I OWN AN EXISTING MULTIPLEX IN
NORTH WEST DENVER; HOW WILL THIS
RIGHT  ZONING HELP ME?
In a word: No additional competition!
Some 10-20% of the housing in Northwest Denver is made up of multi-unit
housing.

In the 1900-1920 era housing stock, it's mostly duplexes. In the 1950's infill
wave, it is mostly 3 to 6 units.

Both these waves occurred concurrently with single family home building, and
for the most part these multi-unit structures reflect the design and materials and
lot setting that characterize the single family homes built in the same era.
Right zoning will maintain this diversity of housing stock while also
maintaining the predominant single family home character of the
neighborhoods.
The proposed right zoning will occur in conjunction with a "language amendment" to the
zoning code that recognizes as conforming the existing multi-unit structures, even though they
exist in an R1 zone district. This means that, while no new multi-unit structures can be built,
the existing structures can be modified, replaced, insured, etc as fully conforming structures
within the district. This language amendment is a key feature of a right zoning effort that seeks
to maintain an existing urban mix of overwhelmingly single family residential homes with
scattered, appropriately scaled multi-unit structures.
Remember: The greenest house is the one already built!