Be on notice that Boulder County has proposed a revision to the Land Use Code, if enacted, may substantially reduce the value of your home and land.
The reduction in the value of your property will result from a mandatory square footage reduction in the construction of new residences, or additions to existing residences. The current regulations provide for maximum building sizes of 25,000 sq. ft. The officials of Boulder County propose to substantially reduce residence sizes to no more than 4,500 sq. ft. in the mountains and 6,500 sq. ft. on the plains. Your family will feel its detremental effects at the time of construction or future sale of your residence.
We believe that our forefathers meant it when they said that a citizen may use his or her land in any reasonalbe matter so long as it does not create a nuisance for the neighbors. The proposed policy constitutes the taking of private property by the government, but it claims that such taking is justified because it is not taking too much property from too many people. History demonstrates that the erosion of the rights of citizens by government is successful where it is accomplished piecemeal, and only if citizens do not speak out against the denial of their rights in a timely manner.
The County's proposed policy also allows people who are wealthy to avoid the reduction in the value of their property, but effectively precludes people of moderate means from preventing the reduction in the value of their property.
The Boulder Area Realtors Association, which has expertise and experience in maintaining the values of the realty of citizens, recommends the establishment of an unbiased Blue Ribbon Study Panel and Survey to determine the economic impact the proposed revision to the Land Use Code to your property. The Land Use Coalition (http://www.landusecoaltion.org/) agrees with this sensible approach, and requestes the citizens of Boulder County to speak out against the denial of their rights in a timely manner.
Time is short. Now is the time to act to protect your rights. Notify the Boulder County Commissioners and the Boulder County Planning Commission that you will not tolerate the County enacting the proposed revision that is likely to substantially reduce the value of your home and land.
The Boudler County Planning Commission will meet to consider the proposed revision at 6 pm on September 19th, at the Boulder County Courthouse. For additional information, to to http://www.landusecoalition.org/.
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