Declaration of public policy.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 27-102
in effectSec. 27-102. - Declaration of public policy.
The city council hereby declares it to be the public policy of the city to:
(a) Implement the comprehensive plan goal of providing for a full range of housing choices, conveniently located in a suitable living environment, for all incomes, ages and family sizes;
(b) Increase the availability of additional low and moderate income housing to address existing and anticipated future housing needs in Denver;
(c) Assure that moderately priced housing is dispersed throughout Denver consistent with the Comprehensive Plan;
(d) Encourage the construction of moderately priced housing by offering incentives;
(e) Require that all development of thirty (30) or more detached for sale single-family dwelling units and all for sale attached or multifamily projects of thirty (30) or more units include a minimum number of moderately priced units;
(f) Allow developers of residential units in qualified projects flexibility to meet the broad objectives of the policies set forth herein by allowing a developer, under specified circumstances, to comply with this article by, where approved by the city, voluntarily agreeing to build alternative moderately priced units or contributing to a special revenue fund;
(g) Assure that provision of moderately priced housing does not diminish existing resources which have previously been devoted to development of low and very low income housing in the city; and
(h) Administer the special revenue fund for the purpose of providing future incentive payments to developers who build moderately priced units, and utilize any amounts in the special revenue fund in excess of all obligations remaining for the next fiscal year, next for the creation or preservation of affordable housing in accordance with applicable city plans, with consideration being given to create housing from funds that were generated from areas identified within this article as high need zones, in areas proximate to those same high need areas when practicable.
(Ord. No. 617-02, § 1, 8-5-02; Ord. No. 305-13, § 1, 6-24-13; Ord. No. 475-14, § 2, 8-25-14)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH27HO_ARTIVAFHO_S27-102DEPUPOFetched: 10/27/2026