HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.hpc.013-2010 A RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION (HPC)
DENYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF
500 WEST HOPKINS AVENUE, BOOMERANG LODGE PUD, CITY AND TOWNSITE
OF ASPEN, COLORADO
RESOLUTION #13, SERIES OF 2010
PARCEL ID: 2735- 124 -49 -002
WHEREAS, the applicant, Aspen FSP -ABR, LLC, represented by Steve Stunda and Michael
Hoffman has requested an amendment to Historic Landmark Designation for The Boomerang
Lodge, 500 W. Hopkins Avenue, Boomerang Lodge PUD, City and Townsite of Aspen,
Colorado. The property was designated historic through Ordinance #26, Series of 2006; and
WHEREAS, Section 26.415.030 of the Aspen Municipal Code establishes the process for
Designation and states that an application for listing on the Aspen Inventory of Historic
Landmark Sites and Structures shall be approved if City Council, after a recommendation from
HPC, determines sufficient evidence exists that the property meets the criteria. Section
26.415.050 states that the process of rescinding, or amending designation shall be approved if
City Council, after a re /ommendation from HPC, determines sufficient evidence exists that the
property does not meet the criteria ; and
WHEREAS, Amy Guthrie, in her staff report to HPC dated November 10, 2010, performed an
analysis of the application based on the standards, found that the review standards for rescinding
or amending the designation were not met, and recommended denial; and
WHEREAS, at their regular meeting on November 10, 2010, the Historic Preservation
Commission considered the application, the staff memo and public comments, found that the
review standards for rescinding or amending the designation were not met, and recommended
denial to City Council by a vote of 4 to 0.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
That HPC hereby recommends Council deny the request to amend the designation for The
Boomerang Lodge, 500 W. Hopkins Avenue, Boomerang Lodge PUD, City and Townsite of
Aspen, Colorado.
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION at its regular meeting on . ! day o Nov' ber,
2010. _
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