BOULDER — On Tuesday, the City Council will pick up where it left off earlier this month in debating major changes to the city’s housing codes that could affect the landscape for decades to come.
The council adjourned from its heated public meeting Aug. 4 without reaching any decisions about a proposed “compatible-development ordinance.”
The proposal, in its current form, would impose new restrictions on how large single-family houses could be built, based on their ratio of finished square footage to lot size, the footprint of the buildings on their lots and the three-dimensional space that the houses fill.
Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum said the plans, which have sparked strong emotional reactions from residents on both sides of the issue for more than a year, should be narrowed down — but not finalized — on Tuesday night.
“I do believe we should take some action,” Appelbaum said. “The problem is it’s not going to please everyone. I don’t know if we can get there.”
Heath Urie, The Daily Camera
