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Policy S&D 5: Promote development plans near transit stations that prioritize the pedestrian and are compatible with
local tolerance for transit-supporting uses and design (e.g., as expressed in the Mineral Station Framework).
Policy S&D 6: Seek opportunities to engage public, private and non-profit partners in special area planning and
implementation efforts, as appropriate, to leverage local funds with other resources and to explore ways to advance
shared interests and multiple objectives through joint initiatives.
Policy S&D 7: Stay active in regional planning processes and decision-making forums with implications for special
planning areas identified within Littleton.
ACTIONS

Capital Investments

Action S&D 1: Add criteria to the City’s capital improvements planning process to prioritize capital projects that will
respond to and capitalize on unique opportunities in a targeted special planning area but will also result in much broader
community benefits.
Action S&D 2: Continue to expand wayfinding and community identity/branding investments in more areas of the city.
Programs and Initiatives

Action S&D 3: Adapt the City’s fiscal impact analysis tools and methods for use in evaluating potential policies or
actions in particular sub-areas of the community.
Action S&D 4: Explore the potential for a more formal and systematic program for expanding and prioritizing Littleton’s
public art installations, utilizing creative funding methods.
Regulations and Standards

Action S&D 5: As part of the City’s zoning and code update initiative, evaluate the potential for:
• Creating additional zoning districts and/or provisions customized for specific areas of the city, especially for
maintaining or achieving certain community character conditions and to address other plan priorities (e.g.,
open space protection, historic preservation, etc.).
• Creating a new zoning district and associated standards specifically for mixed-use development proposals, with
built-in parameters and flexibility to accommodate the varied settings encompassed by the Corridor Mixed Use
designation on the Future Land Use and Character Map (i.e., Belleview Avenue, Broadway, Littleton Boulevard and
Santa Fe Drive).

• Adjusting the zoning districts and/or strategy for Downtown Littleton, where multiple districts currently apply and
where this may allow for character discrepancies (e.g., the current “CA” Central Area Multiple Use District allowing
auto-oriented uses in Downtown).
• Especially for Downtown, revisiting the overall zoning approach to parking management to support desired
character, and given the many changes in this area of planning practice in recent years.
Partnerships and Coordination

Action S&D 6: Draw upon the many potential public, private and non-profit partners itemized in earlier plan sections, as
appropriate to a particular geographic area of focus within the city.
More Targeted Planning / Study

Action S&D 7: As first and second priorities for further special area planning following adoption of the Plan:
• Pursue a corridor planning effort focused on both Santa Fe Drive and the parallel South Platte River corridor,
especially to get ahead of the Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study to be initiated soon by the
Colorado Department of Transportation as a first step toward any future substantial design changes to Santa Fe.

Adopted October 15, 2019