Gunnison County, Colorado

*Gunnison County Planning Department*
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Boards & Commissions

The Planning Department provides staff support for:

The Gunnison County Planning Commission, which reviews Land Use Change Permits under the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution.

The Gunnison County Environmental Health Board, which reviews variances and Special Reviews under the Gunnison County Individual Sewage Disposal System Regulations.

The Gunnison County Board of Adjustments, which reviews requests for variances from setback requirements, and appeals of determinations made by the Planning Director about setback requirements.

Cumberland Pass Summit
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The Gunnison County Building Board of Appeals, which hears appeals from persons who disagree with the Building Inspector's interpretations of building codes.

Planning Commission

Planning Commission members are appointed by the Board of Commissioners; five regular members serve 3-year terms, two alternates serve 1-year terms. The Board seeks to appoint people with a variety of backgrounds and from several geographic locations from around the County when appointments are made.

The Commission meets regularly twice a month, usually on the first and third Fridays of each month, with meetings usually lasting all day. Individual applications are scheduled for specific times on each agenda. If you’re interested in a specific application, you may want to call the Planning Department to confirm an agenda time and meeting date, and you may also want to included on the Commission’s regular agenda mailing list. All meetings and all records of the Commission are open to the public.

Persons interested in serving on the Commission should contact the Gunnison County Planning Department, 641-0360, or the Gunnison County Manager’s Office, 641-0248.

Agenda

Schedule of Meetings for 2008:
An annual schedule of meetings for the upcoming year is distributed in January. Special meetings and site visits to proposed land use change/development sites are also conducted by the Commission.

January	11 & 25 &26
February	1 & 15 & 29
March	14 & 21
April	4 & 18
May	2 & 9 & 16
June	6 & 20
July	11 & 18
August	1 & 15
September	5 & 19
October	3 & 17
November	7 & 21
December	5 & 19

Members:

Ian Billick - Chairperson, current term ends February 2011
Ramon Reed - VP, current term ends February 2010
David Owen, current term ends February 2010
Nick Lypps, current term ends February 2009
Sam Lumb - current term ends February 2009
Richard Karas - current term ends February 2011
John Messner - Alternate, current term ends February 2009

Minutes:
Minutes are not transcripts of the meeting. The agenda is available at the front of the minutes for each meeting. Minutes are available from the Planning Department after they have been approved by the Planning Commission. Copies of minutes from years previous to those listed here are available in hard copy from the Planning Department by postal mail; some are available by email.

2007	2006	2008
December 14, 2007 December 7, 2007 November 16, 2007 November 2, 2007 October 12, 2007 October 5, 2007 September 21, 2007 September 7, 2007 August 17, 2007 August 10, 2007 August 3, 2007 July 20, 2007 July 6, 2007 June 15, 2007 June 1, 2007 May 18, 2007 May 4, 2007 April 20, 2007 April 6, 2007 March 30, 2007 March 16, 2007 March 2, 2007 February 16, 2007 February 15, 2007 February 2, 2007 January 26, 2007 January 12, 2007	December 15, 2006 December 1, 2006 Novmeber 17, 2006 November 3, 2006 October 20, 2006 October 6, 2006 September 8, 2006 August 18, 2006 August 4, 2006 July 21,2006 July 7, 2006 June 16,2006 June 2, 2006 May 19, 2006 May 12, 2006 May 5, 2006 April 28, 2006 April 7, 2006M March 17, 2006 March 3, 2006 February 17, 2006 February 3, 2006 January 20, 2006 January 13, 2006 January 6, 2006	January 11, 2008 January 25, 2008 January 26, 2008 February 1, 2008 February 15 2008 February 29, 2008 March 14, 2008 April 18, 2008

Environmental Health Board

Environmental Health Board members are appointed by the Board of Commissioners. The Board seeks to appoint people with a variety of backgrounds and from several geographic locations from around the County when appointments are made.

The Board meets as needed, with meetings lasting two to three hours. Individual applications are scheduled for specific times on each agenda. If you’re interested in a specific application, you may want to call the Planning Department to confirm an agenda time and meeting date, and you may also ask to be included on the Board’s regular agenda e-mailing list. Contact Michelle Spain (mspain@gunnisoncounty.org) to be placed on the list.

Persons interested in serving on the Board should contact the Gunnison County Planning Department, 641-0360, or the Gunnison County Manager’s Office, 641-0248.

Current Board Members:

Ted Violet, current term ends February 2010
Steve Glazer, current term ends February 2010
Corey Bryndal, current term ends February 2011
Lucinda Lull, current term ends February 2010
Rick Richards, alternate
Larry Parachini, current term ends February 2011

Agenda

Minutes
Minutes are not transcripts of the meeting. The agenda is available at the front of the minutes for each meeting. Minutes are available from the Planning Department after they have been approved by the Board of Environmental Health. Copies of minutes from years previous to those listed here are available in hard copy from the Planning Department by postal mail; some are available by email.

2007	2006	2005	2008
December 6, 2007 November 1, 2007 October 4, 2007 July 5, 2007 June 21, 2007 January 4, 2007	May 25, 2006 May 18, 2006 May 4, 2006 February 16, 2006 February 2, 2006	December 15, 2005 September 15, 2005 August 18, 2005 June 16, 2005 April 28, 2005 April 07, 2005 March 24, 2005 February 24, 2005	February 7, 2008 February 21, 2008

Board of Adjustments

The Board of Adjustments is a voluntary citizens group appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Board of Adjustment members don’t formally represent specific geographic areas of the county or specific disciplines. However, the group usually includes members from a range of communities and backgrounds. The Board meets as needed, so does not have regularly-scheduled meetings.

The Board of Adjustments is responsible for reviews that involve:

GRANTING OF VARIANCES FROM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. To grant variances from setback requirements where, by reason of unusual narrowness, shallowness, or shape of a specific parcel existing as of the January 8, 2001 or by reason of unusual topographic conditions or other situations or conditions of the parcel, none of are self-imposed by the property owner, the strict application of the requirements of the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution Section 13-104: Setbacks from Property Lines and Road Rights-of-Way would result in "peculiar practical difficulties" to, or undue hardship upon the owner of the property. The Board of Adjustments may grant a variance to relieve those difficulties or hardship, if such relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public health, safety and welfare and "without substantially impairing the intent and purposes of the Resolution."

APPEAL OF ACTION BY PLANNING DIRECTOR. To hear and decide appeals when it is alleged by an applicant that the Planning Director has made an error in any order, requirement, decision or refusal related to the granting of variances from the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution's setback requirements, Section 13-104: Setbacks from Property Lines and Road Rights-of-Way.

A hard copy of the variance application form is available in the Planning Department; a .pdf version is available HERE.

Agenda
There are no meetings of the Board of Adjustments currently scheduled.

Members
The Board of Commissioners appoints the five regular members appointed for overlapping three (3)-year terms and not more than three alternate members who are appointed for one-year terms. Current members are:

Jerry Kowal, current term ends February 2010
Robert Williams, current term ends February 2010
Don Crosby, current term ends February 2010
Don Sammons, current term ends February 2009
Peter Bogardus, current term ends February 2009

Minutes
Minutes are available from the Planning Department after they have been approved by the Board of Adjustments. Call (970) 641-0360 to request hard copy or emailed versions. Minutes are not transcripts of the meeting.

Building Board of Appeals

The Building Board of Appeals is a voluntary citizens group appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Members don’t formally represent specific geographic areas of the county or specific disciplines. However, the group usually includes members from a range of communities and backgrounds.

The Building Board of Appeals meets as needed, so does not have regularly-scheduled meetings.

The Building Board of Appeals is responsible for reviews that involve appeals from persons who disagree with the Building Inspector's interpretations of building codes.

Agenda
There are no meetings currently scheduled for the Building Board of Appeals.

Current Board Members:

Don Sammons, current term ends February 2009
Robert Williams, current term ends February 2009
Don Crosby, current term ends February 2009
Peter Bogardus, current term ends February 2009

Minutes
Minutes are available from the Planning Department after they have been approved by the Building Board of Appeals. Call (970) 641-0360 to request hard copy or emailed versions. Minutes are not transcripts of the meeting.

Office Staff

Director Joanne Williams 970-641-7929 Email Joanne	Assistant Director Neal Starkebaum 970-641-7930 Email Neal
Services Manager Beth Baker 970-641-7932 Email Beth	Planner Cathie Pagano 970-641-7985 Email Cathie
Building Inspector Rich Wojdakowski 970-641-7934 Email Rich	Environmental Health Specialist Richard Stenson 970-641-7933 Email Richard
Bldg., Env. Health & Planning Assistant Eric Jansen 970-641-7688 Email Eric	Administrative Assistant Michelle Spain 970-641-7982 Email Michelle

Office Hours

8:00 a.m. - 12:00; 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday (except holidays)

Our public computer is available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F, upstairs outside our meeting room. Here you can access our Building, Individual Sewage Disposal System and Land Use Permit databases, the databases for the County Assessor's and County Clerk and Recorder's Offices, and searchable copies of County regulations that are administered by the Planning Department.

Contact Information

Gunnison County Planning Department
Blackstock Government Center
221 N. Wisconsin, Ste. D (upstairs)
Gunnison, CO 81230

Email the Planning Department

Main Office: (970) 641-0360
Building Inspection: (970) 641-1011
Environmental Health: (970) 641-5105

(Voicemail is available 24 hours per day)
Fax: (970) 641-8585

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