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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.apz.19990504ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 04, 1999 COMMISSIONER, STAFF & PUBLIC COMMENTS ................................................................................ ~... 1 MINUTES ........................................................................................................................................................ ~... 1 DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST .......................................................................................... 1 BRIEN CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN ADU & VARIANCE FROM RESIDNETIAL DESIGN STANDARDS, LOT 44 WEST ASPEN SUBDIVISION ..................................................................................... 1 2 WILL/AMS WAY ADDITION TO HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY .................... ~.. 4 ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 04, 1999 Bob Blaich opened the regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. Commissioners Ron Erickson, Roger Hunt, Steven Buettow, Jasmine Tygre and Bob Blalch were present. Tim Semrau arrived at 4:50 p.m. and Tim Mooney was excused. City staffin attendance: David Hoefer, Assistant City Attorney; $oyce Ohlson, Sarah Oates, Community Development; Jackie Lothian, Deputy City Clerk. COMMISSIONER, STAFF & PUBLIC COMMENTS Jasmine Tygre stated that she would not be back until the last week of May. Bob Blaich and Roger Hunt will be gone until the end of May also. MINUTES MOTION: Roger Hunt moved to adopt the minutes of April 6, 1999. Jasmine Tygre second. APPROVED 5-0. DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST None. The order of the agenda was adjusted. PUBLIC HEARING: BRIEN CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN ADU & VARIANCE FROM RESIDNETIAL DESIGN STANDARDS, LOT 44 WEST ASPEN SUBDIVISION Bob Blalch opened the public hearing. Rochelle Bouchard introduced herself and stated that she represented Alice Brien. $oyce Ohlson explain the property was a vacant parcel 05,734 square feet in the R-15 zone district) located at the intersection of Cemetery Lane and Silver King Drive. The proposed single family dwelling (3,408 square feet) included a 439 square foot ADU requiting conditional use review. Ohlson stated that the notice was received. David Hoefer requested the list of mailing. John Muir replied that he did not have it with him. Hoefer requested that Muir supply the list to the City Clerk's Office. Hoefer noted the criteria sheet for the Review Standards was distributed to the commissioners. Ohlson noted that the site was very steep and was developed across this property; Alice Brien has worked with the City to relocate that trail. There was an agreement between the city and Brien on the Wail being developed. She noted the other department comments have been written into the conditions for approval. 1 ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 04, 1999 Ohlson said that the ADU would be deed-restricted, meeting the homing guidelines of rental periods of not less than 6 months; the criteria for the ADU have been met with it's own access and parking space. She said there were several ADUs and existing duplexes in the neighborhood. Ohlson stated that there were 2 variances to the Residential Design Standards volume standard and ® garage placement standard. Bouchard noted the north arrows on the plans were incorrect. Ohlson read the Design Review Standards: (ar) greater compliance with the goals of the Aspen Area Community Plan; (b) a more effective method of addressing the standard in question (c) clearly necessary for reasons of fairness related to unusual site specific constraints. She noted the site- specific constraints were problematic with the steep site and a more effective way to address the garage standard met the criteria for the garage placement variance. Ohlson stated that the volume standard required th-at any windows between 9' and 12'(drawing A 3.1 and 3.2) above the height of the floor plate result in a doubling of the floor area calculation for the respective room. Ohlson noted there would need to be a change to the plans if the Review Board denied the variance. She noted there were a series of conditions attached to the approval. Jasmine Tygre asked why there was access to the main house from the ADU. John i Muir replied that it was for access to the laundry room. Roger Hunt asked if there would be double doom for the ADU or single entrance on either side of the laundry room. Muir replied that either could be considered. Steven Buettow asked if the parking space required a hammerhead mm and where the access was to the ADU from that parking space. Muir replied that the width of that space might have to be expanded and the ADU was on the east side of the building. Muir said 2 sides of the ADU were fully exposed to light and ventilation. Muir said that they would provide the turn around space in addition to the ADU parking; added as condition "2k". Roger Hunt requested that there be one vote and one resolution. Ron Erickson asked why the commission was always dealing with this same issue for windows between 9' and 12' requesting a variance from the Residential Design Standards, volume standard. Mitch Haas responded that the reasons stemmed from window being placed next to doors and above doom to give the grandiose effect with lights shining out. Blaich stated that Ordinance 30 came about because of these windows. Erickson asked how high this building was from the ground level 2 ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 04, 1999 at the garage. Muir answered that the top of the roof was lowered because there was a height problem and the transom windows were eliminated. Muir stated that this was the most difficult site that he had ever designed a house for without having the home seem perched on top of the hill plus making the driveway to the garage work. He said that they tried to tier the elements to work with the slope. He said they wanted to create a home with a positive impact and presence using windows as part of the attractiveness of the house. He said there was a landscape plan to screen the house fi.om the street and none of the elements were two-story, but rather a story and a half. Muir stated there was a break after of wood or stone for a foot or two. No public comments. Tim Semrau stated that he like how the garage faced away and suggested breaking up the one large window as the other ones were broken up on the east elevation. Muir agreed and stated the overall height of the window would be reduced, leaving the head where it was and bringing the windows to 9' with a one foot band. The conunissioners reworded the resolution as amended in the motion and final resolutiol~ The applicant did not have to return to the commission or appear before DRAC because these conditions were accepted. MOTION: Roger Hunt moved to adopt Resolution #99-11 to approve a conditional use allowing an Accessory Dwelling Unit, to approve a variance to the Design Standard for the garage placement and a variance to the Design Standard regarding volume/windows on Lot 44 West Aspen Subdivision with the conditions #1-14 plus the addition of 21~ that will expect the hammerhead parking to include a designated space for the ADU as well as turn around space, 21. recommending (non- binding) separating the inner unit suite doors to single doors on either side of the laundry. Condition #14. added: The plans be amended to show window on the east elevation plan (page A3.1) on the masonry face to be changed to include a one foot wooden band to practically separate the transom windows from the large face windows and (plan A 3.2) the transom windows be eliminated. Ail plans were subject to review by the community development staff. Ron Erickson second. Semrau, yes; Buettow, yes; Tygre, yes; Erickson, yes; Hunt, yes; Blaieh, yes. APPROVED 6-0. ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 04, 1999 The commission adjourned into a work session with housing and resumed the public hearings at 6:45 p.m. Tim Semrau and Steven Buettow excused themselves. PUBLIC HEARING: 2 WILLIAMS WAY ADDITION TO HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY I Bob Blaich opened the public hearing on 2 Williams Way. David Hoefer stated foi' the record the notice was provided and met the requirements. Steven Bnettow stepped down for this public hearing. Sarah Oates explained that the property was currently rezone& Oates provided the history of the property dating from when the Warkentine family bulk the house in the 1880's. Oates said Scott Hicks and Maureen Kinney currently owned the property. Oates said that this structure contained 2 parts the west side of the house which was original to the site with significant changes adding triangular windows to the gables. The east side of the building was a house built in the 1880's but moved to the site in the 1960's and joined with the center part ofthe house that was built in the 1960's. She noted that this was the only house remaining from a neighborhood that was platted in 1893. Oates stated that the applicant was the City of Aspen for historical designation but current owners of the house chose not to attend the meeting tonight. The owners made a presentation to HPC opposing being added to the Historic Inventory. (HPC recommended the addition of this property to the Historic Sites and Structures Inventory with a vote of 7-0.) Oates noted the criteria for a property to be included on the inventory: the structure must be at least (50) fifty years old and have special value and be unique to the community. Oates said there were three tiers for a grading system for historic houses: (I) significant ~) contributing and ® supporting. She noted that the house had lost the original integrity but that it was retrievable with substantial alterations; staff recommended approval of adding 2 Williams Way to the Historical Sites and Structures Inventory. David Hoefer stated the open space in front of the house was purchased by the city and will be made into a neighborhood park. Ron Erickson asked if the owners were not in favor of this Historic designation, why was the city pursuing the designation. Oates replied that the property was not annexed into the city until 1992 and the last comprehensive survey of historic inventoried sites was done in 1991. Oates stated that City Council requested this 4 ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 04, property be added to the inventory; the inventory list was scheduled for update this fall. Erickson asked why not wait until fall. Hoefer responded that it was to protect the property. No public comments. MOTION: Roger I-Innt moved to adopt Resointion #99-10 recommending approval of adding 2 Williams Way to the Itistorie Sltei and Strnetures Inventory to City Conneil finding that the criteria of supporting structure have been met. Jasmine Tygre second. APPROVED 5-0. Meeting adjourned. thiafl, Deputy City Clerk