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Custer County planning commissioners recommend denial of one STR application, approve another with conditions
Summary
Custer County Planning Commission members voted 4-3 to recommend that county commissioners deny a short-term rental application filed as Birch Creek Home Inc. (Mountain Meadows Ranch), after neighbors raised concerns about water rights, shared easements and trespass; the commission separately recommended approval of another STR with a boundary-marking condition.
Custer County Planning Commission members voted on several short-term rental applications during their meeting; they recommended that county commissioners deny one application after neighbors raised concerns about water rights, trespass and community character, and recommended approval of a second application with a condition to mark property boundaries.
The commission voted 4-3 to recommend that county commissioners not approve the short-term rental application filed as Birch Creek Home Inc. (Mountain Meadows Ranch), citing neighbor objections and on-the-record concerns about water access, shared easements and potential impacts to ranching operations. Commissioner Daryl said, “I’m very concerned about the water…the ditches, to go in and clean them to do whatever,” and described how changes to ditch access could create problems for adjoining ranching operations.
The motion to recommend denial followed multiple written objections and…
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