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Donnelly explained how his personal experience living in nearby <br /> Loveland informed his understanding of Ready-Mix's application: <br /> [I]t is true that none of us live [in Laporte] and, <br /> none of us are going to . . . have this pit near <br /> our homes for the next . . . decade or so. As I <br /> mentioned, though . . . we have a lot of pits in <br /> Loveland. . . . [A]nd we co-exist with them. . . . <br /> (Emphasis added.) <br /> Donnelly later presented a motion to approve Ready-Mix's <br /> application. But when another Commissioner introduced an <br /> amendment to increase the physical setback of the pit from <br /> residential properties from 100 to 500 feet, Donnelly announced <br /> that he would oppose the application if amended as such. Finally, <br /> Donnelly voted against a second amendment to his motion that <br /> would have required Ready-Mix to access its facilities via State <br /> Highway 287 rather than County Road 54G, the latter of which <br /> winds through residential neighborhoods. <br /> )7 As noted, section 2-71(1) of the Larimer County Code requires <br /> members of the Board to maintain "unconflicted loyalty to the <br /> interests of the citizens of the entire county." Flowing from this <br /> principle, Larimer County Code section 2-67(10) outlines recusal <br /> standards, requiring any commissioner who, in his "sole opinion, <br /> 18 <br />