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Board rules small, isolated slopes outside scope of new slope-overlay requirement for this parcel
Summary
The board interpreted the county’s newly adopted slope-overlay district as intended for large, continuous slopes (15%+), not small or isolated sloped areas; the board granted an interpretation for case ADash250041 exempting the parcel from the overlay process.
The Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustment on Nov. 17 granted an interpretation of the county’s recently adopted slope-overlay district, concluding the overlay targets large, continuous slope areas—generally 15 percent grade or greater—and not small, isolated slopes such as the one affecting the parcel in case ADash250041.
County staff explained the overlay district in the new zoning resolution is meant to regulate construction in large, continuous slope areas (staff used Red Mountain as an example) and said projects involving isolated or limited steep areas were not intended to fall under the overlay’s full review. Staff asked the board to clarify that the subject property should be handled without requiring the overlay or additional Planning & Zoning review.
No members of the public spoke at the hearing. A board member moved to approve the staff’s requested interpretation; the motion was seconded and the board approved the case.
Staff’s explanation will guide whether similar small or isolated sloped parcels must go through the overlay/P&Z process under the new zoning resolution.
