HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.09 Basic Traffic AnalysisO\OLSSON
ASSOCIATES
Waiver Requests
Larry D. Knox
Juniper Hills Private Landing Strip
OAProject No. 012 -1776
760 Horizon Drive, Suite 102 1 Grand Junction, CO 81506 1 TEL 970.263.78001 FAX 970.263.7456
OLSSON
ASSOCIATES
Juniper Hills Landing Strip
Waiver Requests
Pursuant to Section 4 -202 of the Garfield County Unified Land Use Resolution, Larry Knox
requests a waiver for the submittal requirement of an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, a
Landscape Plan, a Water Supply Plan and a Reclamation Plan for the Juniper Hills Landing
Strip.
4 -203. E. Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
A waiver requests shall be considered based on the following criteria:
1. The Applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver;
Response: The private aircraft landing strip would be located on a previously disturbed
Energy Transfer Company (ETC) natural gas pipeline easement. The site is under the
process of revegetation with a buffalo grass seed mix. ETC is responsible for the on-
going maintenance of the disturbed area and revegetation associated with their pipeline.
Additional disturbance of the area intended for the landing strip is not planned. There
will be no additional grading of the landing strip. There will be no paving of the landing
strip.
2. The project size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver;
Response: As stated above, additional disturbance of the surface area intended for the
landing strip is not planned, and there will be no paving or additional grading of the
landing strip. These factors support a waiver.
3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review; and
Response: The proposal does not include any grading or paving of the landing strip
area. Aircraft will land on the revegetated pipeline easement. The waiver does not
compromise a complete review of the proposal.
4. The information is not material to describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance
with approval criteria.
Response: An Erosion and Sediment Control Plan is not material in describing the
proposed aircraft landing strip or demonstrating compliance with the approval criteria.
Waiver Requests 1 Juniper Hills Air Strip
supply domestic water to a total of 3 dwelling units, domestic livestock and one -acre of
irrigated landscape. These factors support a waiver.
3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review; and
Response: A water supply is not necessary for the operation of a private aircraft landing
strip. The waiver does not compromise a complete review of the proposal.
4. The information is not material to describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance
with approval criteria.
Response: A Water Supply Plan is not material in describing the proposed aircraft
landing strip or demonstrating compliance with the approval criteria.
4- 203.G.9. Reclamation Plan
A waiver requests shall be considered based on the following criteria:
1. The Applicant shows good cause for the requested waiver;
Response: The private aircraft landing strip would not require a reclamation plan. The
landing strip will be a primitive facility with a surface vegetated with buffalo grass over a
buried natural gas gathering line. No additional disturbance is planned for the facility.
The gathering company is responsible for the establishment of vegetation in the
previously disturbed pipeline right -of -way.
2. The project size, complexity, anticipated impacts, or other factors support a waiver;
Response: As stated above, the private aircraft landing strip would not create
disturbance of the land surface. The facility will be a primitive landing strip. These
factors support a waiver.
3. The waiver does not compromise a proper and complete review; and
Response: A reclamation plan is not necessary for the operation of a private aircraft
landing strip. The waiver does not compromise a complete review of the proposal.
4. The information is not material to describing the proposal or demonstrating compliance
with approval criteria.
Response: A reclamation plan is not material in describing the proposed aircraft landing
strip or demonstrating compliance with the approval criteria.
Waiver Requests 3 Juniper Hills Air Strip