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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondenceDave Argo From: Dave Argo Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 5:00 PM To: Patrick Stuckey (stucarch@comcast.net) Subject: Pinyon Mesa - Lots 61 & 63 Attachments: Pinyon Mesa 2 Plat Notes.pdf; Pinyon Mesa Wildfire Reqts.pdf Patrick: I am currently reviewing two Pinyon Mesa — Filing 2 homes (Lots 61 & 63) as designed by your office. But before we can finalize our plan review and issue building permits, there are a couple of items that need to be addressed: • Soils Report— Unfortunately, there wasn't a site specific soils report included with either of these building permit applications. Can you please provide us with digital copies of the (2) soils reports — one for each lot — as referenced on Bob Oddo's structural drawings? Please Note: All lots located in this subdivision require individual soils reports, so if you can inform Integrated Mountain Properties about this requirement and remind them to submit copies of soils reports at time of permit application it will help to expedite our review & approval of any future homes they intend to build up there. • Wildfire Hazard, Defensible Space & Fire -Resistive Construction Materials — The Pinyon Mesa subdivision has specific wildfire requirements as described in detail in the amended final plat for the subdivision — see attached plat note #10 and letter from Colorado State Forest Service. Although you are not required to submit any additional materials to our office addressing these requirements, I wanted to make you aware of them. However, we will affix a condition of permit approval on the plans specifying that the wildfire requirements must be complied with, including the use of "Class C" exterior materials. For clarification about specific related items, you can consult the "Firewise Construction: Site Design & Building Materials" manual for additional information, and you can access it at the following web -link: httos://static colostate.edu/client-files/csfs/pdfs/firewise-construction2012.pdf Please forward a copy of the (2) subject soils reports to our office, and we will finalize our review and issue permits shortly thereafter. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Dave Argo Plans Examiner C. Garfield County Community Development Department 108 8th Street, Suite 401 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Tel: 970-945-8212 Ext. 1610 Email: dargo@garfield-county.com Web: garfield-county.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email communication and any files transmitted along with it are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by email and delete it from your files. 1 FIRST AMENDED FINAL PLAT Pinyon Mesa, Filing 2 Open Space A, and Lots 51, 52.53.55, 6L 62, Pinyon Mesa, Filing 2 Situated in Section 7 , T.7 S., R.88 W. of the 6th P.M. Garfield County, Colorado Pkat Notes: 1. The Individual lot owners shah be responsible for the control of noxious weeds. 2. One (1) dog will be allowed for each residential unit and the dog shall be required to be confined within the owners property boundceles. 3. No open heorth solid—fuel fireplaces will be allowed anywhere within the subdivision. One (1) new solid••leel burning stove as defined by C.R.S. 25 7-401, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. wi11 be Mewed in any dwelling unit. All dwelling units will be allowed on unrestricted number of natural goe burning stoves and appliances. 4. No further subdivision shall be allowed of a subdivided lot. e inward and 5. tNI exterior owards the! inhtting erior shall nalthe sulbdhdalon e the minimum Provisions may be made to shall for safety dlight g that may be seen beyond the property boundaries. 6. Colorado is a 'Bight—to—Farm' State pursuant to C.R.S. 35-3-101, et seq. Landowners, residents and visitors must be prepared to accept the activities, sights, sfouurds andsrrneI ofGo ned Cog tt?s agricultural operations as a nrm oal and necessary aspectof living aCounty w rural character and a healthy ranching sector. Those with an urban sensitivity may perceive such octivities. sights, sounds and smells only as on inconvenience, eyesore, noise and odor. However, State Law and County policy provide that ranching, forming or other agricultural activities cad Operations within Garfield County shell not be considered to be nuisances so long os operoted in conformance with the law and in a non --negligent manor. Therefore, ail must be peep red to encounter noises, odor. lights, mud, dust, smoke, rhemlcals, machinery on public roads, livestock on public roads, storage and dispose; of manure, and the application by spraying of otnerwlse of chemical fertilizers, soil amendments, herbicides. and pesticides, any one or more of which moy naturolly occur os a part of lege! and non—nerpgant agricultural operations, 7. All owners of land, whether ranch or residence, have abligotians under State law and County regulations with regard to the maintenance of fences and irrigation ditches, and other l Og weed , keeping een chid sttocck alndg pets under control, using property In accordance with zoning,aspects g property. Residents and landowners are encouraged to team about these rights and respcnsiblllties and act as good neighbors end citizens of the County. A good introductory source for such Information is `A Cuide to Rural Livros it Small Scale Agriculture" put out by the Colorado State University Extension Office 8. All lots shall require site specific geotechnical studies before a building permit will be Issued by the County Building Department and all fouedalions shall be designed by o professional engineer licensed 1.0 proctice in Colorado. Site design shall be in compliance with the recommendations cantotned in the site specific geotechnical report as well as the Supplemental Geotechnical Study. Profused Residential Development, Ells Springs Ranch Lower Bench Area, Calmly Rood 114, Garfield County. Colorado prepared by N.P. Geotech, ,lot! No. 105652, April 10, 2006. A copy of the Geotech report may be obtained from the Pinyon Mesa HOA. 9. Complying with the following recommendations concerning water management and surface drolnage are important for the long term performance of home foundations: irrigation woter lines should net be told near foundation waifs or concrete slabs, or sprinklers oliowed to splash ogoinst them. Landscapers should also be notified of the susceptibility to woter sensitive soots et this site and adjzst their designs engineer. Surface�watere toter should not be concentratedfrom a d dieerrted ontodstlons as eep down stapes unites esythe they areas odequoteay protected against erosion. 10. The recommendations of the Colorado State Forest Service and the Fire Chief as set forth In the Supplemental Dedarattons dated September 28, 1992 et.seq. shag be followed in the co struuttion of call.ats structures. There are specific recommendations regarding defensible ble sace ethatapply apply }Jess HOand 36-48. A copy of the recommendations may be obta s water ich 11, be managed! bytain the Red�Canyon Water Company, oal potable water service rom the Elk Colorado corporation, pursuonttto that Water�Tap shot! Assignment and Water Delivery Agreement doted June 19, 2006 recorded at Beak 1825, Page 116, Garfield County, Colorado, 12. Ali lots depicted hereon lie within the Spring Volley Sanitation District and shall obtain central sewer service Agreempursuant nt dQ edto ki ee15,ztes end 2006 a ddrreetations M the corded In HookD1825 tand at Page pursuant112, to GarfieldtSewer 'tap County, Colorado. Assignment 13, This subdivision is subject to the terms and conditions of the Decioratton of Restrictive Covenants recorded os Reception No. 703005 and the Decdnrahon of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Pinyon Mesa, recorded as Reception No. 734762 in the office of the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder. SlAildi►`eej 14. Zone District Parameters: Ve tO CONDITIONAL. USES MINIMUM LOT AREA MA))MUMLOT _ COVERAti0 MUMMUM _ SETBACKS HIGH DENSITY HOMEFRONTIREAR: 25' SINGLE FAMILY OCCUPATION 1D,GOa sy.ft, 25% SIDES: 10' MtA)OMUM HEIGHT 2e PEET MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA Ex c.Lt 9i de 3,2x4 ss.ft• e,a ¢ Hai. f?t rx otrir<3 rtet.egmil4odi in April "62017 AUG 3 0 2006 August 28, 2006 Fred Jarman Garfield County Building and Planning Department 108 8th Street, Suite 401 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 RE: Pinyon Mesa Subdivision SERV Grand Junction District 222 5. 6"'. 51, Rm.M41�i Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 248-7325 Mr. Jarman I have reviewed the preliminary plan application for the Pinyon Mesa Subdivision. There was no wildfire hazard map or review included in the application; therefore I met with Mr. Kjell Vanghagen at the property on August 23rd, 2006. 1 also spoke with Bill Guyette, Deputy Chief for Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District about his concerns for wildfire hazard for the property. 1 have the following comments regarding wildfire hazard on this proposal. The primary vegetation is juniper and pinyon trees, and sagebrush. The combination of vegetative species poses a signification wildfire hazard to parts of the proposed subdivision. The lots at the highest fire risk are: lots 17-20 and lots 36-48. These are located in the northeast section of the proposed subdivision and include pinyon and juniper trees on a slope that is greater than 10 percent. Any homes built on these lots need to have defensible space which is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. Also, homes should be built using firewise materials that are fire -resistive (Class C or better rating). The next area of increased wildfire risk is located on either side of the ravine, the lots surrounding this area are lots 66-72 and lots 59-65. The vegetation in the ravine is comprised of dense, mature pinyon and juniper trees. Trees and understory shrubs should be thinned and the removal of ladder fuels and dead material should be completed before any homesites are built on. The final area of higher wildfire risk is the lots surrounding a small knoll where pinyon and juniper trees are growing. The lots are 49- 54 and 1-5. The size of the trees and the increased slope make this portion of the property prone to higher wildfire hazards and should be treated as lots 17-20 and 36-48. I believe the best methods to reduce wildfire hazard on this property would be to thin the pinyon and juniper trees to Colorado State Forest Service standards along the edges of the property and in the ravine. Also enforcing defensible space standards around all permanent structures, and encourage or require the use of firewise building materials (Firewise Construction, Design and Materials, 2000) would decrease the potential for a severe wildfire event. Written standards for defensible space management zones published by the Colorado State Forest Service can be found in the recent revision of publication 6.302, Creating Wildfire Defensible Zones. Obviously, removing any type of vegetation considered as ladder fuels, undergrowth that could bring a fire into tree crowns, any dead or dying trees or shrubs should be removed. I found no current signs of the ips bark beetle (Ips confuses) colonizing pinyon pine trees on the property. But they are active on the hillside, evident across CR 114. It is recommended to plan any conifer/evergreen tree cutting or pruning activities in late September or October which is when the ips bark beetles over winters and would not attack any new trees. Any construction or thinning work done in the summer that creates sap flow on pinyon trees will attract the ips to the area and could result in the death of a large number of the pinyon trees on the property. Please refer to publication 5.558, Ips Beetles for further information. Thank you for the opportunity to review this proposal. Please call with any questions at 970-248-7325. Sincerely, _.)..ritt Kamie Long Forester Cc: Pinyon Mesa Development, LLC