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Planning Commission, June 17, 2026

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

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On June 17, 2026, the Planning Commission recommended approval of Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update - approval as is (unanimous).

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
Advisory (makes a recommendation)
Date
June 17, 2026
Decisions
5 zoning decisions
Outcome
Recommends approval, unanimous
Next step
Final board vote (pending)

Projects in this meeting (2)

Land use code text

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

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Key Decisions (5)

Approved

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

Vote: unanimous3 conditions attachedMoved by Sam Libby
Approved

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

Vote: unanimous2 conditions attachedMoved by Gavin McMillan
Approved

Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update - approval as is

Vote: unanimousMoved by Sam Libby
Approved

BVCP - approval of Planning Board recommended amendments

Vote: unanimous1 conditions attachedMoved by Mark Bloomfield
Approved

BVCP - Planning Commission proposed amendments

Vote: unanimous1 conditions attachedMoved by Sam Libby

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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…

Agenda results

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

Case DC-25-0002
Approved
freeApprovedmoved by Gavin McMillan2 conditions of approval

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2890 Lake Eldora Ski Road conditional use permit

Eldora Enterprises LLC Agent: Ryan Sagar cCase SU-25-0002
Approved
freeApprovedmoved by Sam Libby3 conditions of approval

3 recorded conditions. Full condition text is available in Pro.

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Who spoke

18 distinct speakers; 17 identified names.

All speaker roles: 1 Unknown, 7 Staff, 1 Witness, 7 Commissioner, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Chair.

Identified name roles: 7 Staff, 1 Witness, 7 Commissioner, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Chair.

Speaker sample: Ryan Sager, Applicant Rep.

16 more identified names in Pro: 7 Staff, 1 Witness, 7 Commissioner, 1 Chair.

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Zoning terms (10)

126 recorded timestamps

  • land use (43 timestamps)
  • public hearing (11 timestamps)
  • motion to approve (6 timestamps)
  • approved (5 timestamps)
  • zoning (13 timestamps)
  • comprehensive plan (29 timestamps)

Decision moments (5)

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