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Home My WebLink About1.0 Application-CorrespondenceSPPLTCATI0N FoR A Z0 Garfield County, COlorado ,19 s"/ APPL I CANT: ADDRESS OF APPLICANT:CA f, t- /t?/* T*7 Proposed {€fl€ Change frem: to:" 6rtad eo#rrg sht t pr " tgt-+ize: 'i can t gnature In support of this zone change application, the petitioner must subm'itall of the following information: 1. Zone District map of subject property 2. Letter from the applicant stating the proposed zone change and the reasons for the zone change. 3. L'ist of use and owners of adiacent property 4. Fee of $100.00 - payable to the "Garfield County Treasurer'l 5. Vic'inity map showing relat'ive locat'ion of the property 6. Legal description or copy of the deed to the property 7. Letter of consent from owner(s) of property if other than applicant a//,& f,"';r* QtDq 4- ?azs Zoo a). @ffii// 1a-L+a- A4*-, ,44 QzzaT czr-- /SL s' PUBLIC NOTICE Take Notice that (has) (have) applied to the Board of County State of Colorado, to request a zone change described property situated in the County of LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Comrrissioners, Garfield County, in connection with the following Garfield, State of Colorado; to-wit: Said zone change i-s to perrnit the Petitioner(s) on the above described property. Atl persons affected by the proposed zone change are invited to appear and state their views, protests, or objections. If you cannot appear personally at such meeting, then you are urged to state your views by letter, particularly if you have objections to such zone change, as the County Commissioners will give consideration to the comments of surrounding property owners and others affected ln deciding whether to grant or deny the request for zone change. Thj-s zone change application may be reviewed at the office of the Planning Director located at 2OL4 Blake Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, between the hours of B:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. That public ' day of hearing on the application for the , 198_, aE the hour of above zone change has been set for the at the office of the CountY 8th Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Dennis A. Stranger Garfield County Planning Director Cormri ssioners ,C.r*it"l.ret" Arru*, 2OI --P.-q rsrS rx) G €srh,b/r' /)RECEIVED P. O. Box 374SiIt, Colorado 81652 March 30, 1 984 i i,i il{i.\l{ ,l 'ri ,'-'', ' ., G/lili,ci,ii:,1. Garfield County Commissioners Garfield County Courthouse 2014 Blake Avenue Glenwood Spr ings , Colorado B'l 50 1 ':51Tnl iesLu PLANilM e ,lnflELD 00Ul'lTY C0ill'r,,llSSl0NERSgt"[l3i...-.- DRtltfill[l!st-IttAs0itz- ntt RE: Text Amendment to Allow fnstallation of Commercial Radio Stations on Rura1 Residential Land Gentlemen: I wish to go on record as being opposed to changing rural residential zoning of our County to allow commercial radio stations to place towers within the County. I do not consider commercial radio towers to be compatible neighbors in the rural residential setting of Garfield County. Rural residential tand of Garfietd County, bY nature of Garfield County, is very scenic land. I have yet to see any parcel of land in Carfield County that does not contain some beautiful mountain views. AIlowing installation of commercial radio towers to obstruct those scenic views is totally unthinkable by conscientious members of Garfield County's political community. I would also remind yotl that a large part of the extremely high tax base and assessments placed upon Garfield County rural land is based upon their scenic value. To allow obstruction of that seenic value, most certainly would place that assessment process in question, and constitute legal iustification for lawsuits to reduce the assessed value of land affected, not adjacent lands, but affected lands. Should you approved this text amendment change of the rural residential zoning, one would only have to look at the past history of this County, the Planning Commission, and the Commisiioners, and the special permits that they approve over the objections of the neighbors to see that installations will be allowed over which reiidents of the County and the governing bodies will have absolutely no control of the final outcome. Most of the controls over radio tower installations are controlled by federal aqencies. The only control the County has is whether they wiII allow or not allow such an installation. The configuration of the installation and the lighting of the installation are totally out of the control of the County. Once you have allowed this text amendment, and then the special permits, which by your history you will allow, You will have lost. total control. \ Garfield County Commissioners March 30, '1984 Page Two If the commissioners have in the past been red-faced and embarrassed over allowing a lolty pop sign to be placed in the view of Mt. Sopris, think how much more embarrassed they are going to be when they have allowed five, 301 | towers to obstruct other mountain views. The towers wiII be painted international orange and white and lighted with strobe lights, all which may be required by federal agencies, over which Garfield County has absolutely no control. AII these requirements can and will be placed upon that tower installation. If you think the lolly pop sign creited a roar, wait until you have five towers like that obstructing the view of hundreds of tax paying citizens who are screaming for tax relief because of over taxation. Now is the time to stop a repeat of such an incident. To wait until it is built and then try and talk this business into removing their obstructions of the scenic views of Garfield County, Iike the commissioners were forced to do with 84 Lumber and their lolty pop sign would be totally absurd. How often do the people of Garfield County have to be subjected to such poor foresight and management by paid and elected officials of Garfield County. When the commissioners of Garfield County can show me a beautiful and scenic radio tower, then I will feel that radio towers are compatible neighbors in Garfield County. Until then, I must object to any iext amendment that allows installation of radio towers in the rural scenic lands of Garfield County. Sincerely, ?, ,r/-- -"//./Zt f-7 4' L( '- Winston Chaffin GARFI ELD DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING: 945-8212 / ENVTRONMENTAL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT HEALTH:945.2339 / BUILDING: 945-824 I February 23, 1984 Charles S. Haines Rif1e Broadcasting Company 200 W. Central Santa Ana, CA 92707 Dear I,1r. Haines: As we discussed during our phone conversation on February 17, this letteris intended to clarify the remaining regulaLory ieguirements and.orocedures your company needs to complete prior to starting your venture.Basically, there are two procedures Lr,at nled to ue ccmple[edl 1. Board of commissioners approvar of the zoning resolutiontext amendments; 2. Special Use permit application and approval. on FebruarY 8, 1984, the Planning Conunission recor,rnended approval of theproposed zoning text amen&lents to the Board of county conunissioners. onItdarch 19, 1984, the Board will hold a public hearing -on the lroposed textamendments at 1:30 p.m.r in their olfice at the county couithouse. rfthey agree with the recon'uitendation from the planning conrnission, they canclose the public hearing and mal<e a motion to approve the text amendments.Ilne public hearing will be quasi-judicial and everyone testifying will besworn in by the chairman of the Board of county cor,unissioners. rf the text amen&nent is approved, it will alrow you to appry for aspecial use permit to construct the radio towers and broad"a"Ling studio.As r saidr if you want to submit the special use application beiore themeeting on March 19th, we can =FIt proceising it. ii you-couto get theapplication to us by March g, Igg4, -it would be possible to put it on theApril 11, 1984, planning conrnission agenda. This assumes, of course, thatthe Board approves the text amendrnent on l,larch 1gth or shortlythereafter. rf for some reason the Board chooses to de1ay, table or denythe requested text anendment, then we will not be in a lrcsition to legal1yprocess the application. 20I 4 BLAKE AVENUE GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 8I60I Assuming the Board approves the text amendment on March 19th, or shortly thereafter, and we are able to process the Special Use permit application, another public hearing date will have to be established for the Special Use permit. The public notice in the netvspaper will have to be 15 daysprior to the hearing date, not including the day of the hearing. If you want to publish for a hearing on April 23, 1984, it will be necessary to have the notice in the newspaper by April 4, 1984. fhis will be in advance of the Planning Cor,rnission meeting on April l1th. If the Conrnission should decide to table the request, then the public hearing onApril 23, would have to be cancelled. As you can see, there are a number of "ifs' that need to be answered affirn'atively to make this schedule work. Addi.tionally, the more detailed information you submit in support of the Special Use application, the less chance of controversy and delay in making a decision. If you have any aCditional questions or concerns, please feel free to call or write at your convenience. Sincerely,'/)l* l4ark L. Bean Senior Planner MLB/er,ttl