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Estes Valley Planning Commission - Study Session
Mays, 1999
Commission:Chair Wendell Amos, Commissioners William Baird, Joyce Kitchen,
Cherie Pettyjohn, Edward Pohl, Al Sager and Dominick Taddonio
Attending: Commissioners Amos, Baird, Kitchen, Pettyjohn, Pohl and Taddonio
Absent: Commissioner Sager
TAC Members: Larry Gamble, Helen Hondius, Roger Thorp and Bill Van Horn
Attending: Gamble, Hondius and Van Horn
Absent: Member Thorp
Also Attending
Town:Trustee Liaison Baudek, Town Attorney White, Director Stamey,
Senior Planner Joseph and Recording Secretary Wheatley
County: Chief Planner Russell Legg
Chair Amos called the Study Session to order at 3:30 p.m.
Minutes of the 4/14/99 meeting were approved with the following corredion: Change the
first sentence under “Chapter 11” to read “Comments were made....
Director Stamev reviewed the Future Land Use map and its relation to the draft Estes
Stamey reviewed the modifications that are proposed as follows.
1 ■ ?DSs current CD District Boundary, with exception of properties west of
Spruce Drive and parking lot added.
2. PUD Developments
• Placed in corresponding residential district.
3. Institutional
• Placed in appropriate category.
4- resehownaafFederal Lands, with no proposed zoning (with a few exceptions).
5. CH-Heavy Commercial
• Applied to Comanche/Dunraven area.
• Applied to Mountain Technological Subdivision.
6. R-1 Residential (5,000 sq. ft. sf lot)
• Applied to Creekside Subdivision.
• Applied to Mi Casa Subdivision.
7-
. Paree^near Malys Lake placed in A-Accommodations. Currently zoned A,
was proposed as RE.
: Lox above dmvritow^was proposed as E, placed In RM for consistency with
. ^een cirassh£rtch*pattem for public and private open space.
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Staff has made some assumptions that may not be correct. The overall process includes
procedure for individual application for rezoning requests that would deal with more site-
specific issues, in the future. Appropriate time for public comment to the Commission
would be during the hearing process.
The zoning map implements the zoning regulation. The Master Plan does not need to
be changed in order to make changes on the Zoning Map. The Future Land Use map
was never adopted as a zoning map. Future Land Use map does not need to be
changed. The procedure for changing the Comprehensive Plan is in the State Statutes.
Colorado does not have the requirement that zoning maps and comprehensive plans
be consistent. Fort Collins does it for specific reasons. County uses a more general
comprehensive plan. The do not require the plan to be amended every time there was
a zoning change; however, the zoning changes are done because of reasons that
complied with their comprehensive plan. If the rezoning applies to a large area and
changes the character of the area, then a change to a comprehensive plan would be
appropriate.
Chief Planner Legg commented that the Future Land Use Map was a conceptual map
and not a detailed zoning. In their planning, staff goes back to the comp plan (text) for
review, not the map. Legally there’s nothing that says the zoning has to agree with the
master plan.
Public will have comment on document and map and then the EVPC will review and
make recommendation to the Boards. After that an individual will need to go through the
application procedure for rezonings, as outlined in Section 3.3 of the proposed zoning
code. Planning Commission will consider public hearing comments.
Another option would be to use TDU’s to transfer density use instead of changing the
zoning.
Director Stamey reviewed two supplemental maps. The first identified parcels that are
currently zoned A-Accommodations in the County, and the proposed zoning for these
parcels. Some of these will go to A and some to A-1. Some residential zoning will occur
where landowners indicated they did not have an objection to that rezoning.
The second map identified parcels that are currently zoned Tourist, and the proposed
zoning for these parcels. There was one specific request for an area to be zoned
residential, which is largely covered with a conservation easement.
A schedule for receiving public input was discussed. Prior to the Public Hearing staff will
hold open houses to meet with individual property owners. There will be study sessions
at the staff level with the Giant Track and Fall River neighborhoods.
Next meeting date will be May 20, 1999, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. for follow-up on the zoning
map, public process and bylaws.
A tentative schedule for Planning Commission hearings is the 14^ and 21st of June, 1:00
to 4:00 and 7:00 to 10:00 each day, two separate meetings on each day.
The Commission had a discussion regarding affordable housing.
Chair Amos adjourned the Study Session at 5:00 p.m.
Meribeth Wheatley, Recording Secrelcretary