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Commissioners approve two subdivision/rezoning items, update consent agenda actions
Summary
At the April 7 meeting commissioners approved a subdivision amendment (High Duran) and a five‑acre single‑lot development (Backstrom/Stevenson), signed a prior mylar, and moved several consent items for individual consideration.
The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners approved two land‑use applications on April 7, voting to accept a subdivision amendment for the High Duran subdivision and a separate five‑acre single‑lot development and rezoning application.
For the High Duran amendment, planning staff described transfers of roughly 1.2 acres (south) and 1.9 acres (north) to expand Lot 2 so both houses will be on the larger lot, with Lot 1 reduced and potentially available for another dwelling under the Land Use Code. No members of the public spoke in opposition; the board approved the amendment on a voice vote and closed the hearing.
In a separate hearing, applicants Alyssa Backstrom and Shannon Stevenson sought approval to split a five‑acre parcel from a 160‑acre holding at 19041 Road S. Planning & Zoning recommended unanimous approval with a condition that access easements be clarified (either an access at the southwest corner to the north parcel or alternate access farther east on Road S). Commissioners discussed irrigation‑ditch easements and whether cross‑dam access might be contested by future owners; staff advised that easement questions did not affect the subdivision approval because the application met code criteria. The board approved the single‑lot development and rezoning application on a voice vote.
Other business: staff arranged signatures on a previously approved Royce subdivision mylar; the board removed two consent items for later consideration and approved a CU Boulder fairgrounds rental proposal (standard $700 fee and county contract terms) and an updated MOU for the Colorado Vaccines for Children program between Montezuma County Public Health and Southwest Health Systems.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 034; topfinish SEG 1556.
Speakers quoted or referenced: Don (planning staff), applicants Johnny and Allison Duran; Tyson and Jamie Cox; Alyssa Backstrom; Shannon Stevenson; Clerk Kim Percell; commissioners.
