Wade Kettleson
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Colorado sign tradesman, 25 years. I read the sign codes, agendas and records so you don't have to. Editor, Colorado Sign & Build News: muninnphotomap.net/news
An ordinance on Pueblo City Council's Oct. 13 consent agenda creates a Mechanical Contractor-B license and makes Mechanical Contractor-C a residential-only license. Public hearings are set for Oct. 26.
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Pueblo adds mechanical contractor B and D licenses Oct. 13
The ordinance on the Oct. 13 consent agenda carries out a Southern Colorado Building Commission resolution.
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October 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Greeley Planning Commission hears the Baessler Homes Cedarwoods plat Oct. 13: 32 rowhome lots on about 3 acres at 71st Avenue and 19th Street, vacant since it was annexed in 1997. City staff recommends approval.
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#Colorado #Housing #Urbanism
Greeley 32 rowhome lots hearing Oct. 13 on 71st Avenue
The Cedarwoods plat at 71st Avenue and 19th Street is on the expedited agenda, and city staff recommends approval.
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October 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Thornton City Council holds a public hearing Oct. 13 on rezoning about 55 acres at East 88th Avenue and Welby Road to Transit-Oriented Development. City staff and the Planning Commission, 6-0, recommend approval.
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#Colorado #Housing #Urbanism
Thornton Welby Station 55-acre rezoning hearing Oct. 13
City water and traffic statements for Welby Station describe 534 units and, separately.
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October 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A draft license on Pueblo City Council's Oct. 13 consent agenda would let Lamar Advertising put signs on city land along I-25 and Highway 50 for 25% of net revenue, paid quarterly. Public hearings are set for Oct. 26.
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#Colorado #Signage
Pueblo, Lamar digital billboard license on city land Oct. 13
The draft license lists four first sites along I-25 and Highway 50 and bars other off-premise sign leases on city land within 1,500 feet of each sign.
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October 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This week in Colorado Sign & Build News: 62 new stories on local codes, home builders and the sign trade, from Colorado Springs, Castle Rock and Commerce City.
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Colorado sign and build news: codes, courts, enforcement
News for Colorado sign, site and builder crews: sign code rewrites, court rulings, 811 enforcement, builder deals, HBA events and jobsite safety.
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October 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This week in Colorado Sign & Build News: 62 new stories on local codes, home builders and the sign trade, from Colorado Springs, Castle Rock and Commerce City.
All of them: muninnphotomap.net/news
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All of them: muninnphotomap.net/news
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Banning Lewis Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5, serving the 55-plus Retreat, asks Colorado Springs for its own service plan. Council work session Oct. 12; resolution hearing Oct. 27. Staff says debt would be capped at the district's 2018 bonds.
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#ColoradoSprings #Housing
Retreat at Banning Lewis Ranch seeks its own metro district
Banning Lewis Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5 wants out of the consolidated service plan led by District No. 1.
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October 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Banning Lewis Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5, serving the 55-plus Retreat, asks Colorado Springs for its own service plan. Council work session Oct. 12; resolution hearing Oct. 27. Staff says debt would be capped at the district's 2018 bonds.
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#ColoradoSprings #Housing
Customer: "It's just a 4 by 8."
The code: "Double-faced?"
Customer: "...yes."
The math:
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The code: "Double-faced?"
Customer: "...yes."
The math:
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Sign area calculator: square feet for any sign
Free sign area calculator: one box, several boxes, round or triangular signs, and single or double-faced counting, in feet and inches.
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October 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The Colorado Department of Transportation's election-season notice applies to all commercial signage, not only campaign signs.
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#Colorado #Signage
CDOT will remove signs in highway right-of-way
The Colorado Department of Transportation's election-season notice applies to all commercial signage, not only campaign signs.
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October 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The draft code and proposed zoning map for unincorporated Jefferson County are open for review; an open house is scheduled Oct. 13 in Conifer.
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#Colorado #Signage #Urbanism
Jeffco takes comments on new land use code by Oct. 18
The draft code and proposed zoning map for unincorporated Jeffco are open for review; open houses are scheduled Oct. 5 in Littleton, Oct.
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October 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Every faded painted sign on an old brick wall downtown was somebody's whole week on a scaffold with a brush. Respect to the wall dogs. #ghostsigns #signs
October 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Every faded painted sign on an old brick wall downtown was somebody's whole week on a scaffold with a brush. Respect to the wall dogs. #ghostsigns #signs
Lennar's quarterly report names Colorado among West states where average sales prices fell. West segment average: $571,000, down from $599,000 a year earlier. A Berkshire Hathaway Form 4 filed Oct. 5 lists 28,438,045 Lennar Class A shares held.
Lennar 10-Q: Colorado prices fell; Berkshire adds shares
The quarterly report filed Oct. 2 does not break out Colorado, but lists it with California, Oregon and Washington for lower average sales prices.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Lennar's quarterly report names Colorado among West states where average sales prices fell. West segment average: $571,000, down from $599,000 a year earlier. A Berkshire Hathaway Form 4 filed Oct. 5 lists 28,438,045 Lennar Class A shares held.
Castle Rock's Ordinance 2026-037 lists the renewable water resource fee for a 4,500 to 4,999 sq ft home rising from $31,323.56 to $33,508.92 for 2027. Second reading is set for Oct. 20.
Castle Rock weighs 2027 water and stormwater fee increases
Castle Rock Water recommends system development fee increases of 9.5 percent per single-family equivalent in the Plum Creek basin and 13.5 percent in.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Castle Rock's Ordinance 2026-037 lists the renewable water resource fee for a 4,500 to 4,999 sq ft home rising from $31,323.56 to $33,508.92 for 2027. Second reading is set for Oct. 20.
Arapahoe County staff propose raising park land dedication for new residential development from 6 to 10 acres per 1,000 residents. Hearings: Planning Commission in November, county commissioners Dec. 8.
Arapahoe County staff propose 10 park acres per 1,000 people
A staff memo for the Oct. 6 Planning Commission study session lays out the rewrite: standards based on housing type, higher school acreage per student.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Arapahoe County staff propose raising park land dedication for new residential development from 6 to 10 acres per 1,000 residents. Hearings: Planning Commission in November, county commissioners Dec. 8.
Also on Colorado Springs council's Oct. 13 agenda: a 23.37-acre rezoning tied to a Wagner Equipment land use plan, 3.8 acres for Habitat for Humanity townhomes, a second Cherokee water tank and a Kettle Creek Road vacation for Challenger Homes.
Colorado Springs council Oct. 13: Wagner yard, Habitat site
Three rezonings go to first reading with public hearings set for Oct. 27.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Also on Colorado Springs council's Oct. 13 agenda: a 23.37-acre rezoning tied to a Wagner Equipment land use plan, 3.8 acres for Habitat for Humanity townhomes, a second Cherokee water tank and a Kettle Creek Road vacation for Challenger Homes.
A 304-apartment Veterans Villa plan near Powers and Bradley in Colorado Springs seeks MX-M zoning. City staff say R-5 zoning now caps the site at 25 units per acre; the plan is 30.2. Planning commission work session Oct. 8.
304-unit Veterans Villa seeks rezoning after density cap
City staff say the 10.06-acre site's R-5 zoning now limits it to 25 units per acre under the Unified Development Code.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
A 304-apartment Veterans Villa plan near Powers and Bradley in Colorado Springs seeks MX-M zoning. City staff say R-5 zoning now caps the site at 25 units per acre; the plan is 30.2. Planning commission work session Oct. 8.
Colorado Springs City Council takes first reading Oct. 13 on rezoning 1.20 acres on East Las Animas Street from 15 to 184 dwelling units per acre. The planning commission recommended it 5-4 on Sept. 9; the public hearing is set for Oct. 27.
Lowell Commons rezoning to 184 units an acre goes to council
Planning commissioners recommended the change 5-4 on Sept. 9 with conditions that cap buildings at 65 feet and six stories.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Colorado Springs City Council takes first reading Oct. 13 on rezoning 1.20 acres on East Las Animas Street from 15 to 184 dwelling units per acre. The planning commission recommended it 5-4 on Sept. 9; the public hearing is set for Oct. 27.
Colorado Springs takes up raising the detached ADU height limit from 16 to 25 feet at an Oct. 8 work session. Planning Commission follows Oct. 14.
Colorado Springs ADU height fix goes to Planning Commission
CODE-26-0004 is on the City Planning Commission's Oct. 8 work session agenda.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Colorado Springs takes up raising the detached ADU height limit from 16 to 25 feet at an Oct. 8 work session. Planning Commission follows Oct. 14.
Arapahoe County says the land values behind its park and school dedication fees were set around 1990, and it is proposing new rules.
Arapahoe County proposes new park and school land
The county says current standards of 6 acres of park land per 1,000 residents and cash-in-lieu values of $20,000 or $40,000 per acre were adopted more than.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Arapahoe County says the land values behind its park and school dedication fees were set around 1990, and it is proposing new rules.
Colorado's underground damage prevention commission takes up a complaint involving Phillips 66 on Oct. 8, with six collections cases on the same agenda.
Damage-prevention commission to rule Oct. 8 on Phillips 66
The Colorado Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission meets remotely Thursday at 1 p.m.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Colorado's underground damage prevention commission takes up a complaint involving Phillips 66 on Oct. 8, with six collections cases on the same agenda.
Pikes Peak Regional Building's proposed 2027 budget holds fees flat again. July 2026 permits ran 48 percent below July 2025.
Pikes Peak Regional Building proposes 2027 budget with no
Minutes of the Aug. 27 Building Commission work session, posted with the September agendas, put the 2027 budget at $22,980,017 with no fee increase.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Pikes Peak Regional Building's proposed 2027 budget holds fees flat again. July 2026 permits ran 48 percent below July 2025.
Pikes Peak Regional Building's licensing committee ordered a one-year incident report after a homeowner project was run by someone the minutes call 'not a licensed contractor.'
PPRBD committee flags contractor over permit pulled for
Minutes of the Sept. 10 Licensing Committee meeting, now posted, also show the committee denied a modular builder's appeal of a $7,624 investigation fee.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Pikes Peak Regional Building's licensing committee ordered a one-year incident report after a homeowner project was run by someone the minutes call 'not a licensed contractor.'
Lakewood's old sign code: 18 sq ft of yard signs per property.
Lakewood's current code: 24.
Me at midnight, rechecking every guide on the site against the current PDF:
Lakewood's current code: 24.
Me at midnight, rechecking every guide on the site against the current PDF:
Builder & subdivision signs: Lakewood
Lakewood builder signs: neighborhood entry signs, the 24 sq ft yard sign cap, transition signs, the off-premise and right-of-way bans, flags.
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October 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Lakewood's old sign code: 18 sq ft of yard signs per property.
Lakewood's current code: 24.
Me at midnight, rechecking every guide on the site against the current PDF:
Lakewood's current code: 24.
Me at midnight, rechecking every guide on the site against the current PDF:
Six of the 10 builders with the most 2025 closings in metro Denver trade on the NYSE. Berkshire Hathaway now owns two of the others, and Sekisui House owns Richmond American. Ownership as of Oct. 4:
Who owns Colorado's home builders
Six of the 10 builders with the most 2025 closings in metro Denver trade on the NYSE.
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October 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Six of the 10 builders with the most 2025 closings in metro Denver trade on the NYSE. Berkshire Hathaway now owns two of the others, and Sekisui House owns Richmond American. Ownership as of Oct. 4: