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Planning Commission continues Ranch at Watkins Farm preliminary plat after residents raise water, floodplain and road concerns
Summary
Commissioners continued the preliminary plat for the Ranch at Watkins Farm (PP23-002) to Sept. 16 after extensive public comment on water supply, flood risk and road conditions; staff recommended approval but commissioners requested additional information on the FEMA floodplain and water rights.
The Arapahoe County Planning Commission on Aug. 19 voted to continue consideration of the Ranch at Watkins Farm preliminary plat (PP23-002) to Sept. 16 to allow staff and commissioners to obtain additional information about floodplain delineation and water-supply questions raised by residents.
Staff principal planner Molly Orkin Larson presented the preliminary plat for the Ranch at Watkins Farm, filing 1, saying the applicant, Strategic Land Solutions Inc., proposes subdividing 36.73 acres into 11 single-family lots and one tract for stormwater detention. Lot sizes would range from about 2.41 to 4.5 acres. The site lies east of North Watkins Road and adjacent to East Colfax Service Road; portions of the parcel lie within a FEMA-designated 100-year floodplain (Cardboard Gulch). Staff said the proposal yields a density of about 3.34 dwelling units per gross acre and conforms to the county land development code and the comprehensive plan’s urban residential, single-family-detached designation.
Orkin Larson and the applicant said utilities would be served by well water and…
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