GLENWOOD SPRINGS —Garfield County’s affordable housing rules would be taken off the books under the first round of recommendations from the county’s land-use code advisory committee.
“With the housing market like it is right now, with short sales everywhere and foreclosures, it’s just hard to justify requiring any developer to come in and build more affordable housing to put on the market,” said Larry McCown of Rifle, chairman of the code committee and a former Garfield County commissioner.
The committee presented its first set of recommendations to county commissioners on Sept. 4.
Commissioners referred several of the proposed code revisions to the county planning commission for further review.
Any changes to the land-use code will be subject to public hearings before both the planning commission and the county commissioners.
Currently, the code requires that 15 percent of houses in residential subdivisions be targeted at families making certain incomes, and to include deed restrictions, such as appreciation caps, to maintain affordability over time.
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