Residents looking to expand their existing homes or replace them with larger ones will need to conform to new limits as Boulder County officials look to slow a trend toward larger house sizes in unincorporated parts of the county.
The Boulder County commissioners recently voted 2-1 to approve new residential size limits for site plan reviews for homes in unincorporated Boulder County. They also voted unanimously to end a temporary moratorium on applications for homes bigger than the median square footage for the neighborhood. The newly approved size limitations, which only apply to homes in unincorporated parts of Boulder County, go into effect May 13.
People rebuilding homes that were destroyed by the Marshall Fire in December 2021 are exempt from the changes through March 2027. Projects approved prior to May 13 also won’t be impacted by the changes. More than 1,000 homes were burned down in the Marshall Fire, which also killed two people and caused more than $2 billion in damage…