The Fremont County Commissioners approved a pair of preliminary plans for new residential subdivisions along Illinois Avenue north of Canon City and approved a zone change for county owned property near the Fremont County Airport during their August 8th regular meeting.
The Board gave their OK to a preliminary plan for seventeen residential lots being developed by John and Pam Sell on the west side of Illinois Avenue just north of Smith Street. The approval of the Coyote Ridge plan came over the objections of a number of neighbors who complained about drainage, a need to protect their rural and agricultural lifestyle, increased traffic, high water tables, and the Park Center Water District's ability to provide water. The Commissioners again pointed to the legal dilemma over the water issue noting that while a state engineer's letter calls Park Center's ability to provide water for more development into question, the Park Center Water District Board itself issued a letter assuring the developer and the county that ample water is available. The Commissioners did express concern over the Coyote Ridge drainage plan and said when the final plan is submitted they want to see plans for a detention pond on site to service all 17 lots as well as improvements to the barrow ditch that runs along the west side of Illinois Avenue.
The Commissioners also approved a preliminary plan for the Lands of Lohnes IV which will create two additional residential lots on the existing 19.6 acre tract. The Board's main concern was a requirement by the Canon City Fire District for a fire hydrant every 400 feet. The developer is not sure exactly which street a house will face on a nine acre lot and does not want to be forced to install two fire hydrants.
The Commissioners also approved a zone change from Airport Industrial Park to Industrial Park Zone District for six lots on forty acres the county owns along Highway 67 across from the Fremont County Airport. Commission Chairman Mike Stiehl said the zone change will facilitate construction of a new federal immigration office building to be built on about two acres. The facility will be used to process immigration detainees but will not house them. Commissioner Ed Norden said the zone change also makes sense because with limited industrially zoned property in Fremont County, the additional industrial lots will enable industrial expansion in an area with ready highway and airport access.
The Commissioners also unanimously approved a certification of compliance with part of Colorado's new immigration laws. It commits the county to comply with those laws and to cooperate with federal authorities to assure continued qualification for grant assistance from the State of Colorado.
The Board gave their OK to a preliminary plan for seventeen residential lots being developed by John and Pam Sell on the west side of Illinois Avenue just north of Smith Street. The approval of the Coyote Ridge plan came over the objections of a number of neighbors who complained about drainage, a need to protect their rural and agricultural lifestyle, increased traffic, high water tables, and the Park Center Water District's ability to provide water. The Commissioners again pointed to the legal dilemma over the water issue noting that while a state engineer's letter calls Park Center's ability to provide water for more development into question, the Park Center Water District Board itself issued a letter assuring the developer and the county that ample water is available. The Commissioners did express concern over the Coyote Ridge drainage plan and said when the final plan is submitted they want to see plans for a detention pond on site to service all 17 lots as well as improvements to the barrow ditch that runs along the west side of Illinois Avenue.
The Commissioners also approved a preliminary plan for the Lands of Lohnes IV which will create two additional residential lots on the existing 19.6 acre tract. The Board's main concern was a requirement by the Canon City Fire District for a fire hydrant every 400 feet. The developer is not sure exactly which street a house will face on a nine acre lot and does not want to be forced to install two fire hydrants.
The Commissioners also approved a zone change from Airport Industrial Park to Industrial Park Zone District for six lots on forty acres the county owns along Highway 67 across from the Fremont County Airport. Commission Chairman Mike Stiehl said the zone change will facilitate construction of a new federal immigration office building to be built on about two acres. The facility will be used to process immigration detainees but will not house them. Commissioner Ed Norden said the zone change also makes sense because with limited industrially zoned property in Fremont County, the additional industrial lots will enable industrial expansion in an area with ready highway and airport access.
The Commissioners also unanimously approved a certification of compliance with part of Colorado's new immigration laws. It commits the county to comply with those laws and to cooperate with federal authorities to assure continued qualification for grant assistance from the State of Colorado.