By Rodney Allen Congress Park Neighbors Newsletter

More density? ADU’s? Mixed Use zoning’s? These are among a long list of questions that have been raised by the plan presented in the East Central Neighborhood Planning initiative.

If you have not already heard, the City of Denver is in the process of crafting a plan for the future of Congress Park Neighborhood, as well as several other central Denver neighborhoods. The city has collected input from Denver residents regarding the plan. They have combined this with their recommendations, to create a draft of the plan.

The neighborhood plan is focusing on four key areas: Economy & housing, mobility, land use & urban design, and quality of life. To see more information about the plan, you can visit Denver’s Community Planning and Development website: https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/community-planning-and-development/planning-and-design/Neighborhood_Planning_Initiative/Planning-Areas/East_Central_Area_Plan.html

One of the areas of focus in the plan is land use and urban design. Basically this means the focus is on the building site; what type of use is allowed, what structure is allowed to be built, and how that property conforms with the surrounding structures and neighborhood. The majority of the land in our neighborhood is zoned for single family which is accompanied by multi-family, Main Street, Mixed use and Hospital zonings. Use the map shown for a quick reference of what the zoning is around you. For more information and specific allowed uses and design elements, you can visit the following Planning and Development websites.

Current zoning

View Denver Zoning Code by Article (zoning description): https://www.denvergov.org/content/ denvergov/en/community-planning-anddevelopment/zoning/denver-zoning-code.html The majority of Congress Park zoning is located in Article 5: Urban (U-) Neighborhood Context: https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/646/documents/Zoning/DZC/ Denver_Zoning_Code_Article5_Urban.pdf