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Adams County commissioners continue multiple land‑use hearings, direct enforcement follow‑up
Summary
The board continued three land‑use items — an event center conditional use permit, a comprehensive plan amendment and a PUD amendment — and directed staff to pursue code enforcement and set dates for return hearings.
The Adams County Board of County Commissioners on March 18 continued three separate land‑use matters to future public hearings and directed staff to pursue parallel enforcement or follow‑up as appropriate.
Staff presented three requests for continuance: a conditional‑use full permit for an event center (RCU 2023‑1) that the applicant asked to move to the May 20, 2025 BOCC hearing; the Dorado & Bowdoin comprehensive plan amendment (PLN202400006), which staff recommended continue to the April 8, 2025 hearing because of a planning commission postponement; and a major amendment to the Van Pelt Planned Unit Development (PUD 2023‑002), which the applicant requested more time to address outstanding code violations and tenant/eviction matters.
The event center and comprehensive plan amendment continuances were uncontroversial and were approved by unanimous votes when motions were made. The Van Pelt PUD amendment prompted extended discussion: code enforcement staff described a multi‑year history of open and recurring compliance problems at the property, including unlicensed and oversized vehicles, vehicular repair and use of an open barrel as a heat source in a shop. Code staff said they have inspected the property multiple times over several years and that the applicant has made intermittent progress but violations remain.
At the board’s request, the county took legal advice in executive session under the statute cited on the record, and after that discussion the board approved a continuance of the Van Pelt PUD amendment to July 15, 2025 to give the applicant time to address outstanding enforcement issues; commissioners also asked the county manager to reinitiate and prioritize enforcement activity while the application is pending.
All continuances passed unanimously (5–0) when called. The board flagged the Van Pelt matter for closer enforcement follow‑up and requested additional progress reports from code enforcement staff ahead of the July hearing.
