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Council reviews conditional permit for stable at 2251 Ross Drive after planning commission recommendation and neighborhood protest
Summary
City planning staff presented Use Permit Review 2024-001 on Dec. 9, 2024, seeking a conditional permit for a combined-care stable at 2251 Ross Drive (owner Angelica Gill); planning commission recommended approval 4-0 despite a 70% protest in the 400-foot notification area.
On Dec. 9, 2024, city planning staff presented Use Permit Review (UPR) 2024-001, an application by property owner Angelica Gill for a conditional use permit to operate a stable for combined care of horses on a 5.09-acre agricultural-zoned property at 2251 Ross Drive in Newcastle.
Janine Greenlee, city staff, explained that the property is approximately 5.09 acres and zoned agriculture; the Newcastle 2040 comprehensive-plan future land-use map designates the parcel as “serve suburban residential” in the staff presentation. Under the agriculture district code language staff cited, a combined-care stable (a dry-lot or stall-based operation where horses are confined and supplementary fed) is allowed by conditional use on tracts of 10 gross acres or less with evaluation of setbacks, structure size and surrounding conditions. Staff said the applicant requested allowance for up to 10 horses and 7…
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