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Jefferson County planning updates: 28 ongoing Conifer-area cases; Shadow Mountain Bike Park denied, other rezoning cases pending or approved
Summary
Jefferson County planners reported 28 ongoing cases in the Conifer 285 corridor. Highlights: a CORE Electric location-and-extent pre-application; a Kitty Drive proposal to create five two-family lots; Shadow Mountain Bike Park was denied by the Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 12; other rezoning cases have approvals or are scheduled for Dec. 10.
Heather Bevilis, planning supervisor for long-range planning, told attendees there are "28 cases that are ongoing in the Conifer 285 corridor area plan." She described the pre-application process as preliminary and said roughly 40% to 50% of pre-applications never proceed to formal applications because of issues discovered early.
Bevilis highlighted a CORE Electric location-and-extent pre-application to study alternate alignments for overhead transmission and distribution near the Kings Valley area, noting utilities follow special comprehensive-plan policies. She described a pre-application north of Kitty Drive proposing to use Mountain Residential-3 zoning to subdivide a property into five two-family (attached) lots; the applicant may need rezoning depending on final lot configuration.
On recent Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) actions, Bevilis said the Shadow Mountain Bike Park case "recently went to public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners and it was denied by the Board of County Commissioners on November 12." She noted another high-interest property (Hilldale Clines) appealed from MR2 to MR1 is scheduled before the BOCC on Dec. 10 after a planning commission recommendation for approval. Bevilis also reported two Pine Grove-area cases: one rezoning approved by the BOCC on Nov. 12 that will allow onsite service previously limited by water restrictions, and an adjacent commercial-to-residential rezoning to legalize an existing residence.
Bevilis closed with a summary of a Shady Hill Circle-area proposal to rezone approximately 22.86 acres from A2 to A1 (reducing minimum lot size from 10 acres to 5 acres), which could allow up to four dwelling units if wildfire-policy conditions are met.
Public participation: Bevilis outlined three key public-notification points in rezoning/special-use processes (community meeting, formal application phase, and two public hearings at planning commission and BOCC), described postcard and sign notifications and hybrid hearing options, and encouraged written testimony at those hearings.
Next steps: several cases remain in planning or will be heard by the BOCC in December; pre-application proponents may still withdraw or revise proposals during the process.
