Two key land-use reform bills near final passage after late vote

The Colorado legislature is returning Sunday during the final weekend of work in its 2024 session, set to end Wednesday. Among major pieces of legislation still pending are gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities. This story will be updated throughout the day. Updated at 4:23 p.m.: The long-awaited property … Read more

Same-sex marriage, parking, property taxes at Colorado legislature

For the second year in a row, the sounds of Cinco de Mayo echoed into the Capitol as lawmakers toiled on a Saturday to find common ground on proposed reforms to state land use and property tax policy. The 120-day legislative session ends Wednesday, and lawmakers are still wrestling with some of the marquee proposals … Read more

Colorado legislature Saturday updates on housing, guns, tax reform

The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days. This story will be updated throughout … Read more

Colorado legislature updates on housing, land use, energy, taxes

The Colorado legislature began its mad rush into weekend work on Friday as the end of the 2024 session comes into sight, with plenty of major legislation still unfinished. Lawmakers have until the end of the day Wednesday to finish up bills on gun regulations, housing, land use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other … Read more

Property tax redux, crucial land-use votes at in Colorado legislature

There are now just 10 days left in the 2024 Colorado legislative session. With a number of hefty bills still in the legislative pipeline, that means 10 days of long nights, voting marathons and hectic scrambling lie ahead of us. Or, to paraphrase how one senator put it to The Denver Post last week: Go … Read more

Colorado land-use bills advance as lawmakers hope to avert new failure

At this time last year, Colorado lawmakers were preparing to gut Gov. Jared Polis’ massive and marquee land-use bill that would have reshaped zoning across the state, spurring a stalemate that preceded the proposal’s death. Now, after reviving most of that proposal in smaller pieces as part of a new strategy, reform supporters see a … Read more

Denver street sweeping begins for 2024 season, tickets possible

Denver street sweeping season begins Tuesday. Violators will risk tickets of $50 if they park on the wrong side of streets scheduled for sweeping on specific days now through November. The city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure advises drivers to check the red-and-white parking signs posted on curbsides around town to make sure they are … Read more

Lawmakers poised to ban occupancy limits in Colorado cities

Colorado lawmakers are poised to ban occupancy limits in cities and towns across the state, clearing the way for more roommates to live together as part of Democrats’ push to reform local zoning regulations and address the state’s housing crisis. Roughly two dozen cities and towns in Colorado have the type of occupancy limits that … Read more

Colorado lawmakers seek to ban parking requirements to spur housing

For years, minimum parking requirements in urban areas have served as a white whale for some in Colorado’s coalition of housing advocates and land-use reformers. They’ve looked at those vast seas of concrete and asphalt with a combination of distaste and a desire for what those spaces otherwise could be used for. Instead of more … Read more