The “old” Boulder County Commissioners were up to their standard tricks, preventing a landowner from rebuilding his house (read about it here). Yes the approximately 3300 sq ft house would be replaced with a monster sized 8679 sq ft, apparently inspiring the “old” Commissioners to reject the plans by a 3-0 vote. That seems awfully big to me, but it is on 2.5 acres and the adjacent property owners don’t mind. The owners, Terrance and Judith Paul, have decided to fight “County Hall” and filed suit against Boulder County to get permission to demolish their old house and build the new one. Regarding the Commissioners decision, the Paul’s attorney states:
“Their application was denied by the Board of Commissioners despite the fact that there was overwhelming public support for it,” said Sara Bayko, an attorney representing the couple. “It has become apparent that the Board of Commissioners substituted its own judgment for those that live in the neighborhood.”
This is typical of the County Commissioners, molding Boulder County into their own arrogant image.
Since the time of the original January 11th story, two new County Commissioners have been seated, former Boulder City Mayor Will Toor and Ben Pearlman, a former Boulder County Open Space attorney. Surprisingly to me, they reversed the decision of the previous Commissioners by a 2-1 vote and allowed the Paul’s to rebuild. To the best of my knowledge, this results has not been reported by the Daily Camera but was the subject of an editorial in the Longmont Times Call (no link due to poor web site).
