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Home My WebLink About3.0 CorrespondenceGARFIELD COUNTY Building and Planning Department 27 January, 1998 Mr. Ken Roberts: Colorado Timber & Land Co. 129 West Fourth Street Rifle, CO 81650 RE: Kimball Mountain Logging Special Use Permit Dear Ken, As you know, the Board of County Commissioners reviewed the logging progress report submitted in the above -referenced matter. Based on information obtained by this Department and reviewed by the Board, Garfield County has incurred costs for clean-up of damage attributable to the logging operation. According to the Road and Bridge Department, costs for clean-up are estimated to total $1647.41. Per your agreement with the Board of County Commissioners and King Lloyd, Road and Bridge Department Director, clean-up costs will be billed to you for payment. Upon payment, please obtain receipts and submit copies to this Department demonstrating your compliance with these conditions. Additionally, the Board requires information concerning the efficiency of your proposed erosion control plan. As you implement these methods, please update the County with information demonstrating compliance with the erosion control measures detailed within the logging plan. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. I will soon be reviewing the recently -submitted Special Use Pemii . .lication materials and will contact you concerning the application as soon as possible. Sincer Eric D. cCafferty Senior Planner xc: King Lloyd Don DeFord enclosure 109 8th Street, Suite 303 945-8212/285-7972 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 THE COLORADO TIMBER AND LAND COMPANY, RLLP Remington Square Business Center 129 West 4th Street Rifle, CO 81650 January 20, 1998 Mr. Eric McCafferty Building & Planning Dept. 109 8th St. Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Dear Eric, Phone: (970) 625-4440 • (970) 945-5804 Fax: (970) 625-1809 • (970) 945-0960 Ken Roberts • Shirley Chavez -'.710:'.)--',;i.R - Ci444-it: Wan C, TY * .._-1IOW * Attached is our request for a Special/Conditional Use Permit to harvest additional timber along Kimball Creek on the Dale Albertson Ranch. Please call ine at 602-833-2520 if you have questions. Sincerely, Shirley C avez General Partner Colorado Timber & Land Company, RLLP GARFIELD COUNTY Building and Planning Department 22 December, 1997 Ms. Shirley Chavez 945 North Pasadena, #161 Mesa, AZ 85201 RE: Colorado Timber and Land Logging Application Dear Shirley, Pursuant to our conversation of December 18, I am sending the information you requested. The subject lands are zoned R/L - Resource Lands and, as you will see, extraction is allowed as a Conditional Use within three of the four sub -classifications and as a Special Use within the fourth classification (gentle slopes and lower valley floor). It appears that the lands you have designated for logging, by definition - extraction, are within the scope of a conditional use permit. However, the areas designated for helicopter delivery, loading and trucking appear to be classified gentle slopes and lower valley floor, wherein, extraction requires a special use permit. This situation creates an interpretative dilemma in that there are different regulatory requirements for each type of permit. Although I did advise that a conditional use permit should be the direction you proceed, the special use permit would be more inclusive, yet it requires the submittal of additional information and, by definition, is subject to denial. Conditional uses have been interpreted to not being subject to denial, but may be approved with conditions. My advice is to apply for the appropriate permits for the subject lands. In other words, seek a conditional use permit for the plateau/escarpment/talus slopes lands and a special use permit for the gentle slopes and lower valley floor areas. These permits could be heard concurrently and would be subject to the $525 fee, since a portion of the permitting request does fall under the special use domain. I apologi e for the conflicting information I have provided regarding this application. If you require additional information, please contact this office. Sincerely, 6-114 C, Eric D. McCafferty Senior Planner enclosures 109 8th Street, Suite 303 945-8212/285-7972 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 GARFIELD COUNTY Building and Planning Department 16 December, 1997 Ms. Shirley Chavez Colorado Timber & Land Company 129 West Fourth Street Rifle, CO 81650 RE: Special Use Permit Application Dale Albertson Ranch Dear Shirley: The Garfield County Planning Department has completed its initial review of the above -referenced application and has determined the application to be incomplete. The following items should either be addressed in more detail, are confusing, or are missing entirely: 1] The conditional approval of logging within Section 7, T7S, R100W of the 6th P.M. requires the submittal of a report detailing harvesting activities, to date, and compliance with all other approval conditions. This report must be submitted prior to additional acreage being permitted for harvesting. The Board of County Commissioners must review this report in a public forum. See condition #6 of Resolution 97-85, attached. 2] Variously throughout the application you provide different descriptions of land that would be subject to logging. These descriptions must be consistent. See the application itself, the Timber Harvesting Plan title page, and page 1, and the map of proposed "Timbered Areas." 3] The Timber Harvesting Plan refers consistently to County Road 205, which is southwest of the subject lands. I suspect you are actually referring to County Road 204. Please verify which road would be utilized and amend the Plan. 4] Is this type of logging (helicopter) still considered to be experimental? 5] The Plan mentions a total removal of up to 60% of the timber; however, the helicopter landing information suggests 70% removal. Which is accurate? 6] Attach any other information that may be useful in describing the proposed activity. Upon further review, the subject lands are zoned Resource Lands (R/L), which allows extraction as a conditional use. As such, a conditional review requires a base fee of $250 and, as an industrial 109 8th Street, Suite 303 945-8212/285-7972 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 operation, 10 copies of the application must be submitted. Please include the noted items and submit the required number of copies. The previous, conditional approval requires a report be submitted, as detailed in Item #1 above, prior to consideration of expansion of the logging permit. In interpretation of this condition, this must be satisfied before the County Commissioners can consider this application. The application is being returned to you, due to the noted deficiencies, and will not receive further consideration until these items are addressed. If you feel this letter is in error, or if you decide to proceed without addressing these items, please resubmit the application. If you have an questions or if I may be of further service, please contact this office. Sincer Eric D. cCa' erty Senior Planner enclosure