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Arapahoe County approves Kiowa Creek composting facility over residents' objections
Summary
After hours of public comment and debate, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners conditionally approved a use-by-special-review for the Kiowa Creek Composting Facility (USR25-001). Neighbors warned of odor, dust and traffic; commissioners approved the application 3–2 with conditions and required engineering, stormwater and mitigation plans.
Arapahoe County commissioners voted 3–2 on April 14 to conditionally approve a use-by-special-review for the Kiowa Creek Composting Facility, a proposed green-waste composting site east of Bennett along Quincy Road.
Planning staff told the board the project, proposed by Aesthetic Alternative Recycling, would operate as a Class 1 composting facility limited to vegetative materials — “green waste, wood chips, grass and landscaper-type materials” — and be regulated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Ray Fields, the county planner on the case, said staff’s review found the site consistent with zoning and recommended approval with conditions addressing stormwater, traffic and nuisance mitigation.
“The project will create no more than 18 round trips a day, which is nine out and nine back,” Fields said, summarizing the traffic study, and added that the applicant must satisfy county engineering conditions before final approval of construction drawings, drainage reports and maintenance plans.
Applicant representatives described logistics designed to limit community impacts. “This is going…
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