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LCityof Louisville COLORADO -SINCE 1878 CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA ITEM 3 SUBJECT: JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION: DISCUSSION / DIRECTION - DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS DATE: OCTOBER 28, 2025 PREPARED BY: JEFF HIRT, PLANNING MANAGER ROB ZUCCARO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR PRESENTED BY: JEFF HIRT, PLANNING MANAGER ROB ZUCCARO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SUMMARY: Staff are requesting City Council direction on potential improvements to the City's development review process. These improvements would align with the 2025 City Council Work Plan and reflect community and stakeholder input. The intent is to streamline the review process for appropriate projects —particularly subdivisions and Planned Unit Developments (PUDs)—in advance of the comprehensive development code update scheduled to begin in early 2026. BACKGROUND: The City's two primary development review processes— subdivisions and Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) are established in Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) Titles 16 and 17. These processes have also received the most feedback for improvement through community engagement and focus groups conducted as part of the Housing Plan and Comprehensive Plan updates. Current Subdivision Process Any division of land in Louisville requires a City approved subdivision. All types of subdivisions require public hearings before Planning Commission and City Council. Some types of subdivisions require four public hearings in cases where Preliminary and Final Plat steps are required. "Minor" subdivisions include applications like lot line adjustments and lot consolidations where all other City standards are being met. Minor subdivisions also require Planning Commission and City Council public hearings but can be processed as a Final Plat. Some subdivisions may also require public hearings before the Open Space Advisory Board (OSAB) and/or Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board (PPLAB) if the application includes a requirement for public landscaping, public parks or trails, public landscaping or a public use dedication. Current PUD Process Currently, all commercial development in Louisville, no matter the size, requires a PUD. Any residential development over six units also requires a PUD. PUDs include a preliminary and final step with Planning Commission and City Council public hearings at both steps, with a total of four public hearings. PUD amendments have the same process as original approval and its public hearings, with some limited exceptions. PUD CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION 2