Project Background

In 2015, the Lakewood community established a vision for a sustainably built environment in the adopted Comprehensive Plan and Sustainability Plan. To help implement that vision, several standards for new development have been adopted in recent years:

• 2018 amendments to the Building Code
  • Solar-ready and electric vehicle-ready construction requirements
  • Construction and demolition waste recycling requirements
• 2019 amendments to the Zoning Ordinance
  • Electric vehicle parking standards
  • Enhanced Development Menu

Over the last two years, city staff has been tracking the impact and progress of the adopted standards and evaluating opportunities to improve them. Together with a recommendation from the Lakewood Advisory Commission and direction from City Council to explore additional requirements that reduce the impact of new development, these updates have been proposed as a holistic, more complete approach to achieve the community's goals for sustainable development.