Encampment looks to rezone highway frontage

The Encampment Town Council passed the first reading of an ordinance that would change part of its existing business district to Business-2 zoning at their Aug. 13 meeting.

Ordinance 2015-08-13 states that the town council "wants to preserve highway frontage throughout the Business District for business development."

According to the ordinance, business district regulations currently include any uses allowed in R-1 and R-2 residential districts. That residential use "has begun to limit opportunity for business development along the State Highway 70 frontage," one section of the ordinance st...

 

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