The Denver Planning Board advises the mayor and Denver City Council on land use matters including planning and zoning. The 11-member board reviews and makes recommendations on rezoning requests, plans, certain district design standards and guidelines, view planes and other land use rules and regulations.
Planning Board meetings take place on the first and third Wednesday of every month and are open to the public. Meetings are broadcast on Denver's Channel 8 and online at www.Denver8.TV.
General Meeting Information
- Time and Date: 3 p.m., the first and third Wednesday of every month
- Location: Webb Municipal Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Room 4.F.6/4.G.2
- Virtual access: Members of the public may participate virtually via Zoom.
- Meeting materials: Agenda information and documents related to each item are posted the Thursday before every meeting.
See agenda and call-in information for March 5 meeting
See agenda and call-in information for March 19 meeting.
Language and ADA Assistance
Denver’s Department of Community Planning and Development (CPD) complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or gender to include language. It is your right to request oral or written language assistance services in your primary language, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations, if needed. Please visit our language services page to fill out our language services request form, and these services will be provided free of charge. If you have any questions, contact CPD’s Operations Team at cpdoperations@denvergov.org.
Language and ADA Services at CPD
Board members are appointed by the mayor for three-year terms on a volunteer basis.
Jordan Block
Term expires June 30, 2024
Jordan is a passionate and experienced urban designer currently serving as the Global Urban Design Sector Lead for Stantec, an international design and engineering firm. In his work, he is committed to solving complex urban challenges, pushing beyond the traditional confines of planning and design to create vibrant, sustainable, and resilient human-centered places.
Though originally from New York City, Jordan grew up in the City and County of Denver and is a proud graduate of three Denver Public Schools. He received his undergraduate degrees in linguistics and in music from New York University. He worked within the business and real estate realms around the country before pursuing his Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He closed his academic career with a Master of Urban Design from the University of Colorado Denver, an institution and department in which he now proudly teaches.
Jordan is the past chair of the Denver Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. He is heavily involved locally and nationally in the Urban Land Institute, chairing the Colorado Urban Mobility and Development Committee, sitting on the Executive Committee, and serving as a panel member for Advisory Services across the country. Jordan and his family live in Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood.
Mary Coddington
Mary developed an interest in cities while working as a flight attendant. A career which enabled her to live in, and experience different urban environments all across the country. After hanging up her wings, Mary moved to Denver to pursue her Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from CU Denver.
Today, Mary is a principal at Twelve Inc., an affordable housing consulting firm based in Colorado. She works with a range of clients, both urban and rural, to promote housing access across all price points. Her focus areas include development feasibility, project management, housing strategies, resilient site design, and land use policy. She and her family live in the Clayton neighborhood of Denver.
Alisha Kwon Hammett
Alisha has a 20-year career in planning, design, and equitable community development. As an urban planner and urban designer, she brings collaboration and creative problem solving to her work. Alisha is passionate about inclusive places, housing, and community engagement. She has worked on many planning and design projects throughout her career in Denver. Alisha is owner and founder of Zipper Line Strategies, a land entitlement and planning firm and teaches part-time at the University of Colorado’s College of Architecture and Planning. Alisha holds a Master of Urban Design and Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado.
Fred Glick, Vice-Chair
Term expires June 30, 2024
Fred Glick is a commercial real estate developer and urban planner working primarily on adaptive reuse projects in Denver’s urban core. Fred is the vice-chair of the Denver Planning Board and a member of the Lower Downtown Design Review Commission. Fred serves on the boards of the Denver Health Foundation and the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Denver Civic Ventures board, Planning and Urban Impact Committee and Urban Exploration Steering Committee. Fred has extensive non-profit board experience, having held leadership positions on the boards of RedLine Contemporary Art Center; the Academy of Urban Learning, a Denver charter school serving unhoused and at-risk students; his neighborhood organization, Clayton United; and the American International School of Johannesburg.
A Denver native, Fred spent twenty years abroad in Swaziland, South Africa, India, Egypt and the United Kingdom. Before leaving the U.S., Fred was an arts administrator for modern dance companies in New York City. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver.
Gosia Kung
Term expires June 30, 2025
With 30 years of experience in architecture, urban design, and community leadership, I bring a unique perspective as an immigrant from Europe. After receiving my architecture degree in Poland, I moved to the U.S. and dedicated my career to human-scale design and urban development. As the Deputy Chief Real Estate Investment Officer at the Denver Housing Authority (DHA), I lead initiatives focused on affordable housing, sustainable urban development, and Missing Middle housing.
In 2003, I co-founded Kung Architecture, a firm specializing in urban infill, community development, and commercial design. In 2011, I also founded WalkDenver, Colorado’s first pedestrian advocacy organization, and became a nationally recognized advocate for walkable cities. Throughout my career, I have leveraged my architectural background to promote policies that balance design, affordability, and community needs.
I serve on the Denver Planning Board, and Habitat for Humanity Metro Denver Policy Advisory Committee. I have chaired the ULI Housing Committee and contributed to the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Inclusivity and Diversity Committee. I am passionate about using my experience to create sustainable, equitable communities that foster long-term growth and opportunity for all.
Heidi Majerik
Term expires June 30, 2025
A seasoned real estate development profession, Heidi most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Denver regional office for Southern Land Company, Heidi Majerik was responsible for the development of Westerly, a 800-acre mixed-use master planned community in Erie, CO and regional land acquisitions.
Majerik specializes in community development which includes strategic business planning, underwriting, land acquisition and disposition, market analysis and segmentation, product positioning, project management, entitlements, infrastructure construction management, public finance including Metro District formation/management, tax increment finance, and bond issuance, HOA formation/management, community marketing management, talent development and negotiations.
Before joining Southern Land Company, she held the following roles: Vice President of Business Development for Wonderland Homes, Director of Development for Forest City Enterprises on the redevelopment of Denver’s former airport, now known as Central Park, and development manager for Intrawest US Holdings.
She is a Denver Planning Board member, a past president of the Home Builder’s Association of Metro Denver, is a Board member of the Metro Housing Coalition, is a member of the Colorado Association of Home Builders Government Affairs Committee, and is a past Chair of the Urban Land Institute Community Development Council. She has also served as chair of the Economic Development Task Force for the town of Silverthorne.
Her career trajectory and her civil service activities reflect her passion for city planning and development and, even more importantly, her commitment to housing.
Caitlin Quander, Chair
Caitlin is a real estate attorney and shareholder at Brownstein. Her expertise spans land use and zoning, general real estate matters and urban renewal and public finance. She also serves as special and general counsel to various governmental and quasi-governmental entities.
Caitlin served on the community task force to develop Blueprint Denver 2019, the land use and transportation component of Denver’s Comprehensive Plan. Caitlin also served on the Advancing Equity in Rezoning Task Force from 2022-2024, a community group that reviewed Denver’s process for rezoning properties and led to updates to the City zoning code and the rezoning criteria to implement city goals around equity.
Caitlin has previously served on the Board of Trustees of Historic Denver, Inc. and Board of Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado, Inc. She is a past President of NAIOP Colorado, a leading real estate organization. She has served as a mentor to students at University of Denver Sturm College of Law for 15 years. She was named as a 2023 Outstanding Woman in Business by Denver Business Journal and has been named for multiple years to the List of Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate.
Caitlin is originally from Montana, but fell in love with Denver during law school. She lives in east Denver where she and her husband are raising their two kids.
Planning Board Design Review Checklist(PDF, 151KB)
The Planning Board has jurisdiction to conduct urban design review and make a recommendation on final action to the zoning administrator in four areas of the city:
- Denver Union Station T-MU-30 Zoning (Ord. #707-04)
- PUD #531 (Commons: west of Union Station and roughly bounded by Wewatta, Commons Park, 20th Street, and Speer Boulevard)
- PUD #449 (Highland Gardens Village: roughly bounded by West 38th Avenue, West 36th Avenue, Tennyson Street and Wolff Street)
The Denver Planning Board is established through the Denver Revised Municipal Code, Chapter 12, Article II, Division 2.
Planning Board Bylaws(PDF, 179KB)
Who is the Denver Planning Board?
The Denver Planning Board is an 11-member volunteer board comprised of Denver residents that advises the mayor and City Council on land use matters. The mayor appoints board members to serve three-year terms. The Board is established through the Denver Revised Municipal Code and follows the rules from the ordinance, as well as its own bylaws.
What is the role of the Denver Planning Board?
The Board reviews neighborhood and citywide plans, rezoning requests, text amendments to the Denver Zoning Code, certain district design standards and guidelines, comprehensive sign plans and general development plans. For most matters, the Planning Board has an advisory role and makes recommendations to City Council or the city’s zoning administrator. The most common land use actions that come to the board are plans, rezoning and design review.
How does the Denver Planning Board do its work?
Plans
Plans set the vision for a neighborhood or area and provide policy guidance for regulations such as zoning. Planning Board reviews a variety of plans including comprehensive, neighborhood, small area, and corridor plans. The Planning Board holds a public hearing to take testimony on proposed plans and plan amendments, and votes whether or not to approve a proposed plan. The plan then goes to City Council for a second public hearing before final adoption.
Rezoning
Rezoning changes the rules for land use and types of buildings permitted on a given property by changing its zone district. Because this public process amends the city’s official zoning map, a rezoning is also referred to as a “map amendment.” Rezoning applications request a “new” zone district and its associated regulations, not approval of a specific development or building type, as one zone district can accommodate a variety of development scenarios.
The Planning Board evaluates rezoning requests against the following criteria (per Section 12.4 of the Denver Zoning Code):
- Is the rezoning consistent with completed plans?
- Does the rezoning further the public interest?
- Is the rezoning consistent with the neighborhood context and the zone district’s purpose and intent?
After evaluating a rezoning request against the above criteria, the Planning Board makes a recommendation to City Council. City Council holds a second public hearing and makes a final decision on the request. For more, visit denvergov.org/rezoning.
Design Review
The Planning Board reviews urban design for new development only in these neighborhoods: Denver Union Station, Arapahoe Square, the Commons and Highland Gardens Village. For proposed development in these locations, the Planning Board reviews the proposal for compliance with the relevant design standards and guidelines and makes a recommendation for final action to the city’s zoning administrator.