Boulder County Land Use Code

Land Use's Role

The Boulder County Land Use Code is enacted to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Boulder County, and to guide future growth, development, and distribution of land uses within Boulder County. The Land Use Code 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.

You may purchase printed copies of the Land Use Code at the Land Use Department Office. Also, feel free to subscribe to our Land Use Code email updates to keep up-to-date on update meetings and other pertinent information.

Land Use Code (Full Online Version Updated March 7, 2013) (4 MB)

Individual Articles (Online Versions Updated As Required)

• Article 1 - Title, Authority, and Interpretation (92 KB)
• Article 2 - Administrative and Decision Making Bodies (88 KB)
• Article 3 - Processes (334 KB) Updated March 7, 2013
• Article 4 - Zoning (1.18 MB) Updated March 7, 2013
• Article 5 - Subdivision Regulations (97 KB)
• Article 6 - Planned Development Districts (139 KB)
• Article 7 - Development Standards (211 KB)
• Article 8 - Location and Extent Review and Areas and Activities of State Interest (232 KB)
• Article 9 - Subdivision Exemptions and Exemption Plats (87 KB)
• Article 10 - Vacation of Public Roads, Alleys, and Easements (80 KB)
• Article 11 - Special District Review (109 KB)
• Article 13 - Signs (128 KB)
• Article 14 - Rubbish, Weeds, and Brush, and Unsafe Structures (88 KB)
• Article 15 - Historic Preservation (133 KB)
• Article 16 - Text Amendments (72 KB)
• Article 17 - Enforcement (228 KB) Updated March 7, 2013
• Article 18 - Definitions (289 KB) Updated March 7, 2013
• Article 19 - Special Approval Procedures for Redevelopment Following Natural Disasters (101 KB)
• Article 4-116 - Niwot Rural Community District (NRCD) (380 KB)
• Land Use Code Text Amendments and Resolutions (275 KB) Updated March 7, 2013

Maps Referenced in the Land Use Code

• Allenspark Townsite Map (555 KB)
• Boulder County Transferable Development Rights (TDR) Sending Site Areas (1 MB)
• Eldora Study of the Platted Roads, Alleys, and Rights-of-Way - For Illustrative Purposes Only (524 KB)
• Eldora Townsite Map (584 KB)
• Eldorado Springs Townsite Map (527 KB)
• Niwot Rural Community District (Commercial) Map (169 KB)
• Niwot Rural Community District II (Residential) Map (183 KB)
• Niwot Transferable Development Rights (TDR) Sending and Receiving Sites (2 MB)
• Peak to Peak Townsite Map (North) (677 KB)
• Peak to Peak Townsite Map (Central) (780 KB)
• Peak to Peak Townsite Map (South) (885 KB)
• Raymond Townsite Map (545 KB)
• Riverside Townsite Map (505 KB)