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Larimer commissioners reverse director, allow outdoor amplified music at Horsetooth Tavern with conditions
Summary
The board overturned a planning director determination and allowed outdoor amplified music at the Horsetooth Tavern after hearing owners and extensive public comment; the commissioners attached noise and monitoring conditions.
The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners on April 14 reversed a community development director decision and approved outdoor amplified music at the Horsetooth Tavern, a longstanding restaurant and bar near Horsetooth Reservoir, subject to conditions intended to limit noise and require monitoring.
Background and decision: Planning staff had concluded there was not sufficient evidence that outdoor amplified music at the restaurant constituted a continuous, legally nonconforming use dating to the county’s 1973 land‑use code. The property owners, Donovan and Dawn Isaacs, appealed the director’s December determination. After a lengthy public hearing with more than three dozen in‑person speakers, the commissioners voted to grant the appeal and permit…
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