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Board of County Commissioners, August 20, 2026

Denied: Family care ADU and residential addition at 274 South Cedarbrook Road, 2-0

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What happened

On August 20, 2026, Boulder County denied Family care ADU and residential addition at 274 South Cedarbrook Road (2-0).

Boulder County Commissioners voted 2-0 (Commissioner Stolzman excused) to deny docket LU-26-0005 and SPR-26-0015, the Osterholm/Julian family care ADU and 165 sq ft residential addition at 274 South Cedarbrook Road in Pinebrook Hills, finding that no current family care need had…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Boulder County, CO
Governing body
Final authority
Date
August 20, 2026
Decisions
2 zoning decisions
Outcome
Denied, 2-0

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Family care ADU and residential addition at 274 South Cedarbrook Road

Denial of limited impact special review for a 696 sq ft family care ADU (plus 76-77 sq ft covered porch) on top of an existing detached garage, and site plan review for a one-time 165 sq ft hallway addition. The parcel is about 4 acres, zoned Forestry, in Pinebrook Hills, with an existing 4,331 sq...

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Key Decisions (2)

Denied

Family care ADU and residential addition at 274 South Cedarbrook Road

Vote: 2-0Moved by Loachman
Continued

Proposed revocation of Riverside Cabins resort lodge special use, North St. Vrain Drive

Vote: 2-03 conditions attachedMoved by Levy

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Development Activity (2)

Osterholm/Julian ADU and residential addition

Residential

Riverside Cabins resort lodge

Commercial

Market Signals (2)

Housing Demand

Boulder County applies its family care ADU criteria strictly and…

Commercial Demand

Small-scale lodging in the Forestry zone faces lengthy special use…

Agenda results

Who spoke

15 distinct speakers; 9 identified names.

All speaker roles: 3 Public, 2 Applicant, 1 Applicant Rep, 3 Staff, 2 Attorney, 1 Witness, 1 Commissioner, 1 Chair, 1 Clerk.

Identified name roles: 2 Applicant, 1 Applicant Rep, 2 Staff, 1 Witness, 1 Attorney, 1 Commissioner, 1 Chair.

Speaker sample: Micah Coles, Applicant.

8 more identified names in Pro: 1 Applicant Rep, 2 Staff, 1 Witness, 1 Attorney, 1 Commissioner, 1 Chair, 1 Applicant.

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Zoning terms (14)

155 recorded timestamps

  • public hearing (6 timestamps)
  • adu (58 timestamps)
  • residential (24 timestamps)
  • land use (17 timestamps)
  • zoning (15 timestamps)
  • subdivision (3 timestamps)

Decision moments (2)

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