About the Project 

What is the Land Development Code?  

Commerce City is updating its Land Development Code, a set of rules that guide how land in the city can be used and developed. The code regulates the form, use, and intensity of future development to ensure it aligns with the community’s vision for its built environment, as established in the city’s Comprehensive Plan.  

What are the goals of the update?  

The goals for the Commerce City Land Development Code (LDC) update are as follows: 

• Modernize the development code to better align with the community’s current needs, goals, and best practices.

• Implement the policies and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and other existing plans.  

• Organize the regulations into a simplified, logical code. 

• Tailor the development standards to achieve quality, resilient outcomes. 

• Streamline the review procedures to be clearer, illustrated, and less time-intensive. 

• Create a more user-friendly development code including more graphics and tables.   

Project Timeline  

Where We’ve Been 

The Land Development Code update kicked off in the summer of 2023 to introduce the project to the community. The city hosted a series of public open houses, along with several focus groups and interviews, to begin identifying priorities and key issues for the update. Additional open houses were held in June 2024 and January 2025 to share draft concepts and gather community feedback. 

Where We’re Headed 

A public review draft of the Land Development Code will be released in spring 2025, with adoption by City Council anticipated in late summer. Once available, there will be multiple opportunities to review the draft and engage with staff. Project updates, including community meeting dates, will be posted on the project website. To receive regular updates, including future meeting dates, please sign up for our project email list. 

Public Input