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Adams County delays Seltzer Heights subdivision after questions about nearby oil-and-gas wells
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners continued the Seltzer Heights preliminary plat (PLT2025-6) to Jan. 6 after questions about four active oil-and-gas wells, missing flow-line mapping and unresolved operator noncompliance. Staff had recommended approval with conditions.
The Adams County Board of County Commissioners on a routine hearing continued consideration of the Seltzer Heights preliminary plat to Jan. 6 after commissioners demanded more detailed oil-and-gas remediation records and flow-line mapping.
Nick Eagleson of the county’s Community and Economic Development Department said the proposal, Case PLT2025-6, would create 205 single-family lots and eight nonresidential tracts on about 227 acres and that staff recommended approval with nine findings of fact, eight conditions and eight notes. Staff’s conditions include confirming connections to Metro Water Recovery sewer service, an improvements agreement covering infrastructure construction and maintenance, and actions tied to a Carter Division of Water Resources letter that requires a nearby well to be plugged.
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