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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.lu.an.Zoline Property.1971-AN1 '" ~ --. ~; '- PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO We, the undersigned, being landowners within the exterior boundaries of the territory hereinafter described, do hereby respectfully petition the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, to annex said territory to the City in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 139, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, as amended, and allege as follows: 1. That it is desirable and necessary the such territory be annexed to the Municipality. 2. That the requirements of Sections 139-21-3, CRS.163, as amended, and 139-21-4, CRS.163, as amended, exist or are met. 3. That the signers of the Petition comprise the landowners of more than 50% of the territory included in the area proposed to be annexed, exclusive of streets and alleys. 4. That the legal description of the area to be annexed is as follows: See Attached _ _,~J ~ ,-, It is a condition of this petition for annexation that concurrently with the effectiveness of said annexation the following shall have taken place: 1. All of the property which is the subject of this petition for annexation shall have been zoned R-30 under Title XI, Chapter 1 of the ordinances of the City of Aspen; and 2. A Final Development Plan for a Planned Unit Development for all of said property shall have been approved by the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of Aspen pursuant to Title XI, Chapter 1, Section 11 of the ordinances of the City of Aspen. Petitioner further agrees that: Pursuant to an instrument which shall be in form and substance approved by petitioner and the City of Aspen on or before the effectiveness of said annexation petitioner shall grant to the City of Aspen: (1) an irrevocable option to lease that portion of said property which will not be developed under the Final Development Plan but which shall be permanently dedicated as open space under said Plan, herein referred to as the "Open Space". Said option shall provide, among other things,.' that the City of Aspen shall have the right to lease said Open Space for a term of 20 years or for such shorter period as shall remain from the date the option is exercised to the 20th anniversary of the date of the option, for a rental of $1 per year, for use as a golf course; and (2) as irrevocable option to purchase said Open Space for use as a golf course. Said option shall be exercisable at any time for a period of 20 years from its date. The option price shall be such as shall be agreed upon by petitioner and the City of Aspen and shall be expressed in said instrument. Said instrument shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions as petitioner and the City of Aspen shall agree upon. Dated this 25th day of October, 1971 as of the 17th day of August, 1971. , ~ ~tJ' (" IT ~dent"'" <.. " f"""\ .--- -.---- LEGAL DESCRIPTION ' , A parcel of land in Sections 2 and 11 Township 10 South, Range 85 West of the 6th principal meridan, Pitkin County, Colo. comprising parts of the E~ SW\, being Lots 16,17 and 21 also parts of Lots 7,8,9,14.15,22 and 23 all in said Section 2, and part of Lot 4 of said Section 11. The above parcel being more fully described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of the Original Aspen Town- site said point being Sor 53 '16" W 989.2 feet from the Aspen Townsite Corner No.6. Said point also known as North Annexation Point No.1; Thence along the present City Limits N750 09'11" W627.l feet and along the northerly R.O.W. line of Colorado Highway 82 to North Annexation corner No.3; Thence 510.46 feet along said northerly R.O.W. line around the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 1005.0 feet and whose chord bears S880 55' 03" W 504.99 feet; Thenc.e S 74022' W 272.30 feet along said northerly R.O.W. line; Thencell04.60 feet along said northerly R.O.W. line around the arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1096.0 feet and whose chord bears N760 45'38" W 1058.44 feet; Thence N 480 12'42" W 132.06 feet along said northerly R.O.W. line to a Colorado State Highway Monument found in place, said Monument bears S 89051'20" W 202.44 feet from the t corner of Sections 11 and 12, T lOS, R85W; Thence N470 51' W 1702.30 feet along said northerly R.O.W. .1ine; Thence 661.39 feet along said northerly R.O.W. line around the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 2915.00 feet and whose ~hord bears N 540 21' W 659.97 feet; Thence N600 51' W 924.25 feet along said northerly R.O.W. line to intersect with a fence running northerly; Thence N 240 13' E 50.43 feet along said fence; Thence N 050 42'07" E 164.07 feet along said fence; Thence N 000 09' E 84:56 feet along said fence; Thence N 000 26' W 377.68 feet along said fence; Thence N 000 02' E 364.36 feet along said fence to a fence corner; Thence N880 50' E 92.34 feet along a fence; Thence N890 49' E 132.93 feet along said fence to a point; Thence N 260 14' E 117.76 feet; Thence N 100 33' E 77.29 feet; Thence N 130 15' E 112.67 feet; Thence N 050 21E 267.36 feet; Thence East 330.00 feet more or less to a point being 25.00 feet west of the west bank of Maroon Creek; Thence northwesterly along a line which is 25.00 feet west of the west bank of Maroon Creek to the intersection of said line with the south line of Lot 4 in said Section 2; Thence S870 25' 51" W 740.00 feet along the south line of Lots 4 and 5 in said Section 2 to a point. said point being the northeast corner of Lot 6 of said Section 2; Thence S 01006'24" E 2434.55 feet to a fence corner; Thence S 000 23' W 1575.96 feet along said fence to a point on the northerly R.O.W. line of Colorado State Highway No. 82; Thence S 350 24' 22" W 100.00 feet to a point on the southerly R.O.W. line of said State' Highway No. 82; Thence 631.11 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line around the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 5780.00 feet and whose chord bears S 5r 43' 19" E 630.80 feet; Thence S 600 51' E 1831.70 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line to the beginning of a curve~to the right; . -., -., Thence 638.70 feet along said curve with a radius of 2815.00 feet and whose chord bears S 540 21' E 638.15 feet; thence S 470 51' E 1702.30 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line; thence S 480 12' 42" E 132.06 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line to the beginning of a curve to the left; thence 1205.38 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line around said curve to the left with a radius of 1196.0 feet and whose chord bears S 760 45'38" E 1155.l0 feet; thence N 740 22' E 272.30 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line; thence 459.67 feet along said southerly R.O.W. line around the arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 905.00 feet and whose chord bears N 880 55' 03" E 454.74 feet; thence S 750 09' 11" E 639.31 feet more or less along said southerly R.O.W. to a point on the westerly line of the Original Town- site, said westerly line being between corners No. 6 and No. 7 of said Townsite; thence N 070 53' 16" E 100.74 feet along said westerly line to the point of beginning. Contains 197.14 acres more or less J t> o ) "\ '\ : ..~ 1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF L~ND OWNED: ...etColon4o.to-wItl E'lswi, belac tou 16, 17 ani! Z1,'~ abo Lota 1, 8, 9, 1", 15,22 aDd 23, ~l :La lecdoa 2, ad the HEih'W:1:. beiDI Lot .. ot Sect10a 11, all ia township 10 South, Ra_. as Welt ot the 6th PriDcipal Meridian, to,~ether wlth .u ditch and water rbbt. used. ia comection vith the &bow doecribed PNnl... . aDd particularl)' but without limitation upon the f'ore(01nI:. all ri~t. title and iDtereat ot the cranton, the umo be~ a~tel:r aJl und.hided one-fourth interelt in and to the Willow Creek Ditch _bend 9J and the Jtri,oritie. adjudl.- .~ caUd thereto, the ... beil\e priorities IUIllbered 129, 174.aad 209, in tho decree. of tM District Court ot {".arfielet County, Colorado, In and tor Water District ".bel"~: Provided alva,.. that tbere iI hereby excepted. traa tbb conveyance the follovlJU: d..er1bed traen or property: '. . ~$_Ko...~ 1. rbat part ot Section 2, TOVDIbip 10 So., Range 8SW. ~; the 6th P.M. . de.c:ribed a. tollows: 8e~1nni.DJ: at . point 00 the South line ot Lo1:23 vhich is . abc the "orth tiDe ot Lot 26 or .aaid Section 2, aaid point be1111 450fC!!et East ttf tM Sorell Velt corner of' ..ld Lot 26 and 140 feet We.t or the Voat bank of llaroon C'reekl thence ~rth 140 East 195 leetl thence North, 10 Bait 184 ten; thence !i-Ortb eO Wen 194 (eetl . thence EUt 15 len to a point of tnie' he~inni~ of a ttrip 01 ~und. 30 (eet vide hereinafter lION lpecificaU,. delCribedl thence East 11)5 feet to a point beinc 25 feet Welt of tbe \felt bank ot nUoon Creek: tho'nce Sorthwlterly aloft(. a 11.. tofsic:b b%5' feet \lint of the Welt bank of Milr-oon C~ck . to tM lnter'l!'cdoa of "iei l1ne with the South line of Lot . in laid'Section 2; tbtnce J:.ut alont. the South Ufle o( Lota 4, 3 &rid 2 in Sectlon 2 to tl1e North Wen ('.orDer ot Lot 10 .in wd $e,Uon 21 ti.nce ,s;",uth alonl!; the Welt Une of Loti 10 and 13 1a laid ~ction 2 to the Uteraection of 1&1d Vest line tdtb tho Kortb 11_ of Lot Z4 in ..id Section 2; thene. West &1o~ the ~orth line of ....id Lot :u to the Korth Welt corner of ..id Lot 241 tbcftCe South on the, West line ot' laid wt Z4 to the So\Itb Ean coner of Lot 2.3 of aaid Section, 2; thenot ,",elt UODI Mid Sout" line of Lot 23 to point of bec1nnUt't. contaiRi.. 76' acres .ore or 1.... t ! !: I I ;1 I ! I ! f I, 1 , t l. f [ f f ! ! . ,J" _...,'-~ :.~~ ,. ,'- ?'. " E6TCOPY I UfO the fo11Ma<< deecrlbed Itrip of ~und bebe 30 fo.t.wide and lyinc U fMt M .it~r lide of a 11.. 4eacribed .. follows Bc~iMi.n.<< at ....id true ""tilt of be-id.MiDl btrelaaboftNIlIU0ne4. thence ,"orth. SO lS' !:;a,e Z3J.l feetl the~ xortb f.,o 2.&' We,t 250.4 (eCllt; Ueace North ,029. We.t. 151.b,feO'tt thence' Sorttt. 101.' r.ut 13).. fHCI the.. J'orth 79055' Welt 30.9 feet; tbltnc. ~utb ~ OS' Ka,c JI$ feet; the"" ScKltb f90 OS' We,t 109.0 teet .re or 1..,.. to tho nht1ac l.:."""'tJ',roe,d contalainc o..n acre. IIIOre..," lu, t~ bein/l: h't;~,idfJJ tbat Mid stri, a::.&l1 cOBItit,ut. a roNwy for lnero.. and UNit to lAi4.~OLlnt,.KO&d." Me A tract of land in Lot 23 of Section 2. Tp~, 10 S.. R. 85 West of the 6th P.M. d~8cribed as beginning at a point on the South line of said Lot 23 whence the South QJarter Corner of said Section 2 (according to the brass cap set bya.L.O. in 1954) bears S. 2~OO'20" W.324.016 reet:' thence N. 2g.141 E. 124.97 feet; thence N. 10.33' E. 71.29 feet: thence N. 13.15' E. 112.61 feet. thenceN.5.21' E. 267.36 feet; thence due East 413.46 feet to the eenter.....f Maroon Creek; thence S. 20.46' W. 52.94 feet along the center ,of Maroon Creek; tht>nce S. 13.48' W. 299.05 ft>et along the center of Maroon Creek; thence S. 11.58' W. 229.01 I feet along the center of Maroo" Creek to a point on 3aid SOlJth hne of Lot 2:S; Ii thence du.~~e8t 3~6. 00 le;t to the POI.~t of b("gin"ing, contain~ng 4.918 acres. 'I ';':,i),,:~: f'NCt Nor ~.. '. VlMt.t lud.l1tuded iII'Let: 4. '"'.toll U",,~ 10. S., It. es;v. , Of ... S1XtIl PriDclpal Meri4laa """ .... fI11lT ""..rlllocl u foi1_. beolMlIlJ i at Cbe' Soutbwst comes of Wd Lot 4 tdJeDel the Horthwlt cor=r at Bit! . t } Seedoa U bean !f. 50 6' V.. 1D4-.84 feotJ ~ n. GO p' 'W.. 922.61 f..t~ > to t.be k.ath U. ot ltate ~ ~r 82J tbeDce I. S6 l' I.. 221.81 feet " a10D1 the Sou'Cb llDe ~,State U1~ ~r 82; tb:Dc. a. SSO 58' Z.. 346.4 '"t ' aloq tbe IOUU U. o:?:ete .U1~ 10. 82r tbecce 80.61)0' 3' I. 896.3 feet! . :. ~ aloar; the 80utb J.iJa 0, . ;:.t.te ~y ~ 831 .ace S. 18u " V. 202.8' t.te . , l to t.b.I SoIrtb 1.1DI ot ~ Lot.. ~ ..'egO "" V, U93.4.J teft ~ the t , South Uno ot OLId tot 4 to tho polDt ot be&lmdac. ~ 15;5 ..... .....' or ; 1.,... __._,____..______...... ,_________..__.__..... _,,______~.____.~~_____...... ..____, _ i ... Date OLSi~aL~~ t I \ Q~~ ~..:...: ~ ~ ":L: ._. ~"'... .........- "\...-'0--- .- . . -. -~ ca...", ~ "-\ ~\'- 1\.,. ,,\... -- - c-~ ~ --;- ... _"6 1Q"b -- .> J .~:;:-" '. --:;~ ,;-, -:'-:-6:-,.,s - .....;,..., t r ~l _-1_ \ : .~ .,-" It is a condition of this petition for annexation that concurrently with the effectiveness of said annexation the following shall have taken place: 1. All of the property which is the subject of this petition for annexation shall have been zoned R-30 under Title XI, Chapter 1 of the ordinances of the City of Aspen; and 2. A Final Development Plan for a Planned Unit Develop- ment for that portion of said property which lies South of the existing County Road which bisects said prop,erty (herein referred to as the "South Premises ') shall have been approved by the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of Aspen pursuant to Title XI.. Chapter 1, Section 11 of the ordinances of the City of Aspen, which Section 11 is presently in the course of being enacted. Petitioner further agrees that: A. That portion of said property which lies North of said existing Countx Road (herein referred to as the "North Premises') will not be developed with permanent structures unless and until a Final Development Plan for a Planned Unit Develop- ment upon said North Premises under said Title XI. Chapter 1, Section 11 of the ordinances of the City of Aspen shall have been approved by the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of Aspen. which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided that, without such Planned Unit Development a single family dwelling may be built upon said North Premises for Earl Cowling, to whom petitioner has heretofore conveyed a building site within said North Premises and for petitioner and each of his three children, aggregating five single family dwelling houses in all. B. Pursuant to an instrument which shall be in form and substance approved by petitioner and the City of Aspen on or before the effectiveness of said annexation petitioner shall grant to the City of Aspen an irrevocable option to lease that portion of the South Premises which will not be developed under the Final Development Plan but which shall be permanently dedicated as op,en space under said Plan, herein referred to as the 'Open Space". Said option shall provide. among other things, that the City of Aspen shall have the right to lease said Open Space for a term of 20 years or for such shorter period as shall remain from the date the option is exercised to the 20th anniversary of the date of the option. for a rental of $1 per year. for use as a golf course. Said option agreement and the lease contemplated by it shall contain such other terms. provisions and conditions as petitioner and the City of Aspen shall agree upon. ~ .., \... . . ,....., ,.-." " C. Pursuant to another instrument which shall be in form and substance approved by petitioner and the City of Aspen on or before the effective- ness of said annexation petitioner shall grant to the City of Aspen an irrevocable option to purchase said Open Space for use as a golf course. Said option shall be exercisable at any time for a period of 20 years from its date. The option price shall be such as shall be agreed upon by petitioner and the City of Aspen and shall be expressed in said option agreement. Said option agreement shall con- tain such other terms, provisions and conditions as petitioner and the City of Aspen shall agree upon. Dated this 17th day of August, 1971. -- , ~ ,~, ,-, ~ ~.. TO: Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission FROM: Herb Bartel, Regional Planner SUBJECT: Zoline Property - Background Information. DATE: March 30, 1971 Application was made to the Pitkin County Board of Commiss- ioners in August, 1970 to rezone subject property from AF-l to AR-2. The property consists of 80 acres south of the old County Road eastward from Highway 82 to Maroon Creek. The request for rezoning was based on 1) economic infeasibility of agricultural activities at this location. and 2) the fact that the property is surrounded by AR-2 type uses. The re- quest was made subject to approval of a PUry plan for the site. (See file for Zoline letter 8/12/70.) In November, 1970 Mr. Zoline submitted to the Planning Office a topo map showing the location of proposed buildings on the site. In December Mr. Zoline changed his request intended AR-2 to PR (Planned/Residential). D.U./Net Acres of 2.90 + 33% bonus. for rezoning from PR designates On January 18, 1971 a joint public hearing was held before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of County COmnlissioners to consider a change of zoning from AF-l to PR reo the subject property. At that meeting the Planning Office presented comments on the proposal, among other con- siderations cited were 1) the 1966 General Plan recommendations (R-30/pU which designates D.U./Net Acre of 1.45); 2) the City of Aspen's interest in open space considerations in the area; 3) public costs resulting from development at that location. (See file for complete report.) A.major.concern of the Planning and Zoning Commission at its February 3, 1971 mee.ting was the intended use of the adjoin- ing land in Mr. Zoline's ownership. . ;-.,. ,-., . - 2 - At.that February 3rd meeting the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the application for rezon- ing be denied for the following reasons: 1. The proposed density is not in keeping with the Aspen Area Master Plan. 2. Existing higher densities are non- conforming uses under the present zoning resolution. 3. Proposed development would increase highway traffic volume unnecessarily. (See file for resolution 2/3/71.) Before action was taken by the Board of County Commissioners Mr. Zoline requested the Commissioners table his application for rezoning. Subsequently, annexation of the property to the City of Aspen has been discussed. On 3/19/71 Mr. Zoline wrote to the Chairman of the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission outlining his plans for developing the area. These plans include the owners in ten- .tion to maintain 65 acres as open space and his suggestion that this portion could be leased by the City to enlarge the golf course with an\ option to purchase. (See file for Mr. ZoHne's letter 3/19/71.) , t, (),~ ^ ~",:;~~. '-', J!1:,(X?It3'f~ ^. tJr"'\'o.:l' ,\::';'/jp~"" ",,'~l"i. . li"..'~') .:;;, "", .,\.-, "..' ",", .. '~-.,""'~ CITY',OF.AS.PEN aspen.c~lo:rado, a:1~.1'; box v ""',jA!,?i1:j~d0i;:r.;[?' -:r? ~, April 6. 1971 Mr. Joseph T. Zoline 624 North Canon Drive Beverly Hills, California 90210 Dear Joe; The City of Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission met with the County Planning and Zoning Commission last week in a study session. One of the items on the agenda was your application to them for re-zoning of a portion of your property on the west edge of Aspen. They explained to us the various con- siderations which lead them to deny your request. Relative to the possibility that you might wish to annex, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission expressed interest in having some indication from you of what you plan for the north half of your ranch. We also felt that any special consider- ations given to you to cluster develop in exchange for open space should result in a- ded~cation of that space to open or public use rather than an offer of 5ts sale. The Commission feels that since your land lies within the natural service area of the City, it is entirely appropriate to view an application for its annexation favorably. We could. if you desire, consider your petition for annexation at our April 13th meeting. I have enclosed a petition for your convenience to which you can attach preliminary requests for special consid- eration by us. However. any request for zoning which is at variance with the 1966 Aspen Area General Plan would require public hearing on the part of the Commission and the Council prior to its adoption. ..., ~- ......" 1"""\ '-'\ '( - Page 2 - If you petition for annexation. our recommendations will go up to Council and they could have first and second reading on April 24th and May 10th and your annexation could be final by May 18th. If you wish to apply for re-zoning, we would publish the required announcements as soon as possible to coincide with our nearest regular meeting and thus avoid delay. I wilL be out of town next Tuesday, so would suggest you contact the City Clerk, Box V, Aspen, Colorado, 81611 if you wish to appear on the agenda. We will hold a spot open for you. Sip.cerely, .~ Mr. Robin Molny Chairman Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission RM:leg cc: Mayor Eve Homeyer City Manager Leon Wurl Regional Planner Herb Bartel Vice Chairman James Adams t,., '^".'.-."':". {)24N.. t""'"'\ CHUrl :)r(v,Cc, ,'-eve ,Iv ''ill', Ca.lifwr.i" SO')10 xzxzxz:xz x-zx ;,.?~Z.~'z~~. z;~~:~ :t):~,x~:;x:.(~~zx'z~.z May IS, 1971 Albie Kern, Esq. '. <t. b'.......l Nir.. i.~ernai.",e Cit),-CoUl1ty Planoor Aspen City Hall Aspen, Colorado ~n611 Denr ! ierb. tn Hcc;.)rda!1ce with (JUl.' meeting 10:.t week, ! have prepared and enc1.:>se hcrew Itll H rncmOI'andu:n outline or.a pr(lpo$ed 8i4reemeilt oet'.veen the City nnd ine covering annexation, zoning, tbe proposed lease of the ,open space for a i;'.olf course ani] related n.1atter;,:;. 'rbis L'j or course JOust Un o,:tl1nc and additional thO\.l.;htcs ma\' be Inc1wJed arlor to execution. .... ~ I preBu~ne thnt thi~3 can be drJnc hy viayof,n.n agreenicnt\vith the City Q;8\Ve d.iscu3:::1ed. and that thL"5h3S bC(Ht or villl be confirtned by Albie i<ern~ forwh'::):~i a cof-'y of t~lin leuer ttild the ;t~e;.nornnju~Tl are enclosed. '1'.' I . J' . 11' , . () save youtne tri.:HiD_0 01' sen\: In~~ COjHeS to n. . or rntJ~ie WftiJ Vfere predcnt at our ffieetin;d: last \;\fee.}:. I tviH send c()ple~; of this letter and the n}ernoran....htl1 to the:~n aod to L"e~)n. Tnere bas been so much delay, let's really try to move thi$ along, both to do son1cthing constructive f-;n: the City ami so WI:; can make plans for the best use of the prc)f'crty. 1 will try to COi;iB to A."plm In early June for a sl~pling if a;:;ree,nent by tllCI1 is f.'')ssiblc. With kindest regards, Sincerely )'Ours, . l.~",,'.h T .."'''-.h....k'..'. Zc)Hne JTZ;cks MEMOir-mUM OUTLINE OF PROPOSE~GREEMENT . BETWEEN JOSEPH T. ZOLINE OTZ) AND CITY OF ASPEN (CITY) 1. JTZ will petition for annexation to the City of the entire Bar Slash X Ranch consisting of approximately 187 acres. That portion of the ranch which lies South of the existing County Road comprises approximately 80 acres and is hereinafter referred to. as the'South Portion". That portion of the ranch which lies North of the existing County Road comprises approximately 107 acres and is hereinafter referred to as the "North Portion". 2. Concurrently with the annexation and as a condition to its effectiveness, the South Portion shall be zoned under such a classification or classifications that 310 dwelling units may be constructed thereon. These dwelling units shall be in a mixture of multiple family and single family dwelling units so as to constitute a "Neighborhood" as that word is presently used by the City Planninga~d Zoning Commission and at the same time so as to occupy as small a part of the entire area .of the South Portion as practicable. A preliminary layout indicating the location and tyP0s of dwelling units shall be attached to the agreernent as an exhibit. The remaining area of the South Portion shall be permanently dedicated as Open Green Space which shall mean that np cr.vellings or other buildings shall be constructed thereon. 3. The agreement shall contain a statement of JTZ's intention with respect to the North Portion, that is to say, that he haS no present intention of developing the same. Accordingly, the agreement shall also provide that concurrently with the annexation the North Portion shall be zoned "P" or Park. The agreement shall also reflect, however, that this zoning classification for the North Portion is considered to be a holding classification and that when, as and if JTZ, or his heirs, successors or assigns shall determine to develop the North Portion he or they shall apply to the City for a change in the zoning classification and shall be entitled to have the North Portion then classified in accordance with circumstances then prevailing. without regard to the previous "P" zoning classification of the property. . 4. Concurrently with said annexation JTZ shall also enter into a lease with the City covering the Open Green Space. The lease shall contain the following provisions: a. Rental ~ $1. 00 per year b. Term - 20 years c. Purpose - To construct a golf course containing nine additional holes to link up with the presently existing nine hole municipal golf course, and for no other purpose whatsoever. r-- ----, Recognizing that the City may not wish to proceed with construction of the golf course immediately, the agreement shall provide that the City shall have three yea,rs from the date of the lease within which to commence construction and five years from Buch date to complete the same. If not commenced and completed within such times, then JTZ shall have the right to cancel the lease. Such cancellation, however, shall not affect the property's character as Open Green Space. d. An appropriate portion of the ditch or irrigation water rIghts applicable to the entire ranch shall be allocated for use by the City for the purpose of watering the leased property. The City shall water and maintain the leased property in a sightly and safe condition pending the construction and completion of the golf course. e. The City shall assume and agree to pay all taxes applicable to the leased property. f. The City shall indemnify and hold JTZ harmless from any liability for personal injury or property damage arising out of the City's. use of the leased property and the City shall at its expense take out and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with an insurauce company or insurance companies, autll,orized to do business in Colorado and approved by JTZ, insuring both the City and JTZ against any such lIability. SaId policy or policies shall provide for minimum coverage of not less. than $100,000 for injury to anyone person and $300, 000 In anyone accident or occurrence. g. The City shall not have the right to build any permanent structure, such as a. club house or similar building. on the leased property without JTZ's prior written consent. Any and all improvements which may be placed upon the leased property by the City shall at the termination of the lease belong to JTZ. Before proceeding with any improvements the City shall make appropriate arrangements satisfactory to JTZ to avoid the imposition of any mechanic's or materialmen's liens upon the leased property. h. In operating the golf course on the leased premises the City shall observe reasonable or--ening and closing hours (to be agreed upon) and shall other- wise protect the residents of the Sout.h Portion from encroachments upon their' property or other interference with their enjoyment of their a'wel11ng . places and adjacent ground. No driving range or similar practice range shall be permitted on the leased premises. i. Without JTZ's prior written consent the City shall not permit the leased property to be used for camping, public meetings involving more than fifteen persons, concerts. games, or any other activities contemplating the gatering of more than fifteen persons. The City shall grant JTZ four annual passes to the golf course for use by himself, his famlly and guests which passes shall include green's fees ~ ~, and the use of golf carts if available. j. Prior to commencement of construction of the golf course JTZ shall have the right to make reasonable changes in the location and type of proposed dwelling units and in the boundaries of the leased property provided that such changes (a) will not increase the total number of dwelling units above 310 and (b) will not unduly interfere with the usability of the leased property for a golf course as intended. After commencement of the golf course such changes may be made only with the prior written consent of the City. k. JTZ's home located on the North Portion receives its domestic water from a spring or springs located on the South Portion. The City shall not interfere with said spring or springs or the pipes, storage tanks and pump system used in connection therewith and JTZ shall have the right to. enter upon the leased property for the purpose of repair, maintenance, cleaning and replacement of said spring or springs and equipment used in connection therewith. . "-,.._,'_.._--'..~-,,^,, -~~."....... ,',~"."",--".", .>.....,,.C,_..."",,.,., ..'~"""'~""_4"V'''''''''~'__' ,.., ...,"~,,,^~-,-.,-,.,,,".~'",-.,..,,,-_.,".,--,-, ... 1""'\ ~ ~ JYt . t/?-'f/7';'/ Comments on Zoline Annexation. In considering this annexation, the Council should examine carefully all the advantages and disadvantages. Some of .the advantages ~,entioned: The open space provided will complement the existing golf course .9:Ren space. True, b.ut the clm,ter development is a great advantage . :.t.o.--.:th~developer, too. It cuts road, water line and sewer costs a great deaL Any good developer will use this method. The City will gain control.if the land is annexed before it is. developed. What little control the City may gain will be. nullified by approving the development plan simultaneously with annexati.on, Also a much higher density will be permitted than is now possible under the existing County zoning. The City will benefit by serving the area with electricity, This is only true when it is accomplished. Land annexed four years ago 1s still not being served by the City, so there js no profit on electricity yet. Some of the disadvantages: The City is spending over 3 million dollars to preserve open space and prevent high density urban development on the golf course, To encourage urban development beyond this green belt is questionable. ~laroon Creek appears to be a good geographical boundary for the City. One more suggested advantage: This will be a step towards annexing as far as the Airport Business Center, to get the sales tax revenue from the businesses the:re. There. are no studies to show the cost to the City in annexing so far, nor the amount of revenue to be derived. This is not a valid argum~t for annex.ation. Further disadvantages; Immediately upon annexation, the viater tap fees and the water user fees will be cut in half for the annexed land. This is a considerable loss to the City. vie have just had to raise wa~;er rates, in part due to the decline in revenue from land annexed 'in the last few years. The City recently annexed one or two lots, the argument in favor being that the ovmer wanted to take advantage .of the cut in rates before building. 'The City can suffer serious loss of revenue from this policy. The revenue from the annexed territory will be a small part of the cost of providing City services. Figllres provided by City Hall show the average cost per acre to provide basic services to be $1,879. This amounts to $150.320 for $0 acres. the proposed annexation. The average revenue from the main source of revenue from residential land, from the 1972 budget, is ;~54 per acre, or $4,320 per year.for 80 acres. This is a tremendous loss to the City. In my opinion, we should look at this annexation and ask, " Cail we afford it", just as we scrutinized each item in the 1972 budget. .T.he ..Council' s first respoilsi bili ty is to the tax payers and residents of the present City limits. We should not accept such a burden now, when we cut most of our needed capital improvements for 1972. . . , #" .-, ~. 2. If outside land owners want to enjoy the benefits of coming in to the City, they should be willing to pay their own way. otherwise the burden falls on the present residents and tax payers, One important unanswered question is this: ,:.:'-'::__A t what point in annexation will further capital outlay be required, another snow plow or street sweeper. another truck or 'police car, as well as manpower to operate them? i:Iho will pay for this need. all of us? I think it should be those who require the additional expense, . The City should be extremely careful before it gives avfay so much in return for so little. This is the first time, in annexing land, that a zoning change: is requested. With only one or two very minor ,exceptions, the zoning has always been the same as that existing in the County, This would open the door for a vlay of playing the City against the County to see where the best deal could be obtained, The County has so far refused to grant a zoning change. Should the City let the bars do\^m? Francis Whitaker ?---, ,-" Aspen. Colorado October 19. 1971 The Honorable Eve Homeyer Mayor City of Aspen Aspen, Colorado Dear Mayor Homeyer: As I have stated many times. I have no plans what- ever for the development of that part of lilY ranch which lies north of the existing county road. When I first presented the proposal for annexation to the City it was my intention to limit it to that portion of the ranch which lies south of the county road (referred to in the petition for annexation as the "South Premises"). During the informal discussions with the Planning & Zoning Commission. it was suggested that I include the north portion of the ranch in the petition and I did so solely for that reason. At the Council hearing last night a question was raised as to the legality of including the north portion in the annexation. I was unaware of any such question. and I have not had the benefit of a legal opinion. Never- theless. in order to remove any possible question of the legality of the annexation and in accordance with my ori- ginal intention, I hereby amend the petition for annexation by eliminating therefrom all of the property lying north of the existing county road, thereby limiting the annexation to ~he South Premises. Very truly yours. '- ~~ ~ ~, vvalls & sterling architects aspen, colorado xnembersaia./p,o.box ee /zip Ood.eS1E311/Phone S0:3-e8S-Sa18 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT F JOSEPH T. ZOLINE The proposed property, which is to be included within the Planned Unit Development, consists of 76.53 acres and is bounded on the south by Colorado State Highway 82, on the east by Open Space land owned by the City of Aspen and Maroon Creek, and on the north by a county road. This property, together with the property immediately north and across the county road (consisting of approximately 104.11 acres), is owned by Mr. Joseph T. Zoline. The 76.53 acres an8 the 104.11 acres are presently zoned AF-1. We are proposing that the 76.53 acres, under Planned Unit Development, be changed in zoning classification to R-PC-?O. Under this classification the maximum density allowed would be 1.45 dwelling units per net acres, with the provision as set forth in the zoning ordinance of a two family dwelling to be construed as a single family dwelling unit, thus allowing 2.90 single family dwellings per acre. The first phase of the proposed development is expected to start construction in the spring of 1972 with the completion of the remaining phases five years hence. It is anticipated ,....., .""'"' PAGE 2 that the first phase of construction will be approximately 24 single family dwellings located in (Unit #1). The development consists of two (2) separate parcels, or clusters, of 90 lots each, thus giving a total of 180 lots. 1. Each lot shall be 50 feet square and will contain one single famil~ dwelling. 2. Each single family dwelling shall contain approximately 1600 square feet of building area, plus a private court of approximately 900 square feet. 3. All roads shall have a 60 foot right-of-way with a roadway width of 42 feet and will meet city speci fications. 4. Each unit provides 1.5 parking spaces. Unit #1, south-east corner of property, contains 15.25 total acres. This can be broken down into the following: 1. 90 lots occupV..................~....... 5.45 acres 2. . Roads occupy............................ 1.33 acres 3. Commons area and parking (open area within the cluster) occupies............ 8.47 acres TOTAL 15.16 acres Unit #2, north-west corner of property, contains 14.23 total acres. This can also be broken dcwn into the following: 1. 90 lots occupy.......................... 5.50 acres 2. Roads occupy............................ 2.28 acres 3. Commons area and parking (open area within the cluster) occupies............ 6.50 acres TOTAL 16.26 acres With the above mentioned figures in mind, we now find the PAGE 3 ,.-., ~, . following totals regarding covered area in relationship to open area: 1. Total Project area.........~...~....... 79.52acres 2. Total ,area occupied by lots, roads, and commons area....................... 29.48 acres 3. Leaving a total open space area of..... 47.05 acres With the application of the R-PC-30 classification as is indicated in our present zoning ordinance, it would allow 1.45 single family dwelling units per net acre. In the definition of this type of district, for density calculations, a single family dwelling or a 2 family dwelling could be construed as a single family dwelling unit, therefore allowing a maximum of 2.9 single family dwellings per net acre. The density as shown in the development for 180 .single family dwellings is 2.36 per net acre which is below the above stated maximum. The developer, Mr. Joseph T. Zoline, intends to tap on the existing 8" city of Aspen water main which.is located on the south side of Colorado State Highway 82. The water system within the development will be designed to handle the requirements of the development and will also meet the City of Aspen specifications for such a system. The developer also intends to t8p on the existing 10" Metro Sanitation trunk line that crosses the 76.53 acre development site. This. sanitation system will also be designed to handle the total development as well as meeting Aspen Metro Sanitation District's specifications. It is . . PAGE 4 .-- .~ anticipated at this time that a tap will be made for Unit #1 and Unit #2. The initial water tap will be designed to service the complete development, but only that portion of the system necessary to service Phase One, Unit #1 will be installed in the spring of 1972. The initial sewer tap for Phase One, Unit #1, together with the necessary lines to service all of Unit #1, will be installed in the sp'ring of 1972. It is the intention of the developer to work with the Colorado State Highway Department to perfect the acceleration and dec- celeration lane on Highway 82 which is shown on the overall plan. The developer intends to install all the necessary roads within the development to meet city subdivision regu- lations and specifications. In the initial stage of road development only that portion of the road to service Phase One, Unit #1 will constructed in the spring of 1972. JOSEPH T.ZQLINE ,..., Box l57Lf, ..A.spen, Colorado 8161-1 ~M~~XffiOR( ~}n{,X~~M~Q,.,~R1f:H:~:f{~~Jn~~~~~;: -- '.. /J 'JJ 1.~ () August 16, 1971 11r. Leon Hurl Ci ty ~1anager City of Aspen P. O. Box V Aspen, Colorado 81611 Dear Hr. Hurl: I purchased the Mrs. Tony G. Skiff. in 1936. Bar Slash X Ranch in 1955 from Mr. and They had originally purchased the plpce ~rr. Skiff was reared in the Aspen area (I believe where Henry Stein's ranch is now located) and Mrs. Skiff is also a native of the area. The Skiffs farmed the place continuously from the time they purchased it until they moved mqay in tbe Spring of 1956. From the time of their purchase until they moved away, .,. the Skiffs treated the old barbed ,,]ire fence along the bluff overlooking V~roon Creek, which extends from the bridge to a corner about 960 feet north, as their boundary line and used the property accordingly. For example, they grazed their cattle in the area bounded by the fence end there are still old cattle trails located immediately west of the fence. They also utilized atraU under the Haroon Creek bridge to move their cattle to the south side of High'Jay 82 in order to place them on Buttermilk Mountain where they had grazing rights on the National Forest. This trail under the bridge is also still visible. About 1,950 the Skiffs leased the southeast corner of their property, inside the aforesaid fence line and just north of Highway 82, for a propane gas plant, and this use con, tinued for 5 years. wben the lease expired, in 1956 or 1957, I did not reneH it and the plant was moved. But the concrete bases and driveway for the plant still remain. I suppose ~ JOSEPH T. ZOLINE f"""', Box 1574, ).f<pen, Colorado 816U lilli=M~~J'i( 'mJ{;<;X<;>%~h~~~t{?"'~1~JH{!R~,'J( Mr. Leon Hurl City Manager August 16, 1971 Page 2 there could be no clearer assertion and exercise of owner- ship rights over a piece of property than renting it to another. The Skiffs informed me that their predecessor in title, Mr. Dwyer, also treated the fence line as the bOl.lndary line and told them th~t it was in fact the boundary. Since my purchase 1 have also treated the fence as the boundary line. excluded others from entering inside it, grazed our cattle up to it, and maintained the fence. Incidentally, the fence is very old, and except where at certain spots ne,v wire and poles have been interjected, the fence appears to be more than 75 years old. vJith the uncertainty in that part of the County over the location of old lot lines, I'm not sure where the dividing lot line would be if it could ever actually be established. In any event, as I understand the law, the action of the owners on both sides in maintaining possession and use of the property for so many years is controlling. Accordingly. I suggest that the best and most expeditious way to resolve this is DY an agreement between the City of Aspen and myself to.legally establish the fence line as the boundary between our respective properties. This would be implemented by an exchange of deeds between us. I quitclaim- ing to the City any property east of the fence line and the City quitclaiming to me any property west of the fence line. . To this end I have had the fence LLne surveyed and enclos:'c a proposed agreement and forms of deeds to carry out this proposal. I would greatly appreciate it if this could be expedited to avoid any delay in our current planning of the area. JTZ:ee Enclosures Very truly yours, ~"'''''.=<J1>~. t. ~~~_.>- ,~=~,,----,'- ".. 6h~';'CJ --~ cc: Albert Kern, City Attorney \. "'" ^ This Agreement made this day of August, 1971 by and between the City o,f Aspen00lorado (herein called the "City" and Joseph T. Zoline (herein called "Zoline") Hitnesseth: . Whereas the City recently acquired and presently owns Lot 27 in Section 2 and Lot 3 in Section 11. TIOS, Range 85 W 6th P.M., and Zoline has for many years owned and presently o~vns Lot 21 in Section 2 and Lot 4 in Section 11, T10S, Range 85 W 6th P.M. (except that portion of said Lot 4 lying South of the North Right of Way line of Colo- rado State Highway No. 82), all of said property being in Pitkin County, Colorado; and Whereas the aforesaid parcels of land owned by the City and Zoline are contiguous and are separated by a barbed wire fence which has been in place for many years and has for many years been regarded by the respective owners of said parcels as delineating the boundary between the parcel presently owned by the CiLY and the parcel presently owned by Zoline; and Whereas, the actual lot lines separating said parcels would be difficult. "if not impossible, to establish,,'and in order to resolve this matter without controversy and at mininum expense the parties have agreed to establish said fence line as the legal boundary between their respective parcels. . Now therefore in consideration of their mutual promises and other valuable considerations, the parties agree as follows: 1. The fence line marked in re~ on the map hereto attached as Exhibit A shall henceforth be the legal boundary between said Lot 27 in Section 2 and Lot 3 in Section 11, . owned by the City and Lot 21 in Section 2 and Lot 4 in Section 11, owned by Zoline.. Said line is legally described as follows: Beginning at a point from ~vhich the South Quarter Corner of Section 2 (as evidenced by a G.L.O. brass cap set in 1954) bears S l8039'E 31[;,.23 feet; thence S 00"23'30" E 721. 27 feet. thence SOO"37' 30" E 339.18 feet to the North R. O. IV. line of Colorado State Highway No. 82. Z.To implement this agreement the City shall promptly execute and deliver to Zoline a quitclaim deed conveying all of said Lot 27 in Section 2 and Lot 3 in Section 11 lying West of said boundary line and ;!;oline shall concl.lrrently execute and deliver to the City a quitclaim deed conveying all of Lot 21 in Section 2 and all of Lot 4 in Section 11 lying North of the North R.O.W. line of Colorado State Highway No. 82 lying East of said boundary line. Said deeds shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibits B and C. In witness whereof the City of Aspen has caused this agreement to be executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized and Zoline has he4unto placed his hand and seal the day and year first above ,',ritten. . The City of Aspen. Colorado by attest: Joseph T, Zoline ,"c"..;.:r...,;>\;:>.:""',"'"=',::.;..,'".:.$.""'~,",,,~~'",,,"-- .. -'~."'~""=""""~._~'"""'~_'~~"~="''''''''''-=''"""",,,;;_''~"^'1i-'''''''_'~'~1.>:~~'''''"""""'''''~''''","""~"""""~''''-;i.:oli''''''''.",'''"~",,,~~~,-,,,i:/.Oi~~''-;'==,,,,~ 1""">,. ^' P & Z September 23. 1971 Adams moved to recommend approval of the Zoline annexation petition subject to the following recommendations and addi- tions: 1) The City shall have adopted pending PUD regulation as an amendment to Title XI, and also that the proposed A/F Oistrict by adopted by the Council; 2) The south parcel be zoned R-30 PUQ with density not to exceed 180 units; 3) The north parcel be zoned A/F, and in this context the Planning Commission draws the Council's attention to the following excerpt from the Aspen Area General Plan which bears directly upon the app lication: "In the matter of timing, land presently controlled for Im>1 intensity of use by zoning may be retained in that character, even though a higher intensity use is recommended in the plan. It is the duty of the planning commission to determine at what point in time a particular section of land should be rezoned. for intensive urban use; using the guideline contained in other portions of this report to aid in the decision making process." 4) The City shall not, as part of the annexation petition, be required to purchase the open space as indicated on the develop- ment plan; a) open space is a requirement of development, it is not incumbent upon the City to purchase same; b) the categories of use for the open space area should I 5) be agreed upon prior to the annexation; An easeJent 15' wide for a bicycle path in the 200' set back I , ! shall be dedicated to the City by the applicant upon request of the City Council. Brested seconded the motion. Collins moved to amend the motion to include the recommendation that the applicant make a donation of the open space land at the City's option prior to annexation. Seconded by Adams. Both motion and amendment passed by unanimous Y..r~1..J, 'c.,':::.1 -'.':nt'c' . ,-" "-". .;..,<,;.~--,;-"' ',-. --- ,-, Pa~e Twenty-fvur , '. . ~nuary 18, 1971 'Public Hearinl,!; , . industrial district, this being a planning commission, we'd like to involve it as a planning effort of both. Patsy: There's just one thing, on our next agenda we have about seven subjects. : :.....-J Bartel: What we will do on opening the meeting is make a determination as to whether or not this matter will be considered or not. If it is considered, then it will automatically be the last item on the agenda. Van Orden: If it were not considered, when.wou1d it be brought on for consideration? Bartel: It would be put on the next regular agenda. Van Orden: Which is when? ~ , .1 Bartel: The first Wednesday of February'- February 3rd. Van .Orden: If it could possibly be done, we would appreciate any consideration you could give toward a consideration on Wednesday. Thank you, gentlemen. for your attention. . w Clark: You know that the County Commissioners are meeting four times a month now. don't you? Van Orden: When would be your next meeting? Clark: First of February. Van Orden: So i:f it could be considered on the 20th, then it could get to you. Thank you, gentlemen.' " ZOLINE REZONING HEARING r"-'~ . , .:..." Peter Guy: Zoning resolution that would change the zoning classification of that certain area located as follows: (Again I won't bother with the legal description.) This application would change the zoning classification from AF-I, Agriculture and Forestry, to PR-Planned Residential, as indicated on a survey map on file in the office of the Pitk~n County Building Department. .The hearing is scheduled as a joint public hearing before the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, :Colorado. At such pUblic hearing all persons and interests may be heard expressing their Objections or opinions. Published in the Aspen Times. December 10, 1970. Herb. do you have some comments on this applica- tion? . .,' " " ,'-". ,-., Page Twenty-five Public Hearing January 18. 1971 w Herb Bartel: Yes. before, I give them, however, a point of clarification. On Planned Residential or Planned Industrial, or Planned Business application. there are several stages in Planned Unit Development approval process. The first is consideratfon of the zoning itself, should zoning be recommended favorably by this commission to the County Commissioners. The next step is approval of specific plans. and there is a qesignated pUblic hearing process for plan approval: no building permits will be issued until the final plans are acted upon by the Planning and Zoning Commission and approved by the County Commissioners. I make that point only to clarify, so that the audience understands that we are considering planned zoning, we are not considering final planned unit development plans at this meeting. The property in question now. the application submitted by Mr. Zoline, the property owner, the property contains approximately 80 acres, and is located on the north side of Highway 82. just west of Maroon Creek for orientation. This line is Highway 82. Maroon forming the east boundary of tne property. the property in question is that portion between Old Stage Road and Highway 82, Maroon Creek J1~... and the Park Meadows condominium on the west. The ~ present zoning on the property is AF-l. Agricultural- Forestry, which does allow a duplex on a two acre . site. The proposed request is planned residential development, the proposed use is multi-family resident- . iaI. I won't go into specific details of the 1966 plan I will indicate, however. for the benefit of those in the audience, that my comments will be part of the file. and the file, of course. is available for public inspection. Anyone wishing to check the quotes taken from the plan is welcome to do so at . your convenience. There are some specific points. however, that I want to mention. Both public water and sewer are available to the property. There are several plans under way that should be mentioned first. A specific open-space plan was not included in the adopted Aspen area plan, because of its .general nature. Preliminary work is now under way for developing a specialized open-space plan and the Aspen Cit Council has designated the western appro ch o s en as a hi - r~or re. n app ication has been submitted for an open-space grant to purchase approximately 56 acres indicated as parcels A and B .' on the attached map.. Acquisition of Parcel B. in particular, would initiate the preservation of Maroon , Creek as an important natural feature. The parcels that are referred to are those that are part of the golf course acquisition forming the east boundary of Mr. Zoline's property and a portion of "the Red Butte area, not contiguous"'to his ownership. . :~ II rl U Is that all? r--. , , Bartel: Red Butte is, that's correct. "B" includes the bank on both 'sides of Maroon. The meadow and the Maroon Creek flood plain area. i -.-..) Is that a meadow down there? .Bartel: Yes, to continue then. with the plans that are ,underway, a transportation study is also being con- sidered. which would have as it's initial objective. the identification the most feasible solution to the 'transportation problem from the economic. physical and social standpoint. A current zoning inventory will provide the basis to determine the number of lodge units that could be developed under present zoning and sUbdivision regulations. This information '. ,-, Page Twenty-eight ~ublic Hearing January 18, 1971 '--' it was old. If the six unit building is required it would take 52 buildings two story buildings, approxi- mately 36 feet by 100 feet to provide the eventually the full permitted number of residential units. And .1 as well as I could, but as I say, I would hope that in the eventual consideration of the. reclassification, that provision could be made for larger buildings. On the other map. I showed what the larger buildings would look like. As you can see here. the dark brown areas represent buildings. These are three story, twenty unit buildings, each 40 feet by 200 feet, and of these, it would require only 15 in all.. You'll notice that I attempted to structure them to the extent possible on the west side and somewhat to the north of the 80 acre tract. I had two reasons for doing so: 1) was a ielfishreason; our house as I mentioned before is right here, and we'd like. to look out on this open green space. and of course, if this type of development were done, we would have virtually the same kind of view that we presently have, with no buildings being constructed on the east bank of the property. The other reason was in difference to the approach to Aspen, because as one would come down highway 82 approaching Aspen, one's g~neral view is over in this direction, to the north and to the east, and of course, it would preserve the open green area leading into town. I would like to point out that if something like this were to be adopted, and I would hope that something like this could be adopted. that the total area to be occupied by these buildings, would be approximately fifteen times 8,000 square feet, or 120,000 square feet total, which is slightly less than three acres out of the 80 acres that comprise the tract. I don't know if I've covered everything, I'll be glad to answer any questions. ;-'::1 ., '--' Cronin: Mr. Zoline, 'what is plan for meadow? Zoline: Well, I didn't include them. Mr. Cronin. because I have no plans at all for their development at present. We live back there, and we would hope to keep it as is for a long time to come. If it were required that it be included, I wquld presume that the same general kind of zoning should apply to that as applies to this, although I would not at this time, and I would be very .reluctant to suggest any kind of a development there, because we don't have any plans for development. I'm hoping Mr. Vagneur will want to pasture it for a while. "--",,, Vagneur: ~ Yes. I'd love to if I can just keep getting it irrigated. One thing I wanted to ask you though, was I noticed that in the report here it talks about fertile land the texture of the soil out there as far as we're concerned is like a size very difficult to irrigate. Zoline: It takes a lot of work. We're trying to devise, Dlyde, some kind of sprinkler system frankly, that could keep it wet and green. If we don't, we know that it will dry up and blow away. .. '--' Vagneur: So much of this land. when everybody talks about green space. somebody better take care of it or it will do just that. Zoline: Well, as long as you brought it uP. I wasn't going to because I thought it might embarrass you a little. ~. Pa~e Twenty-seven ,,-,. Public Hearing January 18, 1971 , C-i some other open green use. That would, of course, be presented to you slilisequently in my application for the planned unit development. There is one other possibility that I spoke to Mr. Wurl about today, this is the fiI~t business day that I've been in Aspen since the city concluded the contract for the purchase of the existing golf course, and I suggested to Leon Wurl the possibility of my leasing to the town of Aspen enough of the ground for an additional nine holes. and leasing it to the City on a very nominal basis. so that there could be an 18 hole golf course there, provided that access is obtained from one side of Maroon Creek arroyo to the other. We haven't had an opportunity to really discuss it in detail, but he indicated that there might be an interest of that kind, so we'll pursue that possibility also. So in essence, there are really three general possibilities: 1) of the golf course on the property itself, which now seems less likely. 2) an open green meadow. and 3) an additional nine holes to be added to the present golf course. The property comprises total of 80 acres, and it represents the south half of our ranch, which .is referred to as the Bar Slash X Ranch. All of this property lies south of the County road which bisects the property and on those 80 acres, under the planned residential classification, assuming without the approval of a planned unit development, and I don't know if this is technically possible, maybe not. I gathered from what Herb said, that this is not techinically possible. that one step involves the approval of the planned unit development, so I assume that the two, at some point. will go together, and as a matter of fact,'lny initial letter of application states that the approval could be Conditioned upon that in any event, if that is legally the way it should be done. In any event, under that classification there would be permitted three dwelling units per acre plus 33% in addition, or on this property of 80 acres, 312 dwelling units. There is some question under the planned unit develop- ment whether any single building could contain more than six dwelling units. I think that if that were to be the case, it would be very unfortunate. because it would tend to defeat this attempted concentration of the residential dwelling units into 'a smaller and more compact area. There is also this, that in a larger building. let's say one that would contain for example twenty units. one could have three floors, while if the buildings are limited to six units. it would seem that one couldn't aesthetically go to more than two floors because otherwise one would have a typical six-flat apartment such as one sees in the cities. and of course, that" would be entirely inappropriate there. On the map, as I say, this map was prepared on the basis of an 18 hole golf course. First of all, the golf course was laid out by a professional golf course architect. The rest of it is mainly my work, and you architects in the audience and others will have to forgive the crudeness of it, and also I would like to point out that it is not intended to be a final planned unit development appli- cation. There still has to be a lot of work done. Well. . first let me identify. This is highway 82, highway 82 continues to the west and north in this direction and . then, at about this point would be the .intersection of 82 and the Owl Creek Road. And continuing back to the east is the highway that bisects our property; our house is about here, this is the road that goes down to the meadow and the river. This indicates a road at the west side of the property, and right here is the Park Meadows condominium. The Pomegranate Inn and this complex is just below here and to the' south. Incidentally that's property. which at one time, before we owned it, was part of this ranch before --' -:.~ 'I' ~ , , . , , "'--' Page 'l'wenty.'-'ne ,.-, Public Hearing January 18, 1971 Vagneur: It won't embarrass me a bit. '--' Zoline: Toward the end of the summer when Earl Cowling was going to build a house right up here. that little peice of property, and Earl hopes to build it this coming summer, and he indicated that he just won't irrigate it any more. because he's getting on in years. And one time toward the end of the summer when Clyde was over there, I said to him, Clyde, will you irrigate this and we'll just deduct whatever the cost of the irrigating is from the rent, or even more so, if you'll just take it on, and he told me in no uncertain terms, which I won.'t repeat here. that he wouldn't do it. So, it becomes a necessity really if we are going to keep this green, we can keep it open as a dust bowl. but if we are going to keep it green, it becomes a necessity to come to some plan here which will economically enable us to keep it irrigated and keep :It green. I think that this kind of a plan might do it,' Jim Moore: How much you spent keeping that green for fifteen years? Zoline: Well, I hate to review those figures, Jim. --.; Moore: I hate to think of the difference betw~en price you bought at that time and what it'll be today. So I don't think there's any hard feelings. Zoline: No question about that. ,--", ~, "1 Cronin: Well. now you were planning to put in an 18 hole . golf course in this piece of ground. Since the town now has bought the golf course across, you are not going to do that any more, but you are planning to lease it to the city. Are you going to put in the golf course yourself, then, or are you going to lease the ground to the city, or what are your plans? Zoline: I have no idea at' all. r""~~ Cronin: Because this, I feel, that leasing this to the ci ty and the city puts it in for you, that would be a fantastic on top of the whole thing again. .Zoline: The city just paid $3,800.000.00 for the opportunity to have a very similar, what I would regard as a less desirable nine holes over there. Of course, they had other reasons for doing it. I would think that the kind of terms that I'm thinking about, which would involve some modest rental, and I don't know that the city is interested. The city may proceed with it's own development on the other side, so I have no idea what terms, if any, might be worked out with the city. .If the city isn't interested, and does proceed with another nine holes, I would be inclined not to go ahead with an 18 hole golf course here. I would be inclined to figure something else out, a meadow, or .riding path isn I t very good jus t off that pasture. Undoubtedly, there are other things that could be done. Cronin: When did this development jump from a three hole , ' '~. Page Thirt0 ~ Public Hearing January 18, 1971 course to an 18 hole course? Zoline: Par 3 actually there are some fours difference there, John. The golf course architect that laid it out told me that people get very tired of playing around on a par 3 course and want 'some fours. so he included a number of four par holes on that 18. It could be shrunk back to nine, and that's a possibility even if the city has no interest, we might decide to go ahead with nine. ~ Cronin: What happens down below your property. down towards the river? Zoline: You mean at present? \ Cronin: Or the future. Zoline: Well, the only thing that's indicated here is a hole which the golf course architect, without ever having been out here. put down in this meadow. I'd like to think that it's kind of impractical because that bluff is. I would guess, how high is that bluff? Guy: 150 feet about. You wouldn't look for your golf ball if you lost it, I'll tell you that. ......".-;~. Zoline: But there would be no structures down there in any event and I don't think that eventually there would be a golf hole down there. If you walked back up you'd be too tired to play the other 17. ~ Bartel: I'd just like to make one point on your comment' on the 20 unit as opposed to the 6 unit as in the or- dinance. There was a great deal of thought given to this at the time that this was done, and it was the feeling of the Planning Commission at that time that a six unit building lends itself to a residential area much better than. . . a six is kind of an arbitrary figure, but this is the one we arrived at as opposed to a 20 unit. a 15 unit or even a ten. We were very much aware of the construction costs involved in building a 20 unit as opposed to a six unit your cost per unit goes up with the lesser amount of units built within a structure, but I ju~t wanted you to be aware that this didn't just happen in the zoning resolution. It was through a great deal of thought on the part of the commission. ~' Zoline: Well, I can understand that and I can see certain areas where six would be really an optimum and maximum size. I think out here where your other uses in this direction, here is the Pomegranant with it's present complex and all of this looks this.way, in fact, this is lower back here by 15 or 20 feet at the County road than it is here at highway 82. so you're looking up this way toward the ,present Pomegranante complex. ,Over here, of course, you look at the Park Meadows. Back here is the radio tower. over here, which is also visible to us, is the golf course building. now called the Happy Hearth. If these buildings, if the County can get the Planning and Zoning Commission and the County Commissioners to decide that larger buildings should be permitted here. should keep in mind that no other views but our own which would be interferred c -,............""--"...... ..... .,."-.,,.., t'"'\ ^ Pub lic Hearing January 18, 1971 Page Thirty-one with, while this desirable end of a lot more being possible to leave open and green could be achieved. I think as far as I'm concerned, although I wouldn't like to do it, I would be prepared to try and. develop a plan with the six unit b)lildings. but I think it would be less desirable for the community. for the entire Aspen. Guy: ~. A couple things I'd like to point out. First of all, planned residential zone density would allow you 240 units as a maximum, with the stipu'lation of the possibility of a 33% increase over the zoned, but that 33% increase, or the additional 79 units isn't a guarantee at all. The maximum zoned allows 240 with the possibility of an additional 79 units. Then as clarification, if the zoning were granted in either one of the cases that were given tonight, they are both required to follow a planned unit development procedure. which involves again a hear- ing process, so all of the plans could be reviewed. again even if the zoning was granted. Paul Soldner again has a comment on Mr. Zoline's request, and I'd like the second half of this letter to be a part of the record. Very briefly, he feels that planned residential is more desirable than the present A and F zone, but hte letter will be a part of the record. Are there any further questions or comments? .-., .' Reynolds: I have a question. The road which is the ex- tension of Owl Creek Road that provides access to the J:'esidences in this bottom area, is that roaa. on your property? Zoline: The road that I show in.blue on the west end of the property here? '"'--' Reynolds .: No. on the east end. Zoline: No. .. Reynolds: I'm talking about the extension of that serves the residents in the Maroon bottom area. Owl Creek Creek river .......; Zoline: No, I think that was technically deeded to the Harvey's and Candill' s. Interest ly, what it does, the Owl Creek road was the main road into Aspen years ago, and switched to the north on public property and there was the bridge across Maroon Creek to Red Butte. but presently the Owl Creek road stops, the Owl Creek road stops right about here. The road down to Caudill's and Harvey's is right here, and then. the bluff begins about here. If you want to go off in this direction there is the remnants of that old road. !"--,,, i Dr. Harvey: I wanted to ask Mr. Zoline how many unit~ he hopes to put in? Zoline: Well, we would request the Planning and Zoning Commission and the County Commissioners as part of the planned unit development to allow the full 240 plus the additional one third as is permitted under a planned unit development. However, I think it is r-, ,-, Page Thirty-two Public Hearing January 18, 1971 also important to point out that I would hope to develop this myself, and the time table would be something on the order of possibly 20 or 30 units per year. so that the full development of this would take, I would guess. about 10 or i2 years, at the very least. In other words, this would not all be put in in one year or two years or three years. '--' Ha.rvey: This planned residential zone only allows, is there a minimum mentioned, or is the 240 units allowed automatically? Zoline: That's correct~ That's three units per acre for 80 acres. Well, I'd like to go on record for opposing thi~ for not preserving open space, he is asking almost to put a roof over it. The population that would be allowable, the number of dwelling units on that land if it were kept as A and F would be 40. He wants to put 312. and well, I'm just opposed to that. And also, I wondered about Maroon Creek Valley and if the County is thinking of preserving that. .it' s all sur- rounded by this high density type land use, I don't know if, could it be kept as a different type of zoning? Zoline: , I would like to point out that planned resident:Ial in the zoning ordinance itself. is referred'to as low density residential district. ~ Harvey: Well, I would not be opposed to planned residential if they maintained the same absolute density of the total population there. I think it would be ~dmirable, .but it it's used as a means of increasing the population on that land, I'm very much against it. Bartel: The basic consideration for Planning and Zoning Commission will be as part of this process to determine whether an original error was made in designating,this area A and F and if not, whether sufficient changes have occurred in the character of this area to justify this request. So there will be two basic considerations, not the margin of profit that the applicant may realize. That would be incidental and not the primary consideration. T.J.Sardy: He can A and F, he .' build more than 40 houses, on ,80 acres in can subdivide that area and put 80 houses. ('."j Harvey: Not. without a zone change, can he? ---...; He can subdivide it that equal one house AF zon~ ing R-15. he'd get a duplex. " Bartel: The AF zoning does allow a two family dw~lling, so as I interpret the regulation, for every two acre site, which is the minimum lot area, in AF-l, he could have two dwellings. Soldner: When I spoke of quadrupling it, I was taking that into consideration" two dwellings would be on 80 acres, there would be 80 dwellings, duplexes. Well. he shows 312, which is very nearly four times as much. 1"'"". ,,,",,,, Page Thirty-four Pub lic Hearing January 18, 1971 Roy: It's not open for discussion? Bartel; No, the six unit requirement is standard in planned residential zoned districts. Any variation from that would require public hearing before the Board of Adjustment and approval by the Board of Adjustments. Guy: '--' Any other questions? Flip a coin, I guess. If there are specail considerations if the area merits any special con- sideration for one reason or another there is the possibility of granting an additonal third of the density, there is that possibility. but I'll say again, there is no guarantee. Barte I : I might add that the 33 % bonus was put into encourage planned development in those districts that allow planned unit development. Not all zoned districts. however, allow planned unit development. The AF zoning does not permit it at the pres,ent time. Moore: Herb, would you say that also would be used as an incentive for cluster type housing, cluster type' building? I""""'.~ '"--' Bartel: Certainly, that is part of the Planning and Zoning concept, to encourage cluster type development. The zoned districts as I recall that allow planned residential are R-30 and AR-2. There may be others. and if there are, please correct me. It was, generally put in as a standard, to encourage planned residential in those districts. " i, ..~ i; Would it be possible for Mr. Zoline to request a variance under A and F zoning, which would give him the right to put in more than he's presently allowed under AF-l? I wouldn't object to that at all. Guy: r:-'j That;s one of the problems that we're into, because AF-I does notj allow the PUD concept. The existing AF-I zone. that was part of the old ordinance, does not allow the PUD. PUD is th~ only way that he could cluster them without a variance, that isn't to say what the Board of Adjustment's feeling would be . on this, but it wou1q be, right Hal? Clark: Right. '- Bartel: It wouldn't ,be the intent of the regulation to encourage a variance where there would be zoned districts that could accomodate the use. For example. R-30 does allow planned residential, R-30 has,a minimum. lot area of 30,000 squ~re feet upon, subdivided land .and 43,560 square feet in an acre so you can see that that's less than two units per acre in R-30. Dunaway: I didn't catch that. Guy: I can read it, sure. It's addressed Pitkin County. """", '-" Page Thirty-five Public Hearing January 18, 1971 '---..I Planning and Zoning, Dear Sirs: I am scheduled to teach classes at CMC the night of the public hearing for rezoning land parcels on the evening of January 18. Therefore, I would like,to submit this letter to express my feelings in regard to the specific requests. Name: Paul Soldner, self-employed, neighbor to the area under consideration. Address: two miles west of ASpen, P.O. Box 90, Aspen, Colo. Zoline request: I believe that the planned residential request to permit cluster development is more de- sirable than the present A and F zone, which tends to fill the area unimaginatively and without con- sideration of open space. If the planned residential proposal can be guaranteed to be binding on all future land owners from sale by Mr. Zoline, and if the County Planning and Zoning Commission feels that this zoning change is the most desirable use for the property for the community, then I would urge that it be approved. That's what he has to say about the re- quest under consideration, the other part was Van Orden's request. Clark: He was in the office this afternoon. In his, was keeping the meadow planted, this is what: he's very much in favor of. '~ , Mrs. Candell: If you start to think about it, you're going to have a lot more buildings, and vTith your 40 duplexes, you'll have six units on less than two acres, you're going to have them crowded awfully close together, to have any open space left. They'll be scattered around and six units on less than two acres. The PUD almost seems to be defeating it's purpose. -...J Guy: Well, this is one reason that I brought up the point that he doesn't automatically get the 33% increase on the density, and that makes some diff- erence in the type of buildings on there. ',,; I Lm r'~~ One thing I would like to say is that we're going to be short of space to put people in Aspen in the next five years. There's a possibility that, it's not going to stand up in court, but all trends are to smaller building sites, for and mainly, the same type of planning which Joe has very well pre- sented, I,can't say that I'm too out there, might be scattered around and I', sure that 'that, as he says, is not important', but certainly 300 families, probably half of them would be part-time residents, and probably. there for only a month out of the year, is not going to populate that land too much I think to people and I think a plan of this type is very acceptable and should be certainly considered by the Planning ,and Zoning Board and the County Commissioners. ~..:.-.l Zoline: Could I consider similar prompt consideration of this, or as prompt as the Planning and Zoning Commission can give it and the County Commissioners, because if there is favora~le consideration, then I want to proceed immediately with the preparation of an application for the planned unit development which is, it's obvious, I've not done so up to now, at 'Herb's suggestion that I do not do' so. I'd like to thank Jim Moore for his comments. I think one of the main considerations here is not how much money ~ might make or I might loose, some people seem to be a little bit concerned about the possibility that I ^ ~, Page Thirty-six Public Hearing January 18, 1971 " 0....-;.... might make some money in the sale of this property. Nobody came around with any contributions for the last fifteen years in which I held it and was loosing substantial amounts of money, but that's neither here nor there. I think the main consideration is what is what is the best use of this property for this community, and that effects the density as well. We all know the scarcity of land close in to Aspen. We know the demand forliving space and I personally feel that this kind of a plan, both imaginatively and with a great saving of open space will provide' a reasonable number of dwelling units for both permanent and non-permanent residents. Guy: If there are not any further questions or comments. Clark: Have we resolved the problem about what can be used.? Can we use that 200 feet set back for figuring out the density on this land? Zoline: Gosh, I don't know, it was my understanding that that could be, as a matter of fact, I can build on it, as was pointed out here by someone, I don't have to stay back 200 feet if I put either single family dwellings or duplexes. So that is pretty clear that you don't loose that land in your computations. ~ , '" ., , I I .., , ' Bartel: In answer to Hal's question as to whether the 200 feet would be included in the density, the regulation allows including set back area as part of the lot requirement. For example, if you have 15 yard side set back requirement, that's included in the total lot area, and I feel that that's accepted precedent for the State Highways also to include this in the total area of the lot., ......, Guy: Anything further? If not, I thank you all for coming and close the second portion of this public hearing, .' LJ '/ ','. .- Page Twenty-sih ' i-,Public Hearing ~~nuary 18, 1971 also could be used to determine the embalance of lodging to ski hill capacity. I won't read the specific comments in detail, other lands were rocky out cropp- ings and do not have the same value from a natural resourch point of view. The zoning history at the present time, the present A and F zoning was applied in 1955, the time of the original zoning of the area, also indicated that an application by a Mr. Roy Vroom in the vicinity was recommended for denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission, however, no final action has been taken on that request by the County Commissioners. Guy: Would you like to say a few things at this time? Mr. Zoline: Well, Peter, the only addition I would like to make to the comments that Mr. Bartel made from his report to the Planning and Zoning Commission is the fact that in the master plan, adopted several years ago, this area is referred to in a general way, I believe, as potential urban residential. That's contained in Herb's report, and that, of course, was known to us when we hit on this possibility of re- questing this kind of zoning. The history of the property, of course, is that I acquired it some 15 years ago, in 1955, and ranched it ever since, until approximately three years ago, two years ago, really, when we were forced to give up our cow-calf herd, which was a relatively small herd because the in- dividual who has taken care of the ranch forme for all of these years and in fact continued to irrigate it even this past summer, simply couldn't have it any more. Two summers ago, Mr. Vagneur pasteured a portion of it and cut the hay on the balance. It became apparent to me several years ago that we would have to do something to preserve the property, and I gave it a great deal of thought, with the idea of somehow preserving as much of the property as possible, in open green space, and yet, realizing something approx~ imating the economic value of the property. And this past summer, with the uncertainity that then prevailed in the golf course and what appeared to be the likelihood that it might be lost to the community, I hit upon this suggestion and this plan that, and after some discussions with Herb Bartel, that if we could devise a plan, where we could get some clustered residential density, that I would propose to leave the great bulk of the property open, and devoted to a Par 3 golf course, and that was the basis on which I filed the application. Now, in the past couple of weeks, the town of Aspen has negotiated and concluded the purchase of the existing golf course. I also understand that there is a possibility that the town of Aspen may enlarge the golf course to include 18 holes from it's present size, and in that case, it would seem rather futile and useless to have two relatively similar 18 hole golf courses side by side. I don't think that from what I hame observed as I've gone by there, I'm not a golfer my- self, but I don't think that the demand would be there for two such golf courses. However, the essence of my application is not the particular use of the golf course, although the maps that I ahve brought with me do indicate a golf course, and also the location of a number of structures. My principle aim and desire, and the intent of the application is to provide for a planned residential development, which will con- centrate the multiple family dwelling units in a very samll part of the property, and leave the balance of it open, whether it is a golf course, or a meadow, or """" Page Thirty-three I""\UbliC Hearing January 18, 1971 Guy: Further questions or comments? Sam. Sam: Herb, what was that maximum building units on A and F on 80 acres? Bartel: 80 units, 80 houses. Sam Candell: 80 units. Bartel: And they may be 40 duplexes. Candell: That's one duplex for every two acres. Bartel: That's correct. Rob Roy: The thing I was wondering about on this, was with the acquisition of the golf course by the city, that possibly could be used for single family residences off the market, and all Mr. Zoline is proposing here really is Zoline: My purpose in suggesting this type of a plan, Rob is to provide additional open green space. It would be very simple, I think, to request another zon- ing classification that would permit single family dwellings. I don't think that two acres out on that flat open meadow is practical at all, and anyone who has shoveled some of that snow in the wintertime will tell you that that's true, but I didn't particularly want to see that 80 acres dotted with single family dwellings the way the property on the perimeter of the golf course apparently is. Roy: A mixture might be better than all multiple family dwellings. Zoline: I guess we'd have to get into that when we try to develop a planned unit development. It might be. Calrk: One comment I'd like to add to that, if you went to the duplex type outline, he could approach within 75 feet of highway 82, he wouldn't have to maintain the 200 feet set back. So, it's conducive, it would seem to me, from the County planning standpoint, to try making them request this type and get the 200 feet set back, rather than have houses within 75 feet of the road. Roy: One other question. I'd like to know how firm in the planned residential district, is this six dwell- ing units per building. Is it fixed or is it open for consideration? Guy: It's fixed as far as I'm concerned, I don't knor about the rest of the Board. Bar~el : / That's the way the resolution reads now. .-. /~ RESOLUTION WHEREAS, petition was filecby Joseph T. Zoline for rezoning from AF-l to PR ofa certain tract of land situated North of Highway 82 on the west side of }~roon Creek in Sections 2 and 11 in Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M. as shown on a survey map attached to this resolution and incorporated herein; AND WHEREAS, all statements in favor of such rezoning as well as those in opposition thereto, have been taken into account and the members of the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning CommisSion have met and duly considel!ed the said request for rezoning, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission that they do hereby find: 1. The proposed density is not in keeping with the Aspen Area Master Plan 2. Existing higher densities are non-conforming uses under the present zoning resolution. 3. Proposed development would increase highway traffic volume unnecessarily. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the application for rezoning from AF-l to Pr as requested be denied and that it is the recommendation of this Board to the Pitkin County Commissioners that the request be denied. I, Patsy Newbury, secretary for the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission do hereby certify that the above is an excerpt of the minutes of the Pitkin Connty Planning and Zoning Commission regular meeting of February 3, 1971. Patsy Newbury Recording Secretary Pi'tkin County Planning allid Zoning Commission .- ,-. JOSEPH T. ZOLINE 8600 MELROSE AVENUE, LO~ ,GELES, CALIFORNIA 90069 August 12, 1970 Hon. J. S. Baxter, Tom Sardy and Clyde Vagneur, County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, Aspen, Colorado 81611 Gentlemen: Application is hereby made for reclassification under the Pitkin County Zoning Resolution of that portion of the Bar Slash X Ranch (legal description below) lying south of the old county road, con- taining 80 acres more or less, from AFI to AR2. In support of said application the following is submitted: 1. The property in question comprises a single block of land lying between Highway 82 and the old county road. 2. For many years agricultural and forestry activities have been economically unfeasible at this location. 3. The property is virtually surrounded by uses of the type permitted in AR2 districts, thus: a. Immediately across Highway 82 is Pomegranate Inn and condominium apartments. cated on property which at one time was part ranch - conveyed by a predecessor in title) . the (Lo- of our b. Directly to the west across Highway 82 is the Holiday Inn and to the west of it, Buttermilk Mountain Ski Area. c. Immediately adjoining the property to the west is Park Meadows condominium apartments. d. Directly behind the Park Meadows and also bounding this property on the west is the KSNO radio transmitting tower and electrical shack. e. Bounding the Park Meadows property on the west is the Aspen Tennis Club. JOSEPH T. ZOLINE .-, 8600 MEI.ROSE AV~E.LO. .~GELE5.CALIFORNIA 90069 November 18, 1970 Mr. Herbert Bertel City-County Planner Aspen City Hall Aspen, Colorado 81611 Dear Herb: It was good to talk with you the other day and learn that the Planned Residential classification would permit the type of project in contem- plation. Based on my rough calculation it would appear that not to exceed 10 out of the 80 acres would be .improved with buildings leaving 70 acres open and green. ' I am enclosing a copy of the topographical map showing the general location of the proposed buildings. At present it seems to me that the first building should be constructed on the little knoll which I have marked in red "first", although this is subject to change on advice of the land planner and architect yet to be retained. Would it be possible for you to present this as a recommended solution to the County Planning and Zoning Commission at their meeting on the first Wednesday of December, that is December 2? If so, I will plan to come in for the meeting, and if you think desirable a couple of days in advance so we could talk over any unresolved points. Please let me know, and if you don't mind phone me collect at (213) 657-6200. With kindest regards, Sincerely yours, ~-'_.~- ,..,.""'" \,.~... C:~kBT. ZOfro) '-. .~ ----",,,,,,,,,,-- JOSEPH T. ZOLINE """" 8600 MELROSE A~JE.LO .~GELES,CALIFORNIA 90069 f. In the other direction also on the same side of the highway across the Maroon Creek bridge is the Aspen golf club building, now called, I be- lieve, the Happy Hearth. If the reclassification is made it is the undersigned's intention, and may be treated as a condition precedent to any request for a building permit on this property, to submit and obtain approval of a Planned Unit De- velopment which will accomplish the purpose of Section VII of the recent amendment to the Pitkin County Zoning Resolution. // / \ :-._~. ", .......--:::.. '"",' ,... " Jose~ T. \ J Respectfully submitted, .-~ ", <: \, 7~'~"'-'---( zolin,f ' \ I, ) ,,~.,,-".-..,--,.,...",.."._..__... \, "'-",. - ...,....""" The legal description" or' the Bar S lash X Ranch is: Lots 16, 17 and 21, and also Lots 7,8,9,14,16,22 and 23 all in Section 2 and Lot 4 of Section 11, in Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P. M., less certain conveyances made by my predecessor in title. This application covers that portion lying south of the old county road. A survey is being completed and will be furnished to you shortly. ,~/ ..)f / t/' " , / (/ """" """" JOSEPH T. ZOLlNE 8600 MELROSE AVENUE, LO~ .NGELES, CALIFORNIA 90069 December 11, 1970 Planning and Zoning Commission Pitkin County Colorado C/O Mr. Hal Clark Building Inspector , P. O. Box 694 Aspen, Colorado 81611 Gentlemen: Will you kindly change my request for zoning reclassification of the approximately 80 acres of the Bar Slash X Ranch, all lying south of the existing county road from AF-1 to Planned Residential (PR). ' I understand that a public hearing will be held on January 18, 1971 and I will plan to attend. Very truly yours, - ----~ "- Zo . e . .. - ~, '-, 78 Jon.. 7977 'Pi..tkin. Coun;i;y. 'P.I.onrWuJ/ZorWv; &)(J/td A<Jpen., Colo. fkaA. JiM: J an 4ch.edul.ed to i.ooch. a cl.aM p/l. (211C at. th.e. ;time ot tAe puhli.c AetJ//i.n.t;- p/l. M.j?rWv; :f:Ivtee l.an.d pc.vu:.el4 on. tJi.e evenJ.n.r; 01 Jon.. 78tA. TAeM.- plte, J woukL liAe to 4u.bmi.i:. ih1.4 l.etteA. to exp.e44 mff I~ iJ1. /l.~ to tAe 4Pecifi-c. 1te..q,uedi:4. IVane: 'Paul. Soldn.eA., 4elf. emplof,Uxl, n.ei.t;;lJ;o/l. to th.e. MOO I.IJ'1.li.eA. COM~n.. AcIdA.eM, 2 mi.l.e4 Wed. 01 A<Jpen.. 7{) box. 90, A<Jpen, Colo. Zoli.n.e Itet;;.t.edi. J bel.i..eve tAc /lamwi. I~edi..d.en.tin.i. /l.e..q,ued. 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Th.e ;time ha4 come /011. th.e Coun;i;y. to place aedfl.di.c va.lu.ed on. w.1mzd /Me M h.i.gJt OIl. ~ :tha7:. th.e bad; tLonoJ. morwt.aAif. value4 of.. tAe pad:. __ ~,__ /l ~ /) /7 --------- """" ,'-" NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICB IS HEREBY GIVEN that a PUBLIC HEARING is scheduled in the District Courtroom, Courthouse, Aspen, Colorado, on January 18, 1971, at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following amendment to the Pitkin County Zoning Resolution that would change the zoning classification of that certain area located as follows: Lots,~6, 17 and 21, and also lots 7,8,9,14,16,22 and 23 all in Section 2 and Lot 4 of Section II, in Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., less certain conveyances made by my predecessor in title. This application covers that portion lying south of the old county road. This application would change the zoning classification from AF-l (Agriculture and Foreatry) to PR(Planned Resident4al) as indicated on a survey map on file in the office of the Pitkin County Building Department. The Hearing is scheduled as a joint Public Rearing before the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission a.,d the j"Jard of County Commissioners of Pitkin Co~nty Colorado. At such Public Hearings all persons in interest may appear and be heard expressing their objections or opin'ons. Peggy E. Miklich Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder Published in the Aspen Times December 10, 1970. r-. r-. ~f'~~-llEL "'~.~'>" . _TCrr:;?~,,~ J~~jl.1( ~T~<<Jt>jVJ:1U!. OFFICE OF JOSEPH T.ZOLINE GtMtftt..." 10. , .oRS lFll:J 'ffllll ,,,_ IIlll1 ~ D -,... '-' .. ""\ '-'- \ ''''1\ \ L O' -r;. , C -- r-\ l::S""- .." ~ ~ -'> ~ I"J~. ....._~ .,~ t:. .~ . ~ .- ..... -~ . _ lllR.TIII7 Ii........ " -::...'.....--\Il.Lll ~ _ !.!. 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PLANS FOR THE AREA: The 1966 Aspen Area General Plan recommends that the area be zoned Residential/Urban (Residential/Planned Unit) and envisions the character of the area: . . . as being one of diversified residential areas developed through the planned unit approach with common greens, trails and open space. In keeping with the plan concept, density of development decreases as distance from the Townsite increases with 15,000 square foot lots closer to Aspen and 30,000 in the western sector and on steep topographic areas. See pages 7 and 14 and attached "Design Potential Under Planned Unit Concept." PLANS UNDERWAY: A specific open space plan was not included in the adopted Aspen area plan because of its general nature. Preliminary work is now underway for developing a specialized open space plan, and the Aspen City Council has designated the western approach to Aspen as a high priority study area. An application has also been submitted for an open space grant to' purchase approximately 56 acres indicated as parcels A & B on the attached map. Acquisition of parcel B in particular will, initiate the preservation of Maroon Creek as an important natural feature. A transportation study is also being considered which would have as its initial objective the identification of the most feasible solution to transportation problems from an economic, physical and social stand point. 'A current zoning inventory will provide the base to determine the number of lodging units that could be developed under 'J"" , i' , ./,) ..,' ij,. c>. "'-"" ( , \ , ;.-.., (';-., ~ 2 - present zoning and subdivision regu~ions. This information could also be used to determine the potential imbalance of lodging to ski hill capacity. WATER AND SEWER: Public water and sewer service is available. COMMENTS: Changes which have occurred in the immediate area are the construction of Park Meadows Condominiums, the Pomegranate Inn and the radio transmitting tower. These changes, with the exception of the radio tower for which no location guidelines are given, are not in compliance with plans for the area. Development in the area should recognize the different productive capa- cities of the land involved, using the less productive knob areas as building sites, preserving the fertile irrigated lands and other out- standing natural features such as stremn bottomlands. It must be understood that any change in zoning on just part of the ownership will set a precedent for any remaining land similarly situ- ated. Additional access to the highway and additional traffic generated by the proposed development would Gomplicate even more the existing problem of highway capacity overload during peak periods. Ocher impacts produced by the proposed development which public costs and that must be carefully considered are: resurface Owl Creek road, need for additional parking in area, and student population. will result in the need to the Aspen central ZONING HISTORY: The present zoning on the Zoline property, AF-l, Agri- culture and Forestry District, was applied in 1955 at the time of ori- ginal zoning in the area. ;' Application by Roy Vroom for AR-2 rezoning in the vicinity was recom- mended for denial by the Planning Commission. No final action has been taken, on the request. " ""_-..._,..c.,..,.....,._".....,"""""____.""",..,...'~_..~,..,,_...'.,__>.......,"_.__...,.,-..~'.__-..-_...""- . ~ ): SINGlE 'AMHY I: ~ I: H,OOO 3' ~ ..: ;':1- ' ~.,.".".".'\.-.!, 0"" '1'" MULTI ',1 I 3000 . VAlUES 1""\ .~ In application of these design principles, it is re- conunended that plans be developed over' as large an area as possible showi.ng residenti.al areas, the circulation pattern and open-space for preliminary approval. Pinal approval could then be given for incremental portions of the.total plan providing 'each is organized in a balanced manner with a roughly proportionate mix of low density housing and open space for any multi family or higher density single family lots included. 1966 Aspen Area General Plan See Pl'. 17-18. DESIGN POTENTIAL UNDER PLANNED UNIT CONCEPT SI NGLE USE, AVERAGING LOT AREA - R 30 v I , I: SINGLE fAMIlyl' 15,000 n SINGll! 'AMIlY 30,000 2.$% l , , I, SI NOlE 'AMll Y 1 25,000 lSil; ~""""-I ~' , ", fi i , ' ' I' I' SINGLE fAMilY Ii AO,OOO AOX SINGLE fAMilY 3$,000 .:U% MULTIPLE US'E, CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT, AVERAGING LOT AREA - R 30 OPEN SPACE ",O,OOOCRfDIT fROM ClUSTU .2,000 CREDIT fROM MUUI " T-I , , I ~I T , I j , , I I I I sno/OlE fAMilY ClusTER AT :10,000 AVER"OE ,OT AkfA 20,000 ) 15,000 I U,OOO 1. :10,000 I 30,000 20t uil; .5% :lot 30t OWClllNG TYH lOT AIlEA lOT Slon OWE~lINC l'I"fr L01 "lItt.. LOt $lO'[ ~ -,,' J '