The City of Lafayette, Colorado, held a Land Use Code Lunch-N-Learn session to discuss comprehensive updates to the city's land use code, which had not been fully revised since 1986. The update aims to modernize zoning regulations to align with the city's 2021 Legacy Lafayette comprehensive plan, focusing on creating complete and connected neighborhoods, enhancing transportation and parking standards, protecting natural resources, and clarifying development review processes. Key topics included allowing missing middle housing types (such as duplexes and triplexes) on corner lots and collector streets, exploring an inclusionary zoning program to increase affordable housing, permitting small-scale neighborhood-serving businesses in residential areas, and considering increased building heights in designated zones in exchange for public benefits. The meeting also addressed transportation improvements, sustainability measures like energy-efficient design and natural resource protection, and the role of homeowners associations in regulating development. Community input was actively solicited through polls and Q&A, with plans for further engagement and refinement of the land use code in the coming months.

Land Use Code Lunch-N-Learn on Dec. 18