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PROJECT INFORMATION AND STAFF COMMENTS
APPLICATION Amended Plat
OWNER KOBA LLC
LOCATION 291 Ponderosa Pass
PROPERTY Lot 18, Blue Creek Ranch Subdivision
LOT SIZE 0.544 Acres
ZONING PUD
1. BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL
This is an amended plat application to change the building envelope on Lot 18 of the Blue
Creek Ranch Subdivision. The purpose of this amendment is to preserve an existing
Ponderosa Pine Tree which is located near the property line between Lot 18 and Lot 17.
As is demonstrated in the attached maps, moving the building envelope five (5) feet to the
south and east will reportedly preserve the Ponderosa Pine tree but will encroach into the
50 -foot wetland protection buffer. This change will result in an encroachment on the
wetland protection buffer by five (5) feet and will leave forty-five (45) feet of buffer in place.
Stephen Ellsperman of Ellsperman Ecological Services performed an inventory and
analysis of the encroachment and found that "In terms of site ecology, it is clear that the
minimal proposed encroachment into the wetland buffer in the rear of Lot 18 within Blue
Creek Ranch would have nominal effects on protected wetland resources. This is
especially true when comparing the ecological benefits of preserving the root system of the
large Ponderosa Pine on this site." In addition, Mr. Ellsperman suggested a set of three
construction protocols which were incorporated into the staff recommended conditions for
approval.
2. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
The Applicant has provided all required documentation and has satisfied the applicable
standards for this plat amendment. Therefore, Staff recommends the Board of County
Commissioners approve this amended plat request with the following conditions:
1. That all representations of the Applicant, either within the application or stated at the
meeting before the Board, shall be considered conditions of approval.
2. All plat notes from the original Final Plat of Blue Creek Ranch PUD shall be shown
or referenced on this amended plat.
3. Within 90 days of approval, the Amended Final Plat shall be reviewed (paper copy),
then signed and dated (mylar copy) by the County Surveyor, then signed and dated
by the Chairman of the Board and recorded in the Clerk and Recorder's Office of
Garfield County. The Amended Final Plat shall meet the minimum CRS standards
for land survey plats, as required by Colorado state law, and approved by the
County Surveyor and shall include, at a minimum, the information outlined in ยง5:22
of the Garfield County Subdivision Regulations.
4. Encroachment of the building envelope into the 50 -foot wetland protection buffer
shall be no greater than five (5) feet.
5. Once exact construction envelopes have been determined the applicant shall
design, install and monitor resource protection fencing along the envelope
boundary. This fencing is to serve as both a silt and erosion barrier as well specific
delineator to construction personnel that the area is protected.
6. Documentation must be provided to the Garfield County Building and Planning
office prior to the issuance of the building permit indicating that the fence has been
installed in a manner that will serve as a silt and erosion barrier as well as
delineation between the building envelope and the wetland protection area.
7. Landscaping shall be restricted in the rear of the property abutting the 50 -foot
wetland buffer area to native grass and herbaceous materials as outlined in the
Blue Creek Ranch Homeowners Association Covenants. Proper protocols shall be
followed to allow successful establishment of the desired native vegetation.