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Pitkin County planning commission continues Phillips Mobile Home Park review after hours of technical briefings and public opposition
Summary
Pitkin County planners and asset staff presented a county‑led plan to modernize water and sewer and add 40 new affordable homes at the Phillips Mobile Home Park. Staff found the proposal conflicts with the Woody Creek master plan but aligns with parts of the Down Valley comprehensive plan; commissioners voted to continue the hearing to May 5 after extensive public comment on flood hazards, wildlife and relocation.
Pitkin County’s Planning & Zoning Commission on April 21 continued a public hearing on a county‑initiated proposal to upgrade utilities at the Phillips Mobile Home Park and add roughly 40 new affordable homes, directing staff to draft a resolution that captures the panel’s concerns and returning the item on May 5 for final action.
Planner Nicole and county asset manager Kevin Warner gave a technical presentation that described the 74½‑acre county parcel, a long‑standing legal nonconforming mobile‑home park, and outlined the county’s plan: two new water wells, a roughly 900‑square‑foot water‑treatment building, a mostly buried 280,000‑gallon concrete storage tank (about 210,000 gallons dedicated to fire flows), a permitted wastewater treatment facility using bio‑clear units, asphalt road improvements and clustering of 40 new stick‑built units (a mix of fourplexes, duplexes and single‑family homes) on about 22 acres of the site.
Kevin Warner told the commission the water tank "will meet the required fire flows" and described…
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