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Land Use Reviews <br />One of the CGS' prime mandates is to <br />provide expert technical reviews of <br />development plans for counties, cities, <br />and school districts. These reviews are <br />meant to ensure the geologic suitabil- <br />ity of development projects. During <br />2004, we conducted over 450 land use <br />reviews by request. This level of activ- <br />ity is lower than our nine -year average <br />of 500 cases. It may indicate that Colo- <br />rado's long -lived building boom is taper- <br />ing off, at least for now. <br />Despite the slowdown, many of the <br />reviews we conducted were time inten- <br />sive, in part due to development mov- <br />ing onto increasingly difficult terrain. <br />The potential for geologic hazards is <br />higher in many of these areas. <br />CGS <br />The CGS continues to conduct land <br />use reviews throughout the mountain <br />and plateau areas of central and west- <br />ern Colorado, and along the Front Range <br />Urban Corridor. The following map <br />shows that, on average, we receive the <br />most review requests from Mesa, Jeffer- <br />son, Weld, and El Paso Counties. Not far <br />behind are Larimer, Douglas, Arapahoe, <br />and Pueblo Counties. <br />The CGS Web site contains more <br />information about the Land Use Review <br />program (under "Programs and Pro- <br />jects"). Celia Greenman manages this <br />program. <br />CGS geologists make on -site visits for each land <br />use review they conduct. At the site, they look for <br />potential geologic hazards, such as this rock that <br />deformed a tree when it fell from above. <br />Average annual number of land use reviews conducted by the CGS, by county, 1999 -2004 <br />