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Envision Littleton - Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Plan
During the engagement process, city staff and community volunteers attended hundreds of community events, small-group sessions, personal interviews with Littleton residents, businesses and visitors, resulting in more than 8,300 in-person conversations and over 70,000 electronic communications. These connections sought to build awareness, encourage idea-sharing, create partnerships, and build lasting relationships.
City council also adopted its first Transportation Master Plan (TMP) as part of the Comprehensive Plan. The TMP provides the city a better opportunity to partner with surrounding cities, not only for projects, but also for funding opportunities on the local and federal level.
The new TMP, in concert with the Comprehensive Plan, emphasizes the critical link between land use and an effective multi-modal transportation system. This is the first-ever plan of its type for Littleton and will equip the city with the ability to identify and review a complete network of transportation, including the city's roadways, two light rail stations, bus routes, bike lanes, sidewalks and trails.
The October 15, 2019 adopted Comprehensive Plan documents below supersede and replace all previous Citywide Plan documents.
Comprehensive Plan
- Envision Littleton Comprehensive Plan (Adopted 10.15.2019)
- Comprehensive Plan APPENDIX (Adopted 10.15.2019) (Includes Envision Littleton 2040 Report, Existing City Data Book, Community Engagement Process and Summary Results, and Fiscal Impact Analysis Report)
- Future Land Use and Character Map (Adopted 10.15.2019)
- Transportation Master Plan (Adopted 10.15.2019)
- Three Mile Plan (2015) (Annexation)
Design Requirements
- Arapaho Hills National Historic District - Voluntary Design Guidelines (2016)
- Downtown Littleton Design Standards (Adopted July 2018/addendum April 2020)
- Downtown Littleton Historic Preservation Design Guidelines (2011)
- Landscape Design Criteria Manual (1992)
- Louthan Heights Historic District Design Guidelines (2017)
- South Platte River Corridor Development Design Guidelines (2000)
- Small Cell Design Criteria Supplement (2019)
Relevant Studies and References
- Littleton Housing Study Final Report (2019)
- Mineral Station Area Framework (Adopted March 2018)
- Additional Historic Preservation Studies
Parks, Open Space, and South Platte River Corridor Plans
- South Suburban Parks and Recreation Master Plan
- South Platte River Corridor Vision - South Platte Working Group
Note: These two documents were not produced by the city. Instead, they were created by South Suburban Parks and Recreation and the South Platte Working Group. The city provided input into developing both plans and they and the city's comprehensive plan are coordinated with one another. For more information about these two entities and their plans check the South Suburban Parks and Recreation and the Arapahoe County webpages.
For planning application packets, forms and processes, see Application Packets and Development Process.
For more information about the complete Envision Littleton process including documents and videos, or to be a part of the new Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) process, visit EnvisionLittleton.org.