Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting - public_hearing

all right folks let's uh go ahead and please come to order board of county commissioners land use meeting and public hearing july 14 2026 if everyone will please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, turning to the county attorney for certification of the agenda.

Yes, sir. The county attorney's officer reviewed all items on the agenda. Appropriate posting is in need where necessary, and you have jurisdiction over these matters.

Very good. Thank you, Councillor. Commissioners, any disclosures for items on this agenda?

None for me. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

No. Nor I. Let's go into our land use meeting agenda items. And first one is DLC, Sterling Ranch Exemption. Project file is EX2026-006. Eric Pavlenek presenting for staff.

Good afternoon, Commissioners. Eric Pavlenek representing Community Development. Before you is the Douglas County Library's Soaring Ranch exemption. The product number is EX2026-006. Derek Patterson with TST Inc. Consulting Engineers is here as the applicant representative. The request is for approval and exemption from the Douglas County subdivision resolution to establish a 3.29 acre lot for development of a public library. The intent of the exemption process is to establish a review process for divisions of land that the board determines are outside of the purpose of subdivision. The exemption process includes a submittal of an application followed by a limited referral industry review period. The site indicated by the red star is located in the northwest portion of the county within the Stern Ranch development. The property is located within the Chatfield urban area. as identified in the 2040 CMP. This site is zoned as part of Stern Ranch PD. It's located southwest of the intersection of Titan Road and Taylor River Circle. This is an aerial view of the property. As background, the Planning Commission approved a location extent application for Douglas County Library on this site back in January 5th of this year. Services and impacts were evaluated as part of that L&E process. Per the Stern Ranch PD, the property is intended to be character zone C5. A library is allowed use within this character zone. The exemption exhibit, as shown on the screen, shows the boundaries of the 3.2 acre lot. The board has broad authority to approve subdivision exemption requests. Should the board approve the exemption request, the following proposed conditions should be considered for inclusion in the motion. Condition number one, prior to recordation of the exemption exhibit, technical corrections to the exhibit shall be made to the satisfaction of Douglas County. And condition number two, all commitments and promises made by the applicant or the applicant's representative during the public meeting and agreed to in writing and including the public record have been relied upon the Board of County Commissioners in approving the application. Therefore, such approval is conditioned upon the applicant's full satisfaction of all such commitments and promises. There are no formal approval standards for exemption requests. Rather, sub-vision resolution such for exemption Eligibility criteria. In this case, section 903.04 authorizes the board to approve subdivision exemptions when division of land create parcels for public or quasi-public uses, as listed on the slide, which include a library. Section 904.04 of the subdivision resolution sets forward the parameters for the board's action on exemption requests, which is noted on the slide. This concludes my presentation. I'm available for any questions at this time. Otherwise, the applicant, Derek Patterson, is here to answer any questions you have. They do not have a formal presentation.

All right. Any questions for Eric Jonah?

Thanks, Eric. Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'll reserve my questions following the presentation of the applicant.

Very good. All right. Sorry, Eric, this one's too easy. I have no questions. Let's hear from the applicant if the applicant would like to approach the podium and give a presentation.

The applicant doesn't have a formal presentation. They could answer questions if you have any.

Do we have any questions for the applicant, gentlemen?

None for me.

Okay, I have none for the applicant, but let's hear from the public if there may be something coming up and we'll give the applicant an opportunity to address anything brought up by the public. Let's go ahead and move on to public comment at this time. I do not have anyone signed up for public comment on this matter. If there's anybody who'd like to come forward and give public comment at this time, please approach. Seeing none, let's bring it back to the board for any further questions, discussion, or a motion.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chair. I know not a lot of public comment today, but big day for Douglas County. Sterling Ranch, of course, one of the fastest growing communities in all of Colorado, and especially here in Douglas County. that will soon have land available for a new Douglas County Library. So that is very exciting. It'll have a new school opening this fall, another new school opening next fall, and now a library to be built here soon. So I think proud of the work done by our library board, by Sterling Ranch in donating the property, and by our planning commission and planning board here at the county, our staff here. So very good work by all. I think it's a great idea to put a library out there and therefore I move to approve the DCL, Douglas County Library, Sterling Ranch exemption because it does meet all the approved criteria with those two conditions as presented. It's project file EX2026-006. And I'll second that motion.

All right, there's a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. And Commissioner, would you like to cast a vote? Oh, I apologize. I just didn't hear. I apologize. Very well. The exemption is granted. Our next item is Stone Creek Ranch Filing 1, Second Amendment. Replat project file is SB2022-38. Trevor Bedford presenting for staff.

sorry about that i didn't hear you i think we all sit at the same time good afternoon commissioners trevor bedford representing community development the request is for stone creek ranch filing one second amendment project number sb 2022-038 mike sanders with chokecherry investors llc is the applicant the request is to convert tracks m and t of the stone creek ranch filing one into two single family residential lots sir The intent of the replat process is to provide a review process for the replatting of an existing subdivision plat or superblock final plat. The replat process begins with the submittal of an application. Following a review period by referral agencies and the public, the request is considered by the board at a public meeting. Referral comments received are attached to the staff report. Referral comments were standard in nature and have been addressed by the applicant. Courtesy notices were sent to abutting landowners. No responses were received from the public. The project site is in the Pinery separated urban area of the Douglas County Comprehensive Master Plan as shown in this vicinity map. The properties are within planning area eight of the Stone Creek Ranch plan development. This aerial map shows some additional context with the tracks highlighted in red. Tracks M and T are both currently developed with single family residences. The Stone Creek Ranch final plat was approved in 2015 and designated these as open space tracks. In 2023, a PD amendment was approved to allow single family residential on tracks M and T. The replat is intended to create consistency with the zoning and uses. The exhibit shows the proposed replat. Tract M is proposed to be replatted to lot 330 and is one acre. Tract T is proposed to be replatted to lot 331 and is 2.18 acres. The Parker Water and Wastewater District currently provides central water and sewer services to both properties. The minimum lot size for Planning Area 8 of the East Stone Creek Ranch PD is two acres. Proposed lot 330 is one acre in size, but since this is an existing condition, this would be considered a legal non-conforming lot and a non-conforming use would be corrected. The approval standards for a replat request are set forth in section 704 of the subdivision resolution and listed on this slide. Staff's assessment of the approval standards, including subdivision design, are discussed in detail within pages five through seven of the staff report. Staff has evaluated the replat in accordance with Article 7 of the Douglas County subdivision resolution. Should the board find that the approval standards for the replat are met, the following proposed conditions should be considered for inclusion in the motion. Condition number one, prior to recordation of the replat, technical corrections to the replat exhibit shall be made to the satisfaction of Douglas County. Condition number two, All commitments and promises made by the applicant and or applicant's representative during the public meeting and or agreed to in writing and included in the public record have been relied upon by the Board of County Commissioners in approving the application. Therefore, such approval is conditioned upon the applicant's full satisfaction of all such commitments and promises. This concludes my presentation. I'm available for questions. The applicant does not have a formal presentation, but is also available for questions.

All right, thank you, Trevor. Gentlemen, questions for Trevor? None for me. Nor I, Trevor. Actually, just for clarity, this looks a lot like what we saw when we went through the zoning process here at Stone Creek. I mean, this is obviously the planning to keep these existing homes before the rest of the neighborhood is built out and actually make them separate properties. I mean, any changes? Does the developer have plans to knock the existing structures down and make use of some new builds in the area? Or is this just a mechanism to preserve those structures?

This is a mechanism basically to make them legal single-family residences so that it's consistent. Right now, there's a plat that basically says these are supposed to be open space tracks. So there's some... confusion if someone were to go sell this or try to do any improvements. I can't say what the developer plans to do long term, but the PD does have requirements that both of these residences are kept on site.

Okay, so not so much preservation so much as maintaining the fact that they have been residents in the past and they can be going into the future.

Correct.

Okay, thank you. Okay, we heard the applicant does not have a formal presentation. We're happy to hear from the applicant at this time. Come on forward if you'd just like to let the board know anything you need us to know and be prepared to answer any questions from the board.

5989 Interlochen Street, which is at Stone Creek. No, I mean, Trevor's done a tremendous job, kept us on target here. We went through the PD process to really make everything conform with the approvals the way they were supposed to be. There were some inconsistencies. So to answer your question, We do have the ability to redevelop those properties or at least our property in the future, I believe. But we would have to meet the setbacks within the PD requirement. And then also we have noise, we have noise mitigation standards that we have to meet if we build anything new. So I think the concept's been thought through and really it's just to make everything consistent.

Okay, very good. Gentlemen, any questions for the applicant?

Not for the applicant, but for staff. Can you confirm what Planning Commission's recommendation was?

The replats don't go to Planning Commission, so this came straight to the board.

Just replats straight to the board. Okay, thanks. And then any additional objections or issues from citizens, public comment?

no we did not receive any public comment on this or any any objections okay thank you if i can say one thing um these lots were created in 2015 by the plat they were tracks at that time and carol keen was a planner at that time she labeled them and we did with her as tracks I thought it was because they were larger pieces of property, but I think evidently we shouldn't have called them tracts. We should have called them lots per county verbiage, and I think this is part of what the platting process now is really just changing the name tract to lot.

Words mean things when we talk about civic planning, so that's understandable. Questions, Commissioner? All right, I have no questions for the applicant. Thank you, sir. At this time, we're happy to hear public comment on this matter. If anybody would like to come and give public comment, please step forward to the podium now. I did not receive anybody signing up for public comment. I am seeing none, so let's bring it back to the board for further discussion or a motion.

Mr. Chair, if it does please the board, I will make a motion to approve the sundown final plat because it does meet all of the approval criteria. Oh, actually, I'm sorry, I apologize. We're getting ahead of ourselves. I will make a motion to approve the Stone Creek Ranch filing one, second amendment replat because it does meet all of the approval criteria with the two conditions as presented, project file SB 2022-038. Second.

All right, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. And the amendment re-plat is approved. All right, our next item is sundown final plat. Project file is SB2025-019, Mount Jakubowski presenting for staff.

Good afternoon, Commissioners. Matt Jakubowski representing Community Development. The request is the Sundown final plat, project number SB2025019. Katie James of Folkstad Physicus and Alan Westfall of Sundown Subdivision LLC are here as applicant. The applicant is requesting final plat approval for 17 single family residential lots and three tracks on 72 acres in the rural residential or RR zone district. 50% of the site or 36 acres is proposed as open space. Until late 2019, the RR zone district allowed density bonuses in exchange for a permanent open space set aside. which is the reason for that 50% open space. The applicant's preliminary plan was submitted before the density bonus standards were removed, which was in late 2019. Thus, the applicant is eligible to apply the density bonus at final plat. I wanted to mention that as some background because it's a little unique. The intent of the final plat process is to provide for the review of the final engineering plans, the subdivision improvements agreement, public dedications, and other legal agreements. The final plat process begins with the submittal of an application. Following a review period by referral agencies and the public and acceptance of engineered plans, the request is considered by the board at a public meeting. Staff received requests from the public during the process for information and just explanation of what was in the file and other questions, but no particular specific comments were received during the process from the public or nearby property owners as part of the final plat review. The site is located in Franktown, east of the intersection of Highway 83 and 86. Here's the red star where the site is located. The site is outlined in red on this slide. It's approximately one half mile north of the intersection of State Highway 86 and Tanglewood Road. And you can see that our zoning, which is the yellow color on this map, is predominant. This area will provide some site context. The parcel is in an area dominated by single family residences. Those residences are generally on five to seven acre lots. For some additional background, the site was zoned rural residential in 1982. As noted, the board removed the density bonus standards in late 2019, but the applicant's preliminary plan was submitted before those density bonus standards were removed The applicant is eligible with a 50% set aside of open space to request a three lot density bonus. So that's what's occurring here. The preliminary plan with the density bonus request was approved by the planning commission and the board unanimously in fall of 2024. Before you is the final plat exhibit for 17 two acre lots The area generally bordering those lots around each edge of the subdivision and the east side abutting Bibles Hill Drive is the 50% open space. Tanglewood Road provides the main access to the subdivision by two subdivision roads. Each of the lots in the subdivision have access from Sky Metal Point. At that point, this is actually a gated community. Lots eight and nine have direct access from Tanglewood Road by a access easement specific to those lots. The Sundown Oaks Metro District that the board reviewed last summer will own and maintain those subdivision roads, as well as tracks A, B, and C that I pointed out originally, which is the open space. I should mention with the density bonus, a plat note and a required declaration of protective covenants is required. Those are to basically require the open space to be open space in perpetuity. There's a clause in the protective covenants that will restrict any future subdivision of the open space. So that's a protection that when those density bonus requirements in RR were in place would make it such that it would remain open space. Standard utility and access easements are proposed throughout the subdivision. Drainage easements are related to proposed drainage ponds. The county will accept general purpose utility easements and secondary drainage easements as typical for subdivisions. The applicant will also dedicate 40 feet of right of way for Tanglewood Road, as well as a portion of the Bibles Hill Drive cul-de-sac, which is actually on the property. Finally, the applicant will assure that access is secured to a property owner outside the subdivision that has access from Tanglewood Road at the moment. Following are some site photos. This photo provides a view through the west side of the property to Tanglewood Road. Tanglewood Road is visible in the background through these trees. This photo looks to the northwest from the middle of the site. This photo looks approximately in that same middle location northeast through the site. And finally, this parcel looks back through the west from Bibles Hill Drive. Before you are the final plat approval standards as described within pages 8 through 10 of the staff report. The subdivision improvements agreement and all engineering report studies and plans for the final plat have been accepted. Because of the proposed density bonus, the density bonus standards that had been in place under former section 509 are applicable here and described within pages 11 and 12 of the staff report and are before you here on this slide. Staff has evaluated the final plat request in accordance with article five of the subdivision resolution. Should the board find that the approval standards have been met, staff proposes 10 conditions for inclusion in the motion. Condition number one, prior to recordation of the final plat, the applicant shall provide payment of $33,772 cash in lieu of school land dedication fees in accordance with article 10 of the subdivision resolution. Condition number two, Prior to recordation of the final plat, the applicant shall provide payment of $64,269 cash in lieu of parkland dedication fees in accordance with Article 10 of the subdivision resolution to Douglas County. Condition number three, concurrent with recordation of the final plat, the applicant shall record a 40-foot non-exclusive shared driveway and access easement by a separate document for the benefit of the property at state parcel number 2509-061-00002. Condition number four, concurrent with recordation of the final plat, the Sundown Oaks Metropolitan District covenants, controls and restrictions shall be recorded by separate document to address architectural design, review, fencing and landscape requirements. And that's also a condition specific to the density bonus. Condition number five, concurrent with recordation of the final plat, a deed restriction which limits further subdivision of tracks A, B and C shall be recorded by separate document and noted on the plat exhibit. Condition number six, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, the applicant shall complete the applicable recommendations provided in the wildfire mitigation plan to the specifications of the Douglas County Building Division. Condition number seven, during construction activity within the development, the applicant, its successors, and the signs shall take all reasonable care to watch for historic resources, paleontological resources, and other cultural history resources and shall immediately notify Douglas County and complete appropriate Colorado Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation data management forms in the event of such discovery. Condition number eight, during construction activity within the development, the applicant, its successors, and assigns shall conduct a burrowing owl study if any earth moving will take place between March 15th and October 31st. Condition number nine, technical corrections to the final plat exhibit shall be made to the satisfaction of Douglas County. And condition number 10, All commitments and promises made by the applicant or the applicant's representative during the public meeting and or agreed to in writing and included in the public record have been relied upon by the Board of County Commissioners in approving the application. Therefore, such approval is conditioned upon the applicant's full satisfaction of all such commitments and promises. As noted on this slide, Section 50406 of this subdivision resolution sets forth the parameters for the Board's determination of final plat requests. This concludes staff's presentation. I'm available to take questions on the staff report at this time if the board wishes. Otherwise, Katie James of Folkstad, Fazekas, and Alan Westfall of the Ownership Group are here to address the board and answer any questions you may have.

All right, thanks, Matt. Board questions for Matt.

Thanks for that presentation, Matt. Just one question about the clustering and the bonus density. Can you talk to us a little bit more about that?

Sure, the density bonus standards allowed for three additional lots under the strict application of density in the rural residential district, 14 lots would have been allowed, 17 by the density bonus are allowed because of the 50% open space set aside. As it is now, an applicant could propose a two acre lot within the RR if they kept the density. The two acres is the minimum requirement for a septic system, and this proposal is on well and septic. So the combination of the open space set aside, the 50%, which needed 36 acres, plus the two acre lots to achieve the well and septic, are why the subdivision looks at it as it is. But there could be other RR parcels that someone may propose a two acre parcel if they wanted to.

Yeah, is that still part of the DCZR or is that something that's been amended?

The density bonus has been removed as of I think around September 2019. The density of the RR district is as it was at that time currently.

Got it, okay, thank you.

for the questions for Matt.

No questions for me, very thorough presentation and even more thorough packet that was provided to us days ago, so thank you.

All right, we're happy to hear from the applicant at this time.

Sir, do you go ahead and give us your name, give us your credentials. My name is Alan Westfall. I am the project manager for this project, and we are here represented by folks at Fajikas with Katie James, and our engineering team is here. We're here to answer any questions that you might have.

Okay, questions from the board?

I have none. None from you either.

None for me either. I do remember when we dealt with your zoning and it looks pretty consistent with what I'm remembering, so I've got no questions. At this time, let's go ahead and open it up for public comment. I do not have anyone signed up to speak on public comment. Is there anyone who would like to speak? And I'm seeing none. Let's bring it back to the board for deliberation and possibly a motion.

Mr. Chair, do we get confirmation that the 10 conditions are accepted?

Oh, thank you. Actually, applicant, can I ask you to re-approach the podium? Do you accept the conditions? Yes, we do accept those conditions. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you, Commissioner, for reminding me. At this time, let's bring it back to the board. Guys, what do we want to do?

You know, I noticed that courtesy notices were mailed as they're required to Bannockburn HOA, Burning Tree Ranch, Deerfield, Flintwood, Franktown Citizens Coalition, and several others. And it looks like literally no comments were received. Those are pretty active HOAs and neighborhood groups. So the fact that we got no comment is probably a pretty good indication of neighborhood support. Concur.

Mr. Chair, everything does seem to be in order. The packet we received quite, actually quite some time ago seems to have everything in order. It seems to go exactly with the zoning plan that was laid before us several months ago. And therefore, Mr. Chair, I move to approve the sundown final plat because it does meet all the approved criteria with those 10 conditions that were read as presented and accepted. It's project file SB 2025-019. I'll second that motion.

All right, there's a motion and a second. Any deliberation? All in favor, say aye. Aye. And final plat is approved. Okay, transitioning over to our public hearing agenda items. Our first item is DRAGNA, minor development final plat. Project file is SB2024-030. Caroline Washee-Freeland, you're not Caroline.

Brett, go ahead. Thank you, commissioners. Brett Thomas filling in for Caroline Washee-Freeland on behalf of community development. The item before you is the Adrania Minor Development Final Plat, project number SB2024030. Casey Adrania is here on behalf of the applicants. The applicants are requesting approval of a minor development final plat to subdivide a 4.62 acre parcel into two single family lots. The lots will be 2.3 acres in size. The intent of the minor development process is to provide a streamlined review process for the creation of 10 or fewer single family lots. The minor development process begins with submittal of an application. Following staff comments, the request is forwarded to referral agencies. To begin the referral period, courtesy notifications of an application in process were sent to abutting landowners. The request is heard by the planning commission prior to consideration by the board. Referral comments were standard in nature and have been addressed through the revision of the exhibit. During the process, no public comments were received. The Planning Commission heard the proposal at a public hearing on July 6 and unanimously recommended approval by a vote of 5 to 0. One member of the public spoke in response to the application and asked about the process for future construction on proposed lot 1. The project area shown by red star is in the north central portion of the county, generally located on Evelina Road, approximately one half mile east of I-25 near North Allen Street and Founders Parkway. The property is located within the Castle Rock Municipal Planning Area of the Douglas County 2040 Comprehensive Master Plan. The project area, outlined in red, is owned suburban residential. This is an aerial of the property. The lots will have central water and sewer services provided by Silver Heights Water and Sanitation District. To provide context and history of the site, parcel was originally zoned Agricultural 1 in 1955. It was rezoned to suburban residential in 1983, and the existing home was constructed in 1995. Here's the minor development final plot exhibit. Both lots will be accessed by two separate private driveways connecting to Evelina Road. A portion of lot one is located within a rockfall hazard zone, as shown on the exhibit in red. To avoid future rockfall on the lot, a no-build zone was established. No structures will be permitted to be constructed within the no-build zone area. There are two existing non-habitable sheds present on the site within the Rockfall Hazard Zone. These structures cannot be replaced, modified, or expanded. Building envelopes have been delineated on the lots outside of the Rockfall Hazard Zone, highlighted in brown. General purpose utility easements will be dedicated to the county via the plat. This is a view looking to the north. A portion of the existing home is shown on the left side of the photo. This is a view looking to the southeast. Springer Park is located south of the proposed subdivision. This is a view looking to the east from the proposed lots. The lots are situated south of the Mesa, which slopes south towards Evelina Road. And this view is looking west along Evelina Road. The approval standards for a minor development final plat request are set forth in section 603 of the subdivision resolution and listed on the slide. Staff's assessment of the approval standards are discussed in detail within the staff report. All engineering reports, studies, and plans that were required and the subdivision improvements agreement have been approved. Staff has evaluated the minor development in accordance with Article 6 of the subdivision resolution. Should the board find that the approval standards for the minor development are met, the following proposed conditions should be considered for inclusion in the motion. Condition number one, prior to recordation of the minor development final plot, the applicant shall pay $500 to Douglas County School District for cash in lieu of school land dedication. Condition number two, prior to recordation of the minor development final plat, the applicant shall pay $250 to Douglas County for cash in lieu of parkland dedication. Condition number three, prior to recordation of the minor development final plat, technical corrections to the plat exhibit shall be made to the satisfaction of Douglas County. And condition number four, all commitments and promises made by the applicant or the applicant's representative during the public hearing and or agreed to in writing and included in the public record have been relied upon by the Board of County Commissioners in approving the application. Therefore, such approval is conditioned upon the applicant's full satisfaction of all such commitments and promises. Section 604.06 of the subdivision resolution sets forth the parameters for the board's recommendations of a minor development request. This concludes staff's presentation. I'm available to take questions regarding the staff report. Otherwise, the applicant's here to answer any questions about the request. The applicant does not have a formal presentation.

All right, thanks, Brett. Board, any questions for Brett?

I have none.

Nor do I. Happy to hear from the applicant at this time. And please do give us your name, tell us where you're from, and tell us your relationship to the applicant.

Yeah, absolutely. My name is Casey Adrania. I'm with Adrania Architecture and Development. I live in Parker, Colorado, and I am actually the nephew of the property owner, Mike and Sandy Adrania. And the other applicants to this is Bradford and Christie Adronia. Bradford is also my cousin, so it's a family affair. Part of this is a dream of the family for a while now as Mike and Sandy get a little bit up there in age, just Bradford and Christie would love to be closer to them to help out as well as build their dream home on this beautiful lot.

All right. Board, any questions for the applicant?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just wanted to thank you for the correction on your last name. I think that's, you probably have to do that all the time. It's a great last name.

Yeah, thank you.

I'm just looking at the letter from July 10th of 2024 from the Colorado Geological Survey about the rockfall hazard limits. Do you want to talk to us a little bit about how you're managing that?

Yeah, absolutely. We've been just working with this lot probably for the last four or five years now. Biggest challenge is the rockfall, working with the Colorado Geological Survey to mitigate the rockfall potential on the site. It started with hiring a geologist engineer, geotechnical engineers, civil engineers to survey the lot, evaluate the rocks on site. Various mitigation measures were looked at previously, which would be in the form of fences. Those were deemed to be not practical for cost purposes as well as for them to be purposeful, they would have to be actually constructed not on this property, which is not an option. So that's where, in further conversations with the Colorado Geological Survey, along with our geologist, it came to the conclusion to Given all the other factors, the survey, rock fall analysis, the actual geologist met on site. He walked around, personally evaluated all the rocks, contours, topography of the site, and on the site actually started staking out where he believed that there would be no hazard to construct any additional structures in the future. And definitely the mission there was to make sure that we have the utmost safety for this future residential structure. So through all of that, that's where the no-build zone was created. Outside of obviously a major seismic event, which would be an earthquake, which would obviously see a lot of other major issues, Everybody involved believes that the no-build zone that was created gives us a good setup moving forward.

That's great. Thank you for that. And just a quick question for staff. It looks like engineering was asking for access points. It looks like the staff report says that all of that has been satisfied with engineering. Any other engineering issues on access?

There were none.

Okay. Thank you, Brett.

Anything else, Commissioner?

None for me, thank you, Chair.

All right, Commissioner. No, sir.

I have no questions. I've, having lived in the town for 30 years, I know exactly where this is, and now this seems like a neat idea. Glad the family's able to keep it within the family. Okay. At that time, my last question for you, though, is there are four conditions on this application. Do you accept those?

Yes.

Very good. Okay, unless there's further questions for the applicant from the board, let's move on to public comment. I did not receive anyone signing up for public comment on this matter. Is there anyone who would like to give public comment at this time? And seeing none, let's bring it back to the board for any deliberation and a motion.

Mr. Chair, if there's no further discussion, I'm pleased to make a motion to approve the Adrania Minor Development Plat because it does meet all of the approval criteria with the four conditions as presented, Project File SB 2024-030. I second the motion.

I think, like I said, this sounds like a great use. I think it's great that you guys are keeping it in the family, making it a family project. Thanks for coming in to us and going through the formal channels. I think it's great. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. And the minor development final plat is approved. All right, our final item today is an ordinance adopting the 2024 International Fire Code with amendments as set forth in attachment one and appendices B and C, repealing all other ordinances and resolutions in conflict therewith. Matt Dubinowski, Chief Building Official for staff. Matt Dubinsky, Dubansky. Matt, you're gonna have to help me with the pronunciation.

Good afternoon, commissioners. Matthew Jubanski representing the building division. Joining me today are several representatives from the fire protection districts throughout Douglas County. The item before you today is the second and final reading of an ordinance adopting the 2024 international fire code along with the proposed amendments and appendices B and C. This adoption has been recommended for approval by the Douglas County fire chiefs and marshals acting as the fire code adoption and revision commission for Douglas County. The purpose of this code is to update, um, or the purpose of the code update is to align the fire code with the county's adopted 2024 building codes. Incorporate updated provisions for the new materials, technology, and construction methods. Provide consistency with neighboring jurisdictions. It enhances public safety for firefighter safety as well. And it helps maintain the county's and our fire district's ISO rating. As mentioned during the first reading, the proposed amendments are very limited. Working with all the Douglas County Fire Protection Districts and stakeholders, our goal was to rely on the model codes whenever possible while making only these amendments necessary to address Douglas County's operational needs. The primary amendment changes include clarification for operational permit thresholds for outdoor assembly events and adding permit requirements for inflatable amusement devices exceeding 400 square feet. Adding an exception for certain hyperbaric facilities where specific NFPA 99 requirements are not applicable while maintaining appropriate safety standards. And we also removed the amended table B105.2 to better align with the model international fire code. Throughout this adoption process, we work closely with all the fire protection districts and stakeholders to develop and review the proposed amendments. This collaborative effort helps ensure consistency across jurisdictions that the amendments address local needs while remaining business friendly, reducing unnecessary complexity, and maintaining the intent and safety of the International Fire Code. The proposed amendments were also reviewed and supported by the Douglas County Fire Chiefs Association as well as the Regional Fire Code Board of Appeals. Notice was also published in a Douglas County Press as required by Colorado statute. No public comments or concerns were received during the outreach process or following the first reading. That concludes my presentation. I'm available to answer any questions.

All right, thanks, Matt. Board, any questions for Matt?

None for me, thank you.

Mr. Chair, I think you, thank you, Mr. Chair. I think you outlined it perfectly, but maybe just one more time. So the fire code's always looking out for the public safety, always looking out for what's best, but sometimes they even get ahead of new technology or available products, things like fireproofing deck materials that aren't readily available but very, very expensive. Were we able to kind of cut through, do everything absolutely necessary to protect public safety and future builds without going too far in making things unavailable or unaffordable for our citizens?

Yeah, so this code adoption is for the International Fire Code that primarily pertains to multifamily buildings and commercial buildings and industrial. We did go through all the codes to make sure that there was no onerous code requirements for people and a burden with cost of materials. Okay. Well, I appreciate that effort. Thank you.

All right, I have no questions, Matt. It doesn't look like we've had any changes since the first reading.

Nope, none.

All right, because this is the second reading, so I have no questions. Let's go ahead and open it up for public comment. Chief, it looks like you're coming forward. Please do give us your name, tell us where you're from, and of course, your role.

Dave Woodrick again, Fire Chief Franktown Fire and President of the Douglas County Fire Chiefs Association. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to you today and for your consideration in this matter. All the things that were highlighted by Matt are important to the agencies around for public safety. It's some of the things that we look about is this is what starts off a building or things like this and probably can save more lives down the road than when we have to respond. That's at the last minute of those type of things. The one thing that we would like to bring to your attention and recognize is your staff and the great job that they did on making this a collaborative effort of their work of ensuring that this can go across all the fire districts that service Douglas County as well as the municipalities. and we wanted to make sure that they were acknowledged for that. Thank you.

All right, thank you, Chief. Appreciate it. Anyone else for public comment on this matter? Seeing none, let's bring it back to the board for any deliberation or a motion.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move to approve an ordinance adopting on, this is a second reading once again, the 2024 International Fire Code with amendments as set forth in attachment one in appendices B and C and repealing all ordinances and resolutions that may be in conflict therewith. And I'll second that motion.

Very good, we have a motion and a second on the second reading. Gentlemen, any deliberation? All in favor say aye. Aye. And the ordinance is approved on second reading. Matt, great job with your team. All right, that is our last item for today's public hearing. We will adjourn. Thank you all very much.