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Custer County planning commission advances major zoning-resolution updates, debates STR and road‑access rules
Summary
The Custer County Planning Commission voted to forward a package of zoning‑resolution amendments to the Board of County Commissioners for public hearing, after extensive edits and policy debates focused on wastewater rules, signs, cemetery definitions and new application requirements for short‑term rentals and special‑use permits that rely on privately maintained access roads.
The Custer County Planning Commission voted to forward proposed updates to the county zoning resolution to the Board of County Commissioners, sending the draft to the BOCC for a public hearing with amendments approved by the commission.
Staff and commissioners reviewed a lengthy set of edits to definitions, references to state law and agencies, and technical citations (including Colorado Revised Statutes references and a House Bill citation in the appendix). The commission moved multiple definitions from appendices into the main text, corrected typographical and acronym inconsistencies (for example, CDPHE and CPW), and updated building‑code references (discussion about replacing UBC references with IBC).
Substantive policy changes discussed at length included: - On‑site wastewater systems (OWTS) and…
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