolving industrial neighborhoods. Form-Based Code establishes regulations for building form and design standards for development with the goal of achieving a particular type of place based on the community’s vision. Your responses to this questionnaire will be used to create regulations for future redevelopment to create space that will support businesses like yours in the future.
You can expect questions related to building characteristics, site access, site design and building code regulations.
The questionnaire will go live on Tuesday, March 12th and close on Monday, March 25th.
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Subcommunity Planning 101
Learn about the Subcommunity Planning Process and why it is so important for East Boulder
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Subcommunity Story - Mitch Levin and Studio 5.5
This spring, the City of Boulder kicked-off a subcommunity planning project in East Boulder. As part of a robust engagement process, the city is profiling people who call the subcommunity "home" in all sorts of ways and asking them to share their hopes and concerns for its future. This input informs a larger planning process that seeks to determine how East Boulder can contribute to the community goals outlined in the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan.
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Chef Hosea Rosenberg talks about his vision for East Boulder
Subcommunity story featuring Chef Hosea Rosenberg