HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.007-94 RESOLUTION NO.~
(series of 1994)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO~
APPROVING THE HOUSING MITIGATION PROPOSAL FOR THE 1993 COMMERCIAL
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ALLOTMENT FOR THE GALENA PLAZA BUILDING LOCATED
AT 420 E. MAIN STREET (GALENA PLAZA CONDOMINIUM UNIT I ON THE
MALF OF LOT i AND ALL OF LOTS M,N,O,P,Q,R, AND S, BLOCK
TOWNSITE OF ASPEN)
WHEREAS, on December 6, 1993, the City Council of the city of
Aspen awarded commercial/office development allotments in the CC
(Commercial Core) zone district for 1993 pursuant to Resolution
No.85 (Series 1993) under the growth management quota system as set
forth in Article 8 of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the development project known as Galena Plaza was
awarded 4,400 square feet of net leasable area within the 1993
commercial/office development allotments; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Galena Plaza project must
mitigate for 11.55 employees; and
WHEREAS, the Galena Plaza project has requested that the City
Council approve an affordable housing mitigation package in which
it shall deed restrict all nine (9) of the existing dwelling units
in the Kandahar apartment building located on the Galena Plaza
property; and
WHEREAS~ the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Board reviewed the
proposed mitigation package on December 1, 1993 and recommends its
approval by City Council by making the following findings:
1. The total area required to mitigate for 11.55 employees
(4,100 s.f.) is exceeded by this proposal (4,810 s.f,);
however, all units are below the Housing Guidelines' net
livable square footage recommendations.
2. This is an existing structure and the Board believes some
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flexibility is warranted.
3. The Housing Guidelines' square footage minimums are a
guide and may be reduced with good reason (note 2, pg.13
of the Guidelines). ; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined the Galena Plaza
housing mitigation proposal to be fair and equitable and consistent
with the mitigation requirements contained in Section 8-109 of
Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code~
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLOPd%DO THAT: In accordance with Section 24-8-109(J)
of the Aspen Municipal Code, City Council does hereby accept the
employee housing mitigation plan for 11.55 employees as required
by the Galena Plaza!project to be nine deed restricted units known
as the Kandahar Apartments existing on the Galena Plaza property
with the following conditions:
1) The applicants shall receive credit for housing 11.55
employees and no additional credit shall be carried into the
future and the Kandahar Apartments cannot be utilized to meet
any future affordable housing mitigation. This limitation is
made due to the substandard size of the existing units.
2) Prior to the issuance of any building permits for the Galena
Plaza project, the applicant shall agree in writing to non-
Building Code improvements. The basis of this agreement
letter is an inspection of these units by the Housing office
Chief of Property Management and Assistant Director.
3) The applicant shall upgrade the entire building to the
requirements in the Uniform Building Code health and safety
regulations.
4) The applicant shall deed restrict the Kandahar units to the
following categories and rental rates. The rental rates are
based upon the sizes of the units rather than the bedroom
count due to the substandard size of the units.
UNIT CATEGORY RENTAL RATE UNIT TYPE
1 1 Cat i/studio studio
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2/3 2 Cat 2/2 bdrm 2 bdrm
4 1 Cat 1/1 bdrm 2 bdrm
5 1 Cat i/studio 1 bdrm
6/7 2 Cat 2/2 bdrm 2 bdrm
8 1 Cat 1/1 bdrm 2 bdrm
9 1 Cat i/studio 1 bdrm
10/11 2 Cat 2/2 bdrm 2 bdrm
12 1 Cat 1/1 bdrm 2 bdrm
5) Prior to issuance of any building permits for the Galena Plaza
project, the applicants shall execute a deed restriction in
a form satisfactory to the City Attorney and the Aspen/Pitkin
County Housing Authority. Proof of recordation of the
restriction with the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder shall
be forwarded to the Housing Authority and the Planning office.
oated:
, 1994.
John Bennett, Mayor
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 ~~ ~ , 1994.
, City Clerk