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Council approves Haven at Paradise filing with conditions to preserve city open space
Summary
Council approved the Haven at Paradise Filing No. 2 preliminary and final plat with conditions requiring corrected plats, relabeling the city parcel as Tract A, recording the final plat prior to conveyance, and an agreement to dedicate open space or public access easements equal to the city parkland area lost by the replat.
The Woodland Park City Council approved Resolution 943 (Series 2026) July 18 to correct a mapping error in the Haven at Paradise subdivision that caused 12,853 square feet of developer lots to overlap a 2.24-acre parcel owned by the city.
Planning Director Karen outlined the problem: a recorded 2024 plat omitted the city's parcel, producing an unintended overlap. Staff presented a revised preliminary and final plat that redraws boundaries, proposes relabeling the city parcel as Tract A (for city use) and changes a utility easement into a 30-foot public easement for utilities and ingress/egress to serve Tract A. Planning Commission recommended approval with four conditions, the most substantive requiring the property owner to enter an agreement satisfactory to the city to dedicate additional open space equal to or greater than the city land area lost or to provide public recreational access easements prior to recording the final plat.
Representing the owner, Mark McNabb of MBI Contractors said the city parcel had been landlocked and the developer is willing to support trail access and parking at cul-de-sacs to create trailheads, which the developer says will more than offset the area conveyed. Council and staff discussed safeguards to ensure the city does not receive unusable leftover parcels; staff said the condition language gives the city discretion to accept only meaningful open-space or access that benefits residents.
Council voted to approve the plat subject to the planning-commission-recommended conditions, including recording the final plat before any conveyance and securing the open-space/easement agreement. The item corrects a decades-old mapping omission and creates a path to retain overall public land value in the affected area.
