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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.apz.19770503BpAOFORO PYBLIB NINE CO.. OENVER R E C O R D O F P R O C E E D I N G S Regular Meeting Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission May 3, 1977 __ Chairman Chic Collins called the meeting to order at 5:10 p. m. with members John Schumacher, Roger Hunt, Olaf Hedstrom, Tom Issac and Dick Kienast present. Also present was Bill Kane and John Stanford of the Planning Office and City Attorney Dorothy Nuttall. Collins read into the record Danny Abbott's letter of resignation from the Planning and Zoning Commission effective immediately. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Hunt moved to approve the minutes of April 19, 1977 with the following corrections: Page one, paragraph three, "Hunt withdrew his motion" should be added. Page one, paragraph four, "Pitken" should be "Pitkin". Page three, paragraph two, Tom Issac seconded the motion. Page four, paragraph five, "duples" should be "duplex" and the word "owner" should be inserted after the word duplex. Schumacher seconded the motion to approve the minutes with the stated corrections. All in favor, motion carried. CAB RESOLUTION Kane asked the commission to approve and sign the CAB Resolution. Hunt felt uncomfortable with the paragraph in the resolution which stated that the P&Z Commission had received a full report of recommendations from the Citizens Advisory Board; because in reality, they had not received a full report. Collins stated that the resolution is a general statement of recom- mendations in resolution form. Hunt moved to approve the CAB Resolution recommending signature provided that we all understand that this is an initial philosophy and definitely not approval of final detail in any way. Issac brought the fact up that there isn't any specific recommendation being approved and that the resolution does state that the CAB will come back with any further action. County Attorney Nuttall explained that what the resolution is stating is that the CAB will be coming back to comment at a later date and the resolution is reserving a time for the Board to do that. City/County Planner Kane also explained that the purpose of the resolution is to strengthen the application with UMTA. Motion Hedstrom moved to adopt the CAB Resolution; seconded by Issac. All in favor were Collins, Hedstrom, Issac, Schumacher. Hunt abstained because he was not bascially in favor of the philosophy. Motion carried. MOORE PROPERTY Stanford of the Planning Department explained that the owners REZONING of the Moore Building have requested that the rezoning of the property be reconsidered to reflect the existing commercial nature of the building and relieve the present businesses from a nonconforming status. The building is located on Block 53, Lots F,G,H and I and is presently zoned 0-Office and is within the Main Street historic district. Present uses in the building are four clothing stores, a pet store, a realty office, a take-out food service and two jewelry-artifact shopes. Two commercial spaces are vacant, and a paint store is interested in locating in one of the spaces. The two appropraite zone districts to consider for the property are CC (Commercial Core) and C-1 (Commercial One). The Planning Department recommends that the area be placed in the C-1 District because tourist type businesses are not dominant in this area. Also commercial uses would attract traffic in the area and it is already impacted by heavy traffic. Hunt suggested that it be written into the Code as to what happens to non-conforming uses indicating that non-conforming uses can conti~iue and that any expansioh of a non-conforming use be reviewed b;~ the planning and zoning commission. BRADFOflD pYBLI8XIN6 CO.. DCNVER R E C O R D O F P R O C E E D I N G S Regular Meeting Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission May 3, 1977 MOORE PROPERTY City Attorney Nuttall also felt that it is unclear as to what to REZONING do with non-conforming uses and stated that she would draft some (Cont'd) suggestions to present to the P&Z members at their next meeting. City Attorney Nuttall left at 5:35. Collins opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the public. Collins closed the public hearing. Motion Hunt moved to continue the public hearing and table any action on the Moore Property until further notice; seconded by Issac. All in favor were Collins, Issac, Hunt, Schumacher and Hedstrom. Motion Carried. BLUE SPRUCE CONDO- Collins stated that he had a conflict of MINIUM REDEVELOPMENT Spruce Condominium Redevelopment and the Review, and since they were the last two Collins removed himself from the Chair ai 5:45 p.m. Hunt moved to open the public hearing on minium Redevelopment Project. interest in the Blue Es tin Stream Margin items on the agenda, id left the meeting at the Blue Spruce Condo- Bob Sterling was present to represent the Blue Spruce project. City/County Planner Kane explained that the proposal is to go from the existing 17 units, .remove the 17 units and replace them with 15 condominiumized units. There will be a 16th unit for employee management purposes. Kane continued to explain that under normal circumstances there would be 15 parking spaces required; however, due to the proximity of the Blue Spruce to existing transit services, the ski lifts, and the downtown mall area, the planning office is limiting the parking to 6 parking spaces. Hunt asked Bob Sterling if the owner was willing to have the clause that the owner is willing to only have short term leases and rentals go into the Condominium Association Agreement. Mr. Sterling replied that he was not in a position to answer that; however, if that was a requirement of the Condominium Association that clause would be put into the agreement. Hunt would like to see the condominium committed as lodge. City/County Planner Kane suggested to the P&Z members to make as part of the motion that a limousine pi c4:-up service be provided because of the lack of parking spaces for the tenants. Sterling didn't see any problem with that. Fireplaces for the condominiums was then discussed. City/ County Planner Kane mentioned that the Planning Department was recommending there be only one for the conferecne/lounge area installed because of the pollution problem that is caused from fireplaces and the heat loss which can be caused from certain types of fireplaces. However, the P&Z members felt that if the right type of fireplace was installed it would save on energy and that was important also. Dick Kienast arrived at 6:05 p.m. Hunt opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the public. Hunt closed the public hearing. -2- BRADFORD PNBLISNIN6 CO.. DENVER R E C O R D O P P R O C E E D I N G S Regular Meeting Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission May 3, 1977 BLUE SPRUCE CONDO- Issac moved to recommend approval of the Preliminary Plat of MINIUM REDEVELOPMENT the Blue Spruce Condominium Redevelopment with the following (Cont'd) recommendations and comments: 1) that the parking spaces be Motion limited to 6 as shown; 2) that rental and occupancy be limited to short term basis only with the exception of employer- management unit; and that the rental and occupancy be limited to a short-time basis and that that provision be included in the Condominium Association Agreement and any change to that would require approval to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The rationale for that is that it is in the lodging district and we don't want long-term housing in this specific district other than employee housing; 3) that management be on-site at the Blue Spruce Lodge; 4) the management is encouraged to provide limousine service for the guests in view of the limited parking activity; 5) comments of the City Engineer are noted and there will probably be further requirements of the final plat; 6) that any fireplaces in the rental units be of the free-standing stove type with generally an eye towards energy efficiency. The motion was seconded by Olaf Hedstrom. All in favor of the motion were Hunt, Issac, Hedstrom, Kienast and Schumacher. Motion carried. ESTIN STREAM MARGIN City/County Planner Kane explained that the request for stream REVIEW margin review is by Gay Es tin and it is to enlarge an existing house located in Snobble Subdivision adjacent to Castle Creek. The enlargement would consist of a wood deck, porch and "hot" tub. The Planning Department`s comments are as follows: 1) the expansion will occur in a flat area of the site with no tree or brush disturbance; 2) the enlargement will not occur in a floodplain area; 3) The City has proposed a trail along Castle Creek to the west side to connect the Institute pro- perty and the Planning Department recommends that a trail ease- ment of 15 feet in width be dedicated to the City as a con- sideration of this stream margin review. Motion Hedstrom moved to approve Stream Margin Review of the Estin House in Snobble Subdivision in Castle Creek subject to the trail easement of 15 feet width of the west side of Castle Creek and that the alignment of such easement be worked out to a satisfactory agreement with the owner. The motion was seconded by Schumacher. All in favor of the motion were Hunt, Issac, Kienast, Hedstrom and Schumacher. Motion carried. VIRDON P.U.D. Dave Hopkins was present to represent the Virdon P.U.D. exemption EXEMPTION REQUEST request. The request is to develop a duplex on lot two at the base of the Ute Trail on Ute Avenue across from Ute Childrens Park and across from the Gant beside Tom Crumb's house. Hunt asked that Dave Hopkins talk to Dave Farney to see if Dave Farney has any plans of development in that area. It was decided to have the P&Z Commission set a site inspection. The site inspection was set for 4:30, May 5, Thursday. Hunt moved to continue the meeting until the site inspection is held at 4:30 on Thursday, May 5. All in favor were Issac, Schumacher, Kienast, Hedstrom and Hunt. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. Elisabeth Sherrill, Deputy City Clerk -3-