WHAT IS R1 ZONING ANYWAY
AND WHY IS IT A GOOD THING?
AND WHY IS IT A GOOD THING?
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Typically, across the country, residential zoning in cities runs from low numbers
to higher numbers. The low numbers are the least crowded; allowable
population density increases as the number gets bigger.
Naturally, families looking for relatively quiet and safe neighborhoods in which
to raise children, seek out homes located in the "low number" R zones.
Remember: Location, location, location!
In Denver, R0 and R1 are single family home neighborhoods; R2 are multi unit
neighborhoods; and R3 are high rise apartment neighborhoods.
(R4 is for temporary housing like hotels and motels and R5 is for institutional
housing like children's homes and senior housing.)
Sometimes, the city administration changes the zoning to reflect what they and
the developers want to happen instead of what actually exists. This was done to
North Denver in the late 1950's, when almost all of our neighborhoods were
re-zoned to R2, R3, or R4 to allow old homes to be scraped of and replaced.
Mostly, it didn't happen.
Now it is.
to higher numbers. The low numbers are the least crowded; allowable
population density increases as the number gets bigger.
Naturally, families looking for relatively quiet and safe neighborhoods in which
to raise children, seek out homes located in the "low number" R zones.
Remember: Location, location, location!
In Denver, R0 and R1 are single family home neighborhoods; R2 are multi unit
neighborhoods; and R3 are high rise apartment neighborhoods.
(R4 is for temporary housing like hotels and motels and R5 is for institutional
housing like children's homes and senior housing.)
Sometimes, the city administration changes the zoning to reflect what they and
the developers want to happen instead of what actually exists. This was done to
North Denver in the late 1950's, when almost all of our neighborhoods were
re-zoned to R2, R3, or R4 to allow old homes to be scraped of and replaced.
Mostly, it didn't happen.
Now it is.
| That's why R0 and R1 home prices are always higher than R2 or R3. In any city, real estate agents will tell you, and the MLS data will corroborate, R0 and R1 zone districts (or their local equivalents) sport the highest home prices! |
Remember: The greenest house is the one already built!