Colorado Code § 29-35-303

Limitations on minimum parking requirements
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(1) On or after June 30,
2025, a municipality shall neither enact nor enforce local laws that establish a minimum parking
requirement that applies to a land use approval for a multifamily residential development,
adaptive re-use for residential purposes, or adaptive re-use mixed-use purposes which include at
least fifty percent of use for residential purposes that is within the municipality, a metropolitan
planning organization, and at least partially within an applicable transit service area.
(2) On or after June 30, 2025, a county shall neither enact nor enforce local laws that
establish a minimum parking requirement that applies to a land use approval for a multifamily
residential development, adaptive re-use for residential purposes, or adaptive re-use mixed-use
purposes which include at least fifty percent of use for residential purposes that is within the
unincorporated area of the county, a metropolitan planning organization, and at least partially
within an applicable transit service area.
(3) Nothing in this section:
(a) Lowers the protections provided for persons with disabilities, including the number
of parking spaces for persons who are mobility impaired, under the federal "Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990", 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., and parts 6 and 8 of article 34 of title 24;
(b) Prevents a local government from enacting or enforcing local laws that establish a
maximum parking requirement;
(c) Prevents a local government or a developer from being awarded funding for
affordable housing that requires a ratio of a certain number of parking spaces;
(d) Affects the ability of a local government to enforce any agreement made in
connection with a land use approval prior to August 7, 2024, to provide regulated affordable
housing in exchange for reducing minimum parking requirements;
(e) Prevents a local government from enacting or enforcing local laws that establish a
minimum requirement for bicycle parking; or
(f) Prevents a local government from imposing the following requirements on a parking
space that is voluntarily provided in connection with a land use approval:
(I) That the owners of such a parking space charge for the use of the space;
(II) That the owner of a such a parking space contribute to a parking enterprise,
permitting system, or shared parking plan; and
(III) That such a parking space allows for electric vehicle charging stations in
accordance with existing law.

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