Visit a location below to get your signature on Petition #4.
Lakewood's rural lifestyle is at stake; affordable housing will not be created simply through City Council's passing of a new zoning ordinance and will adversely affect 17.3.3.1 Purpose and Intent C:
"Protect the scale, character and unique appeal of existing residential neighborhoods."
URGENT! "Starting in January 2026, duplexes, triplexes and four-plexes will be allowed in new residential zones. Some neighborhoods, like Belmar and Two Creeks, already allow them- a change that expands those options citywide." (Sept 2025 PBS Article).
In addition, multiple homes (cottage homes, slot homes, etc.) can be built on one lot as can townhomes...all throughout Lakewood.
Petition Signing Locations
Tuesday, Dec. 2
Lakewood Library
20th & Miller
10:30a-12:30p
Petition #4
O' Kane Park
NW corner of 1st & Newland
(parking lot by the lake)
11:30a-2:00p
Petition #4
Wednesday, Dec. 3
Snow forecasted in the morning so get out on Tuesday to sign instead!
You must sign the petition EXACTLY as you sign when you vote. If you don't, your signature won't count. Look it up with the Colorado Secretary of State before you go by clicking here.
There are four (4) different petitions to sign because the City Council broke the re-zoning into four (4) different votes.
Please complete this "Request A Petition Carrier" form if you'd like a petition carrier to come to your area. *Gather your neighbors so the petition carrier can get multiple signatures when they come to your neighborhood. *By completing this form, you agree to be added to our email list.
Read comments HERE regarding the City of Lakewood zoning changes on Lakewood Speaks.
See the most up to date amended zoning map.
How You Can Help:
- Attend the Meetings
It's going to take the whole community coming together (whether your property will be directly impacted or not) to protect Lakewood's current rural neighborhoods.)
- Offer Innovative Ideas & Alternative Solutions
Lakewood's City Council is very focused on turning its current large single-family housing plots in the Morse Park, Eiberhood, and surrounding neighborhoods into high density housing without parking requirements. We need innovative ideas and alternative solutions presented to both the City Council and Lakewood's Planning Department.
R-L-C Possible Scenarios
The following scenarios are for future building possibilities on a very large lot in proposed zoning R-L-C.
Proposed code has a Minimum Size of 0(ZERO) square feet for "new" R-L-C lots and a minimum width of 25 feet.
Proposed R-L-C lots are located throughout Lakewood and are predominantly east of Kipling and north of Mississippi.
Check out the zoning map to find your home's proposed zoning: Zoning Map. This is on the page Zoning Updates.
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Current Lot
This depicts the lifestyle many of us possibly desired when buying in Lakewood.
Cottage Homes
This depicts cottage homes which could be built on this same lot. We limited this example to 8 homes when indeed 13 (plus an ADU) could be potentially built.
Many of the mature tree in the existing canopy could be removed. New trees (saplings) would be required to be planted.
Cottage Homes Sample 2
This is another cottage home possibility. 50% of open space needs to remain on the lot. Buildings, driveways and parking pads are not considered open space.
Cottage homes can be maximum 1,800 GFA per structure and no other residential building on the lot may be larger.
Subdivision into 3 Lots with 3 buildings 4,000 - 5,000 GFA.
These homes could be single family (4,000 GFA), a duplex (total of 4,000 GFA), or 3 or more residential units (total building size 5,000 GFA)
Subdivision into 2 Lots with townhomes
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R-L-A Possible Scenarios
The following scenarios are for future building possibilities on lots in R-L-A.
Our research found that the vast majority of proposed R-L-A homes are in Kawanee Gardens, currently zoned R-1-18. (18,000 square feet minimum lot size)
Proposed code has a minimum square foot size of 7,000 square feet for "new" R-L-A lots and a minimum width of 75 feet.
A "new" lot could be created by scraping the existing structures on a lot and building new structures as per the new zoning parameters and building code.
Proposed R-L-A lots seem to be predominantly Kawanee Gardens, R-1-18 lots between 20th and 26th and Hoyt and Estes. Other R-L-A properties on the zoning map are parks, Denver Water Board property, etc.
Cottage Homes
The number of cottage homes is limited to the square footage of the lot. Lots which exceed the minimum lot size (7,000 for R-L-A) may have one additional "cottage" home for 3,000 SF of lot area required per zone. 7,000 + 3,000 + 3,000 + 3,000 = 16,000. This hypothetical lot has 18,000 square feet so will allow for 4 cottage homes, being 1,000 square feet shy of 5.
