Golden City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 18
10 - PROCESS, PROCEDURES, AND NOTICE1
Sections
- 18.10.010 - Approvals or Permits Required.
- 18.10.020 - Administrative Approvals and Permits.
- 18.10.030 - Discretionary Approvals.
- 18.10.040 - Standard Development Review Process.
- 18.10.040.01 - Pre-Application Meeting.
- 18.10.040.02 - Ex Parte Communications.
- 18.10.040.03 - Neighborhood Meeting.
- 18.10.040.04 - Application.
- 18.10.040.05 - Application fees and escrows.
- 18.10.040.06 - Completeness review.
- 18.10.040.07 - Technical sufficiency review.
- 18.10.040.08 - Referrals.
- 18.10.040.09 - City staff review.
- 18.10.40.10 - Expired applications.
- 18.10.040.11 - Public notice.
- 18.10.040.12 - Public meetings and public hearings.
- 18.10.040.13 - Continuances and withdrawal.
- 18.10.040.14 - Successive applications.
- 18.10.040.15 - Appeals.
- 18.10.040.16 - Recording of approvals.
- 18.10.040.17 - Effect of approvals.
- 18.10.040.18 - Duration of approvals.
- 18.10.040.19 - Extensions of approvals.
- 18.10.040.20 - Correction of approvals.
CHAPTER 18
22 - TEMPORARY LODGING REGULATIONS
Sections
- 18.22.010 - Definitions.
- 18.22.020 - License required.
- 18.22.030 - Application for license.
- 18.22.040 - License not transferable.
- 18.22.050 - Term of license and renewal.
- 18.22.060 - Display of license.
- 18.22.070 - Refusal to grant, suspension, revocation, nonrenewal of license.
- 18.22.080 - Short-term rentals.
- 18.22.090 - Tourist homes.
- 18.22.100 - Administration.
CHAPTER 18
26 - URBAN AGRICULTURE REGULATIONS
Sections
- 18.26.010 - Farmers' markets.
- 18.26.015 - Neighborhood farmers' markets.
- 18.26.020 - Produce stands.
- 18.26.030 - Urban farms.
- 18.26.040 - Community gardens.
- 18.26.050 - Green grocer.
- 18.26.060 - Backyard chickens.
- 18.26.070 - Beekeeping.
- 18.26.080 - Domestic small livestock—Miniature goats and pot-bellied pigs.
- 18.26.090 - Domestic small livestock and fowl—Rabbits, chinchillas and ducks.
CHAPTER 18
28 - USE REGULATIONS5
Sections
- DIVISION I. - INTRODUCTION
- DIVISION II. - USE REGULATIONS AND TABLES
- DIVISION III. - USE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS
- 18.28.03 - Generally.
- 18.28.03.01 - Use-specific standards for residential, special residential, and residential mixed-uses.
- 18.28.03.02 - Community, civic, educational, healthcare, and institutional.
- 18.28.03.03 - Use-specific standards for hospitality, recreation, and entertainment uses.
- 18.28.03.04 - Use-specific standards for general commercial uses.
- 18.28.03.05 - Use-specific standards for motor vehicle and transportation uses.
- 18.28.03.06 - Use-specific standards for veterinary and domestic animal uses.
- 18.28.03.07 - Use-specific standards for industrial, processing, recycling, storage, and disposal uses.
- 18.28.03.08 - Use-specific standards for utility uses.
- 18.28.03.09 - Use-specific standards for agricultural uses.
- DIVISION IV. - TEMPORARY AND ACCESSORY USES
- 18.28.04 - Generally.
- 18.28.04.01 - Farmers' markets, neighborhood farmers' markets, and produce stands.
- 18.28.04.02 - Storage containers.
- 18.28.04.03 - Drive through facilities.
- 18.28.04.04 - Home occupations.
- 18.28.04.05 - Accessory dwelling units.
- 18.28.04.06 - Outdoor storage.
- 18.28.04.07 - Small wind energy conversion systems.
- 18.28.04.08 - Urban agriculture accessory uses.
- DIVISION V. - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
- 18.28.05.01 - (PUD) Planned unit development district.
- 18.28.05.02 - Land uses permitted only in the PUD district.
- 18.28.05.03 - Special regulations for mining; mineral resource extraction.
- 18.28.05.04 - Procedure for PUD zoning and official development plans.
- 18.28.05.05 - Official development plan.
- 18.28.05.06 - Standards for approval.
- 18.28.05.07 - Modifying approved PUD official development plans.
- 18.28.05.08 - Review and enforcement.
- APPENDIX A - LEGACY STANDARDS
CHAPTER 18
29 FORM ZONING6
Sections
- Division I INTRODUCTION -
- Division II FORM ZONES -
- 18.29.02.001 - PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF DIVISION II
- 18.29.02.002 - CORE FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.003 - TRANSITION FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.004 - EDGE FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.005 - OUTER EDGE FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.006 - PERIPHERAL FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.007 - NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDOR FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.008 - MAIN STREET A FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.009 - MAIN STREET B FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- 18.29.02.010 - STRIP FORM ZONE - THE CONTEXT
- Division III FORM TYPES -
- 18.29.03.01 - ORGANIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF DIVISION
- 18.29.03.002 - HOUSE FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.003 - HOUSE FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.004 - HOUSE FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.005 - COTTAGE FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.006 - COTTAGE FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.007 - COTTAGE FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.008 - COMPOUND FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.009 - COMPOUND FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.010 - COMPOUND FORM STYLES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.011 - CLUSTER FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.012 - CLUSTER FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.013 - CLUSTER FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.014 - DUPLEX FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.015 - DUPLEX FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.016 - DUPLEX FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.017 - ROW HOUSE FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.018 - ROW HOUSE FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.019 - ROW HOUSES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.020 - MAIN STREET FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.021 - MAIN STREET FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.022 - MAIN STREET FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.023 - MIXED-USE FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.024 - MIXED-USE FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.025 - MIXED-USE FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.29.03.026 - SHOP FORM TYPES - APPLICATION OF FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.027 - SHOP FORM TYPES - FORM STANDARDS
- 18.29.03.028 - SHOP FORM TYPES - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- Division IV BULK STANDARDS FOR LEGACY USE ZONES -
- Division V PARKING FOR FORM TYPES -
- DIVISION VI LANDSCAPING, FENCING, AND PERIMETER WALLS -
- 18.29.06.001 - PURPOSE, INTENT, AND APPLICABILITY
- 18.29.06.002 - DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
- 18.29.06.003 - LANDSCAPING PLANS AND MATERIALS
- 18.29.06.004 - UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
- 18.29.06.005 - LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC REALM
- 18.29.06.006 - REQUIREMENTS BY FORM TYPE AND LANDSCAPE AREA
- 18.29.06.007 - FENCING, RETAINING WALLS, AND PERIMETER WALLS
- 18.29.06.008 - SCREENING AND BUFFERING
- 18.29.06.009 - SITE PREPARATION AND IRRIGATION
- 18.29.06.010 - MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS
- Division VII ADJUSTMENTS -
- Division VIII RULES OF MEASUREMENT -
CHAPTER 18
32 - SIGNS7
Sections
- 18.32.010 - Purpose.
- 18.32.015 - Definitions.
- 18.32.020 - Administration and enforcement.
- 18.32.030 - General regulations.
- 18.32.035 - Sign measurement.
- 18.32.040 - Residential signs.
- 18.32.050 - Nonresidential signs.
- 18.32.060 - Design and construction requirements.
- 18.32.070 - Computations.
- 18.32.075 - Downtown area signs.
CHAPTER 18
34 - COMMUNITY LIGHTING STANDARDS
Sections
- 18.34.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 18.34.020 - Applicability.
- 18.34.030 - Definitions.
- 18.34.040 - Lighting plan required.
- 18.34.050 - Final inspection and certification.
- 18.34.060 - Director of community and economic development.
- 18.34.070 - Residential (low density) lighting standards.
- 18.34.075 - Residential (multifamily) lighting standards.
- 18.34.080 - Nonresidential lighting standards.
- 18.34.090 - Special use permit standards.
- 18.34.100 - Prohibitions.
- 18.34.110 - Exceptions.
- 18.34.120 - Waivers and exemptions.
CHAPTER 18
36 - PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS8
Sections
- 18.36.005 - Purpose and intent.
- 18.36.010 - General requirements.
- 18.36.020 - Number of required motor vehicle and bicycle parking spaces.
- 18.36.025 - Number of off-street parking spaces required, for downtown Golden and community mixed use zone districts.
- 18.36.030 - Number of off-street parking spaces required, for non-downtown areas.
- 18.36.032 - Mixed-use shared parking.
- 18.36.033 - Required accessible parking spaces.
- 18.36.040 - Parking space standards and dimensions.
- 18.36.041 - Accessible parking space dimensions, design, and location.
- 18.36.042 - Number of compact parking spaces.
- 18.36.043 - Striping and surfacing.
- 18.36.044 - Vertical clearance over parking spaces.
- 18.36.045 - Parking lot design.
- 18.36.050 - Off-street loading areas.
CHAPTER 18
40 - SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS10
Sections
- DIVISION I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 18.40.010 - Intent and purpose.
- 18.40.015 - Site development plan (SDP) required; applicability of site development regulations.
- 18.40.020 - Improvements required prior to certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion.
- 18.40.022 - Eligible applicants.
- 18.40.025 - Pre-application procedures.
- 18.40.028 - Neighborhood meeting.
- 18.40.030 - Application required.
- 18.40.035 - Expiration or withdrawal of application.
- 18.40.040 - Review procedures and requirements for approval.
- 18.40.045 - City council call-up of director decisions on site development plans for properties within a form zone.
- 18.40.055 - Stay pending call-up review.
- 18.40.060 - Modification to standards.
- 18.40.080 - Amendments to site development plan.
- 18.40.138 - Reserved.
- DIVISION II. - OVERALL DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.40.200 - Development standards.
- 18.40.210 - Drainage/grading.
- 18.40.211 - Drainage/grading guidelines.
- 18.40.212 - Drainage/grading standards.
- 18.40.220 - Landscaping intent.
- 18.40.221 - Landscaping guidelines.
- 18.40.222 - Landscaping standards.
- 18.40.230 - Open space.
- 18.40.231 - Open space guidelines.
- 18.40.232 - Open space standards.
- 18.40.240 - Parking lot design and internal circulation.
- 18.40.242 - Parking lot design and internal circulation standards.
- 18.40.250 - Screening.
- 18.40.251 - Screening standards.
- 18.40.260 - Walkways and bike/pedestrian paths.
- 18.40.261 - Walkways and bike/pedestrian paths guidelines.
- 18.40.262 - Walkways and bike/pedestrian paths standards.
- 18.40.270 - Mitigation of highway noise.
- 18.40.271 - Mitigation of highway noise guidelines.
- 18.40.272 - Mitigation of highway noise standards.
- 18.40.290 - Hillsides.
- 18.40.292 - Hillside standards.
- 18.40.340 - Sustainability guidelines and standards.
- 18.40.341 - Sustainability standards.
- 18.40.342 - Sustainability guidelines.
- 18.40.350 - Sustainability menu.
- DIVISION III. - RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.40.410 - Building placement, grading and site layout.
- 18.40.411 - Building placement, grading and site layout guidelines.
- 18.40.412 - Building placement, grading and site layout standards.
- 18.40.420 - Architectural features.
- 18.40.421 - Architectural features guidelines.
- 18.40.422 - Architectural features standards.
- 18.40.440 - Parking lot design and internal circulation.
- 18.40.441 - Parking lot design and internal circulation guidelines.
- 18.40.442 - Parking lot design and internal circulation standards.
- DIVISION IV. - NONRESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
- 18.40.500 - Nonresidential standards and guidelines intent.
- 18.40.510 - Building placement and site layout.
- 18.40.511 - Building placement and site layout guidelines.
- 18.40.520 - Architectural features.
- 18.40.521 - Architectural features guidelines.
- 18.40.522 - Architectural features standards.
- 18.40.531 - Parking lot design and internal circulation guidelines.
- 18.40.532 - Parking lot design and internal circulation standards.
- DIVISION V. - CLEAR CREEK CORRIDOR
- DIVISION A-1. - DOWNTOWN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES[11]
- A-1.1 - Applicability.
- A-1.2 - Intent and purpose.
- A-1.3 - General standards and guidelines.
- A-1.4 - Colors and materials.
- A-1.5 - Roofs and porches.
- A-1.6 - Exterior spaces.
- A-1.7 - Openings.
- A-1.8 - Parking and circulation.
- A-1.9 - Streetscape.
- A-1.10 - Multifamily and mixed use properties.
- A-1.11 - Building placement and site layout.
- A-1.12 - Massing, scale, and proportion.
- A-1.13 - Single-family residential buildings with commercial uses.
- DIVISION A-2. - COMMUNITY MIXED USE (CMU) ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS[12]
CHAPTER 18
44 - NONCONFORMING USES AND BUILDINGS13
Sections
- DIVISION I - INTRODUCTION
- DIVISION II - NONCONFORMING USES
- DIVISION III - NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- DIVISION IV - NONCONFORMING SIGNS
- DIVISION V - OTHER PHYSICAL NONCONFORMITIES
CHAPTER 18
58 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Sections
- 18.58.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 18.58.020 - Definitions.
- 18.58.025 - Standards for designation of historic sites or districts.
- 18.58.030 - Additional types of local historic designation.
- 18.58.035 - Procedure for designating sites for preservation.
- 18.58.040 - Procedure for designating districts for preservation.
- 18.58.050 - Reserved.
- 18.58.060 - Criteria for certificate of appropriateness review.
- 18.58.070 - Certificate of appropriateness review.
- 18.58.075 - Certificate of appropriateness for demolition.
- 18.58.080 - Appeal procedure.
- 18.58.090 - Variances/exceptions.
- 18.58.100 - Remedying dangerous conditions.
- 18.58.105 - Incentives.
- 18.58.110 - Enforcement and penalties.
CHAPTER 18
60 - ECONOMIC INCENTIVES PROGRAM
Sections
- 18.60.010 - Legislative intent.
- 18.60.020 - Definitions.
- 18.60.030 - City manager authorization and approval.
- 18.60.040 - City council authorized agreements.
- 18.60.050 - Charter limitations.
- 18.60.060 - Negotiating and approving requirements.
- 18.60.070 - Coordination with Golden Urban Renewal Authority.
- 18.60.080 - Restriction.
CHAPTER 18
66 - VESTED PROPERTY RIGHTS
Sections
- 18.66.010 - Purpose.
- 18.66.020 - Definitions.
- 18.66.025 - Request for site specific development plan approval.
- 18.66.030 - Notice and hearing.
- 18.66.040 - Approval—Effective date—Amendments.
- 18.66.045 - Period of vesting.
- 18.66.050 - Notice of approval.
- 18.66.060 - Payment of costs.
- 18.66.070 - Other provisions unaffected.
- 18.66.080 - Limitations.
CHAPTER 18
70 - RESIDENTIAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Sections
- 18.70.010 - Purpose.
- 18.70.020 - Scope and applicability.
- 18.70.030 - Definitions.
- 18.70.040 - Administration of this chapter.
- 18.70.050 - General provisions.
- 18.70.060 - Available allocations.
- 18.70.070 - Establishment of allocation pools.
- 18.70.080 - Schedule of allocation periods.
- 18.70.090 - Applications.
- 18.70.100 - Issuance of allocations.
- 18.70.110 - Banking of allocations.
- 18.70.120 - Excess and unused allocations.
- 18.70.130 - Failure to use allocations; penalties.
CHAPTER 18
80 - AREAS AND ACTIVITIES OF STATE INTEREST
Sections
- 18.80.105 - Purpose and findings.
- 18.80.110 - Authority.
- 18.80.115 - Applicability.
- 18.80.120 - Interpretation with other enactments and plans.
- 18.80.125 - Maps.
- 18.80.130 - Duties of the administrator.
- 18.80.140 - Definitions.
- 18.80.205 - Planning commission recommendations.
- 18.80.210 - Designation of matters of state interest.
- 18.80.215 - Inclusion in comprehensive plan.
- 18.80.220 - Moratorium.
- 18.80.225 - Public hearing, mailing list, publication.
- 18.80.230 - Matters to be considered at designation hearings.
- 18.80.235 - Record of designation proceeding.
- 18.80.240 - Adoption of designation and regulations.
- 18.80.245 - Submission of material to Colorado Land Use Commission.
- 18.80.250 - Recording of notice of designation.
- 18.80.305 - Permits required after designation; receipt of application form.
- 18.80.310 - Application fee.
- 18.80.315 - Notice of permit hearing.
- 18.80.320 - Conduct of permit hearing.
- 18.80.325 - Approval or denial of permit application.
- 18.80.330 - Issuance of permits.
- 18.80.335 - Financial security.
- 18.80.340 - Revocation or suspension of permits.
- 18.80.405 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 18.80.410 - Mapping disputes.
- 18.80.415 - Inspection.
- 18.80.420 - Judicial review.
- 18.80.605 - Designation.
- 18.80.610 - Boundaries of area covered by designation.
- 18.80.615 - Purpose and reason for the designation.
- 18.80.620 - Applicability.
- 18.80.625 - Definitions.
- 18.80.630 - Nonconforming uses.
- 18.80.635 - Relationship of regulations to other state and federal requirements.
- 18.80.640 - Prohibition on site selection of an arterial highway and interchange and collector highway without a permit.
- 18.80.645 - Permit application procedure.
- 18.80.650 - Application for permit.
- 18.80.655 - Submission requirements.
- 18.80.660 - Waiver of submission requirements.
- 18.80.665 - Approval of permit application.
- 18.80.670 - Denial of permit application.