As part of a planning review process the Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting Department sends applications to appropriate agencies, adjacent property owners, and other interested parties for their review. Collectively the agencies, adjacent property owners, and other interested parties are referred to as the Referral Agencies. The application materials/documents sent to Referral Agencies for their review are collectively called the Referral Packet.
The Planner assigned to process your application will compile the Referral Packet using submitted application materials along with county-created maps and a cover letter. This Referral Packet is then sent to Referral Agencies. For a Site Plan Review application, Adjacent Property Owners (APOs, or property owners within 1,500 feet of the property under review) will not receive a full Referral Packet, but any member of the public may request a full referral packet at any time. For an Expedited Site Plan Review application, property owners immediate adjacent to the subject property will receive a complete Referral Packet.
Other Referral Agencies will be selected by the assigned Planner based on the characteristics of the proposal under review (such as site location, proximity to environmental resources, or type of use proposed). Planners make the Referral Agency selection by choosing from the Referral Agency List, which is periodically updated; in some circumstances, it may be necessary to send an application to agencies which are not included in the list. Referral Agency responses are submitted directly to the planner but are typically forwarded to the applicant and are available to the general public.
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