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Proposed updates to the Denver Zoning Code that would remove minimum vehicle parking requirements from development regulations will have a final hearing and vote by the Denver City Council at its meeting Monday, August 4.
The proposed changes would:
- Reduce city time reviewing development applications
- Promote the development of more housing
- Give building projects the flexibility to build the number of parking spaces they deem necessary, based on market conditions
Current rules require a minimum number of vehicle parking spaces based on the proposed use and zone district of each project.
Effective Date
If adopted, the Modernizing Parking Requirements text amendment will become effective on August 11, 2025. Development applications approved on or after that date would have access to the additional flexibility offered by the proposed amendment.
Note on Related State Legislation
Colorado House Bill 24-1304 was adopted May 2024 and went into effect on June 30, 2025. The law requires municipalities to stop enforcing minimum parking requirements for multifamily residential development, and for adaptive reuse of buildings that will be at least 50 percent residential, if the development is located within a quarter mile of most transit routes. Given the prominence of transit options in the city, this means the vast majority of Denver falls into this category. In compliance with the state law, the City and County of Denver has put an interim policy in place ahead of City Council's action on the Modernizing Parking Requirements text amendment.
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