HomeMy WebLinkAbout 14-05 Approving Amended Special Use PermitsRESOLUTION NO. 14- i�-,a
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDED SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR KERB-MCGEE
OIL & GAS ONSHORE LP FOR SIX OIL AND GAS WELLS LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN
OF FIRESTONE.
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 11-21 adopted on September 28, 2011, the Board of
Trustees for the Town of Firestone approved special use permits for Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas
Onshore LP to locate within the Town six oil and gas wells known as the proposed Overlook 2-30,
7-309 8-309 21-302 27-30, and 2&30 Oil and Gas Wells; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such special use permits, Kerr-McGee drilled such wells in the
locations authorized by the permits; and
WHEREAS, Kerr-McGee received complaints regarding noise emanating from the site of
the wells, and in response installed special fencing designed for noise mitigation; and
WHEREAS, Kerr-McGee has submitted an application to the Board of Trustees of the
Town of Firestone to amend the special use permits approved by Resolution No. 11-21, to approve
the noise mitigation fencing; and
WHEREAS, Kerr-McGee has submitted the application and supporting materials pursuant
to Chapter 15.48 of the Firestone Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, all materials related to the proposed amendment to the special use permits have
been reviewed by Town Staff and found to be in compliance with Town of Firestone subdivision,
zoning, and oil & gas ordinances, Development Regulations, and related Town ordinances,
regulations, and policies; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 17.32 of the Firestone Municipal Code, the Firestone
Planning and Zoning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on nu to amend
the special use permits and adopted its Resolution forwarding to the Board of Trustees a
recommendation of approval with one condition; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has duly considered the request to amend the special
use permits and has held a properly noticed public hearing on the application, at which hearing
the applicant and other interested persons presented testimony to the Board and at which a
number of documents were made a part of the record; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees finds the request to amend the special use permits to
authorize the noise mitigation fencing installed at the location of the oil and gas wells should be
approved, subject to the condition set forth herein.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COLORADO.
Section 1. The Board %J Trustees hereby approves the request to amend the special use
permits issued to Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP for the installation of sound mitigation
fencing at the site of the Overlook 2-30, 7-30, &30, 21-30, 27-30, and 2&30 Wells within the Town
of Firestone, in the location more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, subject to the
following condition:
1. Refer the proposed SUP amendment to the Frederick Firestone Fire Protection
District for any comments it may have regarding the proposed fencing, and provide the Town a
copy of the District's referral response.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED this 22°d day of January, 2014.
A'T�EST:
Clerk
TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COLORADO
Auer,
EXHIBIT A
Legal Description
A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED 1N THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 205
TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6T11 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF
FIRESTONE, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
TRACT 1 OF THE OVERLOOK AT FIRESTONE, REPLAT "A", RECORDED ON
03/15/2000 AT THE OFFICE OF THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AT
RECEPTION NO, 27557026
CONTAINING AN AREA OF 3,438,590.45 SQUARE FEET, OR 78.94 ACRES, MORE OR
LESS.
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