The Taos County Planning Commission officially denied the Desert Flower Camping Resort application. We will continue monitoring the site to ensure no further development attempts arise.
June 20, 2021
Final supporters
DO YOU WANT TRAILERS LIKE THESE PERMANENTLY ADORNING YOUR DRIVE THROUGH OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY?
Desert Flower Camping Resort LLC has filed an application with Taos County to permit a 24 space camping facility ("Camping Resort") a few hundred feet from Highway 110 about 3.04 miles from the intersection with Highway 68. A copy of the full application can be reviewed at this Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zz8rb4kh1l70xu6/AABWG_41Mf3yIb9aCnlpUdELa?dl=0
The application is being reviewed in the regular Taos County Special Permit Review Process starting with the Planning Commission on May 3rd, 2021 and perhaps subsequently by Taos County Commissioners. The petitioners whose names appear in this petition oppose the Camping Resort for one or more of the following reasons:
1. The Camping Resort will increase traffic along Highway 110 and cause deterioration in the road which is already in poor repair;
2. The temporary residential Camping Resort is not consistent with the surrounding neighborhoods which are all permanent residents;
3. The development will have a substantial negative impact on the community because the potential 24 occupied sites with as many as 50 or more temporary occupants won't have the same longer term concern for the well-being and safety of the surrounding neighbors;
4. Moreover, water use and human waste for that density of people will also have a substantial negative impact on a small area of a very fragile environment.
5.The visual impact of the Camping Resort - especially with campers setting up and taking down their gear - will not be consistent with the residential architectural design, scale and orientation of the other residential properties along Highway 110;
6. The NM Department of Transport has recognized the design flaws and inherent danger at the corner of Highways 68 and 110 and increased traffic will only make this danger worse.
7. It simply makes no sense to allow the development of a camping facility in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
IF YOU OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF THE CAMPING RESORT FOR ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE REASONS OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON PLEASE SIGNIFY YOUR OPPOSITION BY SIGNING THIS PETITION WITH YOUR NAME IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW AND PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE IN THE "COMMENT" SECTION.
Updates
May 3, 2021
I have submitted a formal letter of opposition to the Taos County Planning Department regarding the infrastructure concerns on Highway 110. Counsel is currently reviewing the zoning bylaws to ensure our arguments are properly filed before the next hearing.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2021
100 Comments
This project must be rejected because other building projects in this area have been turned down due to water limitations. I agree with all 7 points made on the petition.
My wife and I own property within 1000 feet of the property. This will be an environmental problem (density, impact on animals/land, fire risk, etc.), will decrease the beauty (and property value), and is a commercial activity that violates the SUP process that is supposed to protect land owners.
I am entirely opposed to the Desert Flower project. I share a property line with it and do not want tent platforms within a few feet of my backyard. I'm planning on building a house on my land. The future of the area is residential. Commercial properties do not belong. Who would want to camp there anyway, with houses surrounding them?
Resident of Taos Country Club Subdivision...not in character of the residential area. Traffic and environmental concerns. This kind of development belongs elsewhere where infrastructure, zoning and neighbors of the development are all positively aligned.
My wife and I live adjacent to the proposed campsite at 940 Old State Road 570. We will be speaking at the hearing. Thank you all for your support in opposing this proposal.
People live rurally for the space, peace, and quiet not to be next door to a business. Thankfully it isn't a giant pot farm which is what happened next to my 90 acres.
I come to Taos and to the Rio Grand area for the view and isolation. Please don't ruin this area, there is so little left.
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The Taos County Planning Commission officially denied the Desert Flower Camping Resort application. We will continue monitoring the site to ensure no further development attempts arise.
June 20, 2021
Final supporters
DO YOU WANT TRAILERS LIKE THESE PERMANENTLY ADORNING YOUR DRIVE THROUGH OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY?
Desert Flower Camping Resort LLC has filed an application with Taos County to permit a 24 space camping facility ("Camping Resort") a few hundred feet from Highway 110 about 3.04 miles from the intersection with Highway 68. A copy of the full application can be reviewed at this Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zz8rb4kh1l70xu6/AABWG_41Mf3yIb9aCnlpUdELa?dl=0
The application is being reviewed in the regular Taos County Special Permit Review Process starting with the Planning Commission on May 3rd, 2021 and perhaps subsequently by Taos County Commissioners. The petitioners whose names appear in this petition oppose the Camping Resort for one or more of the following reasons:
1. The Camping Resort will increase traffic along Highway 110 and cause deterioration in the road which is already in poor repair;
2. The temporary residential Camping Resort is not consistent with the surrounding neighborhoods which are all permanent residents;
3. The development will have a substantial negative impact on the community because the potential 24 occupied sites with as many as 50 or more temporary occupants won't have the same longer term concern for the well-being and safety of the surrounding neighbors;
4. Moreover, water use and human waste for that density of people will also have a substantial negative impact on a small area of a very fragile environment.
5.The visual impact of the Camping Resort - especially with campers setting up and taking down their gear - will not be consistent with the residential architectural design, scale and orientation of the other residential properties along Highway 110;
6. The NM Department of Transport has recognized the design flaws and inherent danger at the corner of Highways 68 and 110 and increased traffic will only make this danger worse.
7. It simply makes no sense to allow the development of a camping facility in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
IF YOU OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF THE CAMPING RESORT FOR ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE REASONS OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON PLEASE SIGNIFY YOUR OPPOSITION BY SIGNING THIS PETITION WITH YOUR NAME IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW AND PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE IN THE "COMMENT" SECTION.
Updates
May 3, 2021
I have submitted a formal letter of opposition to the Taos County Planning Department regarding the infrastructure concerns on Highway 110. Counsel is currently reviewing the zoning bylaws to ensure our arguments are properly filed before the next hearing.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2021
100 Comments
We are building a home west of this property and are dismayed by this proposal's potential impact on aquifer, dark skies, wildlife and traffic. It does not belong here.
This project must be rejected because other building projects in this area have been turned down due to water limitations. I agree with all 7 points made on the petition.
My wife and I own property within 1000 feet of the property. This will be an environmental problem (density, impact on animals/land, fire risk, etc.), will decrease the beauty (and property value), and is a commercial activity that violates the SUP process that is supposed to protect land owners.
I am entirely opposed to the Desert Flower project. I share a property line with it and do not want tent platforms within a few feet of my backyard. I'm planning on building a house on my land. The future of the area is residential. Commercial properties do not belong. Who would want to camp there anyway, with houses surrounding them?
Resident of Taos Country Club Subdivision...not in character of the residential area. Traffic and environmental concerns. This kind of development belongs elsewhere where infrastructure, zoning and neighbors of the development are all positively aligned.
My wife and I live adjacent to the proposed campsite at 940 Old State Road 570. We will be speaking at the hearing. Thank you all for your support in opposing this proposal.
People live rurally for the space, peace, and quiet not to be next door to a business. Thankfully it isn't a giant pot farm which is what happened next to my 90 acres.
I come to Taos and to the Rio Grand area for the view and isolation. Please don't ruin this area, there is so little left.
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We are building a home west of this property and are dismayed by this proposal's potential impact on aquifer, dark skies, wildlife and traffic. It does not belong here.