Denver schedules hearing on multi-unit zoning for two West Colfax properties

Denver City Council has scheduled a September 28, 2026, public hearing on Bill 26-1185, which would rezone 3418 W. 14th Avenue and 1371 N. Julian Street in West Colfax. The proposal would move the two properties from G-RH-3, a three-story row-house designation, to G-MU-5, a five-story multi-unit designation. Council had not approved the change as of the September 24 review of the case record.

For people near the addresses and anyone considering their future use, the decision concerns the kind and scale of development the zoning could permit. A map change would not itself approve a building or establish how many homes might be built. The verified record supplies no construction budget, rent estimate or forecast of effects on property values.

How the proposal reached council

The city file dates the bill to August 11. The Community Planning and Housing Committee approved it for filing on August 18, and the full council ordered it published on August 31. Those actions moved the proposed ordinance forward; neither enacted the rezoning. The case is now listed for second reading with a public hearing on September 28.

The district labels explain the immediate land-use question. RH denotes row house, MU denotes multi-unit, and the numbers identify story-height designations. Changing those designations would alter the rules for potential future development at these addresses. It would not establish that a five-story building is planned or that construction will occur. No apartment count, demolition decision or development timetable can be verified from the legislative history reviewed for this draft.

What remains unverified

The committee's vote documents support for advancing the bill to council, not approval of a particular project. The case-linked application and planning staff report were not available for verification in the supplied research, nor were any case-specific published responses verified. The applicant's intended development, a staff recommendation and residents' positions therefore cannot be characterized on this evidence. There is no basis here to claim either neighborhood consensus or a documented dispute.

The next listed step is the full council's September 28 second reading and public hearing. The case record establishes the hearing date, but not when this item will be heard within the meeting or how council will decide. Until a final decision, the proposed G-MU-5 designation should not be treated as the properties' approved zoning.