Fort Lupton Council gives green light to 200-home subdivision

FORT LUPTON — Fort Lupton City Council gave the green light to a 200-home subdivision development called Sunrise on the east side of town, south of Aims Community College.

The 40.7-acre development was zoned as residential in recent years, but developers Carlson and Associates sought to change the zoning to allow for higher densities to accommodate duplexes, small-lot and reduced-lot homes. Fort Lupton officials on Tuesday, Dec. 3, unanimously approved the rezone to a mix of R-2 Mixed-Density Residential, R-3 High-Density Residential and Parks and Open Space. 

The property was annexed into the city in 2021. The Sunrise proposal includes a mix of 61 single-family detached homes, 92 duplexes and 47 small-lot single-family detached homes, bordered by open space, a park and a 10-foot trail along the Fulton Ditch to the east of the lot. 

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is the scheduled home builder for the property, with 11 different floor plans, Tate Carlson, a land developer with Carlson and Associates, told the council. 

“We want a vibrant community that looks and feels unique,” Carlson said. “KB doesn’t like to sell the same home next to each other.”

The homes will be 1,300 to 2,500 square feet, and the duplexes will be 1,300 to 1,800 square feet.

The center of the subdivision will have open space and a playground, and the entire community will be bored by green space.

Carlson said the entire subdivisions’ landscaping will be fed by a nonpotable-water system to help save on treated water.

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