Broomfield commission to hear Town Square plan revocation Oct. 26

Broomfield’s Land Use Review Commission will hold a public hearing Oct. 26 on whether to recommend revoking the Town Square site development plan, the next step in a process City Council formally began Oct. 13, the commission’s agenda shows.

On Oct. 13, City Council approved Resolution No. 2026-133, issuing a notice to show cause to the Town Square property owners and Broomfield Town Square Alliance, the city says. The notice asks them to explain why the plan should not be revoked. The city identifies the grounds as the failure to obtain required vertical building permits within three years of the site plan’s Sept. 12, 2023, approval. The deadline passed Sept. 12, 2026, but the city says the plan has not been revoked; missing the deadline did not revoke it automatically.

The commission will make a recommendation, and City Council is scheduled to hold a separate hearing Dec. 8 and decide whether to revoke the plan. Both hearings were still in the future as of Oct. 23.

The formal process followed a Sept. 22 council straw poll that signaled support for moving forward but did not itself revoke the plan or issue a notice to show cause. Councilmembers Julie Twiss and Peterson asked staff to begin the process, and the mayor said there was support to proceed. The meeting recording captures the discussion.

The city has said engineering-plan review began after the developer submitted plans in March 2026; the initial package did not include engineering for the proposed lake. The city also raised questions about later plans showing a maximum lake depth of 8 feet, compared with about 12 feet in the approved plan. The 2023 site plan covers a project with a lake, trails and plazas, housing, a market hall and commercial space. The city says the separate 2019 Redevelopment and Reimbursement Agreement remains in effect and would not automatically end if the site plan were revoked.