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Commission recommends approval of Turf Master LLC variance for Ponca Road with conditions on future residence use
Summary
After extended discussion about compatibility, notice, drainage and future residential use, the Planning Commission recommended approval of variance VA248 allowing a contractor's equipment yard at 7695 Ponca Road with conditions and an added notation clarifying the applicant's ability to live on the property in the future.
The El Paso County Planning Commission voted 9-0 to recommend approval of variance of use VA248, which would allow Turf Master LLC to operate a contractor's equipment yard at 7695 Ponca Road, and to forward the recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.
Planning staff described the request and the review process. Lisa Elgin, project manager, said the property is zoned RR-5 (Residential Rural) within the Commercial Airport Overlay District; a contractor's equipment yard is not an allowed or special use in that district, so the applicant applied for a variance of use. Elgin said no neighbors had contacted the office in writing and that the application area had been posted; she noted the applicant proposed three pole barns and…
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