Land Use Code Rewrite
The City of Salida is working with Clarion Associates, a national land use planning firm in Denver, to update its Land Use Code (Chapter 16 of the Salida Municipal Code). The overall formatting and many portions of the Land Use Code (“Code”) have remained unchanged for many years, while some sections have been revised piecemeal in response to changing policies. Today, stakeholders find many parts the Land Use Code overly complex, unflexible, and inconsistent.
The Land Use Code update project is intended to result in a simpler and more-friendly document, and additionally is expected to:
- Implement the Salida Comprehensive Plan (2013)
- Clarify what is expected of developers and property owners
- Make it easier to develop what Salida wants
- Make development approvals more predictable and transparent
- Establish user-friendly regulations that reflect best practices and modern zoning principles.
