Boulder City Council halts development on University Hill

BOULDER – The Boulder City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday night during a special meeting called on short notice to impose a short-term moratorium on accepting applications for redevelopment in the University Hill Business District.

The council wants more discussion on what can be built in the district because a trend has developed to convert commercial properties to residential uses, specifically high-end student housing, which doesn’t fit with the city’s vision of more mixed-use redevelopment in the district next to the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

“Moratorium is not our favorite tool,” said David Driskell, the city’s executive director of community planning. “But…