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Park County approves Paradise Valley zoning amendment, narrows Mill Creek Ridge viewshed test
Summary
The Park County commission approved an amendment to the Paradise Valley Planning and Zoning District regulations that removes a Mill Creek Ridge viewshed test, codifies a 30-foot structure-height limit and clarifies how height is measured from natural grade; the change will return for formal filing after ministerial edits.
Park County commissioners on Oct. 21 approved an amendment to the Paradise Valley Planning and Zoning District regulations that removes a Mill Creek Ridge viewshed test while keeping viewshed protections for remaining Elbow Creek properties and clarifying how a 30-foot height limit is measured.
Planning staff told the commission the petition replaces a prior "military horizon" test for Mill Creek Ridge with a requirement that structures in that subdivision be built within existing building envelopes and not exceed 30 feet in height, and that the amendment clarifies where "natural grade" is measured. "This would remove the military horizon definition and provisions," the planning staff said, and it would "require structures ... not be seen from specific points along…
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