Applicability.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 27-119
in effectSec. 27-119. - Applicability.
(a) This article applies to all applicants and housing units developed by applicants, where an application for approval of a site plan, development plan, or submission to the development review committee is requested after August 12, 2002 and prior to January 1, 2017. The amendments to this article apply to all applicants and housing units developed by applicants, where any application for approval of a site plan, development plan, or submission to the development review committee is requested on or after December 1, 2014 and prior to January 1, 2017. Any application for any approval set forth in this subsection submitted on or after January 1, 2017, shall not be subject to the requirements of this article. However, this article shall continue to govern MPDU plans associated with applications for approvals submitted prior to January 1, 2017.
(b) The requirements of this article shall not apply to planned unit developments (PUDs), adopted prior to August 12, 2002. The amended requirements to this article shall not apply to planned unit developments (PUDs) adopted prior to December 1, 2014.
(c) The requirements of this article shall not apply to any public or private developer who has, prior to August 12, 2002, made a contractual commitment in a zoning application to the city for the provision of affordable housing. The amended requirements of this article shall not apply to any public or private developer who has, prior to December 1, 2014, made a contractual commitment in a zoning application to the city for the provision of affordable housing.
(d) The requirements of the amendments to this article shall not apply to any public or private developer which, prior to December 1, 2014, makes a contractual commitment to the city to construct MPDUs as part of any master planned development project under the terms of this chapter 27, article IV, as it existed prior to December 1, 2014.
(e) This article does not apply to:
(1) Applicants whose projects utilize private activity bond allocation and four (4) percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits ("LIHTC") or nine (9) percent LIHTC.
(2) Governmental entities, or quasi-governmental bodies which develop or construct dwelling units for the purpose of sale or rental under any government program that provides for equivalent or greater number of required dwelling units meeting the definition of MPDU and occupied as housing for persons of low or moderate income.
(Ord. No. 617-02, § 1, 8-5-02; Ord. No. 710-06, § 16, 10-30-06; Ord. No. 475-14, § 12, 8-25-14; Ord. No. 625-16, § 6, 9-19-16)
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_S27-119APFetched: 10/27/2026