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Eldorado Springs residents say land-use change cut allowable home size; ask commissioners for flexibility

5599378 · August 14, 2025
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Summary

Residents of Eldorado Springs told the Boulder County commissioners a recent amendment to the land-use code (SPR) reduced presumptive maximum home sizes in town sites and that the change was based on incorrect information; they asked the board to reopen the rule or allow a sliding scale.

A Boulder County resident told commissioners that a recent change to the SPR (a provision of the county land-use code) reduced the presumptive maximum home size in Eldorado Springs town site from a previously flexible formula to a hard cap of 1,500 square feet, and that the change was made in error.

"Up until the rule change, I could have built a 3,000-ish square-foot home there. That's been cut in half to 1,500 square feet," said Eric Swin, an Eldorado Springs homeowner. Swin described…

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