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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: https://static.colostate.edu/client-fileslcsfs/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 . 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, 61, 62, Pinyon Mesa, Filing 2 Situated in Section 7 , T.7 S., R.88 W. of the 6th P.M. Garfield County, Colorado Plot Notes: 1. The individual lot owners shall be responsible for the control of noxious weeds. 2, One (1) dog will be allowed for each residentiol unit and the dog shall be required to be confined within the owners property boundaries. 3, No open heorth solid-lueI fireplaces will be allowed anywhere within the subd'Ivieion, One (1) new solid -fuel burning stove as defined by C.R.S. 25--7-401, and the reguiotlons promulgated thereunder, will be allowed n ony dwelling unit. M dwelling units will be allowed on unrestricted number of natural gas burning stoves and appliances. 4, No further subdivision shall be allowed of o subdivided lot, 5. All exterior lighting shall be the minimum amount necessary, which shall be directed inward and downward, towards the interior of the subdivision. Provisions may he mode to allow for safety lighting that may be seen beyond the property boundaries. 6. Colorodo is a "Right -to -Farm" State pursuant to C.R.S. 35-3.101, et seq. Landowners, residents and visitors must be prepared to accept the activities. eights sounds and of Gield CWhy's ogricuiturai operations as o normal and necessary aspet q ousfY with a strong rural charocter and o healthy ranching sector. Those with an urban sensitivity may perceive such activities, sights, sounds end smells only as an inconvenience, eyesore, noise and odor. However, State Low and County policy provide that ranching, forming or other agricultural activities and operations within Garfield County shill not be considered to be nuisances so song os operated in conformance with the low and In 0 non -negligent manner- Therefore, all must be prepared 10 encounter noises, odor, lights. mud, duet smoke, chemicals, machinery on public roods, livestock on public roads, storage end disposal of manure, and the application by spraying of otherwise of chemical fertilizers, soil amendments, herbicides, and pesticides, any one or mare of which may naturally occur os o part of legal and non -negligent agricultural operations, 7. Ail owners of land, whether ranch or residence, have obligations under Stote raw and County regulations with regard to the maintenance of fences and irrlgotion ditches, controlling weeds, keeping livestock and pets under control, using property In accordance with zoning, and other aspects of using and mokntalnlrng property. Residents and landowners are encouraged to learn about these rights cod responslbil}ttes and act os good neighbors and citizens of the County. A good introductory source for such information le "A Guide to Rural Livin4 & Small Scale Agriculture" put out by the Colorado State University Ertenelon Office 8. All Iota shall require site specific geotechnical studies belore a building permit will be issued by the County Building Department and all foundations shall be designed by o professional engineer licensed to practise in Cadorado. Site design shad be In compliance with the recommendations contained in the site specific geotechnlcal report as well as the Supplemental Geotechnkai Study, Proposed Residential H.P. Geolech, Elk No. 05 52,ngs h April 2006Bench A copy ofythe Geotech rood 114, reepport mmfiekl vauyn be abt lned ly. Colorado from the epored by Pinyon Mesa HOA. 9. Complying with the following recommendations concerning wafer management end surface drainage are important for the long term performance of home foundalIons: irrigotlon voter lines should not be laid near foundation welts or concrete slobs, or sprinklers *flowed to splash cgainst them- Landscapers should oleo be notified of the susceptibility to water sensitive soils of this site and adjust their designs accordingly, Surface water should be directed away from building foundations as recommended by the soils engineer. Surfoce water should not be concentrated and diverted onto steep down slopes unless they ore adequately protected againet erosion. - 10. The recommendations of the Colorado Stole Forest Service and the Fire Chief as set forth in the Supplemental Declarations dated September 28, 1992 el.seq, shall be followed in the canstructlon of oil 17-20 rand There 48.re A copy of tfic he recommendations ondations mens may beding fensible abtaine:fromce that the �iyon Men HOA. Lots - -n 11, shall obtain water service Elk p,ais pities doll bemanaged by tRed Can Water Compa, a Colado corporation, forwent that Water Top Assignment and Water Delivery Agreement doted June 19, 2006 recorded at Hook 1825, Page 116, Gorfield County, Colorodo. 12, All Tots depicted hereon Ile within the Spring Volley Sanitation District and shall obtain central sewer service pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the District and pursuant to that Sewer Tap Assignment Agreement doted June 18, 2006 and recorded in Book 1825 at Page 112, Gorfeld County, Colorodo. 13, eddshNs dconditions tIOR of tve �lt s cordeaaReception o. 703005 odteDeclaration of Covonants,Condiionss and Reetrictcnsfor Pinyon Mesa, recorded as Reception No. 734762 in the office of the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder'. 9tArlGlr -J 14. Ione District Parameters: -E41 tee I Orto3 ZONE DISTRICT HIGH DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY IHDSF) CONDITIONAL USES HOME OCCUPATION MINIMUM LOT AREA 10,000 sq.ft. MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE 25% MINIMUM SETBACKS FRONT/REAR: 25' SIDES: 10' MAXIMUM HEIGHT MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA 28 FEET 3,284 sq.ft EXOWSitg le rase c) poir P1rc >r5 April 1)2017 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 Mr. Jarman FOREST SERVICE Grand Junction District 222 S. 8"'. St., Rm.#416 Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 248-7325 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. I also spoke with Bill Gavette, Deputy Chief for Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District about his concerns for wildfire hazard for the property. I 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 confusus) 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. Sin erely, amie Long; Forester Cc: Pinyon Mesa Development, LLC