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Board of County Commissioners, May 14, 2026

Approves Land Use Code Amendments - Residential Uses, Boarding House, Group Care/Foster Home, 2-1

1h 43m14,988 words
132 mentionsresidentialapprovedland usepublic hearingtabledzoningsubdivisiondensitycommercialindustrialaducomprehensive planBoulder County, CO
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What happened

Boulder County adopted land use code amendments (docket DC 24-0004) governing residential uses, boarding houses, and group care/foster homes, choosing Option B (adding a 'residential care facility' use permitted by special review in transitional, business, commercial, and light i…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Boulder County, CO
Governing body
Final authority
Date
May 14, 2026
Decisions
2 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, 2-1

Projects in this meeting (2)

McCabe Earthwork and Residence

Approved 3-0
9 conditions of approval

Land use code

Approved 2-1
2 conditions of approval

Free sample: decision 1 of 2

Land Use Code Amendments - Residential Uses, Boarding House, Group Care/Foster Home

Land use code text amendments related to residential uses, boarding house, and group care or foster home. Board adopted Option B, which adds a new 'residential care facility' use permitted by special review in transitional (T), business (B), commercial (C), and light industrial (LI) zones, and by...

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Meeting Summary

Boulder County adopted land use code amendments (docket DC 24-0004) governing residential uses, boarding houses, and group care/foster homes, choosing Option B (adding a 'residential care facility' use permitted by special review in transitional, business, commercial, and light i…

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Key Decisions (2)

Approved

Land Use Code Amendments - Residential Uses, Boarding House, Group Care/Foster Home

Vote: 2-1Conditions attached
Approved

McCabe Earthwork and Residence at 531 Caribou Road

Vote: 3-0Conditions attached

Development Activity (1)

McCabe Earthwork and Residence

Residential

Market Signals (3)

Housing Demand

Commissioners expressed interest in expanding senior/transitional living and adaptive-reuse opportunities…

Infrastructure

Mountain-zone development remains gated by site accessibility, transit limits, geologic/wildfire…

Sentiment

Residential development on environmentally sensitive parcels (riparian, wetlands, scenic corridors,…

Who Spoke (8)

Staff · 3ApplicantApplicant's Rep

On the record: 3 staff members, the applicant, and the applicant's representative.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.

Public Meeting on Land Use Code Text Amendments Related to Residential Uses, Boarding… plan amendment

Case DC-24-0004
Approved 2-1Not forecast
freeApproved 2-12 conditions of approval
2 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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531 Caribou Road conditional use permit

Case LU-26-0004
Approved 3-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 3-09 conditions of approval
9 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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