HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240184.tiffHEARING CERTIFICATION
DOCKET NO. 2024-06
RE: A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FINAL
PLAN MINOR AMENDMENT, PUDF23-0004 (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PF-1129), TO
REMOVE A BUILDING ENVELOPE ON LOT 1, BLOCK 2 OF THE HOME RANCH PUD
— ERIC GERTGE
A public hearing was conducted on January 31, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., with the following present:
Commissioner Kevin D. Ross, Chair
Commissioner Perry L. Buck, Pro-Tem
Commissioner Mike Freeman
Commissioner Scott K. James
Commissioner Lori Saine
Also present:
Acting Clerk to the Board, Jess Reid
Deputy County Attorney, Karin McDougal
Department of Planning Services representative, Diana Aungst
Department of Public Health and Environment representative, Lauren Light
The following business was transacted:
Eri I hereby certify that pursuant to a notice dated January 11, 2024, and duly published
January 13, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune, a public hearing was conducted to consider the request
of Eric Gertge, for a Site Specific Development Plan and Planned Unit Development Final Plan
Minor Amendment, PUDF23-0004 (formerly known as PF-1129), to remove a building envelope
on Lot 1, Block 2 of The Home Ranch PUD. Karin McDougal, Deputy County Attorney, made this
a matter of record.
Diana Aungst, Department of Planning Services, presented a brief summary of the proposal,
provided the general location of the site, and stated 11 referrals were sent out and six (6) agencies
responded. She relayed the applicant wishes to construct an outbuilding, outside of the existing
building envelope, and noted this will not change the density of the PUD and will not affect
compatibility with surrounding land uses. She stated the Home Ranch PUD is an eight (8) -lot PUD
and mentioned this is the third request to remove a building envelope in said PUD. She indicated
notice was sent to ten (10) surrounding property owners (SPOs) and one (1) letter of
objection (Exhibit B) was received, citing loss of views to the west as the reason for their objection.
Ms. Aungst asserted the proposed outbuilding will not block views for the property owner that
submitted the letter, relayed seven (7) out of eight (8) homeowners signed a letter stating no
concerns, and mentioned the site is within the three (3) mile referral area for the Towns of Windsor
and Severance. She shared, per the Development Review staff, the existing access is on County
Road (CR) 74, no additional accesses had been requested, and CR 74 is under the jurisdiction
of the Town of Windsor. Ms. Aungst entered the favorable recommendation of the Department of
Planning Services into the record, as written, and displayed images of the site and surrounding
views. Commissioner Freeman referenced a previous case where building envelopes were
removed from all lots in a PUD and questioned if that was an option in the Home Ranch PUD, to
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which Ms. Aungst replied that not all property owners in the Home Ranch PUD could agree on
that, which is why the applicant pursued his own PUDF.
Ei Eric Gertge, applicant, stated his intent is to build a garage behind the house and it would be
easier to come straight off of the driveway to access the new garage, which would require him to
build 50 feet outside of the existing building envelope. He also relayed that building within the
building envelope would potentially disturb the septic system.
Chuck Pettee, surrounding property owner, submitted a letter of objection (Exhibit B) prior to
the hearing and relayed the importance of the building envelope is to preserve the views to the
west. He asserted it infringes on the openness of the neighborhood. It was clarified that Mr. Pettee
does not object to Mr. Gertge's garage, he just does not want the building envelope removed. In
response to Commissioner Saine, Ms. Aungst explained relocation of the building envelope was
not reviewed as part of the application process, since the request was to remove, and stated a
request to relocate would require a new application. She further explained what the process would
be if the applicant wanted to expand the building envelope.
Mr. Gertge indicated he is open to moving or deleting the building envelope and used the
displayed map to describe how it would be laid out. In response to Commissioner Saine, he
indicated eight (8) out of nine (9) homeowners were in favor of removing building envelopes all
together. Chair Ross stated he is not willing to make Mr. Gertge re -do his septic and reiterated
Mr. Pettee did not have an objection to the garage. Mr. Getge noted the PUD's Architectural
Review Committee (ARC) did approve his application for the garage.
En The Board discussed the Conditions of Approval and made no changes, and in response to
Chair Ross, Mr. Gertge indicated he had reviewed, and agreed to abide by, the Conditions of
Approval, as presented.
El Commissioner James moved to approve the request of Eric Gertge for a Site Specific
Development Plan and Planned Unit Development Final Plan Minor Amendment, PUDF23-0004
(formerly known as PF-1129), to remove a building envelope on Lot 1, Block 2 of The Home
Ranch PUD, based on the recommendations of Planning staff, with the Conditions of Approval,
as presented. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Buck, and it carried unanimously.
Commissioner Freeman expressed his support for private property rights, and the hearing was
completed at 10:40 a.m.
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This Certification was approved on the 14th day of February, 2024.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST: Cam `„& :,A
Weld County Clerk to the Board
BY: J11iti . WQ� l c� 1 GK-
Deputy Clerk to the Board
EXCUSED DATE OF APPROVAL
Kevin . Ross, Chair
Perry L. B;' k, Pro-Tem
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