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Salida resident asks Chaffee County to waive rezoning fee tied to boundary-line adjustment
Summary
Ralph Topper told commissioners a conditional boundary-line adjustment was approved administratively but that an unexpected $2,500 rezoning fee was required because adjoining parcels have different zoning; he asked the board to rezone the 1.5-acre strip or waive the fee so the neighbor-to-neighbor transfer can proceed.
Ralph Topper, a Salida resident, asked the Chaffee County commissioners to either rezone a 1.5-acre strip of land north of his property or waive a $2,500 rezoning application fee so a previously conditionally approved boundary-line adjustment can be finalized.
Topper said the 40-acre parcel to the north is owned by an elderly couple and that the 1.5-acre strip would serve only as a buffer to his existing home. He told the board he completed a boundary-line adjustment application, paid county fees and incurred about $2,500 in costs. "This would involve no new development and no change in land use. It's simply a buffer," Topper said.
Topper said Planning and Zoning staff initially indicated the change could be handled administratively as a boundary-line adjustment (administrative decision number 2025-14). During review, staff discovered a zoning discrepancy: Topper's lot is rural residential while the Lynn property is zoned agricultural. That discrepancy prompted staff to require a rezoning application before the county can record the boundary-line adjustment, Topper said.
Commissioners thanked Topper for the information and said they would do "exploratory work" with Planning Director Miles Cottom and staff to identify options, including whether the county can use statutory authority to address the discrepancy or otherwise reduce the applicant's cost. No formal action was taken during the meeting; staff said they would follow up with Topper.
What happens next: County staff will review options with Planning and Zoning and return to the board or contact Topper with next steps.
