The Littleton City Council has voted to indefinitely postpone a proposed change to the city’s land-use rules that would have allowed more duplexes, triplexes and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in single-family neighborhoods.
City inspector Steven Baptista performs an outside visual inspection on a duplex in the Athmar Park neighborhood on May 17, 2017, in Denver. Littleton city leaders have been considering a proposed change to that city’s land-use rules to allow more duplexes, triplexes and “missing middle” housing in single-family neighborhoods.
(Photo by Kathryn Scott/The Denver Post)across what have long been traditional single-family suburban neighborhoods in Littleton has hit a hard roadblock, with the City Council voting to postpone consideration of the measure indefinitely. Tuesday night’s vote to set aside the proposed amendment to the city’s land use code was 6-1, with Mayor Pro Tem Stephen Barr casting the lone no vote.The ordinance aimed to make it easier to bring to Littleton “missing middle” types of housing — structures like duplexes, triplexes and accessory dwelling units — in all residential zoning districts in the city. Littleton projects a need for 6,500 more housing units in the city over the next 20 years to accommodate expected growth.. During a first hearing on the ordinance in December, dozens of people crowded into council chambers to sound off on the plan for three hours.. But others have worried about the impact denser housing could have on the quiet, suburban character of their city — and they’ve questioned whether new attached units would in fact bring price relief to new homebuyers. Grove acknowledged those concerns, saying greater attention should be paid to multiplexes’ potential impacts on traditional suburban neighborhoods, “which is the reason we bought here, which is the reason we live here, which is what really makes Littleton unique.”“I think we need to look at this in small bites, first with (accessory dwelling units) and then look at other types of housing,” Grove said. Barr, the only council member in favor of the measure as it is currently written, said Littleton needed to take a longer view when considering its housing polic
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