The Ouray Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved four variances for a five-townhome project near Fellin Park.

Crandall Bates and his son, Cuentin Bates, told the board they want to build a triplex and a duplex on a 14,350-square-foot vacant lot at the end of 10th Avenue, south of Miner’s Park and north of the Cascade Flume and catchment basin. Blake Placer, LLC, a company registered by Crandall Bates, applied for four variances from the city’s code: a 10- foot front setback inste...