The plans for several large-lot developments are well on their
way to final approval, after Douglas County planning commissioners
unanimously recommended to approve them Monday night.

One of the proposed developments is on 277 acres

between Highlands Ranch and Sedalia. The preliminary plan for
Regne de Lueur calls for 42 large-lot houses, directly east of U.S.
85 between Titan Road and Louviers Boulevard. A county requirement
to place wells 600 feet apart from each other was preliminarily
waived by the planning commissioners.

Regne de Lueur was approved for a rezoning to residential by the
Douglas Board of County Commissioners in 1982.

It is surrounded by a shooting range to the

north, industrial property to the west, the Highlands Ranch Open
Space Conservation to the northeast and residential property to the
south.

Due east of Parker’s Mainstreet, Bell Cross Ranch plans were
recommended for approval. Planning commissioners reviewed plans for
42 large-lot houses on 300 acres.

The Bell Cross Ranch property is 1 mile west of Tomahawk Road,
along the north side of East Parker Road. Ponderosa Hills is north
of the property.

Planning commissioners said they were pleasantly surprised that
Bell Cross Ranch planners did not follow the regional trend to
build a neighborhood around a golf course.

If the preliminary plan is approved by the BOCC April 11, houses
will be clustered around a large meadow of open space. Parker Water
and Sanitation would manage the development’s water and
sewer.

A former landfill on the south corner of the property would be
conveyed to the county. Planners said that Tri-County Health did
not believe the landfill presented any problems as long as homes
were built 1,000 feet from it.

Two large-lot homes on 20 acres got the recommendation for a
thumbs up in McArthur Ranch.

The property is almost 1 mile east of the intersection of
McArthur Ranch Road and Quebec Street. McArthur Ranch is between
Flatiron Road and Finn Avenue.

The planned development guide for Bell Mountain Ranch was
amended. Bell Mountain Ranch is a large lot neighborhood in the
process of building out on the east side of Interstate 25, between
Castle Rock and Larkspur.