HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.007-93 ORDINANCE 7
(SERIES OF 1993)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO~
AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODEr LAND USE REGULATIONS~
BY AMENDING SECTION 24-5-214.C. - CONDITIONAL USES FOR THE L/TR
(LODGE / TOURIST RESIDENTIAL) ZONE DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, Section 24-7-1103 of the Municipal Code provides that
amendments to Chapter 24 of the Code, to wit, "Land Use
Regulati0ns"~ shall be reviewed and recommended for approval by the
Planning Director and then by the Planning' and Zoning Commission
at public hearing, and then approved, approved with conditions, ior
disapproved by the City Council at public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Director did receive from Savanah
Limited Partnership, and reviewed and recommended for approval,
certain text amendments to Chapter 24; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen Area Community Plan Transportation Action
Plan outlines a comprehensive, integrated transportation planlto
reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality and offer
alternatives to the use of private automobiles; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed and
approved at public hearing on January 5, 1993, those code text
amendments as recommended by the Planning Director pursuant to
procedure as authorized by Section 24-6-205 (A) 8 of the Municipal
Code; and
WHEREASv the City Council finds that the proposed text
amendments as approved and recommended by the Planning and Zoning
Commission are consistent with the goals and elements of the Aspen
Area Comprehensive Plan, the Transportation Action Plan, and are
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not in conflict with other portions of Chapter 24; and
W~EREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed text
amendments will allow and promote compatibility of zone districts
and land uses with existing land uses and neighborhood
characteristics and will be consistent with the public welfare and
the purposes and intent of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code°
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITYiOF
ASPEN COLORADO:
Section 1:
Section 5-214.C.~ "Lodge/Tourist Residential - Conditional
Uses" of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, is hereby amended by the addition of new subsection "5",
which new text shall read as follows:
"5. Commercial parking utilizing excess or vacant spaces on
a parcel occupied by a lodge, hotel, or other commercial
operation. A commercial parking operation shall include
traffic management methods to reduce vehicular congestion and
improve air quality in the community.""
Section 2:
This Ordinance shall not effect any existing litigation and
shall not operate as an abatement of any action or proceeding now
pending under or by virtue of the ordinances repealed or amended
as herein provided, and the same shall be conducted and concluded
under such prior ordinances.
Section 3:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
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portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid for
unconstitutional in a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion
shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 4:
A public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held on the ~%~C.
day of ~..~d~_, 1993 in the City Council Chambers, Aspen city
Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which a hearing
of public notice of the same shall be published in a newspaperlof
general circulation within the City of Aspen.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law,!by
the City Council of the City of Aspen on the ~ day of
A~A~ ~~ John ett, Mayor
Kathryn ~'~och, City Clerk
FINALLY, adopted, passed and approved this ~ day of
~g-~.~.~ , 1993.
ATTEST: ~:i John ~nnett, Mayor
Kathryn ~ Koch, City Clerk
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