Land Use Table and Standards

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The Use Table displays the allowed land uses in the various zoning districts of the city, and is found within Chapter 6 of the Land Use Code. In 2018, the Planning Board identified the revision of the Use Table and Standards as a priority item for Land Use Code updates. Phase One of the project was completed in 2019. Phase Two was paused in Fall 2020 due to staffing challenges during the pandemic, but the work has restarted in 2022.

The initial goals of the project include:

• Simplifying the Use Table and streamline the regulations where possible, making the Use Standards and Table more understandable and legible.
• Creating more predictability and certainty in the Use Standards chapter of the Land Use Code.
• Aligning the Use Table and permitted uses with the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan goals, policies and land use designations.
• Identifying any community-desired land use gaps in the Use Table and Standards, and better enabling the desired land uses in the identified neighborhoods as well as in commercial and industrial districts.

Watch the below video to learn more or visit the project webpage.