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CORRESPONDENCE RESPONSE
DEPARTMENT OF Planning Services
REFERRED TO (STAFF NAME) Tom Parko
DATE OF REFERRAL 09/10/2015
DATE RESPONSE DUE FROM STAFF 09/10/2015
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Narrative:
See attached time line and description of events. Planning Director will contact the owner and follow up.
METHOD OF RESPONSE:
Board Action
Work Session
Letter (Attached)
Telephone Call
No Response (attach explanations)
Tom Parko
Department Head
BOARD ACTION: (INITIAL BY APPROVAL) BG DR SC MF BK
AGREE WITH RECOMMENDATION -
REQUEST WORK SESSION -
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Timeline:
• 12/03/2012 -Initial Compliant.
• 12/07/2012 -Inspection completed and Violation initiated.
• 12/19/2012 —Pre-Application meeting conducted. Owner indicated the structures would
be gone (at the latest) in 6 months.
• 06/14/2013 — Notice of Intent to Proceed Letter sent. Never dealt with Mr. Lange from
this point on.
• 11/08/2013 — Case forwarded to Courts
To elaborate on the timeline above, the property owner indicated that the units were being stored
for a church located in Denver who wanted to use the units on their property as axillary offices
and classrooms. Staff contacted the church and began working with them to remedy violation.
The church encountered issues with Denver planning and zoning. Weld County Planning Director
granted several extensions in hopes that the issues with Denver would be resolved. This latitude is
reflected in the gaps you see in the timeline provided. Unfortunately, the church couldn't get the
issues with Denver resolved and the units remained on the property for over a year. Department
continued to receive complaints about the units and forwarded the case to legal.
During the violation process additional time was given via a stipulated agreement. The owner was
assessed an initial penalty of$500.00 followed by daily penalty assessments of$20 per day. The
units sat on the property for more than a year which racked up a total of$6,020 in fines. The church
voluntarily agreed to pay the fines on behalf of the property owner because the fines in the County
were still substantially less than the permit fees (and red tape) Denver was assessing. The
Commissioners didn't have to certify the fines because the church paid the fines in-full and the
violation was closed. The property has been in compliance since May 2015.
According to PW, counts were done on each mile of CR 41. The first mile from CR 4 to CR 6
had an average of 79 vehicles per day; the second mile from CR 6 to CR 8 on the east side of I-
76 had an average of 57 vehicles per day; and, the half mile on the west side of I-76 from the I-
76 frontage road to CR 8 had an average of 129 vehicles per day.
Fines collected through the court process are deposited in the General Fund.
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RECEIVED
20033 County Road 6
Hudson, CO 80642 SEP 08 2015
September 2, 2015 WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Weld County Commissioners
1150 O Street
Greeley, CO 80632
Dear Sirs,
The modulars that were stored on our farm are no longer
stored here. The county collected a considerable amount of
money in fines. Would you now apply this money to paving
Road 41 located between Road 4 and Road 8? It would stop
some of the traffic dust that enters our home created by large
semi-trucks and cars.
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