May 5, 2016

Boulder officials back off push for exceptions to building-height limit

City of Boulder officials are dropping their push for an ordinance that would have allowed certain buildings to rise above the city’s 55-foot height limit.

The Daily Camera reports that the city’s charter committee, made up of three city council members, pulled the proposal for a ballot measure on the topic on Monday, citing concerns that such a change would open up a complicated set of issues the city wasn’t ready to deal with.

The city had been looking at the ordinance as a way to accommodate a rooftop deck that would be open to public access on top of a proposed addition to the St. Julien Hotel in downtown Boulder. Certain aspects of that project, like the elevator shaft and stairwell, would have to rise above the city’s height limit to accommodate roof access.

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