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Boulder County Land Use Code

The Boulder County Land Use Code is Available for Free PDF Download Now!

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The Boulder County Land Use Code is an important tool that plays a large role in determining how unincorporated Boulder County will look in the future by the way it guides new construction and development today.
The Land Use Department also has printed copies of the Land Use Code available for purchase at the Land Use Department Office located at the following address:

Courthouse Annex Building
2045 13th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302

Also, feel free to subscribe to our Land Use Code e-mail list to keep up-to-date on Land Use Code update meetings and other pertinent information.

Land Use Code Online Version Updated 11.04.09
The Boulder County Land Use Code (PDF Including Bookmarks for Individual Articles and Sections)

Individual Land Use Code Articles Online Version Updated 11.04.09
Article 1 - Title, Authority, and Interpretation
Article 2 - Administrative and Decision Making Bodies
Article 3 - Processes
Article 4 - Zoning
Article 5 - Subdivision Regulations
Article 6 - Planned Development Districts
Article 7 - Development Standards
Article 8 - Location and Extent Review and Areas and Activities of State Interest
Article 9 - Subdivision Exemptions and Exemption Plats
Article 10 - Vacation of Public Roads, Alleys, and Easements
Article 11 - Special District Review
Article 12 - Road Name Changes
Article 13 - Signs
Article 14 - Rubbish, Weeds, and Brush, and Unsafe Structures
Article 15 - Historic Preservation
Article 16 - Text Amendments
Article 17 - Enforcement
Article 18 - Definitions
Article 4-116 - NRCD
Land Use Code Text Amendments and Resolutions

Land Use Code Maps
Allenspark Townsite Map
Eldora Townsite Map
Eldorado Springs Townsite Map
Niwot Rural Community District (Commercial) Map
Niwot Rural Community District II (Residential) Map
Peak to Peak Townsite Map (North)
Peak to Peak Townsite Map (Central)
Peak to Peak Townsite Map (South)
Raymond Townsite Map
Riverside Townsite Map

Recent Approved Land Use Code Amendments
New! DC-09-0009: Resolution 2009-144 Text Amendments to Article 10 of the Land Use Code Regarding Eldora Right-of-Way Vacations
DC-09-0007: Resolution 2009-127 Text Amendments to Article 4-800 and Article 18 of the Land Use Code (SPR Regulations & Related Definitions)
DC-09-0006: Resolution 2009-116 Text Amendments to Articles 4 and 13 of the Boulder County Land Use Code.
DC-09-0003: Resolution 2009-95 Niwot Rural Community District II Amendments
DC-09-004: Resolution 2009-81 Transferable Development Credit and House Size Code Amendments
DC-08-001: Resolution 2009-79 Renewable Energy Systems Code Amendment
DC-09-001: Resolution 2009-72 Text Amendments to Land Use Code
DC-08-003: Resolution 2009-35 Forestry Processing and Sort Yard Code Amendment
DC-07-002: Resolution 2008-138 Short-Term Dwelling Rentals Code Amendment
DC-08-005: Resolution 2008-131 Text Amendments to Land Use Code
DC-08-002: Resolution 2008-82 Referral Notification Process Code Amendment
DC-05-002H: Resolution 2008-72 Expanded Transferable Development Rights (TDR) Program Code Amendment
DC-07-001: Resolution 2008-37 Home Events Code Amendment
DC-05-002A: Resolution 2007-24 Adaptive Reuse (Mountain Merger) Code Amendment

Land Use Code Update Issues List
Land Use Code Update Issues List (PDF)
Boulder County Land Use Department Publications are available in PDF format which can be previewed using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader software. If you have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader installed on your computer, simply click on relative link above. Please note that these files vary in size.
If you do not have a version of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader installed on your computer, it can be downloaded for FREE.
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Land Use Director: Dale Case

Land Use Department Divisions

Mailing Address

 Planning/Zoning Division, Administration, GIS/Maps, Forest Health:
303-441-3930

Building Division, Wildfire Mitigation:
303-441-3925

Land Use Department
PO Box 471
Boulder, CO 80306

Phone: 303-441-3930
Fax: 303-441-4856

Office Hours:
M-F 8:00AM-4:30PM

Please Note: Building permits can be applied for and issued until 4:00PM.

Courthouse Annex Building
2045 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80302

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