Court Cases

Lookout Mtn. SuperTower

January 2006 - Lake Cedar Group "LCG" filed suit against Jefferson County in response to the JeffCo Commisioners denying the latest Lookout Mountain digital TV tower proposal, November 2005.

County Commissioners Dave Auburn and Jim Congrove found that the LCG proposal contained no evidence of compliance with tower setback zoning.

The Jefferson County Court ordered all parties to file briefs based upon the 20,000 page record of all hearings and submissions to the County Commissioners. The case was submitted to Jefferson County District Judge Jackson for final decision. On May23, 2005 Judge Jackson issued his decision stating that Lake Cedar's request for oral arguments was denied and the case was to be remanded to the Jeffco County Commissioners for a third and final time.

Please click on the links below for detailed documents related to these hearings and appeals.

Jefferson County District Judge Jackson's Order

CARE & The City of Golden Answer Brief

November 2005 Jefferson County Commissioners Report

A Rare Second Chance Presentation (Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation)
- To protect the Community of Golden, the Colorado School of Mines and the 9000 residents of CARE from a significant zoning mistake...

CARE Report - Evidence against the Lake Cedar Group Proposal (Adobe PDF)
- The LCG Proposal Violates the Jefferson County Tower/Debris Fall Zoning Resolution

Court Hearing Transcript - 9/15/05 (Adobe PDF)

Court Hearing Transcript - 8/30/05 Entire Hearing (Adobe PDF)