ProtectLakeCreek

Vail Daily reported the Tippet Rise plan has been Withdrawn

Why Stop Tippet Rise

November 21, 2014, Tippet Rise Colorado Foundation applied for a Special Use Permit to construct a music educational facility and performance venue in deep West Lake Creek. February 4, 2015, Eagle County Planning Commission approved the special use permit with conditions.

It will be a major disruption of habitat for wildlife, plant life in a pristine area.

Thousands of guests will be bussed to the site, creating negative environmental impact on that site, adjacent land and the entire Lake Creek Valley.

The plan proposes to change the existing water well permit to a commercial grade well, which violates existing restrictions for residential use without a zoning change, and will seriously tax precious water resources.

Affected neighbors were not notified of the project until shortly before the scheduled hearing on Feb. 4. They learned of it through a magazine article.

The roads to the site are not maintained by the county and are inadequate for that volume of traffic.

Activities on the site will create noise, light and visual intrusion to adjacent neighbors.

Documentation by planners for the project is inadequate, i. e., no traffic studies; no official wildlife impact study; no road evaluation and study; no details on how road maintenance cost would be allocated; no sound and light impact studies; no detailed plan drawings or elevations.

The resulting congestion of Tippet Rise will greatly diminish value of neighboring properties.

Once this project opens commercial development, Lake Creek will lose its open spaces.

There is no apparent long range plan outlining growth, development or administration of the project.

There is no existing method of enforcement of rules by Eagle County except through complaints. This puts an unfair burden of policing on neighbors.

Traffic will pose a hazard to residents, joggers, bikers, horseback riders, who enjoy access to those country roads.

The same generous educational opportunities could happen in existing venues.

Most importantly, a Special Land Use Permit circumvents a proper Zoning Change process, which requires more stringent documentation. This sets a dangerous precedent that developers could apply to projects in any neighborhood. It could happen to your neighborhood!