The Fremont County Commissioners tabled for one month the proposed 26th amendment to the county's zoning resolution saying they want more time to study the proposed changes in detail. The postponement followed a public hearing during which several businessmen who operate at the Airport Industrial Park expressed concerns about restrictions on business growth at the airport.
The main thrust of changes in the 26th amendment is to abolish the Airport Industrial Park zone district and replace it with two new zone districts. One would be known as the 'Airport Zone' with more strictly defined aviation associated uses while the other new zone would be simply identified as 'Industrial Park'.
The Airport Zone would follow Federal Aviation Administration guidelines as to what kind of uses can be allowed on airport grounds. It would apply to new lots the Commissioners are expected to create in the coming months on the south side of the Fremont County Airport runway.
The new 'Industrial Park' zone would be used to identify all of the current business uses in the Airport Industrial Park as well as additional new lots south of the airport property and on county property along the west side of Highway 67.
John Harmon and Lee Hutchcraft both voiced concerns that while there are current retail business uses at the airport, unless some concessions are allowed it threatens to inhibit business growth. They said some flexibility needs to be considered for retail operators. The Commissioners noted that the City of Florence would have to be at the table for those discussions since Florence provides the water taps at the airport and in the past has been against retail business operations at the airport. Lee Daffron said he is also concerned about restrictions on working outdoors in the Industrial Park zone saying his business requires some work be performed outdoors.
The Commissioners tabled the zoning amendment until the October 14th meeting saying they would like to have one or two workshops on the topic before then.
In other business at the September 9th board meeting the Commissioners:
The main thrust of changes in the 26th amendment is to abolish the Airport Industrial Park zone district and replace it with two new zone districts. One would be known as the 'Airport Zone' with more strictly defined aviation associated uses while the other new zone would be simply identified as 'Industrial Park'.
The Airport Zone would follow Federal Aviation Administration guidelines as to what kind of uses can be allowed on airport grounds. It would apply to new lots the Commissioners are expected to create in the coming months on the south side of the Fremont County Airport runway.
The new 'Industrial Park' zone would be used to identify all of the current business uses in the Airport Industrial Park as well as additional new lots south of the airport property and on county property along the west side of Highway 67.
John Harmon and Lee Hutchcraft both voiced concerns that while there are current retail business uses at the airport, unless some concessions are allowed it threatens to inhibit business growth. They said some flexibility needs to be considered for retail operators. The Commissioners noted that the City of Florence would have to be at the table for those discussions since Florence provides the water taps at the airport and in the past has been against retail business operations at the airport. Lee Daffron said he is also concerned about restrictions on working outdoors in the Industrial Park zone saying his business requires some work be performed outdoors.
The Commissioners tabled the zoning amendment until the October 14th meeting saying they would like to have one or two workshops on the topic before then.
In other business at the September 9th board meeting the Commissioners:
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Authorized the chairman to sign a health care policy and financing contract amendment;
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Scheduled public hearings at 10 a.m. Oct. 14 for two Badger Creek Wind Monitoring Masts on property owned by the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners near the Stirrup Ranch along County Road 2 in the Tallahassee area;
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and Conducted a public hearing on the Community Development Block Grant application for the ECHO program remodeling project at the old Harrison School.