Seth Klamann is a statehouse reporter at the Denver Post, covering policy, state government and the legislature. He previously worked for the Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri and a proud Kansas City native.
The sideyard patio of Ryan and Nicole Brisch’s accessory dwelling unit seen on Friday, July 29, 2022. The Brisch family had relatives from Ohio staying in the home for a few days but they usually hosted the property through Airbnb.
The Colorado House passed legislation Tuesday that would allow homeowners across the Front Range to split their lots and sell them with minimal local government input.cleared its first legislative chamber on a 39-26 vote, with most Democrats in support and every Republican, plus a handful of Democrats, opposed. The bill is the latest in a, which let homeowners build accessory dwelling units on their properties without local government approval. ADUs include “granny flats,” backyard cottages and garage apartments. If passed and signed into law, this year’s bill would allow a homeowner who has built an ADU to then split the lot and sell the ADU, while keeping their own home. The bill would apply in other scenarios, too, including when an owner splits off an empty part of the lot to allow a new home to be built. “This offers a modest but important step forward to help us address our housing crisis in Colorado, and in particular barriers we see to homeownership,” Rep. Andy Boesenecker, a Fort Collins Democrat, told fellow lawmakers during committee debate last week. “… We cannot solve a 21st-century housing crisis with mid-20th-century land-use rules. It is time to let Coloradans build their future, one lot at a time.”If passed, HB-1308 would take effect on Dec. 31, 2027. Like previous land use bills, the proposal would constrain local governments’ input on lot-splitting to certain exemptions and an administrative approval process. It also would apply mostly to Front Range communities — specifically, towns with more than 1,000 residents that are part of metropolitan planning organizations. That means it would also cover the Grand Junction area.Renaming of César Chávez Day, 3D-printed gun ban, data center regs in the Colorado legislature this weekThe bill also would only allow the splitting of lots of a certain size. Should a property be split, the smaller of the two new lots could not be less than 1,200 square feet. The smaller lot also could not be less than 30% of the size of the original lot. So a 6,000-square-foot lot could be broken up, but not into two lots that are wildly different in size — say, 4,800 square feet and 1,200 square feet.Like earlier land-use bills, the measure is opposed by local governments, Republicans and the Colorado Municipal League. “This bill does undermine a fundamental principle that has long guided land use in Colorado, where decisions about local development are made locally,” Beverly Stables, a lobbyist for CML, told lawmakers at the committee hearing. The bill now moves to the state Senate. Should it pass there, it will go to Polis, who is expected to sign it into law.The 2026 Red Rocks season blasts off this week. Here's your guide to parking, changes, and more.How DIA keeps TSA security lines at 12 minutes as other airports see hours-long wait timesDenver Water eyes Empower Field lot for part of relocation, but some mobility advocates call plan ‘distressing’Motorcyclist killed after crash on I-25 in Denver No word ICE is coming to Denver airport, officials say, as agents start assisting with security nationwide
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