Board of County Commissioners, May 14, 2026
Approves Land Use Code Amendments - Residential Uses, Boarding House, Group Care/Foster Home, 2-1
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…
- 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)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsMcCabe Earthwork and Residence
Approved 3-0Land use code
Approved 2-1Free 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...
The other decision is listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
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…
Key Decisions (2)
Land Use Code Amendments - Residential Uses, Boarding House, Group Care/Foster Home
McCabe Earthwork and Residence at 531 Caribou Road
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)
On the record: 3 staff members, the applicant, and the applicant's representative.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.
531 Caribou Road conditional use permit
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