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Home My WebLink Aboutlanduse case.boa.lotsqrs,blk92,lots11,12.032-74 ""e" ""e"""""1 e- '-' "".~-'. ""'""I' NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Case No.7 4-32 BEFORE THE CITY OF ASPEN BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED BY THE REQUESTED ZONING OR USE VARIANCE DESCRIBED BELOW: Pursuant to the Official Code of Aspen of June 25, 1962, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Council. Room, City Hall, Aspen, Colo- rado, (or at such other place as the meeting ~ay be then adjourned) to consider an application filed with the said Board of Adjustment requesting authority for variance from the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 24, Official Code of Aspen. All persons affected by the proposed variance are invited to appear and state their views, protests or objections. If you cannot appear personally at such meeting, then you are urged to statee. yo~views by letter, particularly if you have objection to such variance, as the Board of Adjustment will give serious consideration to the opinions of surrounding property owners and others affected in deciding whether to grant or deny the request for variance. The particulars of the hearing and of the requested variance are as follows: Date and Time of Meeting: Date: Time: August 29, 1974 3:00 p.m., City Council Chambers Name and address of Applicant for Variance: Name: Address: Walls & Sterling, Architects P. O. Box 29, Aspen, Colorado 81611 Location or description of property: Location: Description: Lots Q & R and the westerly 7.5' of Lot S, Blk 92, City of Aspen and Lots 11 & 12 and the westerly 7.5' of Lot 10,E.Aspen Tnsite. Variance Requested: Application is made for a building height variance. The proposed office bldg. will be 35 feet high within 10 feet of the front and rear lot line. The max. permitted height of bldg is 25 feet above grade within 10' of the front or rear lot line. Sec. 24-7(a) Max. height of bldg. Duration of Variance: (Please cross out one) ALSO SEE ATTACHED ~:K~ Permanent THE CITY OF ASPEN BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT crAA tJutl) Chairman By AP BY r l..prI~.'\L r I'.().\r::~ or ;:"j ~: I:: \.: t".r1.Iu.sT~;f:. ~ DATE August 20, 1974 CASE "NO. 1{-3;...., L i13!:" H"*10.00 CITY OF ASPEN APPELLANT Walls & Sterling, Architects ADDRESS P.O. Box 29, Aspen, Colo. 'OWNER The RBH Joint Venture ADDRESS P.O. Box 1166, Aspen, Colo. 81611 LOCATION OF PROPERTY Lots Q & R and the westerly 7.5' of Lot S, Elk. 92, City of Aspen and Lots 11 & 12 and the westerly 7.S' (Street & Number of Subdivision Blk". & Lot NO.) of Lot la, E. Aspen Townsite.aLll:.I'l. Building Permit Application and prints or any other pertinent data must accompany this application, and will be made a part of CASE NO. The Board will return this application if it does not contain all the facts in question. Description of proposed exception showing justifications: see attached letter (\ \ \ ----.. Provisions of the Zoning Ordinance reqU:lr:lng the Building Inspector to forward this application to the Board of Adjustment and reason for not granting permit: Application is made for a building permit to build building. The proposed office building will be 35 within 10 feet of the front and near lot line . . an office feet high The maximum permitted height of building is 25 feet grade within 10 feet of the front or near lot line. Maximum height of building. above Sec. 24-7 (al PERMIT REJECTED, DATE ~~ iC~r S:lgn-d DECISION DATE status APPLICATION FILED DATE OF HEARING M.l\ILED Sccrct.Jry ,....~ . <Jv v;ralls & sterling architects aspen, colorado rnembere aJa./p. 0, box ae/zip oods alan/phone soa-aas-aalB PROPERTY OWNERS & ADDRESSES OF LAND ADJACr~T TO RBH JOINT VF.NTURl!~ SITE To the South: 1) St. Mary's Catholic Aspen, Colorado Church ~c~, ~ To the West: j.J loM1t 2) Pitkin County ( County Courthouse)J.J-LJ ~\;/-\, Box 1, Aspen, Colorado 'r" To the East: )) Callahan. Elizabeth Borstner Box 205. Aspen, Colorado To the North: 4) BeaImer. Stanley (Lot 7 & west 20 ft. of Lot 8, Blk. 19) Box 498, Aspen, Colorado 5) Gignoux, Natalie (Block 20, Lots 1,2.),4,5) Box 687 Aspen, Colorado _1- ,"-'" \..../ - ~~ v;ralls & sterling architects aspen, colorado members aia/p. o. box ae/zip oode Sl.enl/Phone SOa-SaB-Sale Board of Zoning Adjustment City of Aspen Box V Aspen, Colorado 81611 August 20, 1974 Dear Sirs: we would like to request a hearing for a variance in regard to the maximum height of building section under the C-l Commercial Zoning classification in the Aspen Municiple Code. The code states "The 37t foot maximum height limitation shall still be observed in this latter instance; and further proVided that no building or structure shall be constructed higher than 25 feet above grade within 10 feet of the front or rear lot line." W9 are requesting a varis,nce with regard to the 25 foot height limitation within 10 feet of the front and rear lo~ lines. You will note that both stair towers are within 6" of their 'respective front and rear lot lines and both go the full heighth of the building. Also, the rear wall of the building is 5 ft. from the rear lot line. It was our understanding that in going through the Ordinance 19 review process we were essentially going through a P.U.D. process in which there is a give and take with regard to existing ordinances; but it now appears that this is not the case. we have been going through the review process since January and are now preparing to undergo final review and, hence, would like this matter clarified. As you will remember, I questioned you regarding this process at our last meeting with you and I might add the new proposed zoning code has eliminated this setback. This setback does not afford any additional light or air, and th efore, in our estimation, is useless. . c -... PEN box v ~~ \1 / : ~/ \<J , < aspen, , MEMORANDUM TO: City of Aspen Board of Adjustment FROM: City Planning and Zoning Commission SUBJECT: RBH Building Setback DATE: August 26, 1974 The present Aspen Municipal Code, in Section 24-7, requires that in the C-1 zone, "No building or structure shall be constructed higher than 25 feet above grade within 10 feet of the front or rear line." This requirement has been deleted from the proposed new zoning code currently under our consideration. It is the unanimous opinion of the commission that this requirement is unnecessary and in some cases detrimental to the architectual harmony of the community. The commission, therefore supports the applicants in their request for a variance from this setback re- quirement. ---~-I-... ".."'...., ......... "'_,J CITY OF ASPEN aspen ,colorado. 81611 box v August 27, 1974 TO: Board of Adjustment FROM: Historic Preservation Committee REF: Variance for the RBH Joint Venture Office Building After extensive analysis of the Historic Characterisitics of the entire block where the RBH Building is to be located, by the HPC, it was determined that this block of Main St. is one of the most historic sections of Aspen which remains intact. Of historic significance was the fact that most of the uses were governmental or religious, and the character of the building was large and rectangular and surrouned by open space. HPC approval of the building was given on March 29, 1974, as it met the criteria of maintaining the architectural integrity of the historic character of the block, in that it is compatible in materials and in mass and proportion with the existing buildings, and respects the open space of the area. It was further felt the feature of the area in questions offered a visual anchor to the historic block, with nothing of historic significance on Main St. to the east of this anchor. Therefore, the HPC recommends the approval of this variance since we feel it would be a definite hardship to the Owners to be delayed even further by having to redesign the building and go through the process of HPC approval only to meet a requirement of the zoning code which is due to be dropped from the new zoning code now being prepared. / ~"f~ ZP~dP .?-~./ J Y n erg airm sbs -9 iA.-J VrR<) CJf2- ~ 'R)cr ~~ aJ!r;J,/Tt?FNL m /2RC)",ii,; . 7r""f14e" ~r~ of f1l(::1t)/~ !2Ef?);t20J ~,!.~.:5 ~ (AIEf)/~ '1tJt,i- IN R/77/~ ~ /lflH JlIe~. 6I>A-t1-V/{@- (]C- 17f6 L1MIII#L~U;ll(-e~{j;(./ KEdlf./e;- CU/l1j-7/f~r .C:;fYR.I"T:-/(N'P ~rl)jJtft:P,ca1./ ~ /rie;:~ ]: MlVE (z> ~Nr"~) r/I/I2I1}/IIck:-