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GARFIELD COUNTY
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COL❑RAD❑ 81601
2014 BLAKE AVENUE PHONE 945-8212
December 15, 1975
Garfield County Board of County Commissioners
Garfield County Courthouse
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601
Re: Mr. R.D. Gilstrap
Senate Bill 35 Exemption Request
Gentlemen:
I have reviewed the above request for exemption from the provisions
of Senate Bill 35.
The request is to construct two warehouses on a parcel of ground
in West Glenwood that now has an existing service station. The parcel
in question contains approximately 3.5 acres in area, with access
provided by the frontage road of Highway 6 and 24.
In my opinion, the above request should not be granted. The
proposal as outlined should properly be handled through the County
subdivision process and should not be declared exempt from the
regulations.
According to Section 3.02.01 of the Garfield County Subdivision
Regulations, an exemption can be granted if the proposed project could
be " adequately served by existing streets and roads and presents
no problems related to the intensive use of land or provision of
utilities and services".
In order for me to recommend that a project or parcel of ground
be exempted from the Subdivision Regulations, I must determine that
no real purpose would be served by following those regulations. This
is definitely not the case with the proposed project for the following
reasons:
(1) Development of the remaining half of this commercially
zoned property should be worked out all at once. In
subdivision all the uses contemplated should be out-
lined at the time County approval is sought. In this
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case an exemption for two buildings would create a
situation in which additional construction could
be sought either through future exemption requests
or subdivision. I feel that the subdivision process
should be used now to determine the uses to be
developed on that property.
(2) The parcel is zoned Commercial / Limited, and
surrounding zoning is also Commercial / Limited.
However, abutting property is developed with high
density apartments and a church. Both of these
uses are uses by right in the Commercial zoning.
Given the density and the proximity to each other
that all potential uses in this area will be, I
feel that formal notification of surrounding land-
owners should be a part of any procedure that is
followed, which in this case would mean subdivision
regulations. This notification is not meant to
hinder approval of development of this tract, but
simply uphold the responsibility I feel the County
has with regards to public disclosure of
administrative decisions.
(3)
As a practical matter the site plan involves
constructing warehousing facilities, and given
the sketch plan review I cannot make the statement
that no questions of drainage and traffic movement
exist. Those questions should be answered in a
subdivision review process.
For the above reasons, I recommend that this request be processed
through the Subdivision Regulations and the request for exemption be
denied.
RAW/kay
Sincerely,
Robert A. Witkowski
Director