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Clay County commissioners deny small-scale land-use change after residents and developer clash over Trail Ridge plan
Summary
The board voted to deny a developer’s request to change the future land use on a 5-acre portion of a Ridgewood/Trail Ridge parcel, after neighbors raised traffic, noise, wildlife and character concerns and the applicant described buffers and an infill build for high-end single-family homes.
The Clay County Board of County Commissioners voted to deny a small-scale comprehensive-plan amendment that would have changed the future land use on a roughly 5-acre portion of a parcel near Trail Ridge from rural residential to a suburban designation, after a lengthy public hearing on Aug. 27.
Planning staff presented the application and a corrected survey that reduced the affected area from an earlier 6-acre figure to 5 acres, saying the change would allow additional residential lots and enable a developer to spread infrastructure costs across more units. "The application would add roughly seven additional units to that portion of the property compared with existing allowances," planning staff told the board during the presentation.
The applicant and project team, represented by agent Josh Cockerell,…
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