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Estes Valley Planning Commission - Study Session
November 24,1998
Commission:Chair A1 Sager, Commissioners Wendell Amos, William Baird, Joyce
Kitchen, Cherie Pettyjohn, Edward Pohl and Dominick Taddonio
Attending: Chair Sager, Commissioners Amos, Baird, Kitchen, Pettyjohn and Pohl
Absent: Commissioner Taddonio
TAC Members: Larry Gamble, Helen Hondius, Roger Thorp and Bill Van Horn
Attending: Members Gamble, Hondius and Van Horn
Absent: Members Thorp
Also Attending
Town:Trustee Liaison Baudek Attorney White, Director Stamey, Senior
Planner Joseph, Recording Secretary Botic
County: County Commissioner Liaison Disney, Chief Planner Russell Legg
Chair Sager called the Study Session to order at 3:00 p.m. and the October 28,1998
Study Session Minutes were approved.
1. SCHEDULE DISCUSSION AND UPDATE
• Discussion regarding Commission’s progress, decision making process,
reaching consensus, tenure of meetings.
• Chair Sager recognized the public attending the meeting noting there will be a
time in the future for verbal and written comments.
• Remainder of Chapter 7, distributed at this meeting.
• Director Stamey stated the remainder of the “EVDC Working Draft” will be
completed by the end of December.
• The next meeting for the EVPC will be December 10th, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. and
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. If scheduling allows another meeting will also be scheduled
for December.
2. ACCESSORY DWELLINGS in mno
Director Stamey reviewed items from his Memo/Report dated November 19, 1998.
Commissioners discussed. Goal is to reduce Special Reviews. Don’t permit in RE and
RE-1. Allow Accessory Dwellings in R and R-1 by Special Review. Attached
accessory dwellings preferred.
3. VACATION RENTALS
• Amos: be fundamentally fair to all (Town and County residents) Presented
County “Proposed Land Use Plan - Nightly Rental” approach
White: this is a County issue. Town has dealt with at this time
Baird: opposed to any in residential districts
Disney: utilize loeal control, allow neighborhood to decide
Amos: place onus on Homeowners Associations
Disney: illegal use in County which is not addressed as only one Zoning
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Kitchen: this is a small area of EVDC, find solution to ‘calm the waters
Pohl: work towards a ‘valley plan’ and unity
White: certain areas may be different, compromise
Disney: one size doesn’t fit all, must be creative and differentiate
Commissioners/Staff recognized unity is not always possible, may be separate
rules for Town and County, in some cases.
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4. STEEP SLOPES
Discussion and example/illustration (Prospect Highlands). Consensus was to use
Town’s slope standards. More information needed fromTAC and developers, request
to incorporate geotechnical hazards.
OPEN SPACE
Discussion - utilize the term ‘private’ open “areas,” and differentiate between public and
and private open space.
ANIMALS
Staff recommends the Town maintain its current animal provisions and they not be
incorporated within the Development Code and that Larimer County will determine the
best animal approach for their jurisdiction. Chief Planner Legg concurred with leaving
the current regulations in place suggesting a task force may be formed for the County.
7. ADJOURN
The next meeting will be December 10,1998 and the Study Session adjourned at 4:45
p.m.
Roxanne S. Botic, Recording Secretary