Brighton’s new Land Use & Development code advances the community’s vision for coordinated, livable growth rooted in historic development patterns, strong civic design, and renewed connection to its agricultural heritage.

Experiential Engagement

To kick off the planning process, Multistudio coordinated community engagement sessions with Brighton residents, opening a dialogue around priorities for the growing city.  

These sessions focused on developing a shared understanding of existing regulations to better envision future growth opportunities.

Our team guided participants in a regional “Metro Innovations Tour” around other Front Range communities to experience successful development models firsthand. This in-person approach helped establish proven best practices that could be incorporated into the new code.

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Street Design & Housing Diversity

The new code elevates urban design and multimodal mobility by introducing a spectrum of context-based street design types. It expands housing variety through a simple building typology framework and introduces community incentives to promote affordable and accessible housing.

Sustainability & Agricultural Heritage

Provisions for agritourism, agricultural preservation, and farmworker housing reinforce Brighton’s agricultural heritage, while enabling small-scale agriculture within the community.

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Flexible, performance-based standards promote water-efficient landscaping and mitigate the impacts of surface parking on the urban environment.

Downtown Design Approach

The new code elevates the standard of design in Brighton’s downtown with a streamlined system of context-based frontage types, applied through a block-by-block plan.

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This approach improves the relationship between downtown development and streetscapes, while encouraging reinvestment in a historic part of the community.

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