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Planning Commission, June 17, 2026

Approves Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update - approval as is, unanimous

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What happened

The Boulder County Planning Commission unanimously (8-0) recommended conditional approval of docket SU250002, the Eldora Resort Cell Tower — a 100-foot macro cell telecommunications facility at 2390 Lake Eldora Ski Road for Verizon Wireless — to the Board of County Commissioners…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Boulder County, CO
Governing body
Final authority
Date
June 17, 2026
Decisions
5 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, unanimous

Projects in this meeting (2)

Case DC250002

Recommended
2 conditions of approval
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BVCP with or without '50 Years of Planning' history section

Recommended
1 condition of approval
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Free sample: decision 1 of 5

Eldora Resort Cell Tower Special Use Review at 2390 Lake Eldora Ski Road

Planning Commission recommended conditional approval to the Board of County Commissioners of a 100-foot tall macro cell telecommunications facility (plus 4-foot lightning rod) on a 46-acre forestry-zoned parcel owned by Eldora Enterprises LLC, serving the Eldora Ski Resort. Applicant is Verizon Wireless. Tower designed for co-location of T-Mobile and AT&T. Vote unanimous (8-0).

  • 15 conditions from staff report
  • amend conditions for clarity on 'tower site' vs 'cell site' terminology
  • amend condition five to allow a geotechnical report proving no geohazard exists or to allow mitigation of the geohazard in the plans

The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.

Meeting Summary

The Boulder County Planning Commission unanimously (8-0) recommended conditional approval of docket SU250002, the Eldora Resort Cell Tower — a 100-foot macro cell telecommunications facility at 2390 Lake Eldora Ski Road for Verizon Wireless — to the Board of County Commissioners…

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Key Decisions (5)

Approved

Eldora Resort Cell Tower Special Use Review at 2390 Lake Eldora Ski Road

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

Text amendment to land use code related to grading (earthwork)

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update - approval as is

Vote: unanimous
Approved

BVCP - approval of Planning Board recommended amendments

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

BVCP - Planning Commission proposed amendments

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
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Development Activity (1)

Eldora Resort Cell Tower

Infrastructure

Market Signals (4)

Infrastructure

Eldora Ski Resort has poor cellular coverage and roughly 10…

Infrastructure

Boulder County's new earthwork thresholds (raising land-use review from 500…

Sentiment

Significant public opposition to increased density was voiced, particularly from…

Commercial Demand

The City of Boulder anticipates significant job growth exceeding likely…

Who Spoke (18)

ChairCommissioner · 7Staff · 7Applicant's RepWitness

On the record: the chair, 7 commissioners, 7 staff members, the applicant's representative, and a witness.

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Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.

DC-25-0002: Text Amendment to the Land Use Code related to Grading plan amendment

Case DC-25-0002
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApprovedmoved by Gavin McMillan2 conditions of approval
2 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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2890 Lake Eldora Ski Road conditional use permit

Eldora Enterprises LLC Agent: Ryan Sagar cCase SU-25-0002
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApprovedmoved by Sam Libby3 conditions of approval
3 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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BVCP-25-0001: Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update plan amendment

Case BVCP-25-0001
No vote recorded

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