The City of Greeley is seeking assistance from a highly qualified consultant or consultant team to audit and update the City’s Development Code as described in this Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The project is concurrent with a separate RFQ seeking assistance with drafting an Affordable Housing Code and Fast-track process (RFQ#....). Consultants are encouraged to consider bidding for both projects but will remain under consideration if they elect to bid on one project or the other. This audit and update should include an emphasis on the Community Development Department’s strategy to “Clarify. Streamline. Calibrate.” the provisions throughout the code. Any update should also include compliance with new and pending legislation, and consultant recommendations to adopt regulations aligning with upcoming legislative priorities is encouraged.
The City’s most recent Development Code overhaul occurred in 2021. Since then, the City has adopted amendments within the Code, such as day care uses (2023), private smoking club use (2023), parking standards update (2024), along with other minor code amendments to correct or clarify errors. The staff is currently working on an update to the sign code to simplify and clarify ambiguous and conflicting information.
The City’s Strategic Goals and State land use legislation have highlighted the need for updates within this fairly new Code. Additionally, after 3 years of use staff have identified several areas of ambiguity, dimensional standards that need refinement, and vague or incomplete regulations, such as metro district standards. Staff has adopted several innovative regulatory approaches, such as a requirement for 3rd party mediation for contested project proposals, which may require codification of some components. Common elements are missing from the code such as renewable energy standards and procedures, build-to-rent standards,1041 regulations, and infill standards. And finally, Greeley has a 2027 goal of “90 by 90”—that 90% of development review projects reach a decision 90 days from application, and an evaluation of codified obstacles to that goal are encouraged.
