PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Date: September 28, 2021

To: Agency & Adjacent Landowners

From: Adams County Building

and Planning Department

Re: Othello Housing Authority,

Variance Application

Othello Housing Authority is requesting

a variance to allow an

increase to the permitted density

provisions of the Adams county

PRD Code section 17.58.040.

The request is for an increase

of 125 percent increase over the

allowable 150 percent permitted

density increase under the code.

The proposed variance would

allow the Rocky Point Housing

project to continue application for

a multifamily housing development

of up to 118 housing units

from the allowable 60 housing

units under the current code. The

proposed project is to be located

within a 10-acre parcel located

at Sielaff and Taylor Rd parcel

2100490070200.

The purpose of the Planned

Residential Development, code

17.58.010 is to;

A. To allow for creative, flexible

residential development equal to

or superior to traditional lot-by-lot

development;

B. To permit diversity in the

location and type of structures;

C. To preserve open space,

natural vegetation, water courses,

critical areas, historic buildings

and places and other community

values;

D. To provide more efficient

use of land by facilitating a

more economical arrangement

of buildings, streets, utilities and

land use;

E. To provide for a variety of

housing types in one development

with architectural design

compatibility;

F. To provide integrated landscape

development; and

G. To provide for the integration

of new development into the existing

community while protecting

and preserving the values of the

surrounding neighborhood. (Ord.

O-01-05 § 2 (part))

Timely comments on this application

must be received in

writing no later than 4:00 P.M.,

Monday February 25, 2024, or

presented in person during the

Public Hearing before the Adams

County Board of Adjustments

set for 10:00 AM. February 29,

2024. Comments may also be

presented virtually using the

following link https://meet.goto.

com/669571589

If you have any questions, you

may contact the Adams County

Planning Department at 509

488 9441.

Published February 14, 2024