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.l>Q"'" :{csf 7/'711~ DEVi:LOPERS MEET Land Control Pressing Need By LOIS BARR "plumbing worked and the doors IkOH'I' Post Staff Wrller shut properly." However. he Land use Is the most difficult said, most develoJX'rs look at em'ironmental asprct to control 40 acres of land and say. "Well. because it masquerades under tbat's 40 houses- let's buy It." the "sacred cow of private prop- What is n~ed. Hansen told eny," the director of the Rocky the more than 200 devf'lopment Mountain Center on Environ~ representatives at Ute conf(>r- ment (ROMeO) said Wednes. enre, is sound environmt'flllll day. planning "because people re- Spe-aking at a conference of )eel the idea of land control." the Rocky Mountain Land De- So far. he said, most environ. \'elopers Association at Stoul. mental controls have been con- fer's Inn, 3201 Quebec St., Roger ('erned with enforcement of ex. Hansen said land-use control isting laws rather th~n plan. "appearPd to run counter to the nlng. American dream" of a person HanSl'n said nncheckf'd de- I owning and doing what he wants velopment in Colorado contino with his land. UM to produce such f'yesores "An investor, HansE'n said, as unsightly billboard.!! along wouldn't think of bu)'ing a house Interstate highways, ugly sub- without making sure that the divisions and "meadow elut. ler" throughout the mountains. 1 "We seem to think lIlat any. thing that Is expensive is aesthetically attractive," he said, "A $20,000 A-frame In a mountain valley isn't any more attractive than an Inexpensl\'e fann hou~." BEllER DESIG:\"I:\"G He stressed that mountain development should be better designed to add to the altrae- tiveness of the area in which thi'\' are located. Hansen urRed developers to h a v e detailed environmentAl I impact studies made of poten- tial development areas. RD:\ICO, he said, has done sev- eral such studies for major de- velopers, including Vail Asso- ciates. "The elk !:niffing the air and the quaking aspens are 01 vslue just because they lire there," he said. He pointed out that onl)' through planned develo~ mt'nt will the beauties of na. , lure be saved for posterity. The confE'rence will continue Thursday with talks by en. \'ironmental and land develop. ment leaders. ~".\f;:,