STEAMBOAT SPRINGS —The Sunlight Subdivision has been in the works since 2006. It has been through six submittals to city of Steamboat Springs staff, multiple road plan revisions and the idea weathered the recession.
On Thursday, Tom Fox and his partners stood before the Steamboat Springs Planning Commission seeking a preliminary plat and the zoning changes necessary to make the 93-lot subdivision work.
“When I came here, I bought my first lot for $16,000 and another was $24,000,” Fox said.
Sunlight has been designed by BDNM LLC partnership as lots for working families where attainable homes can be built.
“We’re all blue-collar workers here,” Fox said about the group. “There’s a shortage (of attainable housing). There’s a real shortage”
The proposed subdivision would be located near the Steamboat Springs Cemetery and initially be accessed by Indian Trail with a new road being constructed for later phases.
Zoning changes requested along with the plat would provide for additional density than what is currently designated.
