Growth Resources and Data

Pitkin County Land Use Code

The Land Use Code chapters listed below contain pertinent information and regulations governing Pitkin County’s current land use, including the growth management quota system (GMQS) and transferable development rights (TDRs).

• LUC Title 8 - Chapter 1 (General Provisions)
• LUC Title 8 - Chapter 2 (Review and Approval Provisions)
• LUC Title 8 - Chapter 6 (Growth Management Quota System and Transferable Development Rights)
• LUC Title 8 - Chapter 7 (Development Standards)
• LUC Title 8 - Chapter 11 (Definitions)

Growth/Square Footage

• MAP: Options for Locational Scenarios (Jan. 13, 2023)
• MAP: Existing Square Footage by Pitkin County Caucus Area (Dec. 12, 2022)
• White Paper: Existing Conditions, Trends and Impacts of House Size in Unincorporated Pitkin County (Nov. 2022)
• Pitkin Maps & More GIS Tool (2022)
• Development in Unincorporated Pitkin County (2010 to 2020)
• Growth in Unincorporated Pitkin County since 1970 - Maps and Visual Representations (data as of 2019)
• House Size Impacts Table

Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)

• TDR Status Annual Update to the Board of County Commissioners (2022)
• TDR Status Annual Update to the Board of County Commissioners (2021)
• TDR Program Summary (2021)
• TDR Status Annual Update to the Board of County Commissioners (2020)
• Simple TDR Summary (2020)
• Growth Management and TDRs (2009-2019)
• TDR Map (2018)
• TDR Handout (2015)

Community Benefits & Growth Management Quota System (GMQS)

• Anatomy of the Pitkin County Land-Use Code
• Previous GMQS Discussions & Examples of Growth Management Systems (2020)
• Growth Management Tracker (2001-2020)
• Growth Matrix (May 19, 2020)
• Current Community Benefits Table (July 9, 2020)
• Current Community Benefits Table - Blank (2020)
• Growth Matrix Final Recommendations (2020)

Intensity & Impacts 

• DRAFT: Growth Impacts in Pitkin County — Materials Management (Jan. 13, 2023)
• Pitkin County Buildout Summary (2022)
• Population and Economic Trends of Pitkin County (2020)
• Greater Roaring Fork Regional Housing Study (2019)
• Pitkin County Buildout Study and Core Infrastructure Capacity Analysis (2018)
• Post Construction Residential Workforce Dynamics Analysis (1999)

Climate

• Pitkin County Energy Code White Paper (Jan. 13, 2023)
• Pitkin County Performance Standards White Paper (Jan. 18, 2023)
• Pitkin County Waste and Materials Impacts - DRAFT (Jan.18, 2023)
• Pitkin County GHG Emissions - Utility Data Analysis & Buildout Study (Jan. 25, 2023)
• Pitkin County Climate Action Plan (June 2021)
• Storymap: Embodied Carbon in Pitkin County (2022)
• Pitkin County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (2019-2020)
• Pitkin County Energy Use - Utility Data Analysis (2018)
• Pitkin County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (2017)
• EPA Guide on Using the Land-Use to Prepare for Climate Change (2017)
• Pitkin County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (2014)

Archived Resources

Review meeting notes and recordings from the 2020 growth management public outreach process.