Implementing the East Boulder Subcommunity Plan

The City of Boulder is building off extensive stakeholder input from the East Boulder Subcommunity Plan, adopted in 2022. We’ve worked hand-in-hand with the community on envisioning the future of East Boulder and are now making the vision happen!

This next phase of the process will result in a rezoning strategy based on the adopted plan and updates to the city’s Form-Based Code (FBC), which may be applied to areas of change identified in the Subcommunity Plan and the map below (areas in green).

This will:

• Reduce barriers to achieving the types of places we heard community members want.
• Promote the design of buildings to strengthen their relationship to public space.
• Enhance the unique character of the East Boulder subcommunity.
• Nurture a more economically resilient, walkable place for businesses, workers and residents.
• Provide more attainable and affordable housing opportunities to accommodate a growing region.
• Encourage workspaces and commercial places for existing and new makers and merchants.

What is a Form-Based Code?
The purpose of the FBC in Boulder is to establish building form and design standards for development within areas designated by the “FBC Areas” map, with the goal of achieving a particular type of place based on the community’s vision.

The FBC will ensure that East Boulder’s buildings and public spaces (streets, sidewalks, parking, plazas, gathering places) are designed to create high quality places that are interconnected, accessible, and appropriately scaled.