Neighbors sue to reinstate Kanemoto easement

LONGMONT — The neighborhood group that opposes a planned housing development southwest of Longmont is suing the Board of County Commissioners in Boulder County, asking the district court to overturn the commissioners’ decision that aided the developer’s plan by terminating a 41-year-old conservation easement.
The commissioners’ 2-1 vote on Aug. 15 cleared the way for annexation of a 40-acre tract into Longmont and eventual construction of up to 426 “affordable” and “attainable” residential units. The panel added conditions designed to compel developer Bestall Collaborative Ltd. to keep to its commitments to provide that lower-cost housing in its…
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