Planning and Zoning Commission

A Dollar General store proposed at Highway 145 and Road N got yet another thumbs-down from Montezuma County on Tuesday.

The Montezuma County commissioners have scheduled a second public hearing June 24 on a proposal to place a Dollar General store at Highway 145 and County Road N.

The Independent Log Company got the go-ahead Tuesday night for its proposed wood-processing operation near the Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez.

An owner of the Independent Log Company gave a tour Saturday morning to 15 citizens concerned about the company’s proposed project in Cortez.

Some 45 people turned out at Thursday night’s meeting of the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission to voice opposition to a proposed “glamping” development near Mancos. At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour hearing on the proposal, the commission voted 3 to 2 to recommend denial.

The Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday gave a unanimous thumbs-up to a proposal for a log-home-manufacturing operation near the west entrance to the Carpenter Natural Area off Lebanon Road.

Plans for a biochar facility at the former Ironwood mill site got a thumbs-up Thursday night from the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission. In other news, a local man whose actions sparked concern early this month when he twice approached children in Cortez and offered them money has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

A lengthy and contentious public hearing Thursday night on high-impact and special-use permits for new operators at the Ironwood mill site ended with the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission continuing the hearing to June 13.

The City of Cortez is moving forward with plans to put on a fireworks show for the community at sundown on the Fourth of July. The ongoing road work in…

Residential setback requirements in the Dolores River Valley should remain as they are.That was the consensus of the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning…