GENERAL32210

• Permit No: M1986165
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/16/1987
• From: UNITED REALTY
• To: LA PLATA CNTY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Resolution 1987-23
Page 2
Wt:EREAS, this Board k:as conducted a noticed pc
application, at wl:icl: both tl:e Applicant and property o
vicinity have been given tl:e opportunity to present ev
be represented by legal counsel. T}:is Board t:as also r
written statements, documentation, and demonstrative ev
cant and members of tl:e public, as well as written argtr.
representing the Applicant and property owners in tlt
T}iis Board l:as also received and considered t}:e staff's
pose] and its recommendations, T}:e evidence whick: t
read, and considered having been extensive and comp]
hereby find, on the basis of substantial competent avid
follows:
1, Character of Neigl,borl:ood in t}ie Immediat
to evaluate t1:e land use impacts of tl:e proposed s
tion, consideration s}~ovld be given L•o t}:e land ui
tl:e neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of t}:e p
proposed operation wottld be in t}:e floodplain of 1
the north and northeast of t}ie site is the Simm
residence about 1,600 feet east of the site, To
St.. Clair property on wl:iol: is located t}:e Vnl-Air
port and Air Strip. The Gliderport l:nnger is pba
nort}:west of the site. To t}:e suet of t}~o site ac
is located, in addition to t}:e Bimmone property, 1
Cooper wl:ict: t:as no residence on it. Also on the
property has a residence located on it, which is e
t}:e proposed sites the Davis property has a resi
about 2,300 feet from t}ie proposed site] and t}:e 1
has a residence is located about 2,200 feet from t
the soot]: of t},e site is tl:e Johnson parcel which }:
and t}:e United Conetntction property w}:ic}: }:ae a
tiers and fill operation, bttt no residence located o
tl:e site across U, S, Hwy, 550 is the DiFerdinan2
residence about 2,100 feet from tl:e proposed site:
party wk:ich 1:as a residence located about 2,000 fi
site.
is meeting on t]:is
are in tl:e immediate
ante, as well as to
lived and considered
once from tl:e Appli-
:ts by legal counsel
immediate vicinity.
:alysis of tk:e pro-
s Board k:as heard,
e, this Board does
re in the record, as
ViciniL•yt In order
nd extraction opera-
e characteristics of
~oposed sandpit. The
:e Animas River. To
ns property, wit]: a
:}:e nort}:west is t}:e
Soaring Club Glider-
~t 2,400 fast t0 the
oss tl:e Animas River
to parcel of Ric}:ard
east, tl:e Deaderick
gout. 2,000 feet from
ante on it whit}: is
aller property whit},
e proposed site. TO
~s no residence on it
04 permitted extrac-
t it. To the west of
~ parcel w}:ich 1~as a
end the Hansen pro-
et from the proposed
It therefore appears that tl:e cl~azacter of th neigl:bor}:ood in the
immediate vicinity is predominantly residential s there are sevezal
single-family residences located from about one-qu ter to one-half mile
away from t}~e site, with some extractive activit on the United Con-
struction parcel and t1:e Gliderport operation to t} nort3:,
2. Visual impacts: T}:e aspects of t3te pro osed operation which
would be visible, on a regular basis, from tk:a a residences in the
immediate vicinity, w}:icl: are from one-quarter t one-k:alf mile away,
would be limited to tk:e extraction from tkie sand bar by the front-and
loader, and t1:e loading of tl~e extracted sand onto ttmp trtteks, These