Land Use Code Town of Norwood, Colorado - San Miguel County

Chapter 7: Land Use Code
(d)
Review by Commission.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing on a small scale
subdivision plat prior to making its recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
(2) Notification requirements for small scale subdivision plat. When a hearing is to be
held on a small scale subdivision plat of property, the applicant shall mail the written notice
of public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission on the proposed small scale
subdivision plat, after obtaining a copy of the notice from the Town Staff, to all owners of
real property lying within one hundred feet (100') of the property on which the change is
requested. Notice shall be mailed to all owners of mineral estates of record in the records
of the San Miguel county clerk and recorder. The notice shall be given not less than fifteen
(15) days before the date set for hearing by depositing in the mail such notice properly
addressed and postage paid to each such owner as the ownership appears on the last
approved County tax roll. Applicants shall provide proof of mailing of notice to the Town
prior to the public meeting or hearing that is the subject of the mailing of a notice.
(3) Items for consideration by Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission
shall, in its action on the plat, consider the physical arrangement of the subdivision, and
determine the adequacy of street rights-of-way and alignment and the compliance of the
streets with any Norwood Streets Plan, the existing street pattern in the area and with any
other applicable provisions of the comprehensive plan. The Planning and Zoning
Commission shall also ascertain that adequate easements for proposed or future utility
service and surface drainage are provided, and that the lot size and area are adequate to
comply with the minimum requirements for the type of sanitary sewage disposal proposed.
Where connection to an approved sanitary sewage collection and treatment system is not
proposed, all lots and building sites shall contain a minimum area of one (1) acre or more
depending upon studies of the particular soil condition and evaluation of the physiographic
and geologic character of the area being subdivided. After the Planning and Zoning
Commission has determined that the plat is in proper form, that the arrangement of the
development proposed for the property being subdivided is consistent with zoning
regulations and that the subdivision complies with the provisions of this chapter, it shall act
to approve the plat, subject to action by the Board of Trustees.
(4) Action by Planning and Zoning Commission. Following review of the small scale
subdivision plat and other materials submitted for conformity thereof to these regulations,
and negotiations with the subdivider on changes deemed advisable and the kind and extent
of improvements to be made by the subdivider, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall
act thereon as submitted or modified, and if approved the Planning and Zoning Commission
shall express its approval as conditional approval and state the conditions of such approval,
if any, or if disapproved, shall express its disapproval and its reasons therefor.
(5) Notation of action. The action of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be
noted on two (2) copies of the small scale subdivision plat, referenced and attached to any
conditions determined. One (1) copy shall be returned to the subdivider and the other
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