Ouray County commissioners delayed a decision on a variance for a proposed refugee housing and education project on Log Hill, after discussing the definition and determining that a variance may not be needed.

Sitting as the board of adjustment, the commissioners were asked to approve a variance from the county’s definition of “school” for the purpose of a special use permit for the project in the former Fairway Pines clubhouse.

Under the county’s code, a school is defined as a “private o...