A: The City, as the applicant, is held to the same standards and process as another applicant. Below is an illustrative outline of the process. The City has hosted two neighborhood meetings. The next step is to present to Planning Commission. The Planning Commission Hearing is tentatively set for April 24th.  When the date has been confirmed, neighborhood notices will be mailed out and the included properties will be posted at least 15 days prior to the hearing.

Update June 5, 2023: The application to amend the Comprehensive Plan has been withdrawn given the requested zoning - R3e is in compliance with the current Medium Density Residential designation. 

The first city-initiated rezone was in 2018, to correct outlying BE zoning. The correction was a result of the BE zone district being removed in the 2019 Development Code Update. Outlying properties previously zoned BE needed to be rezoned to the general B – Developing Business zone. The second rezone included seven lots on the west side of Taft Avenue, south of Eisenhower Blvd. The properties were rezoned from Established Low Density Residential to Developing Business due to the widening of North Taft Avenue. For more information on each project, please click the links provided below.

Project information:

Outlying BE - Rezone

Taft Rezoning 

A: Nonconforming properties can continue to operate under grandfathered allowances with limitations on expansion and redevelopment. Given the owner’s limited ability to expand, redevelop, or add additional uses, being brought into conformance may be a benefit. For example, a nonconforming Assisted Living facility within the R1e zoning may recognize memory care as a complementary use that would be an appropriate addition to their existing operations. But because Memory Care is not permitted in the R1e zoning district, the property would have to rezone to a district that would allow both assisted living and memory care, which in this case is R3e. From the City’s perspective, the objective is to have properties properly zoned to avoid compliance concerns or incompatible neighboring uses and to remove undue burden placed on the property owners.

A: A development proposal is not required for review with a rezoning or comprehensive plan amendment application. There is no development or redevelopment proposed at this time. The objective of the rezone is aligning existing established uses with an appropriate zoning district, and to facilitate appropriate reuse of the vacant medical office. Although R3e provides additional use options, it does not mean every use is feasible. Every development or reuse request must be reviewed and approved by the City, subject to development standards.

A: Residential building limitations are the same for R1e and R3e. That means these standards are allowable in the current zoning district and would not change or increase if rezoned to R3e.

A: In the R3e zoning district, density is limited to 20 units per acre. The Loveland Unified Development Code defines a dwelling unit as a single unit providing complete and independent living facilities for a household, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

Density is limited based on lot size, not building size. Regardless of the shape a building takes, it cannot exceed the max density allowance.

To calculate the allowable density of a site, apply the following calculation:

Lot size x 20 u/ac = total allowable density

Applied to the properties within the rezone proposal:

• Townhomes (911, 913, 915, 917 W 6^th St)
  • .21 acres x 20 u/ac = 4 u/ac
  • Same as current density, could not increase density
• Courtyard Senior Living (605 N California Ave)
  • .61 acres x 20u/ac = 12 units
• Courtyard Single Family (905 W 6^th St)
  • .19 acres x 20 u/ac = 3 units
• Vacant Medical Office (914 W 6^th St)
  • .62 acres x 20 u/ac = 12 units

The lot sizes provided in calculations Is based on Larimer County Assessor’s records.

Each zoning category provides a ‘menu’ of options.

The following uses are permitted today, in the R1e Zone:

The following uses are permitted in the R3e zoning district:

Differences between R1e and R3e use allowances:

• Duplexes and Boarding Houses are now allowed as limited uses
• 4 new uses allowed administratively
• 8 new uses allowed with a neighborhood meeting

A:  A large majority of the newly permitted uses in the R3e zoning district will require a neighborhood meeting prior to administrative approval. Uses reviewed with neighborhood meetings (adaptable uses) can be appealed to Planning Commission. Only six additional uses are reviewed administratively, without a public review process. When a review is administrative (by right or limited uses), it is still published online for public review on the City’s Current Development Activity Map . Although there is no formal comment or appeal period, citizens are always encouraged to contact the Planning office with questions or concerns.