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Residents raise property-rights, transparency and economic concerns over draft land-use code
Summary
Public commenters at the Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners meeting urged a slower, clearer revision process for the county's new 2025 land use code, citing property-value risk, perceived overreach and confusion about zoning changes and accessory dwelling unit rules.
Public comment at the Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners meeting on June 13 focused on community worries about the county's new land use code and how the county solicited and summarized public input.
The handout you have in front of you, which was discussed during public comment, —the handout that you have in front of you has 6 themes that were discovered——'a speaker identified as Public Commenter said, explaining those themes were derived from a text survey and later processed by an artificial-intelligence tool.
Why it matters: commenters said the proposed 2025 code could reduce property values, limit permitted uses on rural acreage and create new barriers for small businesses and housing. They also said the…
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