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Planner Justin Curry presented the application and staff recommendations. He said the site is zoned RR-2, is outside a growth-management area, and would be served by Fort Collins-Loveland Water District and the Poudre Fire Authority. The application included appeals to Article 5.3.1(a) of the land use code to allow existing private roads to remain private and to Article 4.3.5(a)(2)(a) to allow on-site wastewater systems despite the property lying within the South Fort Collins Sanitation District boundary; the sanitation district told staff the property is outside its current service area and had no objection to a septic permit.

Curry said the development service team found the request met the applicable review criteria and recommended approval subject to the conditions in the staff report. The principal conditions include a requirement that any future subdivision of the new 12-acre lot must connect to public sewer at the time of that later subdivision and compliance with standard engineering and public-safety requirements.

Applicant Thomas Hanson, who said the intent is a single subdivision, described road improvements already made in coordination with the homeowners association, said the HOA changed covenants to limit further subdivision, and noted the project is similar to a neighboring subdivision approved June 2025. \"Everything associated with the subdivision, including public notices, has been according to county regulations,\" Hanson told commissioners.

Several referral agencies reviewed the application. Colorado Parks and Wildlife raised concern about mule deer winter range and recommended avoiding construction during the mule-deer winter season. Commissioners and staff added that the applicant had indicated willingness to comply; the board approved the project with an added condition to comply with CPW referral comments and avoid construction during the winter mule-deer season. The board also noted a condition to develop a noxious-weed management plan in coordination with Larimer County weed-control staff.

Commissioner Jody Shattuck McNally moved to approve the Hansen conservation development and the two appeals, subject to staff conditions and the added CPW-related condition. The motion passed 3–0.

Key details in the staff record include: property location at 2955 Living Springs Lane, the proposed 12-acre developable parcel with a 4-acre building envelope, residual land of approximately 19 acres, service by Fort Collins-Loveland Water District, and Poudre Fire Authority emergency service. Notifications were sent to eight nearby property owners (within 500 feet); staff recorded no public comments from neighbors. The South Fort Collins Sanitation District stated the parcel is outside its current service boundary and raised no objections to on-site wastewater pending health-department review. The board’s conditions require standard engineering improvements, compliance with referral agency recommendations (including CPW), and connection to sewer if future subdivision materially changes density.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Land Use Meeting 7/28/25, 6:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The Board of County Commissioners approved the Hansen preliminary plat to divide a 35-acre parcel into a 12-acre residential lot and a 19-acre residual lot, granting two appeals relating to road ownership and on-site wastewater subject to conditions, including compliance with Colorado Parks and Wildlife referral comments.","taxTitle","Larimer County, Colorado","taxId",4545,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6491377,"Larimer County denies Schubert appeal to drill well inside Northern Colorado Water service area",2239,1395000,3634000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5496681-e942f5cf77360032b54c79058eb8a119&start=1395&end=3634","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5496681-e942f5cf77360032b54c79058eb8a119/thumbnail_1395000.jpg","/articles/6491377/Larimer-County/Colorado/Larimer-County-denies-Schubert-appeal-to-drill-well-inside-Northern-Colorado-Water-service-area","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491377-4b0ff406e2c8882bd6be9d72d3f37e01/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144319&Signature=ComWkSDRtiA9szpV7tWOHBI5AMQPGi99AU1nWMrahmEwMOBgAZ5W8pEJxx5iaoFA-~cvlKqDOWboBEIs-CDQ2Fag3zJumfEFOGM3tSj-5iPWt4sj0FYkQmQ2QYoDFT2ZWJYQ3YuHFEdfzbSBr9b6RwfrzSjMoB3fOxJFxzA5rYhJAj4ugZpXKWjYm~3YDySfAiXhE2tiNKUXlL3Zch2EfjNcwcvEsJvQ4nGVyl2Kz~8vKhIoehiRL5ZpkWOaE4MzHgmhkwuoArvs6IrlnwusQuuvjaaPcN7z-808J-SgQXbVLqp3leC1Aonll12ETq-9aWukIgDlgK1UzIfVpNHq1g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Larimer County commissioners on July 28 denied an appeal by Craig Schubert to allow a well as the primary domestic water source for Lot 1 of the Robidoux Conservation Development, a 2.5-acre parcel at 9698 Hat Trick Lane in Wellington.

County planner Samantha (Sam) Lascher told the Board the application appealed sections of the county land use code governing wells within the Northern Colorado Water Association service area and that staff recommended denial. \"The Roberdeau Conservation development was approved with the assurance that Northern Colorado Water could serve the properties,\" Lascher said, adding that the development was not conceived to rely on wells. She also noted Northern Colorado Water had enacted a tap moratorium and that the county’s recent code amendment (May 2025) that eased appeals for properties larger than 35 acres does not apply to this lot because it is only 2.5 acres.

Lascher said staff found the appeal failed three of five required review criteria, including that approval would not subvert the purpose of the land use code and comprehensive plan and that sufficient evidence on water quantity and quality for a new well was not provided. She recommended denial, saying granting the appeal could \"lead to unsustainable development patterns, long term consequences, and potentially set a precedent for other property owners in a similar situation.\"

Applicant Craig Schubert, appearing remotely, said he previously applied for a well permit in 2021 and that the Colorado Division of Water Resources had, at that time, treated the subdivision as qualifying for a cluster development. Schubert said the county previously told him it had no process to amend the conservation development to allow a well and that a test well cost estimate of $8,000–$12,000 posed a financial barrier. He asked the commissioners to approve a well permit now with a condition requiring a water-quality and -quantity report at the building permit stage. \"There is no other way to provide water to develop my land or to even sell so it can be developed,\" Schubert said.

County staff and the health department said the presence and production of nearby wells does not guarantee similar results on Schubert’s lot because subsurface geology can change over short distances; staff maintained a test well on the lot is the reliable evidence. The discussion also addressed Colorado law that generally limits domestic wells on lots smaller than 35 acres, and the county’s distinction between conservation developments and the statutory \"cluster development\" eligible for an exempt well.

After deliberation, Commissioner John Kefalas moved to deny the appeal (file no. 25GNRL0570). The motion passed 3–0. Commissioners Kristen Stevens (chair) and Jody Shattuck McNally joined Kefalas in voting to deny the appeal.

The county record shows the Robidoux Conservation Development was approved in 2017 and recorded in 2018; Schuberts purchased Lot 1 in August 2018 and learned of Northern Colorado Water Association’s 07/01/2020 tap moratorium in 2021. The application was referred to nearby property owners and five agencies; staff received four written comments or voicemails opposing the proposal. Northern Colorado Water provided a March 2024 letter confirming it could not serve the property; Wellington Fire Protection District did not provide formal comment. Staff noted the application was submitted before the county’s May 2025 code amendment that changed some procedures for properties larger than 35 acres, but the amendment does not affect this 2.5-acre lot.

Commissioners made clear the denial was based on the land-use review criteria and the development’s original approval assumptions rather than the applicant’s personal circumstances. The board’s formal action denies the appeal and leaves the property subject to the land use code standards for water supply and state water-rights limits.","Larimer County commissioners denied an appeal from property owner Craig Schubert seeking permission to use a well as the primary domestic water source for a 2.5-acre lot in the Robidoux Conservation Development after staff found the request did not meet multiple review criteria.","actionData","errors"]

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