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Eldorado Springs resident urges flexibility after county halves presumptive house-size maximums
Summary
A resident of Eldorado Springs told commissioners that a county rule change halved allowed residential maximums in town sites, reducing a potential 3,000-square-foot allowance to 1,500 square feet for many lots and potentially cutting property values; he asked land-use staff for flexibility and a sliding scale tied to lot size.
ELDORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — At a Sept. 4 public comment period, a longtime Eldorado Springs homeowner urged Boulder County commissioners to provide flexibility after county changes reduced presumptive maximum house sizes in the town sites. Eric Swing, who said he has owned his home in Eldorado Springs for 30 years, told the board that recent rule changes cut a presumptive maximum that had allowed up to about 3,000 square feet on larger lots to a uniform 1,500 square feet for many town‑site parcels. “Up until the rule change, I could have built a 3,000-ish…
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