Summary of Code Update:

• This is a City Council initiated request that staff has been directed to study.
• For information, background, and FAQs, visit the MU-IR Zone District StoryMap.

Estimated Timeline:

• • Initial Council Meeting April 22, 2025

• • Follow-up Council Meeting August 5, 2025

• • Informational Session with City Council – February 3, 2026

• • Public Outreach – Summer/Fall 2026

• • Potential Zone District adoption – Fall 2026

• • Apply MU-IR zoning to target area – Future

Background and Summary of Code Update:

• This is a citizen-initiated and City Council acknowledged update to the Longmont Development Code with an assigned project number of DV-CODE TEXT-25-00023.

• LMC 15.02.060.D.1 permits private parties to request text amendments to the Code, through a referral process to the City Council

• The applicant has requested to amend Section 15.04.020, Table of Allowed Uses, to allow the Contractor’s Shop land use as a Permitted Use within the Mixed-Use Employment (MU-E) zoning district and as a Conditional Secondary Use within the Non-Residential Primary Employment (N-PE) zoning district.

Timeline

• On February 24, 2026 this item was brought before City Council and Council directed staff to research the applicant’s request.

• The timeframe for this item being back in front of City Council is undetermined at this time.

Background

• This is a City Council initiated request.  

Timeline

• On January 27, 2026 City Council directed staff to introduce a draft ordinance at Zero Reading amending Section 15.04.020 of the Longmont Municipal Code to allow Single-Family Attached Dwellings in the Residential-Single Family (R-SF) Zone District and to return to council with any recommended questions or revisions prior to the First Reading.  

• The timeframe for this item being back in front of City Council is undetermined at this time. 

Background

• This is a citizen-initiated and City Council acknowledged update to the Longmont Development Code with an assigned project number of DV-CODE TEXT-25-00008.

• The applicant requested multiple updates to Chapter 7.06 as part of this referral. These modifications would change the following items:

• • On October 14, 2025, this item was brought before City Council. At that meeting Council directed staff to do research and bring this item back, after doing additional research. As elections were imminent, the Council at that time wanted this item to come back once a new Council was elected and seated.

Timeline

• This item went before the Planning and Zoning Commission on April 22, 2026 with recommendations being forwarded for City Council review.
• This item is scheduled for City Council on May 12, 2026 and May 26, 2026.

Background

• This is a City Council initiated request.

• On March 10, 2026 City Council directed the Planning and Zoning Commission to study which Zone Districts should allow drive-through businesses and make a recommendation for any necessary updates.

Timeline

• This item is scheduled for City Council on April 14, 2026.

Background

• This is a City Council initiated request.

• On February 3, 2026 City Council directed staff to develop a proposal for Longmont Development Code modifications that allows for short term rentals for major regional events.
• This item went before City Council on April 28, 2026. Council directed staff to propose an ordinance which would provide a new license type for short-term rentals.

Timeline

• Next steps include coordination for feedback from stakeholder groups, including Visit Longmont.
• At this time the next scheduled City Council meeting has not been determined.

Background

On May 5, 2026, City Council directed staff to bring two ordinances back to a future meeting. These include the following:

• Hyperscale Data Centers Ban
  • • This ordinance would ban hyperscale data center facilities as an allowed land use in Longmont. A hyperscale facility would be defined as a data center that has projected or contracted peak electrical demand of 100 megawatts(MW) or more, whether at initial operation or through phased load expansion.

• Creation of Use-Specific Standards for Smaller, Light Industrial Data Center Facilities
  • • This ordinance would development use-specific standards for smaller, light industrial data center facilities. Such use-specific standards would include, but are not limited to, power usage effectiveness (or a similar energy efficiency metric), water consumption to not exceed already allocated water rights for existing property uses, water efficiency, cooling systems, noise, and lighting.
    • These standards would apply to colocation, enterprise, and/or edge-type computing facilities or public, emergency, or critical infrastructure computing facilities with a nameplate capacity under 100 MW in Primary Employment zoned areas only.

Timeline:

• At this time future meetings or public hearings have have not been specified.