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Planning commission backs rezoning for former Mesa Verde pottery site with conditions to protect nearby cemetery
Summary
The commission voted 4-1 to recommend Montezuma County commissioners approve a commercial rezoning and high-impact permit for a visitor center and outdoor vendor village at 27601 Highway 160; conditions include a privacy fence and acoustic-only performances near Cortez Cemetery.
The Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve a commercial rezoning and high-impact permit for the former Mesa Verde Pottery building at 27601 Highway 160, allowing a visitor center, museum and a vendor village on about 4.05 acres.
The applicant, agent Beth Cascaden representing the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, told the commission the building has existing utilities and that Montezuma Water Company “states that they already have service there with a 1 inch commercial meter.” Cascaden said the applicant has a sewer permit and has retained a traffic engineering firm to provide an updated access study for CDOT.
The recommendation came after neighbors, including representatives of the Cortez…
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