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URBAN DOWNTOWN TRANSITION

This designation is for areas near an Urban downtown core that still accommodate a mix of uses but at a lesser intensity
than in the core area. The mixed-use area typically provides a transition from the downtown core to other nearby
neighborhoods and roadway corridors that are more uniform as areas primarily for single-family detached residential uses
and commercial uses, respectively. The transition area is often supportive of the downtown core by accommodating
complementary uses (e.g., professional offices, restaurants, art galleries and other cultural venues, varied residential
options, etc.) and by retaining a walkability exemplified in Urban character areas more often than auto-oriented areas.
The vicinity around a core downtown usually also contains some of the community’s most historic sites and districts, with
historic homes still in residential use and others converted to shops, cafes, offices, and other uses.
Primary Land Use Types

• Mixed uses, on single sites and within
individual structures.

• Commercial retail and services.
• Offices.

• Live/work units.
• Attached residential types (e.g.,
townhomes, brownstones).
• Detached residential, often on
relatively small and/or narrow lots in
older neighborhood settings.
Characteristics

• Where a more Urban and walkable
character is desired, may require
development and design standards
to avoid encroachment of uses
designed with an auto-oriented
character more suited to other areas Urban Downtown Transition area encompassing several blocks along
of the community. While relatively Littleton Boulevard (looking west toward Downtown from Crocker Street).
small areas of parking may be permitted
in front and to the side of buildings, the intent is usually to limit any sizable surface parking areas along property
frontages while also avoiding deep building setbacks.
Example Proportions
• Often a focus area for infill and redevelopment activity within the community, which may of Urban Character
require customized development and design standards to ensure compatibility with the Elements
established area character. This may include controlling the scale of development
where larger sites have been created through assembly of
smaller parcels.
Where on Map

• Urban Downtown Transition is shown in all directions around the fringes of
Downtown including on the west side
of Santa Fe Drive from Hudson Gardens north to Bowles Avenue, the neighborhood
on the north side of Downtown (including Littleton Center), several blocks east of the
railroad along Littleton Boulevard (including the historic Courthouse, Buck Recreation
Center and Vita development), and the Arapahoe Community College campus south
of downtown.

Adopted October 15, 2019