HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.010-89 RESOLUTION NO. /~
(Series of 1989)
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL GRANTING 12 LODGE ROOMS TO
THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE LODGE IN THE LP ZONE DISTRICT THROUGH THE 1988
LP GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMPETITION
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 24, Section 8-106 of the
Municipal Code, October 1 of 1988 was established by the City
Council as the 1988 deadline for submission of applications for
Growth Management Tourist Accommodations allotments in the LP
Zone District; and
W~EREAS, the Mountain House Lodge Growth Management
application was the only 1988 application submitted to the
Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office; and
WHEREAS, duly noticed Public Hearings were held by the Aspen
Planning and Zoning Commission (hereinafter "Commission") on
December 6, 1988 and January 10, 1989 to consider the Growth
Management Quota System competition for Tourist Accommodations in
the (LP) (0) (R-6) (R-15) (RMF) zone districts, at which time
the Commission did evaluate and score the Mountain House Lodge
expansion project; and
WHEREAS, the Mountain House met the minimum threshold of 26
points by scoring 32.5 points; and
WHEREAS, the Commission considered the representations and
commitments made by the applicant in scoring the Mountain House
Lodge project and granting Special Review approval to increase
FAR with the following conditions:
1. The dining area shall be limited to the guests of the
lodge, shall not be open to the general public, shall
only serve breakfast and shall not request a liquor
1
license.
2. The applicants shall provide a sidewalk along the
Hopkins Street frontage which shall be designed to the
satisfaction of the city Engineer in order to permit
angle parking to continue along this property line. A
sidewalk shall also be provided along the West End
Street frontage, which shall be coordinated with the
City's repaving of this street.
3. The applicants shall provide all trash and utility
needs on-site and shall pave the area used for trash
access. Prior to review by City Council, the
applicants shall provide the Planning and Engineering
Department with a letter from BFI which states the
needed amount of trash storage required for the
development, based on the frequency of pick-up.
4. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicants
shall make a cash contribution to the Aspen
Consolidated Sanitation District for improvements to
the system. The amount of this payment shall be
acceptable to the ACSD, based on the commitment made by
the applicant in the GMQS.
5. The applicants shall make every effort to see that the
log house is relocated to another site in town. The
applicants shall report back to the Planning Office 45
days prior to initiating the development in order to
allow the City an opportunity to find a site if the
applicants have been unsuccessful.
6. That a deed restriction approved by the Housing
Authority be recorded for the on site units before an
issuance of a Building Permit for any portion of the
development. Said units shall be restricted to the
then current Employee Housing Guidelines and indexed to
the low income category.
7. The Owner covenants that the use and occupancy of the
employee rental unit shall be limited to housing for
qualified employees in accordance with the low rental
guidelines established by the Housing Authority of the
City of Aspen and Pitkin County or a successor thereto.
The Owner of the unit shall have the right to lease the
units to qualified employees of his own selection.
Such individual may be employed by the Owner, or
employed in Aspen/Pitkin County, provided such persons
fulfill the requirements of a qualified employee.
"Qualified employee" as used herein shall mean any
person currently residing in and employed in the City
of Aspen or Pitkin County for a minimum average of 30
2
- hours per week, nine months out of any twelve-month
period, who shall meet low income and occupancy
eligibility requirements established and applied by the
Housing Authority with respect to employee housing.
8. Verification of employment of person(s) living in the
employee rental units shall be completed and filed with
the Housing Authority Office by the Owner of the unit
prior to occupancy thereof, and reverified on a yearly
basis. If the Owner does not rent the employee unit to
a qualified employee the unit shall be made available
for occupancy in accordance with the Housing Authority
guidelines, provided the Owner shall have the right to
approve any prospective tenant, which approval shall
not be unreasonably delayed or withheld.
9. These covenants shall be deemed to run with the land as
a burden thereof for the benefit of, and shall be
specifically enforceable by, the Board of County
Commissioners of Pitkin County, the Housing Authority
of the City of Aspen and Pitkin County, or the duly
authorized designee of the Board of County
Commissioners of Pitkin County, by any appropriate
legal action including but not limited to injunction,
abatement, or eviction of non-complying tenants during
the period of the life of the last surviving member of
the presently existing Board of County Commissioners of
Pitkin County, Colorado, plus twenty-one years, or for
a period of fifty years from the date of recording
hereof in the Pitkin County real property records,
whichever period shall be less.
10. When a lease is signed with a tenant, a copy shall be
sent to the Housing Office so that a current file may
be maintained on each unit.
11. Deed restriction shall be approved and signed by the
Chairman of the Housing Authority prior to recordation
and a copy of the recorded document shall be provided
to the Housing Authority Office after recordation.
WHEREAS, the Commission further recommended approval of a
Growth Management Exemption request for 4 on-site employee rooms;
and
W~EREAS, the Commission further recommended rezoning
approval for the adjacent parcel (Lots A, B 1/2 of C, Block 32)
from RMF to LP; and
3
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council having considered the Aspen
Planning and Zoning Commission's scoring for the Mountain House
Lodge project does wish to grant the requested 12 room allotment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Aspen,
Colorado that 12 rooms of the LP Zone District Tourist
Accommodations ~ota is hereby allocated to the Mountain House
Lodge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of Aspen,
Colorado that pursuant to Chapter 24, Section 8-108 of the
Municipal Code, this allocation shall expire on the day after the
third anniversary of the date of approval of a site specific
development plan unless a building permit is obtained and the
project is developed, or unless an exemption from or extension of
the approval is obtained.
Dated: ~~ /'~-- .
, 1989
William L. Sti~ling, May~r
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do
certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that
resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held ~ ~..~.~¥~ ~'~ , 1989.
Kathryn.~S. KoCh, City Clerk
C~.~./das
ccreso.mtn.house
4