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Residents ask county to remove wording that blocks wildlife‑setback variance requests
Summary
Property owners and an ecologist have urged Chaffee County to amend one phrase in the land‑use code — "precludes a reasonable building envelope" — arguing it prevents otherwise viable variance requests for wildlife setbacks and pushes building into less‑desirable areas.
Several Chaffee County property owners and consultants used the public‑comment period to press the Board of County Commissioners to change a single phrase in the county land‑use code that they say is preventing homeowners from applying for wildlife‑setback variances.
Kurt Baumgartner, who owns 2.3 acres along Cottonwood Creek, and other speakers told the board the code's section 3.6.0.2.02 contains a gating phrase — "precludes a reasonable building envelope" — that staff interprets to bar applicants from seeking alternative compliance if any technically allowable building location…
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