The Fremont County Commissioners conducted four public hearings during a marathon 5 1/2 hour meeting on March 14th. Two issues involved zone change applications and the other two involved applications for special review use permits.
The Commissioners approved a zone change from Agricultural Living to Agricultural Suburban for Russ and Bonita Jewett on just over 50 acres on the northeast corner of MacKenzie and Adams Avenues in the Four Mile area east of Canon City. The Commissioners found the zone change is in keeping with similar development in the area. While the Ag Suburban zone permits development on lots as small as 15,000 square feet, the Jewetts say they likely won't develop anything smaller than one acre lots. Other Ag Suburban zoning in the area is also typically one to four acres in size.
The Commissioners denied a special review use permit for Ron Walker who sought to lease a site on his property 1 1/2 miles northeast of Highway 50 and 'R' Street in the Beaver Park area of Penrose to Cingular Wireless. Cingular wanted to erect a 180 foot monopole tower for cellular antennas. Cingular promised that if they were ever forced to light the tower, they would remove it first. Despite that pledge, neighbors next door in the Top Rail Ranch subdivision, which was earlier developed by Walker, said the tower would block their views which they said was the reason they moved to Top Rail Ranch.
A special review use permit was approved by the Commissioners for the Fawn Hollow transfer station. John and David Howard plan to build the solid waste transfer station on a 10 acre parcel of industrially zoned property 500 feet west of Oak Creek Grade Road and just north of McDaniel Boulevard. They will operate the transfer station in conjunction with Howard Disposal. It will operate out of an 80 by 80 foot metal building which Howard pledged would be operated in a clean, professional manner. Neighbors generally praised Howard's planned operation but several expressed concerns about the mix of truck traffic with residential traffic. The Commissioners approved the permit asking that the access to the property be moved to the east as far as possible and still maintain a right turn lane.
Also approved following a public hearing was a zone change from Agricultural Farming and Ranching to Travel Trailer Park and Campground for Doug and Cathie Brill of Howard. The zone change affects ten acres of the Brill's land along County Road 45 east of Howard on the north side of the Arkansas River. The campground will contain thirty trailer parking sites. Several neighbors protested the zone change saying the traffic would disturb their quiet, rural lifestyle. The zone change approval was accompanied by the approval of a two lot minor subdivision. That approval came with the requirement that the Brills have a buffer of fast growing tree and shrubs in place within 14 months or will be required to erect a six foot opaque fence.
The Commissioners approved a zone change from Agricultural Living to Agricultural Suburban for Russ and Bonita Jewett on just over 50 acres on the northeast corner of MacKenzie and Adams Avenues in the Four Mile area east of Canon City. The Commissioners found the zone change is in keeping with similar development in the area. While the Ag Suburban zone permits development on lots as small as 15,000 square feet, the Jewetts say they likely won't develop anything smaller than one acre lots. Other Ag Suburban zoning in the area is also typically one to four acres in size.
The Commissioners denied a special review use permit for Ron Walker who sought to lease a site on his property 1 1/2 miles northeast of Highway 50 and 'R' Street in the Beaver Park area of Penrose to Cingular Wireless. Cingular wanted to erect a 180 foot monopole tower for cellular antennas. Cingular promised that if they were ever forced to light the tower, they would remove it first. Despite that pledge, neighbors next door in the Top Rail Ranch subdivision, which was earlier developed by Walker, said the tower would block their views which they said was the reason they moved to Top Rail Ranch.
A special review use permit was approved by the Commissioners for the Fawn Hollow transfer station. John and David Howard plan to build the solid waste transfer station on a 10 acre parcel of industrially zoned property 500 feet west of Oak Creek Grade Road and just north of McDaniel Boulevard. They will operate the transfer station in conjunction with Howard Disposal. It will operate out of an 80 by 80 foot metal building which Howard pledged would be operated in a clean, professional manner. Neighbors generally praised Howard's planned operation but several expressed concerns about the mix of truck traffic with residential traffic. The Commissioners approved the permit asking that the access to the property be moved to the east as far as possible and still maintain a right turn lane.
Also approved following a public hearing was a zone change from Agricultural Farming and Ranching to Travel Trailer Park and Campground for Doug and Cathie Brill of Howard. The zone change affects ten acres of the Brill's land along County Road 45 east of Howard on the north side of the Arkansas River. The campground will contain thirty trailer parking sites. Several neighbors protested the zone change saying the traffic would disturb their quiet, rural lifestyle. The zone change approval was accompanied by the approval of a two lot minor subdivision. That approval came with the requirement that the Brills have a buffer of fast growing tree and shrubs in place within 14 months or will be required to erect a six foot opaque fence.