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Commission backs PR‑7 rezoning for 46‑lot garden‑home subdivision, adds emergency access condition
Summary
Staff recommended and the planning commission recommended approval of rezoning Z24‑0056 to PR‑7 for a 46‑lot garden‑home development with conditions requiring sprinklers, conservation easement of floodplain area, and access that can serve both recreation and emergency egress; commissioners amended the staff conditions to explicitly allow dual function access and approved the recommendation.
Jefferson County planning staff told the commission that a revised plan for Z24‑0056 reduced a previously larger layout to 46 clustered garden‑home lots and recommended rezoning to PR‑7 with conditions intended to protect steep slopes and a mapped special flood hazard area.
Staff proposed several conditions: that each residence be built with a sprinkler system; that the area around the special flood hazard area be dedicated as a conservation…
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