Application Types

A director determination shall be required for any of the following developments or matters:

1. Agricultural second or third dwelling unit pursuant to paragraph 73-3.III.A.;
2. General second dwelling unit pursuant to paragraph 73-3.III.B.;
3. Use reviews pursuant to section 66-25;
4. Permit adjustments pursuant to section 66-26;
5. Adjustments to an approved, but not recorded plat, pursuant to section 67-11;
6. Lot legalizations pursuant to section 67-14;
7. Written code interpretations pursuant to section 66-17;
8. Lots split by county road pursuant to section 67-13;
9. Deployment of a telecommunications facility that does not amount to a substantial change pursuant to section 73-21;
10. Applicable level of permit review for areas and activities of state interest pursuant to section 69-8;
11. Applicability of the technical revision review process or denial of a technical revision for areas and activities of state interest pursuant to section 69-15;
12. Waiver of the width requirement for an emergency access easement pursuant to subsection 74-4.XIII;
13. Permissible alterations or expansion of a nonconforming use or structure pursuant to section 79-3;
14. Extension of time for abandonment or discontinuance of a nonconforming use pursuant to section 79-3;
15. Re-building and re-establishing nonconformities subject to the disaster re-build program pursuant to section 79-6;
16. Cooperative planning area waiver pursuant to subsection 72-2.IX.

An administrative land use permit shall be required for any of the following developments:

1. AgPlus uses pursuant to subsection 66-5.II;
   1. Farm stand and direct market business/community supported agriculture that sell agricultural products produced off-site;
   2. Agritourism enterprise;
   3.  Bed and breakfast facilities;
   4. Public livestock or farm implement auction;
   5. Day care facility;
   6.  Sale rooms of products grown on site;
   7.  Assisted living residence;
   8.  Veterans assistance programs;
   9. Wineries, cideries and distilleries;
   10.  Grain storage facilities;
   11.  Small scale processing facility.
2. Second dwelling unit pursuant to subsection 73-3.IV;
3. Accessory uses pursuant to subsection 73-2.III;
4. Special events pursuant to section 73-20;
5. Economic development area uses pursuant to section 65-5;
6. Phased elements of major projects pursuant to section 66-21;
7. Final plans pursuant to section 66-21;
8. Final plats pursuant to section 67-3;
9. Amendments to recorded plats pursuant to section 67-11;
10. Vacation of utility easements pursuant to 67-12;
11. Lot consolidations pursuant to section 67-9;
12. Boundary adjustments pursuant to section 67-9;
13. Boundary adjustments – Animas Valley pursuant to sections 65-4 and 67-9;
14. Deployment of telecommunications facilities using existing structures pursuant to section 73-21;
15. Small scale solar pursuant to section 73-19.

A minor land use permit shall be required for any of the following developments:

1. Commercial development or industrial development meeting all of the following criteria:
   1. Less than ten thousand (10,000) sq. ft. in gross floor area;
   2. Less than three (3) acres in gross site disturbance;
   3. Less than one thousand fifty (1,050) gallons per day water demand or served by a public water system        or designated regional public water system;
   4. Less than five (5) percent increase in background traffic on the adjacent roadway.
2. Mixed use development containing commercial or industrial development meeting all of the criteria in paragraph 66-6.I.A. above and containing three (3) or fewer dwelling units;
3. Multi-family dwelling development containing three (3) dwelling units;
4. Sketch plan pursuant to section 66-19;
5. Conceptual development plan pursuant to section 66-29;
6. Special uses in the Animas Valley Land Use Plan pursuant to chapter 65;
7. Accessory uses pursuant to subsection 73-2.IV.;
8. Temporary uses pursuant to section 73-22;
9. Second or third dwelling unit pursuant to subsection 73-3.V.;
10. Minor subdivisions pursuant to section 67-4;
11. Clustered rural development pursuant to section 67-7;
12. Cooperative planning area development pursuant to section 66-23;
13. Duplex dwellings;
14. Day care facility serving five (5) to fifteen (15) individuals;
15. Religious institutions;
16. Community facilities;
17. Commercial and industrial operations meeting the criteria in paragraph 66-6.I.A. above for the processing or manufacturing of crops, forage or livestock including, but not limited to, dairies, poultry processing and meat packing plants.
18. Deployment of telecommunications facilities using a new stealth tower as the structure or small wireless facilities that do not qualify for administrative review pursuant to section 73-21;
19. Large scale solar pursuant to section 73-19;
20. Agricultural exemption subdivisions pursuant to section 67-6.

A major land use permit shall be required for any of the following developments:

1. Commercial development or industrial development meeting any one (1) of the following criteria:
   1. Ten thousand (10,000) sq. ft. or larger in gross floor area;
   2. Three (3) acres or larger in gross site disturbance;
   3. One thousand fifty (1,050) gallons or greater per day water demand if not served by a public water                 system or designated regional public water system; or
   4.  Five (5) percent or greater increase in background traffic on the adjacent roadway.
2. Mixed use development containing commercial or industrial development meeting any one (1) of the criteria in paragraph 66-7.I.A. above or containing four (4) or more dwelling units;
3. Multi-family dwelling development containing four (4) or more dwelling units;
4. Fourth or subsequent dwelling units pursuant to subsection 73-3.VI.;
5. Major subdivisions pursuant to section 67-3;
6. Planned unit developments pursuant to Chapter 68;
7. Manufactured home parks, tiny home communities or manufactured home subdivisions pursuant to section 73-15;
8. Commercial outdoor storage and sales pursuant to section 73-7;
9. Recycling processing facility, salvage yard and junk yard pursuant to section 73-16;
10. Day care facility serving sixteen (16) or more individuals;
11. Gravel, sand, topsoil and mineral extraction pursuant to section 73-10;
12. Sexually oriented businesses pursuant to section 73-17;
13. Aggregate processing and asphalt plants, pursuant to section 73-10;
14. Airstrips and heliports;
15. Campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks pursuant to section 73-5;
16. Commercial outdoor shooting range pursuant to section 73-8;
17. Land applied septage pursuant to section 73-13;
18. Commercial and industrial operations meeting the criteria in paragraph 66-7.I.A. above for the processing or manufacturing of crops, forage or livestock including, but not limited to, dairies, poultry processing and meat packing plants.
19. Marijuana facilities pursuant to section 73-14;
20. Deployment of telecommunications facilities using new structures other than a stealth tower pursuant to section 73-21;
21. Event venues pursuant to section 73-9.

For any event using or crossing a County Road, you must first obtain a Special Events - County Road Use Permit by submitting an application with required attachments at least 45 days prior to the proposed event. Special events using county roads are approved or denied by county staff. The application can be submitted here.

Please have the following information available when you call:

• Name of Applicant
• Telephone contact number(s)
• Parcel number(s) of the property involved
• Description of the proposed activity

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