3232 Larimer Street rezone
District District 9Case 26-0391
Approved 12-0Not forecast
freeApproved 12-0moved by Darrell Watson
Denver Meetings
City Council, May 18, 2026
Approves One-year citywide moratorium on data centers, 13-0
5h 17m45,642 words
124 mentionszoningmixed useapprovedpublic hearingrezoningresidentialrezoneindustrialland usecommercialcomprehensive planenvironmental reviewDenver, CO
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What happened
Denver City Council approved a one-year citywide moratorium on new data centers (Council Bill 260431) on a 13-0 vote, pausing acceptance of new data center applications while a working group develops regulations; the moratorium was prompted by the CoreSite data center under const…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Denver, CO
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 18, 2026
- Decisions
- 5 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 13-0
Projects in this meeting (2)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearings3232 Larimer Street
Approved 12-03232 Larimer Street, Five Points
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Approved 12-0Open this projectFollow free
Free sample: decision 1 of 5
Janitorial services contracts (Group 5 and Groups 1-6)
Approved agreements with AFL Maintenance Group Inc. (Group 5) and CCS Facility Services Colorado Inc. (Groups 1,2,3,4,6) for citywide janitorial services excluding DIA. Adopted in a block 10-2. Councilmembers Hines and Parity voted no over concerns about worker retention, hour cuts, and CCS's $1.2 million fine history.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Denver City Council approved a one-year citywide moratorium on new data centers (Council Bill 260431) on a 13-0 vote, pausing acceptance of new data center applications while a working group develops regulations; the moratorium was prompted by the CoreSite data center under const…
Key Decisions (5)
Approved
Janitorial services contracts (Group 5 and Groups 1-6)
Vote: 10-2
Approved
Rezoning at 3232 Larimer Street in Five Points
Vote: 12-0
Approved
Rezoning of three city-owned properties to open space (OS-A)
Vote: 12-0
Approved
One-year citywide moratorium on data centers
Vote: 13-0
Continued
Contract with Matrix Design Group for landscape architecture services
Zoning Changes (4)
Development Activity (3)
Doubles club (bar/cafe and recreation) at 3232 Larimer Street
Mixed-Use
CoreSite data center campus (Globeville-Elyria-Swansea)
Industrial
Heron Pond regional park
Other
Market Signals (6)
Infrastructure
Denver's electrical grid faces increasing blackouts and Xcel Energy is…
Infrastructure
Colorado is in extreme drought (58% of state) with historically…
Commercial Demand
Metro Denver EDC warns that the data center moratorium signals…
Who Spoke (20)
ChairCouncilmember · 4Staff · 4Applicant · 2WitnessPublic · 3
On the record: the chair, 4 councilmembers, 4 staff members, 2 applicants, a witness, and 3 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteThis season: 2 of 2 (100%) forecasts called in this county.
831 South Monaco Street Parkway rezone
District District 6Case 26-0608
No vote recorded
4458 North Pearl Street rezone
Case 26-0476
No vote recorded
361-363 West Evans Avenue rezone
District District 7Case 26-0521
No vote recorded
8401 East Belleview Avenue rezone
District District 4Case 26-0557
No vote recorded
5101-5115 North Milwaukee Street rezone
District District 9Case 26-0392
No vote recorded
3535 East 26th Avenue Parkway landmark designation
District District 9Case 26-0602
No vote recorded
A bill for an ordinance approving an amendment to the Welton Corridor Urban Redevelopment… site plan
District District 9Case 26-0634
No vote recorded
More land-use items (1)
1 item with no recorded vote on this agenda
- A bill for an ordinance authorizing a moratorium on data centers site planCase 26-0431No vote recorded
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