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<br />J <br /> <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />L <br /> <br /> <br />lI.ug.15.1971 <br /> <br />43 <br /> <br />...- <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />SEe T I <br /> <br />BOULDER COUNTY'S TRENKA <br /> <br />Mountain Buildinc <br />_ making a <br />complete analysis OJ Utt- ,h. Itain areas, <br />including the number of lots platted, <br />water supplies, potential pollution prob- <br />It'rM of septic systemS, roads, and SO: <br />forth," Trenna said. . . <br />He noted that year-around 3C(.'CSS IS 1m. <br />portant .!Ind the construction of new roads, <br />their maintenance and snow removal <br />create an extra burden [or the county. <br />Wl\('n the study Is comple~e, the plan- <br />ning office is likely 10 deSignate areas <br />w hie h slwuld "probably never .be I <br />touched," he said, as well ao; a~.eas .....hich <br />"may reasonably be developed. <br />"We haven't defined what we mean by <br />'reaSt'nably' l'"el," he added. . <br /> <br />" <br />By JA:"oiE CIUCfiAI"T ~ <br />BOULDER-Year-around mountain liv. I <br />Ing-pleasRJll for the homeowner but trou- <br />bh>snme for the environm{'flt-is a slrong <br />trend in &ulder County, a .60-sql.lare-mile <br />arf>a which Is 60 per cent mOUl1tainou.~, <br />";\-IOl.lntain devf>lopment use d to be <br />St'aronal," County Planner Robert Trenk.'l. <br />34, said in an interview this week, "but it <br />has e\'olvOO to the point where most of <br />the structures being built art! year-around <br />homes;" <br />'frenka said the houses, which range <br />from f40,OOO to $too.OOO and more, gener. <br />ally have washing mal,:hines, dishwashers <br />and other appllanees rarely found in <br />se360nal cabins. <br />Tweh'e-month living puts a burden on <br />.'clls. their ground water SUppliC3 and on <br />srpticsysl.ems. <br /> <br />Soil Slippage Problems <br />"Overloaded seplic sp;lems create a <br />danger of pollution and may cause <br />problem!! of sliding earth when efflu('nt <br />acts as a lubrie3nt for areas dormant {or <br />many }'ears," be said. <br />The process of com'lruction-disturhing <br />the ground cover, moving earth, layml': a <br />f 0 u n d a t ion, building driveways and <br />roads - may lead to slippage and S<lil <br />problems, too, Trenka added. He noted <br />that driveways have caved in and roads <br />ha\"t~ fallen away in two of the largt'r su~ <br />dhisions west of Boulder, Pine Brook <br />Hills and the Olde Stage Road subdivision, <br /> <br />2665 <br /> <br />Trenka, who lives in Boulder with his <br />wife and three children, said property <br />o....ners are conSidering developing three <br />large areas of about 1,000 to 1,500 acre! <br />on the west side of Flagstaff )'Iountain. In <br />the count~"s "forestry" zone, one house <br />an acre CQuld be built. <br />Another major development, which <br />CQuld lotal 10,000 acres on the bordf>r 01 <br />Boulder and JeUerson Counties near Coal <br />Creek, could also be developed at that <br />dpn!:it~., Tr!'nka added. <br />"We probably will consider d('oCreasing <br />our allowable densities in the mountain \I <br />areas 10 a minimum of five acres per <br />dwelling unit," he said. <br />Trenk:t added that rural residential dev. Q <br />elopment of the plains areas of the county <br />may be changf'd from the present one-}, <br />unit.per-fi\e-acres to a greater number of.... <br />.lie-res. <br />