News from Denver CPD that may impact building and development projects
You're invited! Join us at our next presentation on residential building and zoning codes
Denver Community Planning and Development will host its next residential permitting presentation for codes and topics related to single-family homes and duplexes at the Sam Gary library on Sept. 21.

  • Meet the new supervisor for the residential plan review team, Mikaela Firnhaber

  • Learn how to use e-permits

  • Ask questions about codes and city procedures

  • and more

A commercial and multifamily presentation will follow later this fall.

Saturday, September 21 | 2-3 p.m.
Sam Gary Public Library
2961 Roslyn St., Denver
Denver issues RFP for consultant to advance affordable housing priorities

The City and County of Denver is seeking a consultant to help advance housing policies that would spur additional construction of affordable and mixed-income housing throughout the city. Denver Community Planning and Development (CPD) and Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) have issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), seeking a multi-disciplinary team to assist the city in implementing specific housing policy recommendations identified in Denver’s housing plan,  Housing an Inclusive Denver , and in  Blueprint Denver , the city’s comprehensive land use and transportation plan.

The deadline to submit proposals is August 30 at 4 p.m.

Nominate a project for a Mayor's Design Award
Help us celebrate great design in Denver
Nominations for the Mayor's Design Awards accepted through Friday, Sept. 6

Mayor Hancock and CPD are seeking nominations for the 2019 Mayor’s Design Awards. Since 2005, these awards have honored projects throughout the city for excellence in architecture, exterior design and place-making. The awards are presented to Denver homeowners, business owners, nonprofits, and artists for their creative contributions to the public realm through innovative design.

Many different types of projects are eligible. Previous award winners range from restaurants and galleries to private single-family homes to plazas and other shared public spaces. What each of the projects have in common is the imaginative and innovative way they enhance public spaces and create a sense of community.

Nominations are due Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in late fall.
Upcoming amendments to the Denver Zoning Code
Temporary tiny home villages

Councilwoman Robin Kniech is sponsoring an amendment to the Denver Zoning Code that would allow tiny home villages – like the Beloved Community Village – to be permitted on a temporary basis for up to four years.

Today, the amendment was discussed by City Council's Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and it will advance to the full council for consideration and a vote on October 7, 2019.
New zoning for the National Western Center
Denver City Council will vote next month on zoning for the National Western Center. The proposal includes design standards and guidelines specific to the campus and would create new zone districts that implement the vision for the National Western Center, as established in the National Western Center Master Plan, the Elyria & Swansea Neighborhoods Plan, and other adopted policies. The newly proposed zoning allows for flexibility and change over time, promotes a pedestrian-friendly environment, and is compatible with the zoning in surrounding neighborhoods.
View all recently adopted and proposed zoning code amendments here .
Updates to ADMIN 120A policy
Classification of Licenses, Registrations, and Certificates
The State of Colorado currently performs all annual boiler inspections in the City and County of Denver and does not have any requirements for Stationary Engineers. Because of this, we no longer require a Certified Stationary Engineer or a Certified Operator to operate the following equipment:
  • Steam boilers, pumps, turbines, and engines where the steam pressure is in excess of 15 psi working pressure and where the equipment produces a total of 10 boiler horsepower or more at Denver altitude,
  • Water heating systems when the water temperature exceeds 250 degrees F,
  • Refrigeration systems having manual or semiautomatic control with charges of 1,500 lbs. or more of Safety Group A1 or B1 refrigerants as outlined in the International Mechanical Code,
  • Built-up grouping of multiple refrigeration units where the refrigeration system charge is 1,500 lbs. or more of Safety Group A1 or B1 refrigerants as outlined in the mechanical code, and
  • Refrigeration systems using refrigerant other than Safety Group A1 or B1 as defined in the mechanical code and which contains a charge of 200 lbs. or more. 
ICYMI:
Recaps from our last issue
  • “E-plan” (the electronic file transfer [EFT] site previously used for site development plans, transportation plans, and related documents) is no longer available, as the city continues its move to e-permits for all development review applications. Learn more >


  • CPD anticipates sending a draft of a new building and fire code – which would adopt the 2018 versions of nine ICC codes – to City Council for review and adoption this fall.

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