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SPECIAL AREAS AND DESIGN

Through the initial 2018 vision phase of Envision Littleton, specific areas of the city were confirmed as highly valued by
both residents and visitors. In particular, these include Downtown and the South Platte River corridor and its associated
greenways. Other areas have received special attention for many years, especially Littleton Boulevard because of its
emergence as a community gathering place during a period when Downtown was less of a draw. The Boulevard’s
collection of post-World War II buildings designed in a Mid Century Commercial Modernism style also sets Littleton apart
among Front Range cities (with Colorado Preservation, Inc., adding the 1949-1967 Mid-Century Buildings of Littleton
Boulevard to its Most Endangered Places list in 2014, citing potential threats from development and demolition, and
stating, “These buildings are integral to interpreting the automobile movement of the 1950s in Littleton.”).
Additionally, this Plan and the concurrent Transportation Master Plan have placed significant focus on other major
roadway corridors that help to define Littleton’s physical layout. These corridors are crucial to future land use and traffic
circulation within the community, and to its economic development and housing needs. These key corridors are delineated
on Map 1, Future Land Use and Character, and include Belleview Avenue, Santa Fe Drive, Broadway, and Mineral
Avenue.

This section builds on issues, goals, policies, and actions in earlier Plan sections that are relevant to the areas mentioned
above, while adding further specifics within this section. As illustrated by the Legacy of Past Planning listing below,
Littleton has other areas that have also merited special planning attention over the years, involving considerations such
as historic preservation, transit-oriented development potential, commercial area and corridor revitalization, urban design,
and neighborhood-focused planning, among others.

LEGACY OF PAST PLANNING

• Belleview Avenue Corridor Vision, 2018
• Neighborhood and Corridor Plans, 2016
• Broadway Corridor Study, 1998

• Littleton Boulevard Corridor Study, 2002
• Commercial Modernism in the Greater West Littleton Boulevard Corridor 1950-1980, 2018
• Historic Context of Littleton, Colorado 1949-1967, 2008
• Historic Buildings Survey, 1999 and 2001

• Mineral Station Framework, 2018
• Mineral Station Area Urban Land Institute Technical Advisory Final, 2014
• Mineral Station Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Report, 2006

• Arapaho Hills National Historic District – Voluntary Design Guidelines, 2016
• Downtown Littleton Design Standards, 2018
• Downtown Littleton Historic Preservation Design Guidelines, 2011
• Louthan Heights Historic District Design Guidelines, 2017
• South Platte River Corridor Development Design Guidelines, 2000

• South Platte River Corridor Vision Plan, 1999
This Plan was developed, in part, by reviewing previous plans and studies prepared by the City. As the newest adopted
statement of a unifying community vision and associated guiding principles, goals, and policies, this Plan replaces any
and all Comprehensive Plans previously adopted by the City.

Adopted October 15, 2019