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Home My WebLink About810360.tiff_ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ed- BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPLICATION FORM Department of Planning Services, 915 Tenth Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631 Phone: 356-4000, EXT 400 € FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT USE ONLY: CASE NO. 20A 421.Z.in %f'.'S PROCESSING FEE N P: DATE OF FILING 3-g-tit 1 RECEIPT NO. N R APPL CHECKED BY V T TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT: (Print or type only except for required signa tures) APPEAL IS HEREBY MADE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE COUNTY OF WELD FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (Check one) To correct an administrative error in enforcement To allow a special exception or conditional use permit 3. To grant a variance due to practical difficulties or undue hardship 4. To permit the extension of a non-conforming use Legal Description of the property: Part of the N1 NE; Section 19 , T 4N , R. 68 West of 6th P .M. , Weld County, Colorado SURFACE FEE (PROPERTY) OWNEPS OF PROPERTY FOR APPEAL: Name: 7 T, Wright Home Telephone #1 - Address: pt l pc-,v Bus. Telephone #: Rprthnnrt rn1 nredo R 5NiP Name: - Home Telephone 44: - Address: Bus. Telephone #:. Name: - Home Telephone#2 Address: Bus. Telephone #: • Applicant or Authorized Agent (if different than above) : • Name: Mr. David Scheooner Home Telephone #: 532 . 3349 Address: RR1 Box 31B Bus. Telephone #: Berthoud , Colorado 80513 • a toat.° f The special conditions, practical difficulties, or undue hardship believed to justify this appeal are as follows: See attached letter. • • • I hereby depose and state under the penalties of perjury that all statements, proposals and plans submitted within this application are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. - Respectfully submitted this day —/n , 19 ,1i/ Signature og Applica d Subscribed and sworn to before me this /D y of / 7 eut.Cli 1921_. SEAL / c NOTARY PU 3 .IC 4 • My Commission expires n4�/,/ 9 /9/ '� • P. KAY NORTON F . Attorney at Law 1010 9th Averue Greeley, Colorado 806.31 (303)351-7010 March 4 , 1981 - - Weld County Board of Adjustment - - c/o Department of Planning Services 915 10th Street - Greeley , Colorado 80631 RE: Appeal of administrative decision by Zoning Staff • ' Dear Board Members: I represent Mr. David Scheopner, who is appealing to you a decision of the Weld County Department of Planning Services Staff concerning the zoning status of a dairy operated by Mr. Sche0pner ' s neighbor. The staff has determined that the dairy is not being operated in violation of the Weld County E4r Zoning Resolution, and has declined to investigate it as a violation. Mr. Scheopner believes this to be an error, and asks you to reverse the staff decision, to order the matter investigated as a violation and to require the necessary special use permit for the dairy. Generally, if a use is in place prior to the adoption of a zoning law which prohibits or regulates that use in the new zone , the use is called a "nonconforming" use. It is allowed to continue as it was at the time of adoption of the regu- lation, but is not allowed to expand, upgrade or change to another prohibited use . In the case of a use , such as a dairy G ' operation, which is not p prohibited by the new law, but now requires a permit, any expansion of the use requires a permit for that expansion. Whether or not a nonconforming use has been"expanded" should depend upon the impact of the change, not mere physical !' dimensions of the building. Zoning i-s designed to regulate the impact of each person ' s use of land upon his neighbors and the county as a whole. A test of expansion which only looks to the size of existing buildings , and does not look to the impact of the use of those buildings, ignores th �0;3762725 51 regulations . sot entire retprpose of regulating uses which predate exis i/ '-'70)-'-'70)-'- ,ors"�\;o'J 72 W ..... • 's: F' _..�.. Weld County Board of Adjustment Page 2 March 4, 1981 r- In this case, there is no dispute that the buildings upon/I the. land in question were legally built in 1974 . The re- gulations requiring a special use permit for a dairy became effective in January, 1977. A dispute does arise over whether there was a "dairy" established in 1974 which became a nonconforming use in 1977, and, if so, whether it has been expanded in violation of the zoning since 1977. It is the position of the Planning Staff that the existence of the buildings , regardless of the number of dairy cattle, if any, before 1977, means that the landowner can expand .____.- his operation by the addition of stock after 1977 without the need for a special use permit for such additions, so long as he builds no additional structures . The staff '..: likens this to an application for a special use permit for a new use , in which all possible future expansions are considered in the review procedure and hearings , with a permit being granted for all possible structures and numbers of animals, although the operation may start smaller. The difference between the normal special use permit and . the present case is obvious . A nonconforming use is, by definition, not reviewed or approved when it is established. An increase in size is neither assumed nor approved. The very fact that later regulations seek to restrict the type of use show that the impact of the use has become of concern to the country. To allow wholesale expansions or intensifications of now-regulated uses without review is inconsistent with the purpose of the special use permit process. The impact of a dairy is not related to the physical presence of a barn . Its impact is determined by the number of animals present and the provisions for their care and disposal of their waste . These issues are the concerns which the special use permit process is designed to meet. Mr . Scheopner has presented uncontradicted evidence to the staff that the operation in question has grown con- siderably in number of cows and production since 1977 , with an adverse impact on him. He, in fact, questions whether there was a "dairy" present in any accepted sense of the --- word before 1972. Therefore , Mr . Scheopner asks that you reverse the decision of the staff and find that any expansion of the facility in question by the addition of dairy cattle after January 1977 ` ,.. is the unauthorized expansion of a nonconforming or pre- .: existing use without the required special use permit for such expansion. • Weld County Board of Adjustment Page 3 March 4 , 1981 Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, _ 1i3---� P. Kay Norton Attorney at Law • PKN/cas CC Mr. David Scheopner ENC Board of Adjustment Application Form • M • • -72 8)2 iri1 \A 0-4 3.4 ls�T/ l Ll1`_�'c X . __: DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES PHONE (3031 3564000 EXT.404 915 10TH STREET GREELEY,COLORADO 80631 j. -A9 L.,, . i # 3 February 20, 1981-: [COLORADO Ms. Kay Norton 1010 9th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 Re: Junior Wright Dairy on property described as part of the N1, Section 19, T4N, R68W of the 6th P.M. , Weld County, Colorado. Dear Ms. Norton: The Weld County Department of Planning Services Staff has determined that Mr. Wright's dairy has been in existence prior to January 5, 1977 (the appropriate date of adoption of the Special Use Permit regulations for this particular property) . Mr. Wright has submitted evidence indicating that dairy operations began sometime during 1973-1974. While it is true that Mr. Wright may not have been at full capacity of his facilities the . Department of Planning Services Staff feels that there is not sufficient documentation to establish the exact date or amount of expansion. Further, • the Weld County Zoning Resolution does not define a dairy in terms of number of animals. It has been the policy of the Department of Planning Services Staff to consider not only the numbers of animals, but also the facilities present on the property when determining the status of a nonconforming or preexisting use. With this in mind, it is the adminis- trative decision of the Department of Planning Services Staff that Mr. Wright's dairy is a nonconforming use. If you disagree, you may appeal the Staff's decision to the Board of Adjustment. The Department of Plan- ning Services Staff will assist you in the application process. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Respectfully, • Vickie Traxler Assistant Zoning Administrator VT:rg A • z FEEDSr excH tht1LL{ ;2Dd & gild& CO. 130 W. 3RD - P. O. BOX 119 LOVELAND, COLORADO 80537 Lawrence /A. Steiner, Mgr. Phone: 667-4567 Weld. County Department of Planning Services • 915 10th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 t ckie Traxler Asst. Zoning Administrator Dear Vickie: Li answer to your letter concerning Mr. & Mrs, J.L. Wright, we submit the following information: Mr. & Mrs. Wright have been customers of ours since about 1972. At that time they were feeding some cattle and calves. They also had a few chickens. In 1973 and early 19711 they built a dairy barn and started milldng a few rip; ry cows. They paid cash for the feed for this opreation. As we do not keep a written record of cash sales, it is impossible to produce copies of' such. . They continued to pay cash for the feed until December 1977. At that time they felt they had progressed to the place where they could pay the feed bill once a month and so started charging the feed. Enclosed please ;Ind conies of invoices for feed in December 1977 and January 1978. Also enclosed is a copy of our entire charge experience vatth Mr. & Mrs. Wright. I have put designations as to the feed on all invoices for the year 1978. I was able to verify all listings noted. Outside of chicken feed and dog food Mr. & Mrs. Wright did not buy any feed from us that was not dairy or cattle oriented. We sincerely hope that this letter will establish the fact that Mr. & Mrs. Wright were in the dairy m lk ng business as long agoas 1974. 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Vickie Traxler Dept. of Planning Services 915 10th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Dear Ms . Traxler: Following our telephone conversation of January 23rd , we again checked the records that we have on file. Our records indicate that Mr. J. L. Wright - Lazy L. W. Dairy, started selling milk to Carnation Company at Johnstown, Colorado , on December 20 , 1977 . Yours truly, 160 W. H. Tye General Pro tion Manager WHT:cem (12 45 In 4 r5)\ c-5/q F c 1196 /V :es EO N Vg's 0 c;i�f�llla',I\ __ October 29, 1980 (' - -- Vickie Traxler ----- Asst. Zoning Administrator --- Dept. of Planning Services 915 10th Street Greeley, Colo. 80631 -__. Dear Yo . Traxler. — Tk you for your letter of 10/1/80. In reply, I disagree that Dir. Wright operated his dairy prior to . - _ Jan., 1977. I do not feel that vet and. fead bills can properly establish a date for the beginning of a aairy. ...... Many people have such vet and feed bills and do not operate a dairy. Such bills do not prove that the dairy existed == at that time, merely that be bad animals. I will continue .....-_ to disagree with the existence of the dairy prior to Jan., ... ___ 1977 until positive proof is established. The easiest proof would be milk receipts, as any dairyman keeps records ::':::___ and receipts. If a milk receipt dated prior to Jan., 1977 -. can be submitted and shown to me, then I will agree. Also, I do not understand why I should appeal your decision to the Board of Adjustment. As yet, I cannot see -- - -- ---- --- - - where you have acquired any positive, dated, dairy records. "'"""" Until such records have been seen, I will continue to say ' = that this dairy is illegal, and that some type of action should be taken. ____ Please send me your reply in writing. Thank you. g ncerely, A 7)774.„ - .... _ David K. Scheopner �j1��53�JJ � . "" Et. 1 Box 31 B ti O a ' $ Berthoud, Colo. 80513 ^".'". CT Commissioner ti Pile 1980 T ....................._...-.._......".."...._.-..__. CC: L. 1300, Cty. — a � R , N. Carlson, Cty. Commissioner ou It'd Ep X. CKtc1,,ir 1 , t1{tj n I Li . COLORADO • Mr. David Scheopner Rt. 1 Box 31—B Berthoud, Colorado 80513 Dear Mr. Scheopner: It is the decision of the Deoa tment of Planning Services Staff that the dairy operation of Mr. J. L. might on property described as part of the N1, Section 19, T4N, R68W is a nonconforming use, existing prior to January of 1977. The Departmeat of Planning Services staff has made this determination on the basis of: 1. A letter from Dr. Ronald Ackerman, D.V.M. stating that dairy cattle belonging to Mr. Vright were treated in March 1974. - 2. Statements from the Loveland Feed and Grain Company showing feed supplies purchased June of 1976;. and 3. Statements and letters from the owner of the property, Mr. J. L. Wright. The building permit information you asked for included the following: Building permit x3221 for a imal shelter issued February 28, 1973 Building permit D4694 for a_dition to pole barn issued October 6, 1974 Building permit #6241 for parch and fireplace issued October 30, 1975. If you disagree with the staff's decision, you may appeal the decision to the Board of Adjustment. Please ne aware that this involves certain pro- cedural requirements before a hearing can be scheduled. Please contact our office for an appointment to go over the application forms and require- ments. If you have any questions please feel free to call me. Respectfully, Vickie Traxler . Assistant Zoning Administrator VT:rg 3/27x/ Lie el// 4 D i�� -s C.44/5/.4.)5 ma No Ppoh/e,,s Z /`i /fee /1 fle?.Son) Should 1' e w/ai -they LvRNh peov 'd , N5 i4ey z d) 42.21 rene SCkeormee. � a . Ns n beso- t)? s eves-v { , „vs fir'"?be.44 ( y / e cv,4N -is city CoNd.-1 ,o, .c co � vy. ACC e nJj tee deltie?"d C • l% e�rna—n Ani:tal Hospital G 33?i N. GI-field Ave. --- . Loveland, Cola. 80537 , • Ronald V. Ackerman D. V. M. • 338 8th Street Southeast Loveland, Colorado 80537 667-2383 Vicky Traxler Weld County Planning Commission 915 Tenth Street ' Greeley, Colorado 80631 September 25,1980 Dear Ms. TraYler, This letter is written verification of our telephone conversation on September 25, 1980 regarding J.L. ciright of Berthoud, Colorado. I do have invoices dating back to March 27, 1974 indicating that I did veterinary work on dairy cattle and calves on J.L. ' right's farm at R.R. ill Box 32, Berthoud, Colorado. • Respectfully, Ronald Ackerman, D.V.N,. RVA/lb 44281„ /'it-c '4 icy EP o L �; S ..8 10 c RECEi VED a' oMeld COQ v . Mania:Comm• q) O .1-!lGitSitilCl0\\\ 5 rt- • r 0-L.AAJ Via. � 1,„Z„ci- . al � 7. f / j .-O4-4-7Z/ -of-e-.. e.--(;)-0-iiet ti( 7 a-7..`.L.O--�.<_ tuff ! L X�.:G. 7`,/ IL--12---2,--,-074-e--1 om-- 0! G`G/ .. ji" ALI-IA/-1 71.LC- - 1-7-I / riec dot ,_,,,0_3) . ot. - . ---7:7n. M H el/dAVAS, `-\?g ti93031 . Z ::'SE? t30 3t • RECEtV EO. 1, V-in rAt i • • . \. ;r 14. • . .. Lit " I i 'T 4 .1-ii ..._ e • COLORADO Pr. :,avi : S:ha^__e. - Route 1 , cox 31E Berthoud, CO 835a3 Dear Mr. Sheo_ner: 1 received a copy o letter dated August 25-, 1980 and would like to respond to some of the questions raised in your letter. Earlier this year - e di-sussed two dairies near your property that may have been in violation of Weld County Zoning Regulations . One dairy belonged to Mr. Jack Ross and the other is ".r. Junior Wright . Cathy Gerstberger (formerly Carter) our Zoning Inspections Officer, investigated both properties for compliance with the zoning regulations as you requested. Ms . Gerstberger advised Mr. Ross to visit with Chuck Cuniiffe or myself to discuss the requirements of the Special Use Permit. Mr. Ross did explain his operation to Chuck Cunliffe. Mr. Ross stated he did not have a dairy operation and would soon be selling the property. We advised him that his buyer would need a Special Use Permit, if the buyer wanted to put a dairy on the property-. The property was in- spected by Ms . Gerstbercer August 21 , 1980 to confirm that a dairy operation does not exist at this tine . Ms . Gerstberger also contacted Mr. Wright and inspected his property with regard to the dairy. Mr. Wright discussed the history of his dairy operation with Cathy Gerstberger and the Staff determined that the dairy was a non-conforming use. While the Special Use Permit regulations were adopted by the Board of County Com- missioners in September of 1973, the zoning regulations as a whole (including special use permits) were not adopted for your area of the County until January of 1977. Mr. Wright has stated that his dairy was in operation prior to January of 1977 and substantiated his claims by building permits issued in 1974. Because his dairy was established prior to 1977 , it is considered a use that is nonconform- ing to the zoning regulations ("grand-fathered in" so to speak) and is therefore a legal use at this pcint. Also , I have enclosed copies of the inventory Mr. Wright submitted for his dairy operation and copies of the correspondence which took place between Vs . Gerstberger and Mr. Wright which you may want to keep for your records . ; X Wr cr.: ME =a either _: r:. cr _ .—:- ealt:. standards vi :r regard to drainage. However, I carrot half v0_ with the: dr0oiez as drainage does not fail under zoning regulations. - Perhaps John Hail , Director of Environmental Health Department, Weld County Health Department (phone 353-0540) can help you with these problems. I hope that this answers your questions . Thank you for the kind words in your letter. Please let Mee know if I can be of further assistance t0 YOU. Vickie Traxler Assistant Zoning Administrator VT/dr - cc : Cathy E . Gerstberger, Zoning Inspector Leonard Roe, County Co--issicner - Enclosures • • • • • • X ;, avna a—" _..t Mat or -tartnaud . _: is a parcel of the aid Smith farm. which was -• ....en down to :mall acreages in - : have lived here far seven years, and until re- cently, enjoyed it. The prcblez ? have now is that the neighbor East of me, J.L. %irzght, has started a dairy and the odor, noise, and waste run off are a concern to my health and ,to my property value. I have been looking into the legality of this dairy barn, and have talked to Vickie Traxler, Assistant Zoning Administrator, Weld County. She gave me a list of requirements for a Special Use Permit end I don' t think hr. Wright has complied with hardly any of the necessary requirements. She did say that he did get a permit Oct. 10, 1974, # 4694, for a "polled barn". There was no mention on record cf any dairy. I' d like to mention that Ys. -railer is the firste - have ever talked who ll ng t t Government emr._r'ee to was will c help me rind answers . In the Sprinz, 1 talked to County -io er Roe, along with is5 Trailer, and I asked them to treat this as a verbal, anonymous complaint. Later I was informed that someone, I don' t know who, didn' t think '.- . Wright needed a Special Use Permit. I don' t know why for sure. I called another County Commissioner, Korman Carlson, and he sent me a copy of a letter received by Weld County Health Dept. , dated June 3, 1980, written by Kathryn Dolan, _ .eeri ng Aide of Colorado Department of Health. feel that this letter ••Ti- ^ ` � , I _ written by Miss Dolan is full of discrem.5ncies and is mainly concerned with the impact of the dairy on State water, which is not relevant with my filed complaint. A copy of my letter responding to Miss Dolan' s report is attached. I would like to, have someone from the State Department of Health, other than Kathryn Dolan, inspect this situation, and would like a copy of the Soil Study Report of the site, which I believe should have been required. • What this actually boils down to is: Mr. ::rl=ht built a polled barn in 1971 . Several years later he starts a dairy, not complying with the Special Use Requirements. I believe he should have had to file for a Special Use Permit, but if it was not required to start up his dairy, I would like to know why not, and how my land can be properly protected from his run-off. I haven' t complained until now because the dairy was small, but here recently, the noise, odor, and waste problem has increased and there doesn't seer to be any concern for my rights. At present, Mr. Wright is planning to upgrade from Grade E to A, and or sell the dairy. Exactly how large can this dairy get, either with Mr. Wright, or under a new owner. Any expan§icn of this dairy will definitely increase my current problems of waste run-off. I ..old anpr: _ate a written rely regari_- E this rs .ter. Sincerely, - :,/�.%4:�i��—^{-jam•--� David :-. Scheonner :erte l Ecx ll ? b5 �\ _liar d, Colo. 00513 11, Ct�� _o SEP `SO REG��vED X X r / I recently received a copy of a letter dated June 3, 19E.0, from Kathryn Dolan, Engineering Aide, Permits Section, 1;ater guel` y Control Division,Colorado Dept. of Health. This letter was sent to me by j cnn n�Carlson, lr'eld County Commissioner, Con— cerning J.L. M1'r -t' s dairy, East of Berthoud. ..s. Do_a n's letter is full of d-_screp— anc_es, as fcllc'.:s: 1 . ".'he barn is flushed daily, and the water directed to a pit just Forth of the pens.' - No use is planned for the water." — I do not think that there is any pit North ; of the pens; especially since his home is directly North of the barn. 2. "Runoff from the pens drains southwest, onto pastureland." — It is i.:.possible for the drainage to run un hill to the Southwest. "The nearest state waters is the 1:clnt.:re Ditch, - r-lo southwest." — I ar not as concerned with state -eater as my our property, which receives rain drainage from i t. the 1' l re D= hyknowledge, isn' tState S pastureland. Also, '.C nLy- .LC:. to m� '.:ate , but a lateral carrier ditch. L. "Due to the small amount of runoff involved (0.5 acre—feet) , sandy soil, . . . ." — The ground in this area is classified as clay gumbo — putman shale, but not sandy. No consideration is given to the fact that this dairy is located on the edge of a swarm and that waste water is a monumental problem. Due to the slope of the ground, all waste invariably will cause me problems . I feel there should be another inspection of this dairy in the immediate future, by someone other than Niss Dolan. Sincerely, • David r. Scheopner Route 1 ?pox 31B Berthoud, Colo. 80513 i i Pi-NE :3T- 3r=73: ?>: r.:-: GREELEY,CCLC=�%.C:. -8053: r6; „:„ :, , .7 /O . 71!..g tr. .4 D. , v _....,:s ....„ _ • COLORADO July 22 , 1980 N. NZ 1 n Junior L. Wright Highway 56, Rt. 1 , Box 32 Berthoud, CO 80513 co RE: Won-conforming use dairy operation `V Dear Mr . 8 Mrs . Wright: Thank you for corning into see me on July 16, 1960 and presenting the inventory r requested in my July 11 , 1980 letter to you . C It is the Department of Planning Services determination, based on your inventory, that you are a non-conforming use. If however as we discussed, you choose to expand to include additional buildings , corrals or additional dairy cows , you will be expanding this operation which does require a Special Use Permit. .>- So long as any possible buyer or lessee of your th is operation will continue hin he as set forth in your inventory of July 16,be considered a non-conforming use. I suggest that you communicate to a possible buyer that if they desire to expand the operation beyond what the facility is now designed to handle, have said buyer contact our office so that we may explain the Special Use Permit process required for an expansion of a dairy. I have enjoyed working with you and I greatly appreciate the courtesy you have shown me. 1 Very truly yours , v, G y ' Cathy . Gerstbercer Zoning Inspector r CEG/dr )e v. _ r -'"i- . . ;: , ,,..:, . - - _. . . r 4 i - j[ yQ.5 , i i A- zi hyesY. 1 At,, I iI —L 1 s 1 I - 4- 1/ ---_,T. ship 1 v;,\ L -/FO Pc S=J, T1_ .jD _, r24firi.J I,---5-j i�I LL' �� L c\` 1 i....0.-1 < 4'.9C-�� /sS — I �Pe j APP-k I. k 1 F-Ecb $uc2CS • ql IV0I 5•S 1 %k koUSE Ni 88 SAA-4 ''- I Cc GN (c-4CA/ NOU.CC . _l_ DD LAPI�E. 0ele u�ir H- N/LK eUS ° G � ri Et S ND p WITH CALF •5.' D S Lor.S AP.2ox O1M, A P:--a K 'P0 • 8 /20 x /00 • - D ibs- x ?t,a- S l6Sx 300 C y Jo_ F 30 X .Zs . 5C.,/ L 1 r ys /S .fit--.:iG 4/ED 7-0 . 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