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Residents, property owners urge Chaffee County to revise new land-use code
Summary
Several residents and a community survey group told the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners that the county's new land-use code has reduced property rights and development potential, and they asked the board to open a process for incremental revisions.
Several residents and a members'organized survey group pressed the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners on April 15 to reopen and revise the county's new land-use code, saying the rules sharply reduce homebuilding options and depressed property values for private landowners.
The comments came during the public-comment period. Blaine Clark, a county resident, said the code has replaced the county's earlier rural and recreation designations with new categories such as Ag/Ranch/Conservation/Recreation (PCR), and that change has left some landowners unable to build homes they had previously planned. "The new code…
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