The council is Littleton's legislative body, establishing policies, adopting laws, approving the annual budget and setting the property and sales tax rates. The council adopts all development regulations including building codes, sign code, subdivision regulations and the zoning ordinance. It also has final authority over annexations, group homes, initial zoning, rezoning and final subdivision plats. All elements of the city's comprehensive plan are subject to the council's approval. Planning Division, 795-3748 Littleton City Planning Commission has seven regular and two alternate members.
Members serve three-year staggered terms.
Alternates may participate in all discussions, but they can vote only in the absence of a regular member. The planning director serves as the non-voting secretary of the commission. Most of the commission's responsibilities are to advise the City Council. Such matters include initial zoning for newly annexed territory, rezoning, planned development general plans, major subdivision plats and text amendments to the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations. The commission has final authority over conditional use applications, floodplain development and planned development overlays.