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STATE OF COLORADO
County of Garfield
At a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Garfield County, Colorado, held
in the Commissioners' Meeting Room, Garfield County Courthouse, in Glenwood Springs on Monday
the 7tr of Jwre, 2010, there were present:
John Martin , Commissioner Chairman
, CommissionerMike Samson
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Commissioner
DonDeFord - - ,CountYAttorneY
Jean Alberico - , Clerk of the Board
Ed Green (absrnO,County Manager
when the following proceedings, among others were had and done, to-wit:
RESOLUTION NO. 2OIO. TTg
A RESOLUTION CONCER}IED WITH THE APPROVAL OF A TEXT AMENDMENT
TO AMEND AND CLARIFY ELECTRIC GENERATION F'ACILITIES AND
ASSOCIATED USES WITHIN THE UNIF'TED LAND USE RESOLUTION OF 2008, AS
AMENDED, SPECIFICALLY PROYIDED F'OR IN EXHIBIT A (ATTACHED
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Recitals
A. The Director of the Building and Planning Department of Garfield County, Colorado,
initiated a Text Amendment application to amend certain provisions of the Unified Land Use
Resolution of 2008, as amended related to Electric Generation Facilities and associated uses
which are specifically contained in Exhibit A (attached hereto).
B. On March 24, 2010, the Garfield County Planning and Zoning Commission, in a
noticed public heamg, forwarded a recornmendation of approval to the Board of County
Commissioners.
C. On June 7,2AlA, the Board of County Commissioners opened a public hearing upon
the question of whether the Text Amendment should be approved, approved with changes, or
denied at which hearing the public and interested persons were given the opporlunity to express
their opinions regarding the issuance of said Text Amendment.
D. The Board of County Commissioners closed the pirblic hearing on June 7tr, 2010 to
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make a final decision.
E. The Board on the basis of substantial competent evidence produced at the
aforementioned hearing, has made the following determinations of fact:
l. That the hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners
were extensive and complete, that all pertinent facts, matters and issues were submitted
and that all interested parties were heard.
2. That the application has met the public notice and public hearing requirements of the
Garfield county unified Land Use Resolution of 2008, as amended.
That the proposed text amendments have been determined to be in the best interest of the
health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and welfare of the citizens of
Garfield County.
The proposed text amendments are consistent with applicable standards of the Unified
Land Use Resolution of 2008, as amended and complies with the Garfield County
Comprehensive Plan of 2000, as amended-
The proposed text amendments do not conflict with State statutory provisions regulating
land use.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Garfield County, Colorado, that the Garfield County Unified Land Use Resolution of 2008, and
identified as its Resolution No. 08-115, as subsequently amended by this Board" shall be and
hereby is amended as shown on the attached Exhibit A and said larrguage will be incorporated
into the codified Garfield County Unified Land Use Resolution adopted o, O"tob"t 13e, 2008:
ADOPTED this elt+day of tir^, ,2010
GAMIELD COLINTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS, GARFIELD
Upon motion
following vote:
duly made and seconded the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the
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John Martin .Aye
S'IATE OF COLORADO
County of Garfield
I, _ _, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of
Cognty Commissior".t, i, *a f- ff,., C"""ty and State aforesaid, do hereby certifu that the
*r,"*"d and foregoing Resolution is truly copied from the Records of the Proceeding of the
Board of Cognty Commissioners for said Garfield County, now in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the se:rl of said
County, at Glenwood Springs, this -- day of A.D.2010.
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners
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Delete the current definition of "Electric Substation" in Article 16 which currently statesl
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EXHIBIT A
1) Add "Electrical Substation" as a Limited lmpact Review in all zone districts in Table 3-501 and as a
use-by-right in Public Lands.
3) Replace "Electric Substation" with the following:
TILITY SUBSTA a
transformataon or voltaEe control required for the transmission of electricitv sixtV-nine
ovolts or review timelines shall
requirements set forth in CRS 29-?.0-108(2). as amended.)
tnclude Utility Substation in Tables 3-501 and 3-502 as a Limited lmpact Review in all zone districts
and as a use-by-right in Public Lands and eliminate the term "Electric Substation" in Table 3-502.
Delete "Utility Lines" in Article 16 which currently states:
Utility tines, The physieal rneans by whieh a utility is transperted frem €ne Feint te
6) Replace "Utility Lines" with the following:
IBUTION other
transmissaon lines or electrical transmission lines as defined herein. and teleDhone or
teleeraoh line. cable television line, water line, sewer line, or neighborhood-s-ubstations.
lnclude Utilaty Distribution Facility in Tables 3-5o1 and 3-5oz as a use-by-riBht in all zone distrists
and eliminate the term "Utility Lines" in Table 3-502.
Amend the definition of "Utility Substation" in Article 16 as follows:
Utility Substation.
frem A€ te Dei veltage is stepped up or dewn; ete" Anv facilitv de.siened to provide
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electricitv sixw-nine (59) kilovolts or sreater. {Aoplication r.eview timelines shall follow
process and review requirements set forth in CRI29-20-108(*2), as amended.)
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g) Delete "Major PUC Regulated Electric or Natural Gas Distribution Facilities" in Article 15 which
currently states:
Maje+ PU€ Eleetrieal er Natcral 6as Dis+ributien Faeilitie+ Maier PU€ eleetrieal er
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l. Struetures anC equipment asseeiated wlth sueh eleetrieal Eenerating faeilities;
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10) Replace "Major PUC Regulated Electric or Natural Gas Distribution Facilities" with the following:
ELECTBJC POWER 9ENERATION FACILITY means_anv electric energv eeneratine facilitv with
Facilities thary senerate less than ten (1Q) megawatts shall be considered as uses bv risht.
(Agplication review timelines shall follow process and review rqgui.rements set forth in CRS 29-
20-108(2). as amended.) Wind Powered Electric Gene_rator & Solar Pow_er Generating Svstgms
are specificallv resul.qted elsewhere in Tables 3-501.and 3-502.
11)lnclude Electric Power Generation Facility in Tables 3-501 and 3-502 as a Limited lmpact Review in
the Rural, Resource Lands, and Public Lands zone districts and eliminate the term "Major PUC
Regulated Electric or Naturat Gas Distribution Facilities" in Tables 3-50L and 3-502.
12)Delete "Electrical Transmission / Distribution Lines" in Table 3-502 and Article 16 which currently
states:
Eleetrie TransrRi.sien tine, A series ef three er mere struetures and appurte{Ent
faeilitie+ereeted abeve greundrsuppertin8 ene er mere eenduetersemanating frem a
pewer plant er a srbstatierb designed te transmit eleetrie energy-in veltages ef 69;000
Elestrieal Distributien tine, Struetures and appurtenant faeilities used fer the
13)Add the following definitions for "Electric Power Transmission Lines" in Tables 3-501 and 3-502 as a
Limited lmpact Review in the Rural, Resource Lands, and Public Lands Zone district & "Utility
Distribution Lines" in Tables 3-501 and 3-502 as a use-by-right in all zone districts as follows:
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ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMtSStON LINE means anv power line desiRned for or capable of
ansmission of si
14)Add the following definition of a "Neighborhood Substation" to Article 16 and place it as a use-by-
right in Tables 3-501and 3-502:
1S)Add ,,Gas Transmission Line: Gas main or gas laterals used in the local distribution of natural gas
service" as a new definition to Article 16-
set forth in CRS 29-20-1-08(21, as amended')
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uTlLlTy DISTRIBUTION FA.CIL|TY means anv Eas or electric line other than Ras gatherinR
llnes. transmisslon lines oi electrical transmission lines as defined herein (utilized for the
lo."l dirtribrtion of gas or electric servicel. and telephone or teleFraph line' cable
television line. water line. sewer line,-or neighb-orhood substations'
NEIGHBORHOOD SUBSTATION means anv faciliw used for the purpose of reducinP
vott.*., to levels of less than sixtv-nine (59) kilovolts, for distribution to individual users'