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Broomfield City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

06 - Districts and Map

17-06-010 - Districts; established.

(A)

In order to carry out the provisions of this title, the city is divided into the following zoning districts:

(1)

PF Public facilities district;

(2)

A-1 Agricultural district;

(3)

RR Rural Residential district;

(4)

E-1 Estate district;

(5)

E-2 Estate district;

(6)

R-1 Low-density residential district;

(7)

R-3 Medium-density residential district;

(8)

R-5 High-density residential district;

(9)

B-1 Limited business district;

(10)

B-2 General business district;

(11)

I-1 Limited industrial district;

(12)

I-2 General industrial district;

(13)

I-3 Industrial district;

(14)

GA General aviation district;

(15)

PUD Planned unit development district;

(16)

Interchange influence area district;

(17)

Transitional overlay area district;

(18)

A-1 district;

(19)

OS Open space district;

(20)

PROL Parks recreation and open lands district;

(21)

TOD Transit oriented development district;

(22)

MU-1 Suburban mixed use district; and

(23)

MU-2 Employment mixed use district.

(B)

These districts may also have the following additional classifications:

(1)

PUD - When attached to one of the base zoning districts, PUD requires conformance to PUD regulations, procedures, and reviews for base zone permitted uses;

(2)

R PUD - Indicates PUD district with only residential uses;

(3)

B PUD - Indicates PUD district with only business uses;

(4)

I PUD - Indicates PUD district with only industrial uses.

(Ord. 149 Art. 4, §1, 1973; Ord. 651 §1, 1985; Ord. 907 §1, 1991; Ord. 1365 §1, 3-9-99; Ord. 1835 §1, 2006; Ord. 1836 §1, 2006; Ord. 1900 §8, 2010; Ord. 1974 §1, 2013)

(Ord. No. 2222, § 1, 7-30-2024)

17-06-020 - Districts; boundaries established; map.

(A)

The boundaries of the zoning districts established in section 17-06-010 are established as shown on a map entitled "Zoning District Map of the City of Broomfield, Colorado," dated April 1973, which map and all future amendments thereto are made a part of this title.

(B)

The zoning district map shall be kept up to date and on file in the city clerk's office for the use and benefit of the public. Amendments in zoning district boundary lines or designations shall be made on the map within a reasonable time after the effective date of each ordinance approving such amendments. The city shall not be required to publish the zoning district map after each amendment thereto. Unless otherwise defined on the zoning district map, district boundary lines are lot lines; the centerline of streets, alleys, railroad rights-of-way, or such lines extended; section lines; city limit lines; or other lines drawn to scale on the zoning district map.

(Ord. 149 Art. 4, §2, 1973)

17-06-030 - Divided lots; extension of less restrictive requirements.

When a lot is divided at the time of enactment of the ordinance codified in this title, or by subsequent amendments, by a zoning district boundary line, the less restrictive zoning requirements may be extended not more than twenty-five feet into the more restrictive zoning district adjacent to the zoning district boundary line.

(Ord. 149 Art. 4 §3, 1973)

17-06-040 - Districts; schedule adopted.

The schedule of "uses permitted by right," "uses permitted by special review," "minimum area of lots," "minimum width of lot," "minimum front yard," "minimum rear yard," "minimum side yard," "minimum off-street parking area," and other related requirements, being the regulations for the various zoning districts, is adopted and declared to be a part of this title, and may be amended in the same manner as any other part of this title.

(Ord. 149 Art. 5, 1973)

17-06-050 - Zoning newly annexed land.

(A)

Land annexed to the city shall be included in a zoning district and shown on the zoning district map within ninety days after the effective date of the ordinance annexing such land to the city, irrespective of any legal review that may be instituted pursuant to Section 31-12-116, C.R.S.

(B)

During such ninety-day period or such portion thereof required to comply with subsection (A) of this section, the city may refuse to issue any building permit or occupancy permit for all or any portion of the newly annexed land.

(C)

Should any newly annexed land not be included within a zoning district and shown on the zoning district map within such ninety-day period as provided in subsection (A) of this section, the uses permitted on such newly annexed land shall be those uses permitted by the county in which such newly annexed land was located as of the effective date of the ordinance annexing such land to the city, except that oil and gas development shall be prohibited in residential, commercial and limited industrial districts and on any property that is designated as public or private open lands or open space or a public or private park as shown on the city's parks and open space land map. Those uses permitted by the county shall continue until such time as the newly annexed land is included in a zoning district and shown on the zoning district map by the city. The uses permitted by such county and applied to newly annexed land shall be subject to the requirements and provisions of titles 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of the Broomfield Municipal Code.

(Ord. 1541 §1, 2001)

(Ord. No. 2123, § 19, 5-12-20)