NOTE: New fees are starting January 1, 2024.

Program Goals:
Development Review for new construction and site plans is a program that maintains the important balance of preserving Breckenridge’s small town Victorian character and the natural setting of the community.

Breckenridge Development Code
Town of Breckenridge Vision Plan
Town of Breckenridge Planning Commission
New Construction Packet - Helpful for first time builders.
Administrative Rules and Regulations

Pending and In Process Projects:

Firth Single-Family Residence (110 S High Street):  The applicant proposes construction of a new two-story, 1,100 sq. ft. single family residence with 1 bedroom, 1 bath, and 2-car garage. The home is proposed with traditional architectural features including a gable roof, dormer windows, lap siding, and stone accents. The property is within the Local Historic District and will be evaluated against the Town’s Handbook of Design Standards for the Historic and Conservation Districts. A preliminary hearing for this project will be held September 17, 2024.

Breckenridge Grand Vacations, South Goldrush Lot (Parcel 3) Duplexes (355 N Park Avenue): A proposal to construct 8 duplex structures with 16 residential units. The project is proposed to have 55,378 square feet of total floor area with contemporary mountain architectural design style and finishes. Five buildings are to be accessed from an interior private drive and three buildings will be accessed from Woods Drive. The development is subject to the approved development agreement between the Town of Breckenridge and Breckenridge Grand Vacations and the amended Gondola Lot Master Plan. A preliminary hearing for the project will be held September 3, 2024.

Highlands Riverfront Tract E Condos (13545 CO Hwy 9):  This project proposes to construct 44 workforce housing units in four condominium buildings on Highlands Riverfront Tract E, accessed from Stan Miller Drive. The four buildings are designed in a contemporary mountain architectural style. Each building will be three stories overall, stepping down to two stories at the edges. The entirety of the project is intended to be deed-restricted for-sale units. The project will provide 67 surface parking spaces and pedestrian connections to existing recreation paths and open space. An existing 2,344 sq. ft. professional office building is located on the southeast corner of the lot and is proposed for demolition with this project. A final hearing for the project will be held August 20, 2024.

Sign Code Handbook: Staff is currently working on an update to the Sign, Lighting, and Outdoor Merchandise Code Handbook to make it easier to read, reflect Town Code changes since the last handbook was released, and update the graphics to match the Handbook of Design Standards for the Historic and Conservation Districts.

Recently Approved Projects:

Breckenridge Grand Vacations, Peak 7 & 8 Master Plan Amendment (1599 Ski Hill Road, County Road 3, County Road 709, County Road 710, Timbertrail Road): This Master Plan amendment updated the allowed land uses and created two new planning areas, G & H, for residential uses.  The amendment also transferred 90.2 additional SFEs of density, from the Gondola Lot Master Plan area to the Peak 7 & 8 Master Plan and modified the Parking and Traffic Requirements, Heights of Buildings, Development Plan Concept, and Vesting sections of the Master Plan in accordance with the approved April 9, 2024 Breckenridge Grand Vacations Development Agreement. This amendment was approved on August 13, 2024.

Breckenridge Grand Vacations, Gondola Lot Master Plan Amendment (350, 355, 415 North Park Avenue):  This amendment updated the master plan for the North Gondola Lot, North Gold Rush Lot and South Gold Rush Lot and transferred 90.2 SFES of density from the Gondola Lots to the Peak 7 & 8 Master Plan area (Parcels 4, 5, & 6) and Entrada Lot (Parcel 7). The Gondola Lot Master Plan area will also receive up to 13.9 SFEs of density from the Town of Breckenridge for the construction of workforce housing apartments on North Goldrush Lot (Parcel 2). This amendment was completed in accordance with the approved April 9, 2024 Breckenridge Grand Vacations Development Agreement. This amendment was approved on June 11, 2024.

Cammett House Historic Restoration, Addition, and ADU (203 S French Street): A proposal to construct a 186 SF addition to the rear of the primary historic residence, complete an exterior rehabilitation, full interior remodel, and basement addition. The project will also include exterior rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the historic garage into a deed-restricted accessory dwelling unit with full interior remodel and basement addition. The new ADU will provide a workforce housing unit. The historic residence and historic garage will both be locally landmarked through this project. This project was approved on June 25, 2024.

Highlands Golf Course HOA Voluntary Wildfire Mitigation
The Highlands Golf Course HOA has submitted and been approved for voluntary wildfire mitigation work, including the creation of Defensible Space and completing Hazardous Fuels Removal (HFR), on 65 individually owned lots, two (2) vacant parcels, and three (3) open space parcels. The project was funded by a 50-50 match grant program for Defensible Space from the Summit County Wildfire Council. Approximately 1,200 trees in total will be removed with this project.

Breckenridge Grand Vacations Peak 8/ Gold Rush Lot Development Agreement (350, 355, 415 North Park Avenue; 1599 Ski Hill Road; 550 Four O’clock Run Road; 11030 Colorado Highway 9): A Development Agreement between the Town of Breckenridge and Gondola Properties, LLC, etc. was approved on April 9, 2024. The Development Agreement provides a prescription for development on seven different parcels identified below in exchange for increased employee housing beyond what is required by Code, a $2 million contribution to the Sol Center, Cucumber Gulch improvements and minimizing development in the core of Town.

• Parcel 1(North Gondola Lot): 0.0 SFEs – Skier parking
• Parcel 2 (North Goldrush Lot: Up to 21.7 SFEs – Employee housing and skier parking
• Parcel 3 (South Goldrush Lot): Up to 30.0 SFEs – 16 market-rate duplex units
• Parcel 4 (Peak 8 Admin Site): Up to 220.0 SFEs – Hotel and Condominium Building
• Parcel 5 (Adjacent to Four O’ clock Subdivision): Up to 2.0 SFEs – two market-rate single-family homes.
• Parcel 6 (Adjacent to Timber Trail Subdivision): Up to 14.0 SFEs - 14 market-rate single-family homes.
• Parcel 7 (Entrada Site): Up to 29.2 SFEs – Workforce Housing

Main Street New Construction (114 South Main Street): A proposal to construct a new two-story building of 5,640 sq. ft., containing commercial retail and restaurant uses. This application proposes 4,451 sq. ft. of commercial retail, 649 sq. ft. of retail food and beverage (bar) area, and 1,270 sq. ft. of exterior food and beverage area on a roof top deck. The proposed building shows a recessed entrance store-front design, with storefront windows, steel kick plate and a wood trim belt course above transom windows on the lower level, a design typical of commercial buildings in the historic district. The project was approved by Town Council November 14, 2023. 

Breckenridge Ski Resort Master Sign Plan: The proposed Master Sign Plan will serve as the primary document regulating property signage and will provide an organizational framework that is tailored to the resort and the activities that occur through various seasons. The Master Sign was approved at a De Novo Hearing in front of the Town Council on November 8, 2022.

The Stillson (Stables Village) Master Plan (710 Wellington Road): This master plan defines a new for-sale workforce housing development, Stables Village, located on 8.4 acres of the Stillson Patch Placer. The Master Plan proposes 61 workforce housing units, including 5 single-family units, 38 duplex units, and 18 triplex units. The development will be accessed from Stables Drive via a new public loop road and private alley. Ample parking, trash enclosure, community compost and recycling enclosure, open space, recreation trails, programmed community gathering areas, and a new public pedestrian and bicycle connection from Wellington Road to the Wellington Bike Park are provided for in the Master Plan. The remainder of the Stillson Patch Placer tract, 30.47 acres, will remain allocated to governmental uses, such as open space, recreation, public works storage, snow storage, and solar energy production. The Master Plan was adopted by Town Council on April 11, 2023.

DoubleTree Breckenridge Remodel (550 Village Road): This is a proposal to remodel the existing hotel building totaling 172,939 sq. ft. Exterior updates include new exterior facade materials, replacement of the outdoor spa and amenity area, and replacement of the porte-cochere with reconfigured entry drive. The full interior remodel includes accessibility improvements and an update of the conference, restaurant, retail and guest amenity spaces. New electrical systems will facilitate the addition of EV chargers and 20 EV capable spaces for the future. The remodel will result in one less hotel room for a total of 207 guest rooms. This project was approved on January 24^th, 2023.

Sol Center at Alta Verde (Family and Intercultural Resource Center-FIRC): A proposal to construct a new 18,150 sq. ft. containing a non-profit thrift store, food bank and non-profit offices for FIRC and Building Hope. The project will provide 44 parking spaces, a separate loading area for larger trucks, and new sidewalks. This project was approved at a Town Project Hearing on July 5, 2022.

Vista Verde II (Formerly Alta Verde II) Workforce Housing Project: A proposal to construct four deed restricted workforce housing apartment buildings with 14 studios, 38 one-bedroom, 78 two-bedroom and 42 three-bedroom apartments totaling 171,020 sq. Ft. The entirety of the project will be deed-restricted workforce housing. The project will provide 275 parking spaces; with the potential for additional spaces in the garages. This project was approved by Town Council on February 22, 2022.

Kuhn Single Family Residence and Accessory Dwelling Unit (203 Briar Rose Lane): A proposal to construct a 4,129 (gross) sq. ft. single-family residence with four-bedrooms, a two-car garage, and a one-bedroom Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). This proposal is subject to a Development Agreement approved by the Town Council in 2020 for subdivision of the existing Lot 2 into equally sized Lot 2A and Lot 2B, and development of each lot. The development proposed with this application is for the southern half of the property which will become Lot 2B. The existing modular single-family residence on the northern half of the property (proposed Lot 2A) is specified to be removed.  The project was approved April 12, 2022. 

Highlands Riverfront Subdivision, Filing #1 (formerly known as Braddock-Miller Subdivision, 13545 State Highway 9): On May 18, 2021, the Planning Commission approved a Subdivision Permit application to subdivide four (4) tracts totaling 35.02 acres into the first filing of a residential subdivision including 20 duplex building footprint lots, six (6) cluster single family building footprint lots, six (6) tracts for future subdivision and development, eight (8) private open space tracts, three (3) public open space tracts, and two (2) public roads. Development Permit applications for development of the individual single-family and duplex lots are expected to be received in Spring and Summer 2022.

Father Dyer Landmarking, Addition, and Remodel (310 Wellington Road): This proposal sought to Locally Landmark and expand the Church through a 2,496 sq. ft. addition to the non-historic part of the existing building. The footprint of the proposed expansion area currently has a non-compliant sunken terrace. The addition will accommodate additional rooms and facilities which will enable the Church to better accommodate its expanding role in providing a number of social services to the community including the food pantry, community dinners, dependency counseling, and youth programs. The project was approved at a Final Hearing on December 7, 2021.

Rocky Mountain Underground Roof Top Deck and Bar (112 S. Main Street): A proposal to add a deck and bar area to a portion of the flat roof of a non-historic structure. The deck area is designed to not exceed a 47 person occupancy and will be setback 25’ from the front façade of the building. The proposal also features solid guardrails that match the exterior of the building, and an exterior metal staircase on the rear of the building. The interior space and uses will remain unchanged.  Two Hearings in front of the Planning Commission were held on May 18, 2021 and August 3, 2021.The project was approved at a De Novo Hearing in front of the Town Council on October 12, 2021.

Ridge Street Residences (201 N. Ridge Street) A proposal to remove a non-historic commercial building (McGraphix) and construct four new residential duplex units totaling 5,527 sq. ft. of density, and relocate and restore a shed along North Ridge Street was approved on July 20, 2021.

Contact Us:
For additional information, contact the Planning Department at websitecommdev@townofbreckenridge.com or (970) 453-3160.

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