HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.002-82RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
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WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 24-11.6(a) of the Municipal Code,
September 1st of each year is established as a deadline for submission of
applications for lodge development allocations in the City of Aspen, and
WHEREAS, in response to this provision, two applications for lodge
projects were submitted to the Planning Office for evaluation involving a
total of 127 lodge units and 4 employee units, the latter of which are
exempt from the available quota, and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was conducted on October 6,
1981 by the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission, to evaluate and score
these lodge applications in conformance with the criteria established in
Section 24-11.6(b) of the Aspen Municipal Code, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did rank and score the two projects
submitted in the following order:
P~roj e ct
1. Aspen Inn
2. The Lodge at Aspen
Units Requested
96 lodge rooms
31 lodge rooms and
4 employee units
Sc__or~
51.8 points
49.2 points
and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did forward their ranking and scoring
of the lodge applications to City Council and recommend that the City
CounCil award development allotments to both projects since, pursuant to
Section 24-11.6(c} of the Code, only 35 points are needed to be eligible
for a Growth Management lodge allotment, and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the scoring of the applications by the
Planning Commission, both applicants did file with the Planning Office
appeals of the points awarded to their respective projects, and
WHER~S, on Nobember 19, 1981, the City Council did hold a special
meeting to consider the issues of the available quota for lodge allocations
in 1982, the appeals by the applicants of the scoring of the lodge
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competition by the Planning Commission and the award of quota to the success-
ful applicants, and
WHEREAS, City Council did determine at its November 19 meeting that a
total of 78 units is available for allocation in 1982, based on previously
awarded allocations which have expired and based on previously unallocated
lodge units, and
WHEREAS, City Council did table from the November 19 meeting to its
regular meeting on November 23 the issues of the appeals of the scoring and
the award of quota for the 1982 lodge competition, and did then table these
issues from the November 23 meeting to a date uncertain, and
WHEREAS, according to Section 24-11.6(e) of the Code, the City
Council shall allocate the lodge development allotments among the eligible
applicants in the order of priority established by their rank prior to
December 1st of each year, and
WHEREAS, both applicants did indicate to the Planning Office that
they did agree to allow the December 1st deadline to pass without the
award of quota, pending the resolution of certain issues which had arisen
regarding the 1978 Aspen Inn Lodge GMP development as they relate to the
1982 competition, and
WHEREAS, on December 28, 1981, at a regular meeting, City Council
did consider the amendments to the 1978 Aspen Inn GMP application and did
not approve the deviations which have occurred from the original applica-
tion, and
WHEREAS, as the Aspen Inn is a phased application, a fundamental com-
ponent of the 1982 Aspen Inn application is the 1978 application, which
is the basic building block upon which all subsequent requests must be
evaluated, and
WHEREAS, as a result of the substantial deviations now existent
from the 1978 application and their currently unapproved status, the
Planning Office did determine that the 1982 Aspen Inn application fails to
comply with the requirements of Chapter 24, Zoning, of the Municipal Code,
and
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WHEREAS, as required by Section 24-11.3(c)(3), the Planning Office
must reject any application which fails to comply with the requirements of
Chapter 24, Zoning, of the Code, or any other applicable land use or
building regulation of the City of Aspen, and
WHEREAS, in a letter from the Planning Director to the rep3resentative
of the Aspen Inn application dated January 20, 1982, the Planning Office
did reject the 1982 Aspen Inn Lodge GMP application, and
WHEREAS, on January 25, 1982, at a regular meeting, City Council did
concur with the determination by the Planning Director that the 1982 Aspen
Inn Lodge GMP application should be rejected and did therefore unanimously
direct the Planning Office to prepare a resolution awarding a development
allocation of 31 lodge units to The Lodge at Aspen, and authorizing the
applicant to proceed further with additional approvals required from the
City prior to obtaining a building permit, and
WHEREAS, the applicant for The Lodge at Aspen has agreed to withdraw
his appeal at such time as he should be awarded an allocation while the
appeal by the Aspen Inn has become moot since it has been found to be an
ineligible application.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ASPEN, COLOPJ%DO:
1. A lodge development allotment of 31 units is hereby awarded to
The Lodge at Aspen.
2. The Lodge at Aspen is hereby authorized to proceed further with
additional approvals needed from the City before a building permit is
secured.
Dated:
Hernfan~ Edel
Mayor
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I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk of the City
of Aspen, Colorado, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City
of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held on the <~q/~'~ day of
.y~y~_~ , 1982.
'Kathryn S.~c /
Ci~ty Clerk~