Planning commissioners pull Copperleaf amendment off the table, vote to postpone and re-notice

Arapahoe County Planning Commission members voted on Feb. 4 to remove the Copperleaf comprehensive plan amendment from a tabled status and postpone further action so the applicant can hold a neighborhood meeting and the county can re-notice the case. The commission voted 6-1 to take the item from the table, and then 6-1 to postpone consideration of LR22-008; Commissioner Miller cast the lone opposing vote on both actions.

The action follows confusion at a December hearing about whether the commission’s prior votes had actually disposed of the case or simply tabled it. Jason Reynolds, planning staff, described the Feb. 4 motions as “essentially a housekeeping item to clarify the action that the Planning Commission took on December 3” and to align that action with the Planning Commission bylaws.

Why it matters: the case — an application to amend the 2018 Arapahoe County comprehensive plan in the vicinity of South Gun Club Road and East Bellevue Avenue (LR22-008) — has generated substantial public comment about traffic impacts. Commissioners and staff said postponement will…