CLR-34 Neighborhoods Association
Citizens working for responsible land use development in Weld County, Colorado
[CLICK ON POST IF NEEDED TO SEE ENTIRE POST] [1/18/21] After the Weld County Board of County Commissioners granted Rock and Rail’s application for rezoning from Agricultural to I-3 Heavy Industrial in July, the CLR-34 Plaintiffs filed an appeal with the Weld County District Court on Monday. Details about the rezoning are on this page,…
At a special meeting on May 11, 2020, the Johnstown Town Council passed a strong resolution opposing Rock & Rail’s application for rezoning. Click on this post and read the resolution here.
[CLICK ON POST TO SEE COMPLETE TEXT] The Weld County Planning Commission will review Rock & Rail’s application for change of zone at a hearing on June 16, 2020.
[CLICK ON POST TO READ ENTIRE POST] Letters to the Weld County Planning Department opposing Rock & Rail’s application for rezoning to I-3 Heavy Industrial are needed NOW. Please send letters, ideally by May 14th, to Angela Snyder, the planner assigned to the case, at asnyder@weldgov.com. For more information and her mailing address, click here.
[CLICK ON POST IF NEEDED TO SEE ENTIRE POST] In late March 2020, Rock and Rail submitted an application to Weld County to rezone the land near the intersection of Hwy 34 and CR 13 where they are currently operating an aggregate processing and concrete manufacturing plant. They applied for rezoning of the land from…
[CLICK ON THE POST IF NEEDED TO SEE THE ENTIRE POST] Once Martin Marietta Materials transferred operating control of the Highway 34 facility to Rock and Rail, Rock and Rail sued the CLR-34 plaintiffs from the earlier case, claiming we had no right to take legal action against them. The plaintiffs filed a countersuit responding…
IF NECESSARY, CLICK ON POST TO SEE ENTIRE TEXT Weld County is reviewing zoning rules, and a few major changes have been proposed, including tighter specifications of what will be allowed as a use by right or use by special review (USR). We’re arguing that compatibility standards are also needed. These changes could have important…
IF NECESSARY, CLICK ON THE POST TO SEE THE ENTIRE TEXT On April 18, 2019, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued an Order to dismiss our Appeal of Judge Taylor’s decision from last summer. The bases for this ruling were twofold. First, the case was not “ripe” for an appeal. Second, it became moot when…
May 21, 2019 at 1:30 pm….let’s fill the courtroom!
Kevin Duggan, Coloradoan reporter, observes that court battles are becoming more common in land use cases as the region grows. See his article at https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/02/18/northern-colorado-land-use-fights-over-gravel-and-conrete-head-court/2905770002/.