Project Description:

The functions of the Ridgway Town Planner were transferred to the CPS team when the Town Planner resigned from the position. Based on the RFP that the Town released to provide interim services, the role was anticipated to only be up to six months or until a full-time employee was able to be hired.

CPS jumped right in and created a simple transition from the previous Town Planner for the applications that were in-process as well as in working with the rest of the Town’s development review team which consists of the Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Town Engineer. CPS’s experience and understanding of development best practices quickly became a valued addition to the Town’s review team.

During our tenure with the Town of Ridgway, CPS took on tasks associated with reviewing building permits for compliance with zoning regulations, hold pre-application meetings with potential land use applicants to guide them through the process, manage, and facilitate the review of development applications, draft and present staff reports to the Planning Commission and Town Council, and provide the Town Manager with written interpretations of the land use regulations and other associated provisions of the Ridgway Municipal Code.

In addition to development review, the CPS team was tasked with updating the Town’s Landscape Regulations based on public outreach and input provided by the residents and technical research to create cost effective, water-wise regulations that require landscaping that is sensitive to the Ridgway climate