HomeMy WebLinkAbout1 Review StandardsSec. 26.480.090. - Subdivision amendments.
(e) Plat Vacation. Vacation of an approved plat or any other document recorded in
conjunction with a plat shall be reviewed by the individual or review body established in this
Chapter as having jurisdiction for approving the plat or document. The individual or review
body shall apply the applicable standards of review established in this Chapter and shall also
consider whether the applicant has demonstrated good cause. If no review body has
established jurisdiction, the document may be vacated by the City Council if good cause is
demonstrated.
RESPONSE: Condominiumization applications are reviewed by City staff and approved by the
Community Development Director and it is the applicant’s understanding that this review will be
undertaken by the Community Development Director as stated in Section
26.480.050 Condominiumization. Building permit files available date back to the 1950s and indicate
the property has seen improvements over time – the most recent of which received a Certificate of
Occupancy in 2018. This remodel converted the existing duplex into a conforming single-family
residence and should have served as the trigger to vacate the existing condominium map. However,
this was not pursued likely out clerical error.
The applicant recently reached out to City staff to determine the status of the property and was told
that while the City of Aspen understood the property to be a single-family residence, the County
Assessor’s office still had the property listed as two separate units and parcels. This discrepancy is
affecting the property’s ability to attain an updated legal description, title in single ownership, and
accurate assessments and records of the property.
The applicant would like to request to vacate the existing Condominium Plat from 1989 (Bk 22 Pg 58)
and nullify the associated condominium documents in order to formally revert the property to single
ownership to reflect its existing conditions and use.