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ZoneWire has flagged 2451 zoning insights across City and County of Denver to date. Of the 49 land-use board decisions we analyzed over the last 24 months, 84% were approved. Rezoning votes, variance requests, PUD approvals, each one a potential deal or threat to your portfolio. How many did you catch?
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What gets approved in City and County of Denver
ZoneWire analyzed 49 land-use board decisions in City and County of Denver over the last 24 months. Here are the most active project types and how often each one clears.
| Project type | Decisions | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Land use / comp-plan amendment | 17 | 82% |
| Commercial / office / retail | 10 | 70% |
| Mixed-use | 9 | 100% |
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Here's what ZoneWire found in the latest City and County of Denver meeting
Denver City Council approved the rezoning of 5101-5115 North Milwaukee Street in Elyria-Swansea from E-SU-D to U-TU-C (9-0) to allow duplex development, and adopted two historic landmark designations (Council Bills 0742 and 0620).
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- Rezoning at 5101-5115 North Milwaukee Street, Elyria-Swansea
- Historic landmark designation of federal garages at 2100 California Street
- Historic landmark designation of Wellington and Wilma Webb House at 2329 North Gaylord Street
Transportation and Infrastructure - 2026-06-17
City Council - 2026-06-15
City Council - 2026-06-08
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Denver City Council, the Planning Board, and Board of Adjustment oversee zoning under a form-based and context-based code adopted in 2010. Rezoning filings concentrate in RiNo (River North Art District), Five Points, and Central Platte Valley, where former industrial sites are transitioning to mixed-use zone districts. Text amendments to the zoning code can shift development feasibility across entire districts and appear regularly on Planning Board agendas. Landmark preservation reviews in Capitol Hill, Baker, and other historic neighborhoods affect adaptive reuse and infill proposals. ADU zoning expansions into single-unit zones represent a growing category of code change activity.
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Monthly Zoning Activity
City and County of Denver had 6 public meetings in June 2026 with 202 zoning insights detected, down 49% from May.
| Month | Meetings | Zoning Insights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 6 | 202 | |
| May 2026 | 5 | 394 | Roundup |
| Apr 2026 | 7 | 457 | Roundup |
| Mar 2026 | 6 | 241 | Roundup |
| Feb 2026 | 4 | 601 | Roundup |
| Jan 2026 | 4 | 114 | Roundup |
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ZoneWire has analyzed 38 City and County of Denver council meetings, flagging 2451 rezoning, variance, and development items.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Denver City Council, Planning Board, and Board of Adjustment meetings are tracked by ZoneWire for rezoning applications, text amendments, variances, conditional use permits, and site development plan reviews across the Denver metro area.
Denver has approximately 8 zoning-related meetings per month across City Council, the Planning Board, and the Board of Adjustment. City Council meets weekly, while the Planning Board meets twice per month.
A text amendment in Denver is a change to the Denver Zoning Code that modifies development standards, permitted uses, or design requirements for one or more zone districts. Text amendments often signal city-wide policy shifts, such as expanding ADU permissions or adjusting density standards in neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and Park Hill.
The highest volume of zoning activity in Denver occurs in the RiNo (River North) Art District for industrial-to-mixed-use conversions, Capitol Hill and Park Hill for ADU and density increase applications, and the Central Park neighborhood for master-planned development. The area around Union Station also generates frequent site development plan reviews.
Key zoning terms for Denver include rezoning, text amendment, variance, site development plan, ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit), conditional use permit, PUD (Planned Unit Development), and design review. ZoneWire tracks all of these automatically across every Denver governing body.
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