Planning and Zoning Commission continues hearing on proposed subdivision at 1348 Barber Drive

The Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 27 continued the public hearing on a combined conceptual-plan and preliminary-plat application to subdivide 1348 Barber Drive — an existing four-unit multifamily building — into four individual townhome-style lots.

The continuation to March 13, 2025, followed more than an hour of staff explanation, an applicant presentation and detailed commissioner questioning about how the subdivision would meet area-ratio rules in the Crystal Village PUD and how a proposed shared open-space easement would be defined and used.

Town planning staff described the application as unusual because the development code’s usual subdivision pathways did not fit the proposal. Staff member Jared (last name not specified in the transcript) told commissioners that the application “is not proposing condominium units, and it's defining 4 lots, which are subdivision exemption caps at 3 lots,” and therefore the combined conceptual-plan and preliminary-plat route was required. He said some review criteria for the conceptual/preliminary process are “not overly applicable to this type of an application.”

The proposal would split the existing fourplex into four townhome-style lots. Applicant Mike Eaton, who identified himself as owner of “1340 1348 Barber LLC,” said each unit would be approximately 2,080 square feet with four bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, a one-car garage and a driveway. Eaton said he bought the property in March 2023 and made…