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Avon PZC approves Ridgeline Overlay special permit for Deercliff Road house 6–1; commissioners call for clearer RPOZ rules
Summary
The Commission approved a Special Permit for house construction in the Ridgeline Protection Overlay Zone (App #5084) by a 6–1 vote but several commissioners urged rewriting the RPOZ rules to set clearer, stronger standards and reduce future ambiguity.
The commission considered Application #5084 from Ferguson Land Development/Jack Kemper for a Special Permit to construct a house in the Ridgeline Protection Overlay Zone. Chair Lisa Levin framed the matter as precedent-setting and urged the Commission to consider tightening RPOZ language; several commissioners, including Christine Graesser and Robin Baran, argued the application places too much building mass between the 75-foot and 150-foot setback lines and said a biologist-level habitat analysis and reduced lawn/hardscape should be required.
Commissioner Jamie DiPace moved to approve the Special Permit subject to multiple conditions addressing health-district demolition standards, engineering and drainage details, fire-marshal recommendations, and planning conditions limiting lawn area, preserving trees over six inches dbh where feasible, and requiring final elevations match submitted plans. The motion passed 6–1 (yes: DiPace, White, Stevenson, Graesser, Gentile, Levin; no: Baran). Commissioners agreed the RPOZ regulation language is ambiguous and asked staff to consider revisions that could set a bright-line limit on allowable encroachment between setback lines for future cases.
