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<br />Resolution 1987-23
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<br />W1IEREAS, t},is Board },as conducted a noticed public meeting on this
<br />application, at wl,icl, botl, t1,e Applicant and property own rs in tl,e immediate
<br />vicinity have been given t},e opporti:nit.y to present evid nce, as well as to
<br />be represented by legal counsel. Tl,is Board t,as also rec ived and considered
<br />written statements, documentation, and demonstrative evid nce from tl,e Appli-
<br />cant and members of tl,e public, as well as written argume t.s by legal counsel
<br />representing the Applicant and property owners in t1,e mmediate vicinity.
<br />Tl,is Board l,as also received and considered t},e staff's a alysis of t},e pro-
<br />posal and its recommendations. T},e evidence wl,ic}, t.hi Board },as }ieard,
<br />read, and considered t,aving been extensive and complet , this Board does
<br />},ereby find, on tl,e basis of substantial competent eviden in tl:e record, ae
<br />follows:
<br />1. C1,aracter of Nei9l,borl,ood i;; t},e. Immediate icinit:y: In order
<br />to evaluate tl,e land use impacts of tl,e proposed sa extraction opera-
<br />tion, consideration s},ould be given to tl,e land use cl,aract:eristics of
<br />U,e neig},borl,ood in t.},e immediate vicinity of t},e pr osed sandpit. Tf,e
<br />proposed operation world be in t},e floodplain of tl, Animas River. To
<br />the north and northeast of the cite is the Simmon pzeperty, with a
<br />residence about 1,600 feet east of the site. To tl a northwest is tl,e
<br />St.. Clair property on wl,icl, is located tl,e Val-Air acing Club Glider-
<br />port and Air Strip. T},P Gliderport hanger is ~bou 2,400 feet to tl,e
<br />northwest of tl,e site. To t.l,e east of tl,e site acr s tl,e Animas River
<br />is located, in addition to tl,e Simmons property, tf, parcel of Richard
<br />Cooper wl,icl, l,as no residence on it. Also on t},e ast, t},e Deaderick
<br />property has a residence located on it, w},ich is ab nt 2,000 feet from
<br />t.},e proposed site; tl,e Davis property l.as a resid ce on it whicl, is
<br />about 2,300 feet from t},e proposed site; and tl,e wa ler property which
<br />},as a residence is located about ?.,200 feet from tl, proposed site. To
<br />tl,e sour}, of t},e site is tl,e Jo},nson parcel whicl, ]:a no residence on it
<br />and t},e United ~onstniction property w},ic1, },as a 40 permitted extrac-
<br />tio:: and fill operation, but no reside:ce located on it. To t},e west of
<br />the site across U. S. Hwy. 550 is the DiFerdinandoparcel which has a
<br />residence about 2,100 feet from the proposed site; a.,{[Fd the Hansen pro-
<br />perty which l,as a residence located about 2,000 fee from t},e proposed
<br />site. i
<br />It therefore appe..ars that the character of thr neighborhood in the
<br />immediate vicinity is predominantly residential as there are several
<br />single-family residences located from about one-quay er to one-half mile
<br />away from tl,e site, wit}i some extractive activity on the United Con-
<br />struction parcel and tl,e Gliderport operation to t},e north.
<br />2. Visual Impacts: Tl,e aspects of tl,e prop ed operation wl,ict,
<br />would be visible, on a regular basis, from those residences in the
<br />immediate vicinity, wl,icl, are from one-quarter to ne-half mile away,
<br />would be limited to t},e extraction from 1-l,e sand b r by the front.-end
<br />loader, and t1,e loading of tl,e extracted sand onto d5 mp trucks, Tl,ese
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