The Ridgway Planning Commission voted 5 to 1 on Tuesday night to approve a temporary use permit allowing Stryker and Company, Inc. to stage and store construction equipment on a vacant lot diagonally across Clinton and Laura streets for the Space to Create project. The construction company will rent the lot from its owners, who are Realtors in Telluride.

Despite opposition from a few neighbors about disruption and noise, the commission decided allowing the staging site on the lot close to the con...