Lakewood voters’ thwarting of zoning changes was a ‘kick in the gut’ — reflecting a big challenge in housing debate

Lakewood voters’ thwarting of zoning changes was a ‘kick in the gut’ — reflecting a big challenge in housing debate

An apartment building under construction in Lakewood in August 2023. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) Late nights that stretched past midnight. Nearly 100 hours spent revising more than 350 pages of city zoning code. Attempts to engage with restless residents who worried about where the whole effort was headed. After all that work, the Lakewood City Council finished the job in December, passing final changes to the city’s land-use blueprint design…