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HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.002-82RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RESOLUTION NO. ~ (Series of 1982) 100 Leaves 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 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 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 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 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 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 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~