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Commissioners approve rezone for 13-acre Lohr parcel to allow two-lot subdivision
Summary
The board approved a rezone of a 13-acre parcel owned by Judith Lohr from Agricultural Ranching (AR) to Rural Residential (RR) to permit subdivision into two parcels; planning staff said the change aligns the parcel with surrounding low-density residential development and the Planning Commission recommended approval.
The Chaffee County Board of Commissioners voted on Aug. 12 to approve a rezoning request by Judith Lohr that changes a 13-acre parcel from Agricultural Ranching (AR) to Rural Residential (RR), allowing potential subdivision into two lots.
Planning staff told the board the parcel is an illegal lot of record, is surrounded by low-density residential parcels and that an adjacent 11-lot subdivision approved near the site had changed the local character since the comprehensive plan’s future-land-use map was prepared. Planning staff also said a small sliver of the property contains high-quality wildlife habitat but that existing resource-protection setbacks in the land‑use code would manage those concerns.
Staff noted the Planning Commission recommended approval. During public comment and board discussion there were no speakers opposing the Lohr rezone at this hearing. After deliberation a commissioner moved and the board voted unanimously in favor; the minutes record the motion, second and an 'Aye' vote from the commissioners present.
Planning staff said that although the comprehensive-plan future land-use map shows the parcel as AR, the subsequent subdivision approvals around the property changed the area’s character and that rezoning to RR would bring the parcel into consistency with neighboring lots and the practical pattern of development.
Commissioners and staff discussed the LUC approval criteria, resource protections and road capacity; staff said Road & Bridge expressed no adverse comments on serving a potential subdivision. No conditions or additional study were imposed at the time of approval; standard subdivision review and resources protections in the land-use code will apply to any future subdivision application.
The decision was recorded as a resolution approving the rezone, and the change will allow uses permitted in the RR zone under the county land-use code.
