HomeMy WebLinkAboutDevelopment Order_Gorsuch Haus_SIGNEDDEVELOPMENT ORDER
of the
City of Aspen
Community Development Department
This Development Order, hereinafter “Order”, is hereby issued pursuant to Section 26.304.070,
“Development Orders”, and Section 26.308.010, “Vested Property Rights”, of the City of Aspen
Municipal Code. This Order allows development of a site-specific development plan pursuant to the
provisions of the land use approvals, described herein. The effective date of this Order shall also be the
initiation date of a five-year vested property right. The vested property right shall expire on the day after
the fifth anniversary of the effective date of this Order, unless a building permit application submittal is
accepted and deemed complete by the Chief Building Official, pursuant to Section 26.304.090, or unless
an exemption, extension, reinstatement, or a revocation is issued by City Council pursuant to Section
26.308.010. After Expiration of vested property rights, this Order shall remain in full force and effect,
excluding any growth management allotments granted pursuant to Section 26.470, but shall be subject to
any amendments to the Land Use Code adopted since the effective date of this Order.
This Development Order is associated with the property noted below for the site-specific development
plan as described below.
Applicant: Norway Island LLC, c/o Lowe Enterprises, Inc.
420 E. Main St., Aspen CO 81611
Owner: Aspen Skiing Company,
PO Box 1248, Aspen, CO 81612
Property Owner and Applicant’s Name, Mailing Address
Lots 1 and 2 of the Gorsuch Haus Subdivision/PUD, County of Pitkin, City of Aspen, State of
Colorado. Full Legal Description Attached as Exhibit A.
Legal Description and Street Address of Subject Property
The Applicant has received Detailed Planned Development Review, Final Commerical Design
Review, a Setback Variance, and Special Review by the P&Z. These reviews conclude the Land Use
review process for Planned Development and associated reviews, that was granted Project Review
Approval through Ordinance #39, Series of 2016 by voters in the City of Aspen.
Written Description of the Site-Specific Plan and/or Attachment Describing Plan
Planning and Zoning Commission Resolution #08, Series of 2020 – Approved 11/17/2020
Land Use Approval(s) Received and Dates (Attach Final Ordinances or Resolutions)
December 24, 2020
Effective Date of Development Order (Same date as noticed in the Aspen Times)
December 24, 2025
Expiration Date of Development Order (The extension, reinstatement, exemption from expiration and
revocation may be pursued in accordance with Section 26.308.010 of the City of Aspen Municipal Code.)
(A 5-year vesting period was granted due to the substantial nature of the changes and due to City Council
direction to relocate the lift terminal closer toward Dean St.)
Issued this 23 day of January, 2021, by the City of Aspen Community Development Director.
________________________________________
Phillip Supino, Community Development Director
Exhibit A – Legal description
The legal descriptions are as follows:
PARCEL 1: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 AND 14, BLOCK 10, EAMES ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF ASPEN
PARCEL 2: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AND 7, BLOCK 12, EAMES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ASPEN
PARCEL 3: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE
DOCUMENT RECORDED JULY 15, 1985 AS RECEPTION NO. 156038 IN BOOK 270 AT PAGE 21
OF THE PITKIN COUNTY RECORDS AND THAT PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE DOCUMENT
RECORDED JULY 13, 1971 AS RECEPTION NO. 146439 IN BOOK 256 AT PAGE 506; SAID
PARCEL OF LAND ALSO BEING SITUATED IN GOVERNMENT LOT 1 IN SECTION 13,
TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 85 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; SAID
PARCEL BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK 10 EAMES
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ASPEN, WHENCE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 7 OF SAID
BLOCK 10 BEARS N.15°46'58"E. A DISTANCE OF 41.96 FEET; SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CARIBOU CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF
RECORDED APRIL 24, 1973 IN PLAT BOOK 4 AT PAGE 379; THENCE S.70°03'10"E. ALONG
THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID CARIBOU CONDOMINIUMS A DISTANCE OF
1.01 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MOUNTAIN QUEEN CONDOMINIUMS,
ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 27, 1974 IN PLAT BOOK 4 AT
PAGE 489; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID CARIBOU
CONDOMINIUMS S.11°25'30"E. ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
MOUNTAIN QUEEN CONDOMINIUMS A DISTANCE OF 110.77 FEET TO A POINT ON THE
SOUTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 1; THENCE LEAVING SAID WESTERLY
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID MOUNTAIN QUEEN CONDOMINIUMS S.89°55'06"W. ALONG SAID
SOUTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 1 A DISTANCE OF 53.70 FEET TO A POINT ON
THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ASPEN;
THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 1 N.15°46'58"E. ALONG
THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITION A DISTANCE OF
5.21 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITION, SAID POINT
ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SUMMIT STREET RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE
CONTINUING N.15°46'58"E. ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY A
DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 10 EAMES
ADDITION; THENCE CONTINUING N.15°46'58"E. ALONG THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE
OF SAID BLOCK 10 EAMES ADDITION A DISTANCE OF 88.05 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 2,973 SQUARE FEET OR 0.068 ACRES,
MORE OR LESS.
PARCEL 4: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE
DOCUMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 19, 1946 AS RECEPTION NO. 094502 OF THE PITKIN
COUNTY RECORDS; SAID PARCEL OF LAND ALSO BEING SITUATED IN GOVERNMENT
LOT 31 IN SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 85 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN AS DESCRIBED BY THE DEPENDENT RESURVEY AND SURVEY PLAT OF
TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 85 WEST, OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, FILED MAY
30, 1980 IN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN DENVER, COLORADO ("BLM PLAT"); SAID PARCEL OF LAND IS
LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ASPEN AND IS MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF MOUNTAIN QUEEN
CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 27, 1974 IN
PLAT BOOK 4 AT PAGE 489, WHENCE THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID MOUNTAIN
QUEEN CONDOMINIUMS BEARS N.11°25'30"W. A DISTANCE OF 110.77 FEET; THENCE
S.11°25'30"E. ALONG SAID WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF MOUNTAIN QUEEN
CONDOMINIUMS A DISTANCE OF 197.75 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID
WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE S.45°00'00"W. A DISTANCE OF 6.42 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF SAID MOUNTAIN QUEEN CONDOMINIUMS; THENCE LEAVING SAID
WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE S.45°00'00"W. ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID
GOVERNMENT LOT 31 A DISTANCE OF 281.39 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY
BOUNDARY LINE OF THE SOUTH ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLO,
ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 24, 1967 IN PLAT BOOK 3 AT PAGE
132; THENCE LEAVING SAID EAST LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31 N.70°37'00"W.
ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID SOUTH ANNEXATION TO THE CITY
OF ASPEN A DISTANCE OF 757.26 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID
GOVERNMENT LOT 31; THENCE N.14°40'13"E. A DISTANCE OF 35.71 FEET TO THE
SOUTHERLY MOST POINT OF GOVERNMENT LOT 38, ACCORDING TO SAID "BLM PLAT";
THENCE ALONG THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31 AND SAID
GOVERNMENT LOT 38 THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES:
1) N.38°38'25"E. A DISTANCE OF 72.34 FEET
2) N.45°13'35"W. A DISTANCE OF 33.86 FEET;
THENCE LEAVING THE EAST LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 38, CONTINUING ALONG
THE WEST LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31 N.14°42'57"E. A DISTANCE OF 30.93 FEET
TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SE1/4NE1/4 OF SECTION 13, ALSO BEING A POINT
ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31; THENCE LEAVING SAID WEST LINE
OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31 N.89°55'06"E. ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SE1/4NE1/4
OF SECTION 13, ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31, A
DISTANCE OF 598.23 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK 12,
EAMES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ASPEN THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTH LINES
S.14°50'49"W. ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 12 EAMES
ADDITION A DISTANCE OF 6.17 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 12
EAMES ADDITION; THENCE LEAVING SAID WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK
12 EAMES ADDITION S.75°09'11"E. ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITIONS A DISTANCE OF 181.46 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF SAID BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITION; THENCE N.15°46'58"E. ALONG THE EASTERLY
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITION A DISTANCE OF 54.79 FEET TO A
POINT ON SAID NORTH LINE OF SAID SE1/4NE1/4 OF SECTION 13, SAID POINT ALSO BEING
A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31; THENCE LEAVING SAID
EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 12 EAMES ADDITION N.89°55'06"E. ALONG
THE NORTH LINE OF THE SE1/4NE1/4 OF SECTION 13, ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF
SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 31, A DISTANCE OF 53.70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 240,375 SQUARE FEET OR 5.518 ACRES, MORE OR
LESS.