Legal & Courts  November 15, 2024

Judge rejects neighbors’ complaint in conservation easement case

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comments from KARES’ attorney.

BOULDER — Rejecting a complaint by neighbors of a proposed development on the southwest edge of Longmont, a Boulder District Court judge ruled Friday that the Board of Boulder County Commissioners acted properly last year when it conditionally terminated a 41-year-old conservation easement.

Barring an appeal by the plaintiffs, who had organized as Keep Airport Road Environmental and Safe, or KARES, the ruling by District Judge Michael T. Kotlarczyk clears the way for developer Bestall Collaborative Ltd. to seek annexation of the 40-acre tract into the city of Longmont…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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