Vote Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes (AGAINST) on all 4 ballot questions.
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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."
The zoning ordinance will be going to a vote of registered Lakewood residents with ballots needed to be returned by April 7, 2026. In attempts to bring home prices down, the zoning ordinance Council approved (and against which residents signed petitions which enabled the special election) allows for duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhomes and multiple cluster homes (depending upon lot square footage and zoning zone) to be built on all R-L-A, R-L-B and R-L-C Lakewood lots without subdivision. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) have been allowed for years in Lakewood and would continue to be allowed.
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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 focused on increasing density, allowing single-family housing plots to be developed into high density housing such as townhomes and cottage homes (as many as 8 homes on a 1/2 acre lot!) with extremely limited 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.
