Hideout planning commission continues Elkhorn Springs rezoning and Wild Horse conditional use to March 20

The Hideout Town Planning Commission on March 4 voted to continue consideration of a conditional use permit for the Wild Horse cluster development and a proposed rezoning and master development agreement (MDA) for the Elkhorn Springs site to a date certain: the commission—s March 20 regular meeting.

The continuance came after town staff said they had not received all materials needed to prepare a full report for the commission and that the town attorney had only received some documents a few hours before the meeting. The commission opened the items for public comment; none was offered in person or online.

Commissioners and the applicant spent the substantive portion of the meeting discussing high-level terms that the planning commission wants clarified in the MDA. Town staff described the proposal as an upzone from Mountain Residential to a mix of uses including Neighborhood Mixed Use Residential 20 and Natural Preservation and said the developer—s concept would increase buildable density relative to the current one-acre-lot expectation. Staff noted the project footprint is about 15 acres but that steep slopes, road infrastructure and one-acre-lot requirements reduce the number of units that could be built by right to roughly 70—75; the applicant is proposing a planned cluster development with a substantially higher yield (the applicant—s materials show 226 lots across product types).

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