Golden City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 18
70 - RESIDENTIAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT20
Editor's note—Ord. No. 2283, § 2(Exh. A), adopted December 9, 2025, repealed the former Ch. 18.70, §§ 18.70.010—18.70.130, and enacted a new Ch. 18.70 as set out herein. The former Ch. 18.70 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. 1314, adopted in 1996; Ord. 1338, adopted in 1997; Ord. 1360, adopted in 1997; Ord. 1691, §§ 1—4, adopted in 2005; Ord. 1839, §§ 1—6, adopted in 2009; Ord. 1945, §§ 1—3, adopted in 2013; Ord. No. 2088, §§ 1, 2, adopted Oct. 11, 2018; and Ord. No. 2203, §§ 2—13, adopted May 14, 2023.
18.70.010 - Purpose.
C.R.S. § 29-20-104.2, (HB23-1255) preempts the people's Ordinance No. 95-01, enacted on November 7, 1995, which places limits on certain residential growth in the City of Golden to a maximum of a one-percent increase in dwelling units per year. HB23-1255 prohibits enforcement of any existing local governmental entity housing growth restriction that explicitly limits either the growth of the population in the local governmental entity's jurisdiction or the number of development permits or building permit applications for residential development or the residential component of any mixed use development submitted to, reviewed by, approved by, or issued by a governmental entity for any calendar or fiscal year.
This chapter 18.70 replaces the growth limitation with reasonable requirements to report the annual number of building permits issued for new dwelling units that would have otherwise been considered by chapter 18.70 (Ordinance No. 2203).
(Ord. No. 2283, § 2(Exh. A), 12-9-2025)
18.70.020 - Annual report on new dwelling units.
(1)
The community development department shall present city council with a report in the first quarter of the year in a form approved by the director with information for the previous calendar year that includes:
(a)
The total number of permits issued for new dwelling units;
(b)
The total number of permits issued for new dwelling units for single-household detached units;
(c)
The total number of permits issued for new dwelling units in a duplex;
(d)
The total number of permits issued for new dwelling units in a row house;
(e)
The total number of permits issued for new dwelling units in a multi-household building;
(f)
The total number of permits issued for new detached accessory dwelling units;
(g)
The total number of permits issued for new attached accessory dwelling units; and
(h)
The report shall not include information that might have otherwise been reported or tracked as part of the administration of Ordinance No. 95-01 such as available allocations or lost or unused allocations.
(Ord. No. 2283, § 2(Exh. A), 12-9-2025)
