Planning commission approves 2025 comp plan amendments, rezones a park parcel and sets 400-sq-ft ADU minimum

The Lakewood Planning Commission approved a set of comprehensive-plan amendments and cleanup rezones, adopting its recommendation via resolution 2025-02 with several meeting-floor amendments.

The package included a procedural clean-up rezone of a parcel in Harry Todd Park (parcel 22000021) so the entire park parcel is zoned Open Space Recreation 1 (OSR-1). Planning staff said the change "does not change any uses or intensity" and is intended to align the zoning boundary with the actual park parcel.

Commissioners also approved an amendment establishing a minimum size of 400 square feet for both attached and detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as part of the 2025 housing-related amendments. Commissioner comments during the meeting referenced unit-size minimums and comparability with other living-housing proposals. The commission added updates to the city's commute-trip-reduction employer list as part of the package as well.

The resolution and the three meeting amendments were moved and seconded on the record. Staff presented the package as items 1–13 in the draft and asked to add amendment 2025-14 for the Harry Todd Park parcel rezoning; commissioners agreed. The adopted package will now go to City Council as the Planning Commission's recommendation for final legislative action.

Why it matters: The amendments are largely technical and zoning-boundary cleanups, but the ADU minimum-size change affects how small accessory units are designed and permitted in Lakewood. The park rezoning resolves an anomaly where a single park tax parcel had split zoning on map layers.

What happens next: Planning staff will forward the Planning Commission's recommendation and the amended resolution to City Council; Council will hold its own hearings and take final action on the 2025 comprehensive-plan amendment package.