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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondenceDave Argo From: Dave Argo Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:57 AM To: 'gil@exnihilodev.com' Subject: 4660 CR 311 New Castle - Permit #BLRE-09-18-5478 Gil: We have reviewed your building permit application for an addition/remodel of your existing residence and detached garage to join these two separate buildings together. An integral piece of this remodel project is the inclusion what is defined as an "Accessory Dwelling Unit" (or ADU) in the back half of the existing detached garage. Under Garfield County's current Land Use & Development Code, an ADU requires a separate Land Use Change Permit, in addition to a Building Permit. However, the good news for you is that this provision of the LUDC is currently being updated and revised to allow one (1) ADU on many qualifying properties within Garfield County, and your property appears to meet the requirements of the new regulations. Unfortunately, we won't be able to officially issue a building permit for your project until November 1, when these new provisions officially take effect. Our office is currently in the process of updating our procedures and application forms to allow us to implement this new ADU policy, and we will probably be sending you an updated Building Permit application form via email which will allow us to properly track new ADU permits issued by our office under the new regulations. We should be able to send you one of the new application forms in the next week or two which will allow us to be prepared to process your permit when the new regulations take effect on November 1. We will send you this application form as soon as it has been finalized, and in the meantime we will hold onto your drawings while we await the November 1 date for issuance of your permit. Also please note that you will also be required to obtain a septic permit for alteration of your existing septic system to accommodate the new bathroom at the ADU. Thank you for your patience as this new policy takes effect. Dave Argo Plans Examiner • . Garfield County Community Development Department 108 8th Street, Suite 401 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Tel: 970-945-8212 Ext. 1610 Email: dargo@garfield-county.com Web: garfield-county.com 1 ADDENDUM TO BLDG. PERMIT FORM: Gil Villarreal, 4660 Cty Rd. 311, New Castle, CO 81647 Description of Work: 1. Enclose Existing Breezeway Enclosure of 6' wide by 21' long breezeway between finished attached garage and detached garage. Enclosure will include building two, 2"x 6" insulated walls at both ends of breezeway containing a 36" exterior pre -hung fiberglass door in each wall. Ceiling and walls will be insulated with R-21 fiberglass insulation and finished with 1/2" drywall on the interior. Exterior of walls will be finished with 5/8"plywood, sheathing wrap, and stucco or exterior wood siding. Attached garage is finished, insulated, and drywalled. Two ceiling lights will be installed inside the enclosed breezeway with light switches on the interior of each entrance door as well as switches inside the attached garage and proposed recreation room. All electrical work will be performed by the homeowner and inspected and approved by a state -licensed electrical contractor. See notation A in attached floorplan. 2. Concrctc Slab and Pad in Detached Garage Pour a 6" 4000psi concrete slab as a NON load bearing foundation for the proposed new recreation room. See notation C in attached floorplan. Pour a 4" 4000psi concrete pad in the remaining half of the detached garage with walkway to attach to existing concrete pad. See notation B in attached floorplan. 3. New Recreation Room with Wet Bar in Detached Garage Build proposed 2"x 6" walls to enclose a portion of the detached garage over the concrete slab. All walls will be insulated with R-21 fiberglass insulation and finished with 1/2" drywall. Ceiling will be insulated with R-21 fiberglass and finished with 1/2" drywall. NO proposed walls are load bearing. A 5'x3' casement window will be installed in the east wall of the recreation room. See notation D in the attached floorplan. A wet bar will be built into the northeast corner of the recreation room containing a single bar -sink, 18" bar dishwasher, and an 18" bar mini -fridge. Cabinets and counters will be installed with the counters not exceeding 22 sq.ft. The sink will be plumbed into the existing plumbing already present in the wall shared between the proposed recreation room and existing room. All plumbing work will be performed by the homeowner and inspected and approved by a state -licensed plumbing contractor. See notation E in the attached floorplan. 4. Alteration of Existing Room in Detached Garage Build proposed 2"x 4" interior wall (Sec notation F) and open 6'x 6'8" opening in existing wall and enclose with 2"x 6" walls to create a closet (See notation G). Dave Argo From: Dave Argo Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 11:48 AM To: 'Gil Villarreal' Subject: RE: 4660 CR 311 New Castle - Permit #BLRE-09-18-5478 Gil: Thanks for your email response. After reviewing your project with Andy, we have concluded that the best uplion is for us to issue your building permit along with a condition that states: "New addition may not be used as Accessory Dwelling Unit without first obtaining a land use change permit." This should simplify things from a water supply standpoint and it also addresses a plat note shown on the Bumguardner Subdivision Exemption which states: "Use on Lots 2, 3 & 4 restricted to single-family residences." This seems to be the simplest, most direct avenue for meeting these requirements — and it allows you to proceed with a permit in hand at your earliest opportunity. However, you are still required to pull a Septic Permit for alteration to your existing system since you are adding a bathroom. It is a nominal fee of $75.00 and the ladies at the front desk will assist you with this paperwork when they contact you with pick-up instructions and final balances due. Dave Argo Plans Examiner C_\.:• _ Gmfield County Community Development Department 108 8th Street, Suite 401 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Tel: 970-945-8212 Ext. 1610 Email: dargo@garfield-county.com Web: garfield-county.com From: Gil Villarreal [mailto:gil@exnihilodev.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:25 AM To: Dave Argo Subject: Re: 4660 CR 311 New Castle - Permit #BLRE-09-18-5478 Dave, Thank you for reaching out and explaining where we are in the permitting process. I have a question for clarification. Before submitting my permit application, I spoke at length with Andy Schwaller about our property. He advised us that by enclosing the breezeway between the house and detached garage and making this 'conditioned space', and as long as our new addition opened into the breezeway, and did not contain a stove, a full-size refrigerator, and Tess than 25sqft of counter space, the addition would not be classified as an ADU, but simply an additional room with a wet -bar and an attached bedroom with a bathroom, Part of our concern with classifying our project as an ADU, is the language of our well permit, which though having extremely generous water rights (1.5 acre feet of water per year), contains the language 'one single-family dwelling', which, according to our water attorney, does not allow for an ADU. Hence our desire to seek a way in which we could 'enclose' this new room within our existing house, thereby maintaining 'one single-family dwelling' in accord with our well permit. Our attorney suggested that the 1 above method of enclosing the breezeway and attaching the new room to it would maintain the 'one single-family dwelling', which Andy Schwaller confirmed. My question is this. Does our project actually need to be classified as an ADU, if we are meeting the requirements that were outlined by Andy? This might expedite the project if we did not need to wait for the new LUDC docs to be finalized and would also eliminate a separate septic permit. Or are there actual benefits to classifying our project as an ADU in the long run, despite our well permit's exclusive language? Thank you for your time and consideration of our project and request. Kind regards, Gil Villarreal President Ex Nihilo Studios o (970) 876-1956 c (970) 366-8229 www.exnihilodev.com