Because Chaffee County never definitively represented to a landowner that she would be able to maintain a kennel and foxhunting operation on her property, the county did not violate her rights when it found her in violation of its land-use code, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday.
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A plan by Ascendigo Autism Services to develop 126 acres in eastern Missouri Heights near El Jebel for a summer camp and year-round activities center for autistic children is now before Garfield County planning officials for review.
Before the plan was even submitted in late January by the Carbondale-based nonprofit organization, though, a group of nearby residents organized in opposition to the plans.
Among their chief concerns is that they view the development as a business operation in a rural, residential area that would generate excess traffic, impact the local water supply and potentially create a wildfire hazard.