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Applicant: Paul and Valerie Tams
Case Number USR20-0010
Submitted or Prepared
Prior to
Hearing
At
Hearing
1
Surrounding Property
Owner Petition
— received
April
24, 2020
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2
Applicant
Email Addressing Petition
received
April
28, 2020
X
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3
Northmoor
HOA Minutes
from 3/9/20
received
April
29, 2020
X
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4
Northmoor
Architectural
Control
Committee
—
received May 25, 2020
X
5
Surrounding Property
Owner Letter
of Support
— received May 25, 2020
X
6
Surrounding Property
Owner Letter
of Support
—
received May 26, 2020
X
I hereby certify that the six items identified herein was submitted to the Department of Planning
Services at or prior to the scheduled Planning Commissioners hearing.
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April 20, 2020
To: The Weld County Department of Planning Services
1550 N. 17th Ave.
Greeley, CO 80631
Re: Building permit requested by the Tams at
Northmoor Acres Subdivision
5110 Yucca Ct.
Johnstown, CO 8D534
The neighbors in the Northmoor Acres Subdivision who have
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EXHIBIT
From: Valerie Tams
To: Anoela Snyder
Subject: Petition
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:26:05 PM
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Here is a text I received from my neighbor at 5111 Yucca Ct. She is explaining why her
husband signed the petition. This shows that this petition is against me as a HOA board
member, and nothing to do with a pole barn.
Also, the signature from 5070 Yucca Ct. Is not on title as a homeowner.
The addresses 5071 Yucca, and 5131 Yucca have recently received notice from the board to
cease and desist a home business. The last one on Cactus Dr is near receiving a lien on their
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Board of Directors Regular Meeting
MINUT€5 — March 9, 2020
EXHIBIT
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CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by President Ruof at 7:13 pm, meeting held at Director Tar is
residence.. Secretary Hersch was present by phone, Treasurer Rieke was present by phone.
ROLL CALL
Directors Present:
S Ruof;
R Sprague; S Rieke; G Hersch; X K Gardner;
K Overlin; J Ki'enholz; a V Tarns; M Hoekstra
MEMBER'S FORUM: HOA Members Present (Name / Address / Summary): N/A
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Director Gardner made a motion to approve the agenda.: It was seconded
and motion carried unanimously to approve the agenda.
SECRETARY'S REPORT; The Secretary's Report was presented. Director Gardner made a motion to
approve the Board Meeting Minutes for February 20, 2020, previously sent out by email, as corrected.
It was seconded and motion carried unanimuusl'y to approve the February minutes as corrected.
TREASURER'S REPORT: The Treasurer's Report was presented. Director Overlin made a motion to
approve the Monthly Financial Reports for end of February, 2020. It was seconded and motion
carried unanimously to approve the report.
Director Hoekstra made a motion to approve paying the bills. It was seconded and motion carried
u nar r nously to pay the bills.
PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT: The President/VP report was presented. Board
correspondence received and sent since last meeting was listed. The following Board -action items
requested in the report were approved by a motion, second and unanimous vote: to hold the next
Governing Documents Committee April 7 at the Johnstown Community Center, which will cost
$30/hour.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
• Architectural Control Committee (ACC). The report for March ACC meeting has not been
completed yet, will discuss at the next Board meeting.
Broadband Committee. The report was presented by Director Hoekstra,
O Presentation at Annual Meeting. The Committee including Director Hoekstra and
Director Kienhoez will do a brief presentation.
o TDS will not be attending,.
o TDS is going -through the permitting process with Weld County.
• Governing Documents Committee. The report was presented by President Ruof on behalf of
Chairperson Deb Coulson. The following Board -action items requested in the report were
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approved by a motion, second and unanimous vote: to approve holding the April ►th meeting
at the Johnstown Community Center
Neighborhood Committee. No report.
Property Maintenance, The report was presented by Director Gardner. The following Board -
action items requested in the report were approved by a motion, second and unanimous vote:
Date of the cleanup day is set for May 2. Backup date of June 6.
• Welcome Committee. Need contact information for new resident at 20738 Challa Court.
OLD BUSINESS : Covenant Issues..
20966 Northmoor Drive. unsightly and unsanitary.
President Ruof mailed letter approved at last meeting.
President Ruof has gotten 2 phone calls and 1 email. She will return phone cads with
additional information about what is requested by the Board.
President Ruof also will reply to email of March 9 from non-resident brother.
Discussion. Board wants to goahead and set hearing date.
• 20457 Northmoor Drive. Three horses. It was moved, seconded and motion carried to
approve the draft March 9 follow up letter which was previously enna i led to the Board
• 20097 Northmoor Drive. Unapproved structure. Structure was removed on 2/23/20. C
Send thank you letter.
• 20059 Northmoor Drive. Unsightly and unsanitary. Hold for now.
• 5411 Sage Court. Unsightly and unsanitary.. Need motion to approve follow up letter of
March 9.
It was moved, seconded and motion carried to approve the homeowner letter with 21
days allowed for a response.
• 5411 Sage Court. Unapproved structure. Incorpiete plan (3 pictures and hand drawing of
structure) received 2/1/20. Submittal form received 2/6/20, plot plan and paint color chips
not received. ACC has received all outstanding materials and approved the plan. ACC is
following up. Closed. Send thank you letter,
• 20253 Cactus Drive. Three horses. Picture taken. Need motion to approve first violation
letter, previ!ousry sent to Board. It was moved, seconded and motion carried to send letter.
OLD BUSINESS.-- Other
• Snow plowing contractor — waiting on additional information from Director Overlin and
Director Gardner when spring comes
Covenant Violation fetters templates a in process
• Reverse 911 Training — completed
• HOA committee thank you party — on hold until spring
• "How to" for annual H0A meeting -- in process
• Can n .w ross reference this list with the "to dos' spreadsheet
NEW E SINESS Covenant Issues
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Discussion of Northmoor's "No commercial business may be conducted" Covenant 6 and the
accompanying Covenant 6 enforcement policy, The Board placed an article In the January
Newsletter article describing both the HOA Covenant prohibition and the current Weld County
code concerning home occupations with notice that individual homeowners could receive
follow up letters from the HOA if they were not in compliance by March 1. As of this date,
there are no recent applications for home occupations or home businesses that have been
filed with weld County, and no communication has been received by the HOA Board from any
homeowner on the topic. It was moved, seconded and motion carried to send home
occupation - usis. ati, letters to homeowners at 20027 Northmoor
Court an 5131 Yucca Court. _'rectors Kienho z and Hoekstra abstained from the vote. it
was also moved, secondeand motion curried to send the same violation letter to the
homeowner at 20059 Northmoor Drive, It was also recommended to continue to place
educational information about the HOA Covenants and Weld County Code requirements on
the topic in upcoming Northmoor HOA Newsletters,
NEW BUSINESS — Other
Preparation for Annual Meeting
Signs are out,
• Sanitizing wipes at each table? Vice=President Sprague will bring.
• President Ruof discussed process with attorney in case we needed to cancel due to virus
• Financial Consultant Deb Coulson emailed financial charts/proposed budget to the Board -are
there any suggested changes or questions? If no changes, then these four pages can be
emailed out to homeowners. Deb Coulson will finish full presentation and give President Ruof
the final documents to be copied for the annual meeting. Coulson is making the presentation,
Treasurer Rieke will bie out of town.
Discussion. Directors Hoekstra and Kienholz asked to have projected income in the
charts for the proposed 2020-21 budget. There are now income figures in the current
2019-20 fiscal year - by this time of year we can have actuals plus estimated.
President Ruof asked several Board members to write down their suggestions for
estimating that projected income and she would take those suggestions to Deb
Coulson.
• Oil and Gas Consultant Ben MacFarlane emailed his oil and gas update PowerPoint to the
Board — Discussion. This is not emailled out to the homeowners ahead of time,
• The Broadband Committee will be doing a PowerPoint presentation.
, Presentation not ready yet. Suggested changes or questions can be handled through
email this coming week. This is not emailed out ahead of time.
• Secretarys minutes from the 2019 HOA Annual Meeting will be emailed out to Board, please
make any suggested edits by email. The final version needs to be +mailed out to homeowners
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ahead of time. President Ruof will also add them to the final documents to be copied for the
annual meeting.
• President Ruof needs to get Yearly ACC report from ACC Secretary Stroud to add to documents
to be copied.
• Deb Coulson will be making a PowerPoint presentation about status of Governing Documents,
will be emailed out to Board for suggested edits/changes.. This is not emailed out ahead of
time.
• Will need to email out some documents to the homeowners before the meeting- financial
pages and minutes - Director Hoekstra can do that through MailChimp
• President Ruof would like to take in originals on Thursday to be copied - please send back all
edits/changes by Wednesday night.
Need current bias from the three Board members who are running for re -elections President
Ruof will also make a phone call to an additional possibly interested homeowner,
• President R uOI needs to complete her script for the annual meeting, then send out for
feedback from Board.
Discussion about presentation and suggestions for the meeting to help shorten it.
Possibly list all the thank you's and officers on a page in the handout packet. Ask
everybody in specific categories to stand.
Director Overlin and Paul Tams will check people in.
• Director Hoekstra will make printed copies of the two check -in sheets on legal size paper. He
has designed the pages, and dill print those off so proxies can be entered.
• Refreshments - Discussion. Director Gardner will do them again this year.
• Voting sticks and colored cards - President Ruof will get. Director Tams will help with putting
them together.
• Director Tams and President Ruof will handle name badges and magic markers for signin
table.
• Police officer is engaged, will arrive at 8:30, President Ruof needs to get cash to pay him (2
hours at$30/hour).
• President Ruof will get key for Community Center and give to Director Gardner so he can get
coffee started early
• Need Board members to come at 7:30 to 7:45 to set up room - table and chairs, taping down
the cords, getting Johnstown microphone to work, etc.
• President Ruof and husband will pick up extra speaker and microphone from their nephew in
G reeley.
• Dave and Cindy Eldenburg are bringing projector for the PowerPoints. We are using Deb
Coulson's laptop to run them on. Everyone needing anything projected up on the wall should
please send the info to Deb Coulson ahead of time or bring on a flash drive. This will include
all the bins..
Need extension cords, duct tape for taping the cords down, scissors, regular tape, power strip,
from all
• Secretary Hersch will be out of town due to a family commitment. Does she need to assign
the proxies given to the Secretary? Possibly to Vice President Sprague? President Ruof was
requested to consult with attorney on the proxy issue.
• Treasurer Rieke will also be out of town
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• Announcements made at the annual meeting usually come in all week from various
homeowners, the Board can also discuss the home business issues during that announcement
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time. The Board requested that the home business, issue be printed on the annual meeting
agenda for the handouts.
• Print or bring, signs for "Private Meeting" - only homeowners. President Ruof will bring.
• President Roof will print alphabet for sign -in process and also for correcting contact
information.
• Need to have Committee sign-up sheets.
• President Ruof will bring Roberts Rules
• Will need to record meeting for the minutes - would like several Board members recording,
since Secretary Hersch will be absent.
NEXT BOARD MEETING
Next Regular Board of Director's meeting will be held April 16, 2020, located at Director Tares
residence,., 110 Yucca Court, at 7:00 pm.
ADJOURNEMENT
ENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:41 pm.
NORTHMOOR ACRES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
By: Ginny Hersch, Board Secretary
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SECRETARY'S REPORT
Northmoor Acres Homeowners Association
Board of Directors Regular Meeting
OFFICER REPORTS & COVENANT ISSUES
March 9, 2020
• Minutes of February 20, 2020, were sent by email to be reviewed
• Status letter to homeowner at 20027 Northmoor Drive (Fisketjon)
TREASURER'S REPORT
• Income for February:
o Received royalty check from Kerr-McGee for $2,657.64 (2/25/20 auto -deposit).
# Treasurer Rieke has started the process to move money into CDs at First Tier Bank in Greeley. We
are planning on moving $150,000 total, Need officers to take in identifying information to the
bank to be put on signature card.
• CPA has filed for an extension on our taxes for this past year, is working on them now, President
Ruoff Treasurer Rieke, and Secretary Hersch met with CPA on January 31. Financial consultant
Deb Coulson also discussed the taxes with CPA by phone several times, tax forms will be sent to
HOA soon for review and approval before they are filed.
• Treasurer is preapproved to pay taxes when due.
• Treasurer is preapproved to pay trash bill when due
• Business Flexible Savings relock date is 4/20/20
• Prior domain name renewal date is 4/29/20
• Bills for March
Barry
Zaiger
CPA
$90.00
Radical
Design
Web
page , monthly
maintenance
$50.00
$754.00*
Traveler's
Insurance
Insurance
Supply
Ditch
Co.
Ditch
$1,03175
Joanne
Stroud
ACC
$90.00
$1,927.75
TOTAL
*Already paid, authorized by email, reaffirming at this Board meeting„
PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT
• Correspondence/contacts
a Bills received: Buzz Zaiger CPA, Radical Design Webpage, Altitude Community Law
(nothing owed)
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,. Invoices sent: none
Homeowner correspondence/contact - Covenant Issues (see particulars below)
20966 Northmoor Drive (Trimble)
Homeowner correspondence/contact (other):
Miscellaneous:
• Bank Statements (2) received
• Contacted prior President Russo re home business
■ Contacted Attorney re home businesses
• Contacted Weld County Zoning re lame businesses 3/6, 3/9
• Other
As of 3/9/20, no new applications from our area for Home Office or Home Business
have been submitted to Weld County this year. Will need individual follow-up letters
to properties if no applications submitted.
a Drafted home business letters violation and inquiry letters
po Gave Johnstown a deposit for $200 for the Community Ce er for April 7. Will request
reimbursement from Board after meeting. Need motion to approve.
COVENANT ISSUES
• 20956 Northhnoor Drive (Trimble). Unsightly and unsanitary. First notification letter mailed to
both owners 8-10-18. Occupied trailer/much of wood on east side of house was removed,
Weld County Zoning closed their case. HOA continued foIlo► -up with additional repair items,
most require good weather (repair/painting). Board approved mailing follow-up letter of
3/21/19, No sign of additional repairs/painting but weather was very wet cold; warmed up in
summer. Follow-up letter mailed 8/1/19, requested response date 9.1.19. No response
received. Follow-up letter mailed 9/25/19, requested response date 9/25/19, no response
received. Notice of hearing Board letter 12/5/19, requested response date 1/5/20.. Received
response letter dated 1/6/20. Board approved follow up letter of 2/20/20 as revised, mailed.
President received two phone calls concerning this on 3/3 and 3/4 asking for more specifics
about what the Board needs. President Ruof will return those phone calls. The Board also
received an email on March 9 from the non-resident brother, Jim Trimble, describing the
situation in detail from his perspective.
• 20457 Northmoor Drive (Gerstner). Three horses.. Picture 12/14/19. Violation letter mailed
12/19/19, requested response date 1/19/20. No written response. Need motion to approve
follow up letter of March 9, previously emailed to Board.
• 20097 Northmoor Drive (Martens). Unapproved structure. ACC requested that notice of
u napproved structure on property be shared with title company prior to closing. Status letter
e rnailed/m►ailed 1/13/20 to title company and homeowner, including notice of pending ACC
issue. Unapproved structure was removed 2/23/20. Closed.
• 20059 Northmocr Drive ( Ding). Unsightly and unsanitary. Violation letter mailed 12/19/19.
Response date 1119/20. C:dcan-up has been started. Hold for now. No action.
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• 5411 Sage Court (Prunsky} Unsightly and unsanitary. Letter wailed/emailed 12/19/19, tenant
of homeowner called 12/21/1.9 to discuss issues with President Ruuf. One trailer was moved.
In Feb Board approved sending follow up letter, also discussed contacting Weld County
Zoning enforcement. Motion to approve follow up letter of March 9, previously +mailed to
Board.
5411 Sage Court CPrunsKv) Unapproved structure. A horse loafing shed was moved onto
property on 11/28/19 without first submitting plans to the ACC; tenant of homeowner did call
President Ruof ACC Chairperson Stroud on 11/27/19 to notify he was moving the shed onto
property the next day. He was told that we could not approve him doing that; if the plan was
not accepted by the ACC, he would have to remove the shed. Tenant said he would .send
required paperwork immediately but did not do so. Tenant called President Ruof on 12/21.19
to discuss the unsightly letter, also discussed the unapproved structure. Email sent to
homeowner tenant 12/21/19 with requirements for ACC paperwork, requested response date
of 1/3/20. No plan received. Follow -pup letter rna led/emailed ire 1/10/20 to homeowner,
response date 2/1/20. Incomplete plan (3 pictures and hand drawing of structure) received
2/1/20.Submittal form received 2/6/20, plot plan and paint color chips not received.. ACC to
send letter requesting plot plan and paint chips. Tenant called President Ruof on 2/29 to
provide plot plan and paint chips to ACC Chair, meeting arranged. Plan was approved by ACC
on March 5. Closed,
• 20253 Cactus Drive (Rhoades). Three horses. Pictures taken, Motion was made to send initial
violation letter.. Need motion to approve draft letter, previously ernalied to Board.
May 22, 2020
Weld County Planning and Zoning
1555 North 17th Avenue
Greeley, Co 80631
Attention: Angela Snyder, Planner
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RE: Application by Paul and Valerie Tams for variance related to property to structure ratio
Case No. USR2O-0010
To Whom it May Concern:
My name is Joanne Stroud. I am the Secretary/Chair of the Architectural Control Committee (the
"ACC") for the Northmoor Acres Homeowners Association and have been for 19 years.
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information about Northmoor's ACC policy and
procedure process, specifically relating to the pole barn plan submitted by Paul and Valerie Tams, to
use as storage for classic cars, an RV, a tractor, etc.
The plan paperwork was reviewed by the ACC at the February 5, 2020 ACC meeting. There are two
things I remember specifically about the plan that was submitted. The first was that the Tams told me
that they had already been to Weld County and learned that the size of the pole barn was too big for
the property to structure ratio of their lot but that they still wanted to submit this size building to the
ACC for review and planned, if approved, to request a variance from Weld County. The second was that
Northmoor Acres currently has a 17' height limit for outbuildings and the Tams' plan was for a structure
that was 17'2" tall. After discussion with the committee membership and Paul and Valerie Tams, the
Tams made the commitment to work with the builder and cut into the ground on the high side/south
side of the structure in an attempt to get the peak of the structure as close to 17' high as possible.
Having met all the ACC policy and procedure requirements, the structure was approved unanimously by
the quorum of the committee membership in attendance.
It is important to note that Northmoor Acres does not have a property to structure ratio requirement
so this is not something that would keep the ACC from approving a structure or be something we would
get involved in. I am aware of only one other structure that was approved in 2019 by the ACC that had
property to structure ratio issues with Weld County —Kevin and Ivy Rhoades at 20253 Cactus Drive
because they told me. They learned about the property to structure ratio issues when they applied for
a permit. They chose not to build the structure that had been approved by the ACC.
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Weld County Planning and Zoning
As is my procedure for structures that could impact neighbors, and before finalizing the approval and
obtaining Paul and Valerie Tams' signature on the plan paperwork, which must be done within 30 days
of the meeting date, I personally spoke to six of the neighbors that I considered the most affected by
the structure, meaning, they could have a direct view of the structure. I regularly do this especially for
large structures that will be noticed, as I believe it is helpful to the neighbors to know that the structure
was submitted to the ACC and received the proper Northmoor approval. It is important to note that
the ACC does not solicit neighbors' approval for structures as we do not require neighbors' approval.
However, I will say that sometimes we do mitigate/alter the placement of a structure, but not in this
case.
None of the neighbors that I spoke to expressed a concern or issue with adding the structure to Paul
and Valerie Tams' property. Not one of them asked any questions or expressed any objections to the
structure. In fact, a couple of them seemed surprised that I was even there making the effort of
notifying them about the approved structure. The neighbors I spoke to are:
• Brian Kane (direct east neighbor), 5130 Yucca Court —spoke to him personally —the Tams' had
already told them about their plan to add the pole barn to the property
• Norm Thielbert (direct west neighbor), 5O7O Yucca Court —spoke to him personally he is an ACC
member but did not attend the committee meeting —he was already aware of the Tams' plan to
add the pole barn when I spoke to him —he was in agreement with his fellow ACC members
• Cindy McClain, 503O Yucca Court —spoke to her personally
• Brittany Wolf, 5111 Yucca Court —spoke to her personally
• Charlotte Schultz, 5131 Yucca Court -spoke to her personally
• Cindy Eldenburg, 20O34 Cactus Drive —spoke to her over the phone
I was very surprised to learn that approximately 4 weeks later, a petition was submitted to Weld County
against Paul and Valerie Tams' structure and even more surprised to learn that several of the property
owners/neighbors I had spoken to had signed the petition. I cannot think of a reason why any neighbor
would have an issue with or care about the property to size structure ratio of the Tams' structure. In
this case, I do not believe it is because of the structure's intended location or because it is obstructing
any special view.
Respectfully,
Joanne Stroud
ACC Secretary/Chair
North moor Acres HOA
2O337 Northmoor Drive
Johnstown, Co 80534
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1555 North 17th Avenue
Greeley, CO 80631
Attention.: Angela Snyder, Planner
EXHIBIT
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RE: Case No. U R2O-O iO - AApplication by Paul and Valerie Taxes for USR for Accessory Building With
Gross Floor Area Larger Than 4% of the Total Lot Area in Agricultural Zone District
Dear Ms. Snyder:
We are the owners of the property at 20104 Cactus Drive., Johnstown, CO 80534. We have lived is Northmoor
Acres for 27 years. We are writing in response to the notice we received regarding a Special Review e in
for a building that our neighbors, Paul and Valerie Tarns, wish to build on their property. We are writing to
express our --support for approval of -the Tare's application.
Paul and Valerie Tarns have lived in Northmoor Acres almost as long as we have. Their home is about 4 houses
from our home, on a cut de sac off of Cactus Drive. We see Pau] and Valerie's s house from our house. Over the
years, we have watched the Tams make improvements to their home. They have taken great pride and have
spent considerable time and money adding value to their property and to the neighborhood.
There wil.l.. be no visual impact to our property as the building i ll be behind their home. In addition, it is
unlikely that any of the neighbors on their street, willhave very much of a view of the building from their
homes because of where the Tarns propose to put it and because of the other structures and existing vegetation..
It will mostly be seen when someone is driving behind the home on County road 42 The building is not larger
in size than other outbuildings already in place in Northmoor Acres, it will not he taller, and there is nothing
else remarkable about it that we can see,. When, built in compliance with Northrnoor Acres Architectural
Control Committee guidelines, the outbuilding will match the home and enhance its value.
Paul and Valerie Tams have a beautiful, well cared for home and always maintain their yard. In our opinion,
the addition of an outbuilding in the back of the home will not negatively impact either their property, our
property, or the properties of their neighbors and we support the approval of the USR,
Respectfully,
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May 25, 2020
Weld County Planning and Zoning
1555 North 17" Avenue
Greeley, CO 80631
Attention: Angela Snyder, Planner
asnyder@weldgov.com
EXHIBIT
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RE: Case No. USR2O- iO - Application by Paul and Valerie Tams for variance related
to property to structure ratio
Dear Ms. Snyder,
I am writing this letter in support of the 4% variance application by Paul and Valerie Tams. I
have been a homeowner in Northmoor Acres for 39 years, since 1961. I hove known the Tams
since they moved to Northmoor although I am not a close neighbor. They have a beautiful and
well -kept property and, in my opinion, have been great assets to the subdivision.
I recently became aware that a petition was filed in opposition to the Tams application for this
variance, even though the amount of the variance is quite small. The Northmoor Architectural
Control Committee/HOA Board has never involved itself in the 4% property to structure ratio
that is listed in the Weld County Code, but the petition signers may not be aware of that fact.
Over the years, both Paul and Valerie have helped the Northmoor community by being willing to
serve on the HOA Board of Directors, an often thankless and maligned job. In the past, HOA
Board members have often become targets for disgruntled homeowners when some
homeowners became angry about an issue in the subdivision -- the trash company engaged by
the HOA, management of water shares, control of loose/aggressive dogs, or enforcement of
the Covenants in general. Valerie is currently an HOA Board member and Paul is a past Board
member.
In summery, I support the variance application that was filed by the Tams.
Sincerely,,
Susy Ruof
5290 Mesquite Court
Johnstown, CO 80534
970-587-2596
susyruof@gmail.com
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