Canyon Cliffs Vote - 4 of 5 Minor Plats Not Approved (Update 2x)

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 7/17/08 @ 2:54 pm - Filed Under Featured, Local Politics

Minor plat 1 was approved by a 5-2 vote.
Minor plats 2-5 failed by not getting 5 votes - the vote was 4-3.

Since the majority vote wasn’t actually against the applications they will remain open indefinitely.

It was hard to tell who voted against the plats - Gonzalee Martin was one of them and I believe Susan Hoot and ~~Bill Brown~~ Harold Kleine (plats 2-5) were the other two but I’ll have to confirm that.

Frankly I’m a little shocked…

Update: The JG reports that Harold Kleine was the vote for plat 1 and against plats 2-5. They had a closer seat than me so they’re probably right. Also as the JG reports Kleine didn’t say anything during the debate so that one kind of came out of left field.

I believe this means the developer can still build on the property but they will do so under a different set of rules and they will be limited to how many ~~(14?)~~ they can develop at a time.

Update 2x: I had an opportunity to briefly speak with Bill Brown during the break and he said that the developers can only develop 6 lots under the first minor plat ordinance that passed although they will likely challenge the commission’s vote in court. However, he said they could develop the rest under metes and bounds although that wouldn’t allow them pursue as quality of a development due to certain restrictions.

Comments

5 Responses to “Canyon Cliffs Vote - 4 of 5 Minor Plats Not Approved (Update 2x)”

J. Q. Taxpayer on July 17th, 2008 4:14 pm

I think the 4-3 vote was to a vote to uphold how many believe the law was intended for breaking up parcels and selling them off.

Now we will see if some or several members are reappointed to this commission for their vote. It may be some time but it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

I am surprised because I thought the “gang” had better control over the votes. Then again it is not a dead issue.
Jeff Pruitt on July 17th, 2008 5:31 pm

JQ,

The quote of the day, in my opinion as well as some others, came from Paul Moss, also county councilman:

This is a unique circumstance because the property owner is the president of the plan commission and that there are an awful lot of incestuous relationships here to try and weave through.

Indeed there are…
J. Q. Taxpayer on July 17th, 2008 8:05 pm

It could not be said better.
Charlotte A. Weybright on July 17th, 2008 9:39 pm

Why would one plat receive approval and not the others?

If one receives the go ahead, won’t that as good as open the door for the others in time?
D. Baker on July 18th, 2008 8:42 am

The one minor plat that was approved was only approved based on the use of public sewer. The sewer restriction at Canyon Run was not lifted so the developer will either have to find another way to get public sewer to the plat or re-submit another application using private septics. To do that they will have to have each lot’s soil tested to see if they have proper soil conditions and enough area to install the absorption beds.