Northglenn against state Land Use bill

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Northglenn City Council, along with numerous other municipalities, stand against the land use bill, SB 23-213, after voting unanimously on a resolution at the April 10 city council meeting.

“ ey can’t touch my land use in my city,” said City Councilor Becky Brown. “ at’s just political suicide.” Northglenn’s lobbyists presented and explained the bill to the councilors, saying much the same as sta from Westminster and ornton. e bottom line is that the bill takes away a lot of facets of local control.

City Councilor Katherine Go said that she agrees with the goals of the governor, but said there was a lack of engagement with stakeholders and that the bill isn’t well planned out.

“Even though I would love to see something like this that would address these issues because we need more a ordable housing and we need cleaner air and less tra c, I would support (opposing the bill,)” Go said.

City Councilor Tim Long asked, referring to the state’s established home rule, how a statute could challenge that sentiment. City Attorney Corey Ho man said there are about 100 years of jurisprudence from the Colorado Supreme Court that says zoning and land use are matters of local concern.

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