Rezoning Your Property

Find the current zoning of your property by viewing our online zoning map or by contacting our staff.

Standards for Review of Rezoning Applications

Estes Valley Development Code Section 3.3, Code Amendments, provides an overview of the rezoning process. Applications for rezoning need to demonstrate that:

• The rezoning is necessary to address changes in conditions in the area;

• The rezoning and subsequent development is compatible and consistent with the policies and intent of the Comprehensive Plan and with existing growth and development patterns in the Estes Valley; and

• The Town, County, or other relevant service providers have the ability to provide adequate services and facilities to the property such as water, sewer, electricity, and fire protection.

Depending on the scale of development proposed with the rezoning, the planning department staff may require submittal of a development plan in conjunction with your rezoning application. For instance, a rezoning application that would permit the development of two single-family residential dwellings is less likely to require submittal of a development plan than an application that would permit the development of twenty multi-family residential units.

If you are interested in rezoning your property, contact a Planner in the Community Development Department. When you are ready to apply for the rezoning, you will need to schedule a formal pre-application conference prior to submitting your application. Click here to access the pre-application and development application forms, which must be completed to apply for a rezoning.

How was the current zoning adopted?

In 1994, the Town of Estes Park and Larimer County began a comprehensive planning process for the Estes Valley, which involved the creation of a seventeen-member task force, eight community-wide workshops, twenty-eight planning-area workshops, and three community-wide surveys. Following extensive community-wide input, the Town and County jointly adopted the Estes Valley Comprehensive Plan in 1996. This plan established goals to guide future development and recommended revisions to zoning and subdivision regulations to accomplish these goals.
    Following adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the Town and County began work to develop joint zoning and subdivision regulations for the Estes Valley, again soliciting extensive public input. The product of that work is the Estes Valley Development Code, which was jointly adopted by the Estes Park Town Board of Trustees and the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners in 2000. The adoption of the development code resulted in an Estes-Valley-wide rezoning in 2000.
    In the years since the Estes Valley Development Code was adopted, a few rezoning applications have been approved. The Town Board and County Commissioners have supported rezoning property for reasons that are identified as high priorities in the Estes Valley Comprehensive Plan, such as providing affordable/attainable housing.

Questions? Contact us.