Bruce Griffith News Today

Warren officials appear to be moving more quickly on zoning complaints after it took 16 years and repeated complaints from residents to shut down one auto-repair shop, but took only one month for the city to halt an auto recycling businesses operations after receiving complaints about zoning non-compliance.

A city councilman said the junkyard encroached on residents for years before Warren started enforcing zoning rules against the property.

A Weld County man says he keeps getting charged tolls for a car he sold four years ago. Meanwhile, the license plates have been sitting in Bruce Griffith's garage since 2019.

The vote came after two hours of public comment and questions. After Bruce Hatfield made the motion to recommend denial of the rezoning, seconded by Jim Miller, those two were joined by Hunter Marks, Jennifer Balkcom and chairman Steve Dozier voting for the motion. Voting no, and favoring a positive recommendation on the request, were Baird Blake and Paul Patterson. Southeastern Asphalt Co. owner Jeff Shipman refiled  the rezoning application in March after withdrawing the request in December....