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Commission approves Penrose minor subdivision with waivers and deferred drainage plan
Summary
The commission approved MS25-0046E, splitting a Penrose property into two lots. Staff recommended approval with two waivers: deferring a drainage plan for Lot 1 until development and allowing a lot depth-to-width variance for Lot 2 to preserve agricultural use; the commission added plat language about drainage.
The Fremont County Planning Commission on Oct. 8 approved MS25-0046E, a minor subdivision application by Travis Jenkins to create two lots at 560 Sixth Street in Penrose, granting two waiver requests and adding plat language to defer drainage analysis until time of development.
Planning staff reported that both proposed lots meet minimum zone-district requirements and that Lot 1 is a corner lot fronting E Street and Sixth Street while Lot 2 fronts only on Sixth Street. Staff described two waiver requests: 1) deferred drainage plan and report for Lot 1 until development, and 2) a variance from the subdivision standard that "wherever possible, the depth of the lot should not be greater than twice its width" because the applicant sought to optimize existing hay field and maintain an agricultural lot of at least 4.5 acres. The staff recommendation supported both waivers, citing the Fremont County Master Plan agricultural goal to keep farmland productive.
Beaver Park Water noted an underground irrigation pipe along the north fence line of proposed Lot 2 that will continue to serve both lots and remains the property owner’s responsibility; Beaver Park’s maintenance ends at a concrete box on Sixth Street. The county building official confirmed a soil classification report and recommended the northwest corner of Lot 1 as the primary OWTS location based on soils testing. County engineering and planning staff agreed that a drainage plan could be deferred until construction because current conditions show no increased impervious area. The county Department of Transportation requested that property owners obtain access permits for any new access points and keep stormwater on private property.
Applicant Travis Jenkins had no objection to staff recommendations and requested that the drainage-note language the commission asked for be added to the plat; staff agreed to provide specific plat language. After brief discussion, a commissioner moved to approve MS25-0046E with the waiver requests and the additional drainage language on the plat; the motion was seconded and passed on a voice vote.
Conditions and notes included removal of a specific plat note (as requested by staff), adding the deferred drainage plan note for Lot 1, and a plat note designating the northwest corner of Lot 1 as the primary OWTS location. The Department of Transportation’s access permit requirement and property-owner responsibility for maintaining irrigation infrastructure were also recorded in the file.
The action was procedural: a Planning Commission recommendation that, upon compliance with plat notes and county permit processes, will allow the applicant to record the final plat and pursue development.
