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Board of County Commissioners, May 14, 2026

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

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What happened

On May 14, 2026, Boulder County approved Land Use Code Amendments - Residential Uses, Boarding House, Group Care/Foster Home (2-1).

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

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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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Key Decisions (2)

Approved

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

Vote: 2-12 conditions attached
Approved

McCabe Earthwork and Residence at 531 Caribou Road

Vote: 3-09 conditions attached

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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,…

Agenda results

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

Case DC-24-0004
Approved 2-1
freeApproved 2-12 conditions of approval

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531 Caribou Road conditional use permit

Erin McCabeCase LU-26-0004
Approved 3-0
freeApproved 3-09 conditions of approval

9 recorded conditions. Full condition text is available in Pro.

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Who spoke

8 distinct speakers; 5 identified names.

All speaker roles: 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Chair, 3 Staff, 1 Applicant, 2 Commissioner.

Identified name roles: 1 Applicant Rep, 3 Staff, 1 Applicant.

Speaker sample: Aaron McCabe, Applicant.

4 more identified names in Pro: 1 Applicant Rep, 3 Staff.

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Zoning terms (12)

132 recorded timestamps

  • residential (53 timestamps)
  • approved (10 timestamps)
  • land use (18 timestamps)
  • public hearing (2 timestamps)
  • tabled (1 timestamps)
  • zoning (19 timestamps)

Decision moments (2)

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