Agenda Date: 09/16/2025
Subject:
Title
Resolution 89-2025: Adopting Littleton Engineering Design Standards
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Matt Knight, PE, Community Development Director
Jessica Stemley, Community Development Engineering Manager
Brent Thompson, PE, City Engineer
PURPOSE:
Resolution authorizing the approval of the Littleton Engineering Design Standards and Specifications (LEDS). This document outlines city requirements, design criteria, and implementation standards to ensure consistency, safety, and proper maintenance of public infrastructure and private construction.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; Sustainable Community with Natural Beauty; High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The City of Littleton is one of the few jurisdictions in the surrounding area without established engineering design standards and specifications. The adoption of standardized criteria that reference federal, state, and local standards will provide clarity, improve efficiency, and ensure consistency, quality, and compliance for all public and private projects. It will also ensure that public improvements that are to be maintained by the City of Littleton are constructed to meet long term maintenance standards.
BACKGROUND:
Since the adoption of the Unified Land Use Code in 2021, staff has been working to establish a set of formal engineering design standards. The ULUC references the Littleton Engineering Design Standards (LEDS) as approval criteria in relation certain application types. Absent these established criteria, the city has been informally using various federal and state code, criteria, and guidelines such as those from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to ensure safety, consistency, and compliance.
LEDS will officially establish these industry best practices in one comprehensi...
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