Department of Community Development
Reference: Comprehensive Plan Update
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Chair Mark Rawlings and Members of the Planning Commission
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared by: Summer McCann, AICP, Senior Planner
Amanda Diaz, Associate Planner
Hampton Moore, Planning Technician
Date Prepared: April 28, 2026
PURPOSE
Update the City Council and the Planning Commission on progress made on the Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map draft before community engagement window three begins.
PROCESSES
Per the Land Use and Development Code Section 1.03B, the Planning Commission is responsible for overseeing long range planning and the Comprehensive Plan decisions and recommendations. The Comprehensive Plan is also subject to ratification by City Council. For long range cooperative purposes, there may be joint planning sessions to understand all recommendations and decisions pertaining to the Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A major component of a Comprehensive Plan is the creation of a future land use map. This map guides development throughout the city for the next 10 to 15 years and is utilized with all land use applications in the City of Brighton. Staff conducted meetings with the Development Review Committee (DRC) directors, the Economic Development Corporation and City Management to ensure plan coordination.
In previous discussions with the City Council and the Planning Commission, guidance was provided to create a plan that is flexible to fluctuations in market conditions, new technologies, and other unforeseen future developments. To this end, many of the proposed changes in this future land use map draft are designed to add greater flexibility and ensure that property owners are not overly restricted by this plan. Below is a list of larger changes that wer...
Click here for full text