Planning commission tables Box Creek gravel mining permit to July 28

The Lake County Planning Commission on May 28 voted to continue Titan’s Box Creek gravel-mining conditional use permit, file 2403, to July 28 at 4 p.m. to allow staff and outside consultants additional time to complete a traffic safety analysis and coordinate findings with the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Planning staff told commissioners the applicant, Titan, requested the continuance to address “issues that were raised by the planning commission, the board, and the public” at an April 28 hearing and to allow the county’s traffic consultant, Kimley-Horn, and CDOT to finish a safety analysis of the intersection at County Road 10 and County Road 24. Staff recommended tabling the item to permit that work to be completed before the commission makes a final decision.

A commissioner moved to table file 2403; a second was recorded and the commission took a voice vote. The motion to continue the application carried. The hearing will be resumed at the July 28 meeting at 4 p.m., per the motion.

The continuation postpones any formal action on Titan’s requested mining permit until staff and CDOT complete the requested intersection safety work and the applicant has time to respond to the consultant findings. No final approval, conditions, or vote tallies beyond the continuance were recorded at the May 28 meeting.

Staff said the additional analysis is intended to give the county more information for consultations with CDOT and to help Titan address traffic-safety concerns raised previously. The commission did not take further substantive testimony or debate on the project at the May 28 meeting.

The continuance preserves the commission’s ability to act after the July 28 analysis and any follow-up materials are submitted.