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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.16 WaiversJordan Architecture Inc. PO Box 1031 Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 970-618-6690 email: bradjordanarchitect@gmail.com website: jordanarchitecture.com 16 December 2022 Garfield County Planning Department Attn: Glenn Hartman RE: Westbank Ranch Maintenance Building Blue Heron Properties, LLC Parcel #2185-3554-23-007 Glenn, We hereby request a waiver from Garfield County’s Grading and Drainage Plan Section 4-203.E Grading and Drainage Plan A waiver request shall be considered based on the following criteria: 1. The applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver. Response: There is no change to the site grading and drainage. The change of use consists of an interior remodel of an existing structure. 2. The size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver. Response: There are no changes to the area around the existing structure that would affect the size, complexity or any anticipated impacts. 3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review, and…… Response: Considering there is nothing being changed on the site, there is no compromising a proper and complete review. 4. The information is not material to describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance with the approval criteria. Response: There is no change to the site, therefore, a grading and drainage plan would not be material in describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance with the approval criteria. The fact is there is no intent of changing any of the site, which would affect the grading and drainage. The existing condition will remain as is and are in compliance with the County’s regulations. We hereby request a waiver from Garfield County’s Landscape Plan Section 4-203.F Landscape Plan A waiver request shall be considered based on the following criteria: 1. The applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver. Response: There are no changes to the existing landscaping or site 2. The size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver. Response: There are no changes to the existing landscaping or site 3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review, and….. Response: The application can be properly and completely reviewed without a landscape plan, as there are no planned changes to the existing landscaping. 4. The information is not material to describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance with approval criteria. Response: A landscape plan is immaterial for this application, as there is no change to the existing conditions. The fact is there is no intent of changing any of the site, which would affect the landscaping. The existing conditions will remain as is and are in compliance with the County’s regulations. We hereby request a waiver from Garfield County’s Traffic Study Section 4-203.L Traffic Study A waiver request shall be considered based on the following criteria: 1. The applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver. Response: The existing property was used as a clubhouse in the past and generated far more traffic than the proposed employee housing that total 7 bedrooms. Therefore, there is less impact than the previous use and a traffic study is not necessary. 2. The size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver. Response: We are using the same structure without any additional area being proposed. The change of use from a clubhouse to 7 bedrooms for employee housing has less impact, the same size area, and less complexity with traffic and use. 3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review, and…… Response: The application can be properly and completely reviewed without a traffic study. 4. The information is not material to describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance with approval criteria. Response: A traffic study is immaterial to describing the purpose or demonstrating compliance with applicable approval criteria. Traffic generation is expected to be less than what exists, and is within the County’s regulations. We hereby request a waiver from the Garfield County’s OWTS evaluation and potential upgrades to be considered part of the conditions for approval Section 7-105 Wastewater Systems A waiver request shall be considered based on the following criteria: 1. The applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver. Response: The existing property has a OWTS system in place and is being evaluated for capacities and potential expansion. We would like any further analysis and potential improvement to the system to be a condition of the approval for this change of use, which will be part of the building permit submission. 2. The size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver. Response: The building permit process will require a submission to environmental health for the OWTS system to ensure it complies with the proposed change of use. Therefore, any size increase and impacts will be tied directly to the permitting process and review by environmental health. 3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review, and……. Response: A building permit cannot be issued on this project until environmental health reviews the existing and proposed OWTS system. Therefore, no compromise is being made by granting this waiver. 4. The information is not material to describing the purpose or demonstrating compliance with approval criteria. Response: The OWTS system already exists and is immaterial to describing the purpose or demonstrating compliance with applicable approval criteria. The existing OWTS system currently exists and is working order. As part of the building permitting process, the County requires the applicant to submit drawings and details to Environmental Health describing the existing conditions and proposed changes to the existing system. Therefore, a condition for approval would be an appropriate action and is consistent with the permit submission requirements. We hereby request a waiver from the Garfield County Access and Roadways Section 7-17 Access and Roadways A waiver request shall be considered based on the following criteria: 1. The applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver. Response: The current access and roadways have been in place and in use for over 50 years. The proposed change of use will reduce the amount of traffic on these roadways, and no improvement should be required. The current roadway also serves several single family homes without issue. 2. The size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver. Response: The proposed impact will be less than the current clubhouse building, in which the structure is remaining and no increase in the size of the building is being proposed. 3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review, and………. Response: The change of use is less impactful than what the current use is, and a waiver would not compromise a proper and complete review. 4. The information is not material to describing the purpose or demonstrating compliance with approval criteria. Response: There will be no change to the existing structure with the exception of the interior being remodeled. Therefore, it is immaterial in describing or demonstrating compliance with applicable approval criteria. The existing structure is remaining as is and the interior is being remodeled to accommodate employees of the golf course. The current roadways have been in existence for over 50 years and there is not a necessity to improve or change the existing access and roadways.