Table of Contents

Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment

Housing Supply Planning

Residential Infill Development

Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment

This report from the Denver Regional Council of Governments is intended to provide local governments with information on regulatory approaches to grayfield development. It walks through how to perform an assessment of existing code with grayfield redevelopment in mind, and outlines standard adjustment options like reducing parking standards, lowering the street width requirements, creating variances, and specific infill standard changes. It then provides overviews and criteria, lists benefits, and gives real world examples for mixed-use zoning codes and overlay districts.

Housing Supply Planning

This report from the Denver Regional Council of Governments encourages increasing housing supply through infill development. The report provides regulatory strategies to help local governments promote infill and redevelopment. 

Residential Infill Development

This report discusses regulatory strategies to help local governments in the Denver region promote infill and redevelopment. While the target audience is metropolitan Denver, most of the discussion is generally applicable. It provides recommended procedures for assessing and adjusting zoning districts to facilitate significant change, describes pro-infill mixed-use zoning codes and overlay districts are described, and report offers local and national examples of various strategies. It also addresses assessing and modifying building codes.