July 14, 2014 Routt County Planning Department PO Box 773749 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 RE: Parcel No 947024005 Mr. Fulk-Gray, Chad Philips, Planning Commissioners of Routt County and Routt County Commissioners: We received your letter dated July 9, 2014. As we stated in our comments during the planning commissioners meeting last week, we are in full compliance with the use of our property. We are NOT storing vehicles on our property. We have an Agricultural Forestry zoned property that we are working on and camping on. We have EVERY legal right to have our camper (which as you’ll see by the attached copy of the registration is a registered motorhome with collector license plates) on our property for as long as we choose. If you are implying that our motorhome which we are using on our property, is simply being stored on our lot, then you will need to explain to every person in the county who owns a motorhome and isn't using it that when it's not in use, it is considered vehicle storage and must be removed from their properties. Section 5.1.5 states Outdoor Storage of Non-Hazardous Materials Outdoor storage of any materials, including but not limited to machinery, equipment, parts, vehicles, junk, scrap, timber, trash, debris, or goods that are not incidental to a use by right or an approved permitted use is prohibited unless such storage is specifically approved by the Planning Director, Planning Commission and/or the Board of County Commissioners. Again, we are using our motorhome on our property as a use by right, so this does not apply to us. Additionally, our motorhome is a collector vehicle according to Colorado Revised Statute 42-12-101 and has valid collector plates, which means this next section also applies to us: Section 5.1.5 does not apply to unlicensed vehicles being actively maintained for racing or competitive purposes or to vehicles defined as collector’s items by 42-12-101, et seq., Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended. Additionally, section 5.1.5 does not apply to materials used for farming or ranching purposes in Agricultural Conservation and Agricultural and Forestry Zone Districts. The term “incidental” as used in this section shall mean naturally, customarily, and commonly associated with the operation of the use by right or permitted use. We purchased our property less than seven months ago (December 2013) and we have only had access to it in the last few weeks. The pressure you are asserting on me as the landowner is unjustified and I am asking you to stop. The county’s time spent on these notices is a waste of county resources and of taxpayer dollars and I consider all of this a form of unwarranted intimidation by Routt County. Consider this my final notice to you and Routt County on this non-issue. Sincerely, Dalton Reed