Commissioners approve rezoning for 28763 Columbine Drive, making property eligible for short‑term rental application

The GEFCO Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 approved a rezoning request for a 1.009-acre property at 28763 Columbine Drive in Conifer, moving the parcel from Mountain Residential 2 to Mountain Residential 1. The rezoning was read into the record by Clerk Zahra Murad as "Resolution CC25-216. Case number 24-112415RZ, rezoning. Case name, 28763 Columbine Drive rezoning... Purpose, to rezone from mountain residential 2 to mountain residential 1. So the property has a zone district classification that is eligible for a short term rental application." The hearing consent items were approved as part of the consent agenda with a recorded aye vote by the two commissioners in attendance. The clerk identified David W. M. Mead and Susan J. Mead as the owner/applicants and Ally McGaughey as the case manager for the item. No public comment or discussion on the rezoning was recorded during the meeting; the item was on the hearing consent agenda and was approved without separate debate. Commissioner Leslie Dahlkemper and Commissioner Rachel Zenzinger voted to approve the hearing consent agenda that included the rezoning. The board listed the item by resolution number in the packet and moved to approve it as part of hearing consent items 9.1 through 9.2. The approval changes the parcel's zoning classification as read into the record; any subsequent applications that rely on that zoning change (for example, a short‑term rental application) would follow separate permitting and review processes required by county rules.