Agenda Date: 02/18/2026
Subject:
Title
AAC Resolution 01-2026: Approving a variance to allow for a maximum height of 32.91 feet for the proposed town home development at 5850 South Windermere Street, where the maximum permitted height for town homes is thirty (30) feet.
Body
Prepared by:
Jesse Sheets, Planner II
Presentations:
Jesse Sheets, Planner II
PURPOSE:
Table 10-4-2.2 of the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) requires that town homes in the MFR district have a maximum height of no more than thirty (30) feet. The applicant seeks a variance to allow for a maximum height of 32.91 feet for the town homes proposed on this site. There are 66 units proposed (62 market rate and 4 designated as affordable) in total. Two of the proposed units reach the requested maximum variance height. In addition to these two units, there are also 30 other units proposed on the site that would exceed the 30-foot height limit imposed by the ULUC for town homes to a lesser extent. The variance request would allow a height increase beyond the code requirement with the maximum height permitted being 32.91 feet, to accommodate the two tallest units on the site, as well as the other 30 units that exceed the limit.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
High Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
Variances are typically considered when the strict application of the Littleton City Code creates an undue hardship on an applicant or when a hardship is created by physical surroundings. The applicant is requesting the variance to accommodate units with varying heights, some of which under the current design could not meet the height restrictions. The applicant states the need for the variance is based on the sloping conditions of the site that make meeting the height requirements challenging for every single unit shown on the site plan. Approval of the variance would allow the units shown on the site plan to exceed the 30 feet height limit for town homes in the MFR zone district, with the maximum height being...
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