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Planning commission recommends rezoning three Digby parcels near Kiowa to agriculture
Summary
The Elbert County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend rezoning three parcels called the Digby properties — 113.5 acres near Kiowa — from undefined/Kiowa planned‑development status to county agricultural zoning after the parcels were deannexed from the Town of Kiowa.
The Elbert County Planning Commission on May 20, 2024, recommended that the Board of County Commissioners approve a county-initiated rezoning of three contiguous parcels known as the Digby properties to agricultural zoning. The parcels total about 113.5 acres and lie just south of the town of Kiowa.
CDS planner Danny Klebanner said the properties were previously annexed into Kiowa as part of a planned development that did not occur; the town removed the parcels by decree in 2024, leaving them without county zoning. Klebanner said the rezone to agriculture conforms with the county comprehensive plan’s support for private-property, agricultural uses and that the rezoning is compatible with surrounding agricultural parcels and Kiowa’s adjacent residential uses.
No public comments were received on the county-initiated rezoning, and referral agencies returned no objections, Klebanner said. Notice requirements were met via the Ranch Land News publication schedule required for county‑initiated rezones.
Action: The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of case RZ2025901 (county-initiated rezone of three parcels to agriculture). The motion carried unanimously; the recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for final action.
Klebanner told the commission the existing easement that connects the small, irregular tract to the town remains in place and would not be affected by the rezoning. The commission’s recommendation will appear in the BOCC packet for final consideration.
