TC Res. No. 1983-31RESOLUTION NO. 83-31
SERIES OF 1983
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SPECIAL REVIEW USE FOR
A 115 KV TRANSMISSION LINE ON SECTIONS 34-82-2 AND
SECTIONS 2 AND 3-82-5
WHEREAS, an application has been submitted by Colorado
Ute Electrical Association, Inc., requesting that they be allowed
to construct a 115 kv Transmission Line in Sections 34-82-4 and
Sections 2 and 3-82-5, legally described as follows:
A parcel.of land containing 15.5.acres, more or less, in
Section 34, Township 4 South, Range 82 West, Sixth Principal
Meridian, and Sections 2 and 3, Township 5 South,,Range 82
West, Sixth Principal Meridian, all in Eagle County, Colorado,
described as follows:
All.that portion of a strip of land having a uniform width
of 100 feet lying 50 feet on each side of the following
described centerline:
BEGINNING at a point in said Section 34 from whence the
Southeast corner of said Section 34 bears S110021E a
distance of 2,720 feet; traverse S140291W a distance
of 2,280 feet to a point in said Section 3;,
THENCE S330331E a distance of 2,215 feet to a point
in said Section 2;
THENCE S50211E a distance of 1,685 feet;
THENCE S30605-E a distance of.584 feet to a point
100' northerly of an existing 69 kv -line, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has held
a Public Hearing on said request and determined that the proposed
use complies-with all requirements imposed by the Zoning Code, is
consistent with the objectives and purposes-of-this Zoning'Code
.and the applicable zoning district; and is designed to be compatible
with surrounding land uses and uses in the area, and
WHEREAS, the-Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended
approval of the request subject to the following conditions;
1) That any disturbed areas be revegetated during the first
available growing season after completion of the construction
of the line.
2) That by February 1, 1985, Colorado Ute Electrical Association,
Inc., shall submit to the Town of Avon a completed study
which outlines-the costs, problems and feasibility of
removing the 115 kv line through Wildridge and the Metcalf
Canyon and paralleling it with the proposed 115 kv line
described above, down to the existing substation on Metcalf
Road. This study shall consider the extension of the 115 kv
line east of the Metcalf Substation to a point where-it ties
back in with the existing 115 kv line. If a request is to
be submitted to the Town for construction of another 115 kv
line east of the Metcalf Substation, the above study shall be
satisfactorily completed and submitted to the Town prior to
the Planning and Zoning Commission's consideration of.such
a request.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Special Review Use
for the transmission line is hereby approved by the Avon Town
Council subject to the conditions listed above.
ADOPTED THIS 26th day of July , 1983.
TOWN COUNCIL
TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Allan R. Nottingh Mayor
,Jenny L. Bell, Dgputy Town Clerk