City staff told the Housing Advisory Board that the TOC law’s formula — multiplying transit‑area acres by 40 units per acre to compute a Housing Opportunity Goal — yields a very large aspirational target and may require rezoning or removal of discretionary review to count by‑right capacity.

Members reviewed a draft 79‑E ordinance and discussed which components to include, negotiable parameters (percentage, AMI mix, 7–15 year tax relief), and whether to apply the requirement citywide or only in selected zones; staff said 15 years is the statutory maximum.

Officials said LD 997 requires permitting residential uses in commercial zones (industrial zones exempt pending rulemaking), LD 427 limits required off-street parking in growth areas to one space per unit and LD 2173 requires municipalities to allow childcare and family childcare providers as permitted residential uses.

Planning staff briefed the board on Colorado’s TOC bill and the city’s housing‑opportunity goal (HOG) derived from transit-area acreage; staff suggested options including removing call‑ups for form‑based code and crafting objective by‑right standards to increase capacity, while board members debated preserving retail/mixed‑use ground floors and refining form‑based rules.

Staff presented rezoning proposals for three transit areas under House Bill 24-13 and said the county is short of the state's housing opportunity goal; commissioners directed staff to submit zoning calculations that could assume higher-density capacity (theoretical up to 100 units/acre in some areas) and to continue outreach with Inverness stakeholders before final code amendments.

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A housing coalition presenter urged the committee to explore ‘root zones’ — state-supported model zoning overlays — to increase by‑right housing and reduce appeals, citing Burlington’s form-based code experience and earlier state housing efforts. Members requested additional analysis and pilot options.

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