HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.08.13 TC letterMay 8, 2013
Attention: Doug Dennison
Bill Barrett Corporation
112 Red Feather Trail
Silt, CO 81652
RE: Limited Impact Review for Mamm Creek Compressor Station — LIPA 7516
Dear Doug:
This office is in receipt of your application for Limited Impact Review of the Mamm Creek
Compressor Station. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the application has been
deemed technically complete. Please understand that a determination of technical
completeness by this office shall not be deemed a recommendation of approval, finding of
adequacy of the application, or a finding of general compliance with any goal or objective of the
Garfield County Land Use Resolution of 2008, as amended or the Comprehensive Plan of 2030.
The Applicant is requesting to waive submittal requirements 4 -203 (F) Landscape Plan. The
Director reviewed the waiver request and determined that this item may be waived.
As per Section 4 -117 Waiver of Standards, the Applicant can request a waiver of standards in
Article 7, excluding those in Division 1, as part of Land Use Change Permit process. The
Applicant is requesting to waive 7 -1101 (E) Storing and 7 -1203 Landscape and Screening
standards. This request will be documented in the staff report but final approval of this waiver
shall be the responsibility of the Decision- Making Body of the Land Use Change application.
The application will be reviewed by Staff, a staff report will be generated and sent to you, and
the Board of County Commissioners will discuss and review the application at a public hearing
which has been scheduled for Monday, June 17, 2013, on the Board of County
Commissioner's public hearing agenda which begins at 1:00 PM. The public hearing will be
held in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, Garfield County Plaza Building, 108 8th
Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81601.
As a matter of process, the BOCC shall hold an advertised public hearing on the proposed
action at a regularly scheduled meeting. The Applicant shall be solely responsible for the
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publication, property posting, and mailing of all notices. The Applicant shall present proof of
publication and mailing at or before the meeting. The item cannot be heard if correct noticing
requirements have not been met. Notice for the meeting shall be given as follows:
1. Notice by Publication. At least 30 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the date
of a scheduled public hearing before the Planning Commission or BOCC, the Applicant
shall publish notice of a public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation (Rifle
Citizen Telegram is the official newspaper), unless otherwise specified by the Colorado
Revised Statutes.
2. Written /Mailed Notice to Adjacent Property Owners.
a. Written notice shall be provided at least 30 but not more than 60 calendar days prior
to the date of a scheduled public hearing.
b. The Applicant shall send written notice by certified mail or by a nationally recognized
overnight courier, return receipt requested.
c. Written notice shall be provided to the owners of record of all adjacent property
within a 200 -foot radius of the subject parcel, as shown in the office of the County
Clerk and Recorder or Assessor, at least 30 calendar days prior to sending notice.
Within the same time period, written notice shall be provided to owners of mineral
interests in the subject property (other than construction materials as defined in
C.R.S. § 34- 32.5 -1, as amended) in accordance with C.R.S. § 24- 65.5 -101, et seq.,
as amended.
3. Posting of Notice. At least 30 and not more than 60 calendar days prior to the date of a
scheduled public hearing, the Applicant shall post a notice of the public hearing on the
property. Posted notice shall consist of at least 1 sign facing each adjacent road right -
of -way, and located so as to be fully visible from the road right -of -way generally used by
the public. The notice signs shall be provided to the Applicant by the Planning
Department. Two signs have been included with this letter.
4. Contents of Notice. The notice shall follow a form prescribed by the County.
5. Applicant Responsibility. It shall be the responsibility of the Applicant to provide the
names and mailing addresses as shown in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder
or Assessor pursuant to Section 4-101.E.2.(3) as part of their application.
6. Proof of Notice. At the public hearing, the Applicant shall provide proof of publication,
proof of notification or attempt of notification of Adjacent Property Owners, and proof of
posting notice on the property. The Applicant shall provide proof of notification or
attempt to notice owners of mineral interest in the subject property.
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I have enclosed a suggested public notice which I will also email to you in MS Word format so
you can add necessary information such as the legal description of the subject site. A poster
will be necessary to meet the requirement for posting of the property and is included in this
hardcopy mailing to you.
These posting and public notice documents for the BOCC public hearing are provided as a
courtesy. The Applicant must verify that all information provided in these documents is correct.
As always, it is the obligation of the Applicant to correct any deficiencies such that proper notice
in form and substance can be established.
NOTE: Please submit 9 copies of the completed application and 11 complete applications on
compact disk to this office no later than Monday, May 13, 2013. The digital version should
include a pdf of the entire application and a Microsoft Word version of the narrative and
supporting analysis. If the copies have not been submitted by this date, your public hearing may
be jeopardized. Please delivery this material to the Glenwood Springs Planning Department.
Do not hesitate to contact this office should you have further questions.
Sincerely,
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Molly Orkild -L rson, AICP, RLA
Senior Planner
970 - 625 -5903
Enclosure
Public Notice
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PUBLIC NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that Marvelle Couey, c/o Stuver and Lemoine, P.C., have applied to the
Board of County Commissioners, Garfield County, State of Colorado, for a Limited
Impact Review Permit for a "Compressor /Pipeline Pump Station (not subject to Article
9)" on a property situated in the County of Garfield, State of Colorado; to -wit:
Legal Description: (See attached)
Applicant to development this attachment
Practical Description: Off of Hunter Mesa Road, south of the Garfield County airport,
Parcel # 2179 - 311 -00 -354, Section 30, T6S, R92W
This application requests a Compressor Station on 3.93 acres within a 160 acre
parcel. The site is located within the Rural zoning district.
All persons affected by the proposed Limited Impact Permit to allow a Compressor
Station are invited to appear and state their views, protests or support. If you can not
appear personally at such hearing, then you are urged to state your views by letter, as
the Board of County Commission will give consideration to the comments of
surrounding property owners, and others affected, in deciding whether to grant or deny
the request. The application may be reviewed at the office of the Planning Department
located at 108 8th Street, Suite 401, Garfield County Plaza Building, Glenwood Springs,
Colorado between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for the June 17, 2013, at
1:00 P.M. in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, Garfield County Plaza
Building,108 8th Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81601.
Planning Department
Garfield County