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Pitkin County, Colo., officials consider maximum home size policy.

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| February 09, 2006 | Dunn, Julie | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Julie Dunn

Feb. 9--If you're looking to build or expand a home in Pitkin County, you may have to keep it small -- under 15,000 square feet, that is.

County officials, who oversee the ritzy resort towns of Aspen and Snowmass, are considering instituting a maximum home size as a way to control growth and simplify the local land-use process.

Pitkin County gets only one or two requests annually for residential structures of 15,000 or more square feet, said commissioner Mike Owsley.

"But that's about the size of our county courthouse," he said. "The larger the house, the more impact it has on our community's infrastructure." The county…

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