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ORDINANCE NO. 50
(Series of 1994)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO
AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, LAND USE REGULATIONS,
TO PROVIDE A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
SPECIAL REVIEW TO PERMIT PARKING ON GARAGE APRONS IN
MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS SUBJECT TO NEW REVIEW CRITERIA
ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 24-5-302(A) AND SECTION 24-7-404(B)
WHEREAS,
section 24-7-1103 of the Municipal Code provides
that amendments to Chapter 24 of the Code, to wit, "Land Use
Regulations", shall be reviewed and recommended for approval by the
Planning Director and then by the Planning and Zoning Commission
at a public hearing, and then approved, approved with conditions,
or disapproved by the City Council at a public hearing; and
WHEREAS,
the Planning Director did receive from SGA Aspen
Limited Liability Company an application for an amendment to the
land use regulations, and reviewed and recommended for approval,
certain text amendments to Chapter 24 relating to section 5-302
Characteristics of off-street parking spaces and section 7-404(B)
Off-street parking requirements; and
WHEREAS,
the Planning and Zoning commission reviewed the
proposed text amendment, in conjunction with the applicant's
development application, on July 5, 1994, and August 2, 1994, at
which time the Planning and Zoning commission recommended approval
to city Council by a-o; and
WHEREAS, the city Council finds that the text amendment 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 purposes and intent of
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Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ASPEN, COLORADO:
section 1:
section 5-302 "Characteristics of off-street parking spaces
and access to street or alley" of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code
of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended by the addition
of language in paragraph A., to read as follows:
A.
General. Each off-street parking space shall consist of
an open area measuring eight and one-half feet (8-1/2')
wide by eighteen feet (18') long and seven feet (7') high
with a maximum slope of twelve (12) percent in anyone
direction. Each parking space, except those provided
for detached residential dwellings and duplex dwellings,
shall have an unobstructed access to a street or alley.
Off-street parking provided for multi-family dwellings
which do not share a common parking area may be exempted
from the unobstructed access requirement subj ect to
Special Review pursuant to Art. 7. Div. 4. No driveway
shall exceed a maximum slope of twelve (12) percent
within twenty feet of a property line bordering a public
or private right-of-way. Off-street parking must be paved
with all-weather surfacing or be covered with gravel and
maintained in a usable condition at all times.
section 2:
section 7-404 (B) "Off-street parking requirements" of Chapter
24 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby
amended by the inclusion of a new paragraph, which shall read as
follows:
3.
Off-street parking provided for mUlti-family
dwelling units which do no't share a common
parking area is not required to have
unobstructed access to a street or alley, but
may consist of garage area, parking strip or
apron provided that the applicant demonstrates
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that adequate landscapinq will be installed to
reduce the parkinq I s visual impact.
Developments consistinq of three or more
dwellinq units shall install one (1) planter
buffer per three parkinq spaces. Planter
buffers shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet
lonq by two and one-half (2-1/2) feet wide by
two (2) feet hiqh unless otherwise varied by
the Commission. The location and dimensions
of the planters may also be varied by the
Commission based on site specific circumstances
provided that no fewer than one (1) planter
buffer is provided per three (3) off-street
parkinq spaces. Multi-family projects usinq
this provision shall access parkinq from the
alley, if available.
Section 3:
This Ordinance shall not affect 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 4:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
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 5:
A public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held on the If
day Of~994 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 newspaper of
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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~LJ
1994.
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John/' Bennett, Mayor
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FINALLY, adopted, passed and approved this ;1;1
1994.
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John ennett, Mayor
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