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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice of Deviation from Approved Plans.930 King St.202305251 Kirsten Armstrong From:Kirsten Armstrong Sent:Thursday, May 25, 2023 11:29 AM To:Wheeler Clancy Cc:Amy Simon Subject:RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127-2021-BRES Hello Wheeler,     We were by 930 King Street yesterday and noƟced a couple of things that we wanted to bring to your aƩenƟon. The  rock being used for the maintenance border is much larger than the approved pea gravel, and the front walkway does  not match the approved design (see below). These things will need to be re‐done to match the permit prior to final  inspecƟon.        Thank you!          Kirsten Armstrong (she/her/hers)  Principal Planner, Historic Preservation | Community Development  (O): 970.429.2759 | (C): 970.319.0700  www.cityofaspen.com               2        My typical in‐office hours are Monday through Friday 9 ‐ 5.     Our Values: Stewardship | Partnership | Service | Innovation  Notice and Disclaimer: This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential and exempt from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. 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The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance.   From: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>   Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 3:05 PM  To: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Perfect! We will submit a change order now. Thank you, both, for your help. It’s going to look great when it’s all finished!    Best,  Wheeler    From: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>   Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 2:39 PM  To: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hello Wheeler,     Monitors have approved the flower beds at the front of 930 King, asking that the 1’ border around the building is  respected as it appears in your drawing.    Thank you for your paƟence!          Kirsten Armstrong (she/her/hers)  Principal Planner, Historic Preservation | Community Development  (O): 970.429.2759 | (C): 970.319.0700  www.cityofaspen.com                      My typical in‐office hours are Monday through Friday 9 ‐ 5.     Our Values: Stewardship | Partnership | Service | Innovation  3 Notice and Disclaimer: This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential and exempt from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error and then delete it. Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance.   From: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>   Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 11:47 AM  To: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    I understand, and appreciate your help. AƩached is the original site plan when the flowers were shown in front of the  fence. There is a plant list on the leŌ.    We would propose a similar plant list, just in front of the resource instead. Plant list will be reduced because the flower  bed isn’t as large, but the variety would be the same. Does that help?    Thanks,  Wheeler    From: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>   Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 11:39 AM  To: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Bear with me, Wheeler, as I’m sƟll coming up to speed and don’t have the background on this project that Amy does.  Was a planƟng schedule provided when the original flower beds were proposed near the fence? And are you proposing  the same with the updated flower beds by the building?     I understand you are trying to expedite this for your client but I’ll need to discuss with Amy when she is back in  tomorrow, as I don’t have as full of a picture on this project as she does.     Thank you for your patience!      Kirsten Armstrong (she/her/hers)  Principal Planner, Historic Preservation | Community Development  (O): 970.429.2759 | (C): 970.319.0700  www.cityofaspen.com                      My typical in‐office hours are Monday through Friday 9 ‐ 5.     Our Values: Stewardship | Partnership | Service | Innovation  4 Notice and Disclaimer: This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential and exempt from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error and then delete it. Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance.   From: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>   Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 10:33 AM  To: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    For reference, the original permit approvals included a flower bed in front of the fence along the sidewalk. We removed  the fence and would like to put the flower bed directly in front of the resource instead. Please let me know the  monitor’s feedback. I know everyone is busy, but we are hoping to order plants tomorrow if possible. Thank you!    Snapshot from original permit:  5   From: Wheeler Clancy   Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 10:26 AM  To: 'Kirsten Armstrong' <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Thank you, Kirsten. We appreciate your help with this.     Do you think the monitors would approve a small flower bed in front of the rock border? Shown highlighted in greed  below. Or do they prefer the lawn right up to the rock border?    6   From: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>   Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 8:27 AM  To: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Good morning Wheeler,     I coordinated with the project monitors and they are looking for the removal of the dwarf boxwood hedge at the front  of the resource, highlighted below in pink. More sparse planƟng at the street facing façade would be more in keeping  with our historic guidelines. Please let us know how you’ll be proceeding so we can review the update.  7   Thanks!        Kirsten Armstrong (she/her/hers)  Principal Planner, Historic Preservation | Community Development  (O): 970.429.2759 | (C): 970.319.0700  www.cityofaspen.com                      My typical in‐office hours are Monday through Friday 9 ‐ 5.     Our Values: Stewardship | Partnership | Service | Innovation  Notice and Disclaimer: This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential and exempt from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error and then delete it. Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance.   8 From: Kirsten Armstrong   Sent: Friday, May 19, 2023 3:52 PM  To: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>  Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hello Wheeler,    Apologies! Amy will be back Tuesday. But I just reached out, and will let you know what I hear.    Thanks,        Kirsten Armstrong (she/her/hers)  Principal Planner, Historic Preservation | Community Development  (O): 970.429.2759 | (C): 970.319.0700  www.cityofaspen.com                      My typical in‐office hours are Monday through Friday 9 ‐ 5.     Our Values: Stewardship | Partnership | Service | Innovation  Notice and Disclaimer: This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential and exempt from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error and then delete it. Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance.   From: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>   Sent: Friday, May 19, 2023 2:45 PM  To: Kirsten Armstrong <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hi Kirsten,    I understand Amy is out of town unƟl early June. Any chance you could touch base with the monitors on this minor  planƟng change? We are looking to order plants for the project. Any help would be appreciated!    Thanks,    Wheeler Clancy | Associate AIA   Richard Wax & Associates  PO Box 7699  Aspen, CO 81612  970.948.8771 Cell  9 970.920.0236 Office         From: Wheeler Clancy   Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2023 10:06 AM  To: 'Amy Simon' <amy.simon@aspen.gov>; 'Kirsten Armstrong' <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hi Amy,    Any luck geƫng feedback from the monitors on this yet? We’d like to order the boxwood plants but want to make sure  we aren’t geƫng ahead of ourselves.    Thanks,    Wheeler Clancy | Associate AIA   Richard Wax & Associates  PO Box 7699  Aspen, CO 81612  970.948.8771 Cell  970.920.0236 Office         From: Wheeler Clancy   Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 11:22 AM  To: 'Amy Simon' <amy.simon@aspen.gov>; 'Kirsten Armstrong' <kirsten.armstrong@aspen.gov>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hi Amy and Kirsten,    Thank you for your Ɵme yesterday. It was good to meet you both in person finally.    Regarding the boxwood shrubs we discussed at 930 King, below is a snapshot of the areas we would like to plant Dwarf  Boxwoods that grow approximately 18”‐24” tall maximum. We intend to keep them trimmed to 18” tall. Please let me  know what the monitors think. Thank you for your help with this.    10 11   Best,  Wheeler Clancy | Associate AIA   Richard Wax & Associates  PO Box 7699  Aspen, CO 81612  970.948.8771 Cell  970.920.0236 Office         From: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>   Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 7:51 PM  To: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>  Subject: RE: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hi‐ I reached out to the HPC project monitors for decisions on these requests.    Yes, you can forgo the property line fence shown in green in your images.    The proposed new side fence is to be no more than 42” tall to allow a view of the side of the historic home.    The hot tub cannot sit in any setback unless it meets the 30” above and below grade limit.  HPC can’t give a variaƟon for  this.    Let me know if anything is unclear.    From: Wheeler Clancy <wheeler@rwaspen.com>   Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 2:49 PM  To: Amy Simon <amy.simon@aspen.gov>  Subject: 930 King St._Permit# 0127‐2021‐BRES    Hi Amy,    Hope this email finds you well. We are hoping to make some minor changes to permit 0127‐2021‐BRES. The permit  approvals show a fence around the front of the historic resource, see below. We would like to eliminate the fence. Is it  okay to simply not build it? Or do we need HPC approval?  12     Instead, we’d like to build a small fence and gate on the right side of the Historic Resource. Area indicated with an arrow  below.   13   Lastly, we would like to install a hot tub in the rear yard. A porƟon of it would be outside the setbacks. Are we allowed  to do this? Does the 30” rule apply to hot tubs?  14 Wheeler Clancy | Associate AIA   Richard Wax & Associates  PO Box 7699  Aspen, CO 81612  970.948.8771 Cell  970.920.0236 Office