Loveland City Council June 2 meeting: building code update passes as housing, CDBG and Comcast measures advance

Loveland City Council on Tuesday, June 2, approved a sweeping update to the city’s 2024 building codes and low-energy and carbon code while also moving forward a mix of housing, historic preservation, funding and franchise measures.

Council also approved the consent agenda after pulling one budget ordinance, with the vote advancing appointments to the Ad Hoc Community Homelessness Transition Committee, a water acquisition lease appropriation, support for the proposed Loveland Passenger Rail Station Summary and a pre-annexation utility agreement. Separately, members unanimously approved a $368,417 Community Development Block Grant appropriation on second reading, funding the city’s 2026-27 CDBG appropriation with most of the money going to nonprofit organizations for eligible infrastructure and service-based projects.

On development and infrastructure policy, council unanimously advanced a 90-day fast-track review process for qualifying housing projects on first reading to keep Loveland in compliance with Proposition 123, and unanimously approved on first reading a 10-year cable franchise agreement with Comcast that keeps the city’s 5% franchise fee and changes PEG access funding to a percentage of gross revenues.

Council also gave first-reading approval to the Peters House landmark designation, a move that would place the owner-nominated property on the Loveland Historic Register and protect it from demolition or exterior changes that would damage its historic character if ultimately adopted.