Tag: Density Zoning
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EDITORIAL: Guv’s land grab is beaten back
It’s how the Austrians must have felt after breaking the Turkish siege of Vienna. OK, maybe just the way you feel after shooing off a door-to-door salesman. Point is, the barbarians were at the gate — and finally were sent packing. And even if they’ll be back sooner or later, we can breathe a sigh…
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EDITORIAL: Another Colorado city rejects the density dogma
A new wave of urban visionaries wants all Coloradans to live closer together — and is willing to trample long-standing local laws to get us there. They’ve been making inroads. But last week, the citizens of Colorado’s fifth-largest city said, “No thanks.” Lakewood voters overwhelmingly turned back a controversial policy adopted by their city council…
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EDITORIAL: Let locals decide whether to split their lots
It’s a safe bet “lot splitting” — letting homeowners subdivide to build an additional dwelling with its own address and utilities — wouldn’t be acceptable to most neighbors in most neighborhoods in our state. It also would flout long-standing local zoning rules in most of the state’s residential areas. And its purported premise — making…
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EDITORIAL: Governor’s land grab repudiated
Gov. Jared Polis has pushed a passel of laws through the legislature over the past couple of years that mandate sweeping revisions to local land-use rules. His attempt, essentially, to rezone Colorado’s metro areas micromanages matters ranging from the number of housing units per parcel to whether new housing can be required to have off-street…
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EDITORIAL: Don’t herd Coloradans into density zoning
Colorado’s governor and legislature are leading us all down a primrose path to density zoning. It’s a wonky term for cramming more housing into less space. There’s even an attempt at an elegant variation — the more marketable “gentle density” — meaning, wedge more expensive multiplexes between single-family homes. It’s the hobby horse of the…