Past updates posted about Zoning Updates

Update: Join the Forum discussion and take a quick poll

May 23, 2025

We're rolling out additional ways for you to participate in the Zoning Updates. Join the Forum discussion by letting us know your thoughts on the current question we've asked (What is the right size limit on homes to be built in the future?). We'll keep adding questions in the coming weeks. You can also take the quick poll about neighborhood retail, and we'll ask new ones as well.

Please dive in to all that is available to participate in this project and share your comments:

• Redlined and clean version of the amendments in the Zoning Ordinance.
• Land-use map for residential and nonresidential uses.
• Q&A about the Zoning Updates
• Presentation on the Zoning Updates
• Share your ideas and comments on this project page.
• Staff memo outlining the Zoning Updates.
• Presentation addressing specific comments that have come up so far about the updates.
• April 23 and April 9 Planning Commission public hearings.
• Attend and provide public comment during these public hearings at LakewoodSpeaks.org.

The Comprehensive Plan is an advisory document for the community that informs decisions on housing, transportation, sustainability, parks and more for the next 15 years. It allows you as residents to set the vision for what you want the city to become. The Zoning Updates executes the community's vision as a regulatory document through the city's Zoning Ordinance.

May update: More information

April was a busy month for this project, and it has produced a lot more detailed information about the proposed Zoning Updates. These details can get you ready for the third Planning Commission public hearing on May 21. Please dive in to all that is available and share your comments about this project:

• Redlined and clean version of the amendments in the Zoning Ordinance.
• Land-use map for residential and nonresidential uses.
• Q&A about the Zoning Updates
• Presentation(External link)(External link) on the Zoning Updates
• Share your ideas and comments on this project page.
• Staff memo outlining the Zoning Updates.
• Presentation(External link)(External link) addressing specific comments that have come up so far about the updates.
• April 23(External link)(External link) and April 9(External link)(External link) Planning Commission public hearings.
• Attend and provide public comment during these public hearings at LakewoodSpeaks.org(External link)(External link).

The Comprehensive Plan is an advisory document for the community that informs decisions on housing, transportation, sustainability, parks and more for the next 15 years. It allows you as residents to set the vision for what you want the city to become. The Zoning Updates executes the community's vision as a regulatory document through the city's Zoning Ordinance(External link)(External link).

April update: Planning Commission public hearings

Lakewood's Planning Commission will have three public hearings about documents that are important to the community. Following the first public hearing on April 9(External link), the Planning Commission's second public hearing was on April 23(External link), and it included both the Comprehensive Plan Updates and the Zoning Updates. The third public hearing on May 21 will be for the Zoning Updates.

Review the outline of the Zoning Updates to get an understanding of the changes that are being discussed, and review the proposed land use maps for residential and nonresidential uses. Watch the additional presentation that addresses comments(External link) that have come up so far about the Zoning Updates.

March Update:

It’s time for an important discussion about the future of your city, and we want you to participate. The city will be discussing updating its Comprehensive Plan(External link)(External link) and the Zoning Code(External link)(External link) during a series of meetings this spring and summer.

Attend the open house for residents to dig into the Zoning Updates on April 3 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Come participate! To get a head start, watch the Zoning Updates presentation.