Amend Denver Zoning Code to update the rezoning map amendment process and review criteria (Advancing Equity in Rezoning)

• When: 2024/12/04
• Address: Denver, CO
• City: Denver
• State: CO
• Category: Zoning Code Modification
• Subcategory: Process updates
• New Zoning Description: Updated map amendment review criteria and public engagement requirements, including earlier tenant notification and revised protest petition rules.
• Previous Zoning Description: Prior to this amendment, map amendments followed less inclusive public notice requirements and outdated evaluation standards.
• Planning Department: True

The Planning Board held a public hearing on December 4, 2024 and unanimously (8-0) recommended approval of a text amendment to the Denver Zoning Code. The amendment, known as Advancing Equity in Rezoning (AEIR), updates requirements for public notices—adding an early notice within ten days of a complete application and including tenants in mailed notices—and shortens referral timelines. It also aligns protest petition rules with the City Charter and revises rezoning review criteria to focus on plan consistency, public interest, and neighborhood context while removing outdated or redundant standards. The amendment takes effect on February 25, 2025.

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