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Planning commission approves Green Hills plat amendment, removes lot-specific height notes
Summary
The Eastern Summit County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a plat amendment for the Green Hills subdivision that removes prior building-pad notes and adopts current code height measurements tied to natural and finished grade.
The Eastern Summit County Planning Commission on a unanimous vote approved a plat amendment for the Green Hills subdivision that removes previously recorded building-pad notes and adopts measurement rules under the current development code.
Staff planner Amir told the commission the amendment removes older, lot-specific notes and replaces them with rules that measure structure height from natural and finished grade, with the more restrictive measurement applied. "Due to some previous disturbance on the site, there is one note that the applicants are adding on the plat... measurement of height... from natural and finished grade, and whichever is the more restrictive would be the one that's applied," Amir said.
The amendment seeks consistency with the county's updated development code, which now includes explicit ridgeline and critical-lands standards. Amir said staff performed an initial ridgeline analysis and concluded most lots under review appear outside the codified ridgeline buffer, but that final compliance will be determined at building permit review. "...we will, as we receive building permits, we'll do a full blown analysis according to the code," he said.
Commissioners asked whether eliminating the prior 24-foot limit on some lots would allow taller homes under the current code. Staff answered that, if a lot does not trigger ridgeline restrictions, it could be built to the zone maximum (discussed in the hearing as 32 feet), but if a lot breaks ridgeline standards a lower limit would apply under the ridgeline rules.
A commissioner moved to approve the amendment "to the following findings and facts and conclusions of laws and conditions of approval," the motion was seconded, and the commission voted unanimously in favor.
The commission's approval applies the current development code and requires that any future building permits demonstrate compliance with the code's ridgeline and critical-lands provisions at the time of permit review. Staff recommended approval in the written staff report and during the hearing.
Implementation details: final height and ridgeline compliance will be determined at building permit review, and the new plat note will require height measurement from natural or finished grade (whichever is more restrictive).
