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Planning commission continues Ranger Ranchette hangar proposal after safety, noise and intensity concerns
Summary
Montrose County Planning Commission paused action on a special use permit that would allow four hangars and continued use of an historic private airstrip after extensive public comment about noise, dust, flight safety and future commercial use; staff was instructed to draft additional permit conditions and the matter was continued to the March 27 meeting.
The Montrose County Planning Commission continued a public hearing on the Ranger Ranchette special use permit on Feb. 27 after more than an hour of testimony from the applicant, staff and dozens of nearby residents who raised safety, noise and dust concerns.
Staff summarized the request as a proposal to allow four hangars (including one hangar-home) and continued use of an existing private airstrip across roughly 34 acres in the Ranger Ranchettes minor subdivision. The county’s planner told commissioners the airstrip is a legal nonconforming use and that adding hangars constitutes an expansion that requires a special use permit and conditions.
Applicant Dan Panassa, who read a prepared history of the airstrip and said the project is intended for private, hobby flying, asked the commission to allow the modest buildout so “a piece of local…
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