Rezoning Approved for 3115 W. 8th Ave from E-SU-D to E-RX-3 to Enable Missing Middle Housing

• When: 2025/04/09
• Address: 3115 West 8th Avenue, Denver, CO
• City: Denver
• State: CO
• Category: Spot Rezoning
• Subcategory: Residential Rezoning
• Asset Class: Detached Housing
• Property Type: Single Family Residential
• Size (SF): 6,250 SF
• New Zoning: E-RX-3 (Urban Edge - Residential Mixed Use - 3 stories)
• New Zoning Description: E-RX-3 is a residential mixed use district that allows a variety of multi-unit residential building forms, with a desired building scale of 1 to 3 stories, and allows limited neighborhood-serving commercial and service uses.
• Previous Zoning: E-SU-D (Urban Edge - Single Unit - D)
• Previous Zoning Description: E-SU-D is a single unit district that allows either suburban house or urban house building forms, with a minimum zone lot area of 6,000 square feet, and does not permit accessory dwelling units.

On April 9, 2025, the Denver City Council approved a rezoning ordinance changing the designation of 3115 West 8th Avenue from E-SU-D to E-RX-3. The rezoning allows for construction of a five-unit townhome project on a formerly vacant lot located at the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and Grove Street in the Villa Park neighborhood. The property owner, 3115 W 8th LLC, proposed the zoning change to create attainable 'missing-middle' housing—two-story, 3-bedroom townhomes with detached garages, oriented toward both adjacent streets. The rezoning aligns with the Comprehensive Plan 2040, Blueprint Denver, and the West Area Plan, which encourage infill development, housing near transit, and affordability. The project includes an Affordable Housing Plan committing one unit at 110% AMI. It garnered strong neighborhood support, including letters from immediate neighbors. The lot is near a planned BRT stop and reflects Denver’s strategy to increase family-oriented homeownership options near transit corridors.

Why it Matters

This rezoning supports the development of attainable for-sale housing in a high-transit, high-demand area. It exemplifies city efforts to balance growth, affordability, and community support in rezoning decisions.

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