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Planning commission recommends code change to align utility definitions
Summary
The Countywide Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of PLN25-006 on July 7, a code amendment removing the “Utility Storage Area” definition from Chapter 15 to align with Chapter 10’s definition of major utility facilities; the motion was approved 8-0 with a condition for County Attorney review.
The Summit County Countywide Planning Commission on July 7 recommended approval of PLN25-006, a zoning-code amendment that removes the definition “Utility Storage Area” from Chapter 15 to eliminate a discrepancy with the definition of “Major Facilities of a Public Utility” found in Chapter 10.
Commissioner Greg Roy moved to recommend approval “based on the three findings and one condition as listed in the staff report,” and Commissioner Cassi Clark Ward-Hunt seconded. The commission approved the recommendation by a vote of 8-0.
According to the record, the staff report’s findings stated that the amendment clarifies how certain utility uses are defined and permitted, aligns the amendment with Summit County Master Plans, and conforms with State land use statutes. The record cites Colorado Revised Statutes at C.R.S. § 30-28-101 et seq., the Local Government Land Use Control Enabling Act at C.R.S. § 29-20-101 et seq., and C.R.S. § 24-65.1-101 as legal authority for the county’s land-use regulatory powers.
The approval included a single stated condition: the final code language will be subject to review and approval by the office of the County Attorney before adoption.
Staff did not record additional deliberations or public testimony on PLN25-006 in the minutes. The commission’s recorded action was a recommendation to adopt the code amendment with the County Attorney’s final review pending; no effective date was specified in the meeting record.
Next steps: county staff will prepare the final code language and route it to the County Attorney for review as required by the commission’s condition.
