Board of County Commissioners v. Conder

The proponents’ property was zoned FA-1, which is a farming district residential zone with minimum lot size requirements of 100,-000 square feet or approximately 2.30 acres. Maj. op. at 1341. Under the Larimer County Land Use Plan (the master plan), the proponents’ property was included in a rural area. The master plan specifies that rural uses “should be related to agriculture or other uses requiring large land areas....” The proponents’ subdivision application initially contemplated lot sizes of 3 acres per unit. Later, proponents’ amended their application to include surrounding 35 acre…