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Colorado
Public Applauds South Fork SmartCode Zoning
The spectacular San Louis Valley scenery of mountains and national forests has been a magnet sextupling South Fork's population to some 4,000 in recent summers, but the recession hurts local businesses and the stubbornly speculative prices of empty lots delay commercial development, with Mayor Larry Heersink and the Board of Trustees, reports South Fork Tines writer Stan Moyer, expecting to spur private investment in and within the 1,500-foot radius of the planned Wharton Town Center through its newly adopted SmartCode zoning ordinance, a decision greeted by ''enthusiastic (and loud) public applause.''
Their firm chosen last year by the South Fork Vision Council and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to conduct a three-day design charrette and use the input to draw up the town center plan, Salida-based Crabtree Group President Paul Crabtree and Project Manager Joe DeLuca called the SmartCode adoption the first ''initiated by a municipality'' in Colorado.
Nevertheless, the writer observes, the Colorado Department of Transportation expressed concerns about some of the development details, specifically about the planned access to State Highway 149 and US 160, and about intersection spacing, with state traffic engineer James B. Horn notifying the town it needs to change a few elements, apply for access permits, and prepare a traffic impact study. -- South Fork Tines 6/19/2009
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