MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO

Regular Meeting Minutes

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Third Floor Hearing Room
County Court House
1325 Pearl Street, Boulder
Commissioners Present:
  • Ann Goldfarb
  • Gavin McMillan
  • Mark Bloomfield, 2nd Vice Chair
  • Chris Whitney, Chair
  • George Gerstle
  • Bobby Umstead
Commissioners Excused:
  • Sam Libby, Vice Chair
  • Rachel Lee
  • Rita Manna

The meeting was called to order at approximately 1:34 p.m. by Chair Chris Whitney.

MOTION: George Gerstle MOVED that the Boulder County Planning Commission APPROVE the meeting minutes from August 21, 2024.

SECOND: Mark Bloomfield

VOTE: Motion PASSED {6:0}

None.

5.

 

Sam Walker, Planner II, presented the application for Nicholas Kostecki and Amanda Keil, Request to vacate a portion of the Riverside Drive right-of-way to eliminate a structural encroachment into the existing right-of-way boundary. The proposal is in the Forestry zoning district at 468 Riverside Drive, approximately .5 miles west of the easternmost intersection of Riverside Drive and SH7, in Section 34, Township 3N, Range 72W.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED

SPEAKERS: None

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED

MOTION: Chris Whitney MOVED that the Boulder County Planning Commission CONDITIONALLY APPROVE and recommend to the Board of County Commissioners CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of Docket V-24-0001: Kostecki-Keil Right-of-Way Vacation with the 4 conditions stated in the staff recommendation.

CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:

  1. Only a 10-foot wide strip of the existing right-of-way is to be vacated and incorporated into 
    the adjacent parcel at 468 Riverside Drive, such that the new dividing line between the private 
    parcel and the public right-of-way matches the northern boundary of the 40-foot right- of-way 
    described on the Riverside Plat Block No. 5 3ʳᵈ Addition, recorded June 21, 1924 at Reception No. 
    90204849.
  2. Prior to the recordation of the Boulder County Commissioners’ Resolution, the applicants must 
    submit a new survey of the subject parcel’s new configuration. The survey must include the full 
    extent of the onsite wastewater treatment system and its setbacks to the updated parcel boundaries. 
    The following requirements must also be met prior to recordation of the Resolution:
    1. If the onsite wastewater septic system is located within 10 feet of a property line, the 
      applicants must notify Boulder County Public Works.
    2. If the onsite wastewater septic system extends beyond the updated parcel boundary and into the 
      right-of-way, the applicants must complete a license agreement with Boulder County Public Works.
  3. The applicant shall meet all the post approval requirements within one year after the date of 
    the Board of County Commissioners’ Resolution approving this vacation. This Resolution and 
    associated documents shall also be recorded by Community Planning & Permitting Staff with the 
    County Clerk and Recorder’s Office within this one-year timeframe. This vacation approval shall not 
    be considered final or effective until this recordation. Finally, this vacation approval shall 
    expire if recordation does not occur within the required one-year timeframe (unless an extension is 
    granted).
  4. The applicant shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and commitments of record and in the
    file for docket V-24-0001: Kostecki-Keil Right-of-Way Vacation.

SECOND: George Gerstle

VOTE: Motion PASSED {6:0}

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:18 p.m.