HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.hpc.005-1991 ASPEN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
RESOLUTION NO. 5
(SERIES OF 1991)
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE DELET-
ING THE STRUCTURE AT 601 WEST HALLAM FROM THE INVENTORY OF
HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES.
WHEREAS, George Vicenzi ("applicant"), owner of the premises
at 601 West Hallam, Aspen, Colorado, has submitted a petition to
the Historic Preservation Committee seeking deletion of the
structure situated thereon from the Inventory of Historic Sites
and Structures; and
WHEREAS, public hearings on the deletion petition were duly
noticed and conducted on May 8 and June 26, 1991, before the
Historic Preservation Committee; and
WHEREAS, based upon the facts and circumstances presented
before the Historic Preservation Committee it has been determined
that: (1) the structure under consideration is not original to
the site; (2) that only a minor portion of the subject structure
retains historic significance; (3) that partial demolition of the
subject structure pursuant to a previously issued demolition
permit has resulted in the removal or destruction of previously
existing historic materials and/or features associated with the
structure; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Committee finds that the
structure at 601 West Hallam no longer has historic value; and
WHEREAS, the applicant has voluntarily offered to execute a
covenant burdening his parcel so as to allow the Historic Preser-
vation Committee to exercise mandatory review of any future
redevelopment on the subject parcel in terms of mass and scale;
and
WHEREAS, the applicant has further voluntarily offered to
utilize his best efforts to retain existing trees on the subject
parcel in the event of future redevelopment and to execute an
appropriate covenant reflecting same; and
WHEREAS, the applicant has voluntarily offered to provide
the Historic Preservation Committee with advance notification of
any future plans to demolish the subject structure and to under-
take certain repairs thereof in the near future.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The structure at 601 West Hallam, Aspen, Colorado, be
and is hereby deleted from the Inventory of Historic Sites and
Structures subject to the following conditions:
a. The applicant shall execute and record with the
Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder within ninety (90) days of the
date of this Resolution a deed restriction in a form satisfactory
to the City Attorney burdening the property at 601 West Hallam as
follows:
i. The Historic Preservation Committee shall
have binding review and approval authority
over redevelopment on the subject parcel in
terms of mass and scale. For purposes of
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ii.
iii.
review, "mass" shall mean that any future
structure shall be designed to avoid an "un-
interrupted box-type structure" and will use
appropriately pitched roof forms for residen-
tial buildings as opposed to flat roofs.
"Scale" shall mean that window and door di-
mensions and building scale shall be consis-
tent with the scale of other buildings on the
block. Such review of mass and scale shall
not be allowed to reduce floor area ratio and
height for the building as otherwise allowed
by the applicable zoning at the time of the
building permit application.
The applicant will use his best efforts to
retain to the extent possible all existing
trees situated on the subject parcel that
shield it from the Wheeler-Stallard House.
The applicant shall provide reasonable ad-
vance notice to the Historic Preservation
Committee of his plans to demolish the exist-
ing structure so as to allow for a possible
relocation of the structure. Any inability
to relocate the structure shall not prevent
or forestall demolition at a time deemed
appropriate by the applicant.
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b. That the applicant shall place the original siding
back on the structure and install a double-hung window in place
of the removed bay window within one-hundred twenty (120) days
from the date of this Resolution.
2. The Historic Preservation Committee finds that the
removal of the 601 West Hallam Street from the Inventory of
Historic Sites and Structures is based solely on facts and
circumstances unique to the case before it and that the decision
to delete the structure as provided for herein shall have no
precedential value or ~ffect in regard to any future petition to
remove a structure from the inventory.
RESOLVED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this I0 day of
ATTEST
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