HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.003-80 RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
OF THE LITTLE ANNIE BASE AREA CONCEPTUAL
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND SUBDIVISION APPLICATION
Resolution No. 80- O~
WHEREAS, Little Annie Ski Corporation has filed a Conceptual Planned
Unit Development and Subdivision Application as the initial step in procesSing
City land use applications required under the Site Specific Agreement among
the Little Annie Proponent, the City of Aspen, Pitkin County, the State of
Colorado, and the U.S. Forest Service, and
WHEREAS, the applicant is also required to file with the City certain
rezoning requests, a conditional use application, and preliminary planned
unit development and subdivision application, and
WHEREAS, the Site Specific Agreement calls for the consideration of a
full range.of ~envi'ronmental and socio-economic questions, and such analysis
is presently being conducted by an independent consultant team selected by
all th~-parties to the Agreement and under contract to Pitkin County, and
~ WHEREAS, the applica~t~ has acknowledged in the conceptual application
that "due to the complex interaction of consulting efforts, site planning
inform~ation is necessarily vague at thisst~geof the process" and further,
tha~ the applicant "fully understands that reliance upon future permit appro-
vals is not created by approval at the conceptual stage, the purpose of filing
at this time is simply to meet the procedural requirements of the City of Aspen
Zoning Code...", and
WHEREAS, the applicant anticipates filing a preliminary planned unit
development and subdivision application as required under the Agreement sub-
sequent to the receipt of the recommendations of the independent consultant
team; because of scheduling requirements of the Agreement and the fact that
City regulations do not provide for the filing of joint conceptual and pre-
liminary applications, the City is considering the conceptual application prior
to the receipt of consultant recommendations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Aspen Planning and Zoning
Commission recommends approval of the Little Annie Base Area conceptual P.U.D.
and Subdivision conditional on the following considerations being adequately
addressed and resolved in the Preliminary P.U.D. and Subdivision application:
1. The Planning and Zoning Commission is particularly concerned
about the transportation impacts of the proposal including circu-
lation on Ute Avenue (since no through-circulation can be developed)
and the adequacy of programs to assure that existing neighborhoods
will not be disrupted by day skier and employee parking. Parking
within the employee housing area (43 parking spaces for 67 dwelling
units with 105 bedrooms) appears to be indaequate unless an accept-
able program prohibiting or limiting employee parking on-site can
be developed.
2. The employee housing units should be rental units, restricted in
price in accordance with adopted hosuing price guidelines and should
be deed-restricted against condominiumization. The number of units
to be supplied will be resolved upon submission of the employee
analysis currently in preparation.
3. Consultants for Little Annie will work closely with the Engineering
Department to resolve that Office's concerns prior to submission of
the preliminary application.
4. Consideration of a Conceptual P.U.D. and Subdivision application by
the Planning and Zoning Commission is limited by the City Zoning
Code to a discussion of the appropriateness of the proposed uses
within the area which is the subject of the application. The dis-
cussion of the broader questions outlined within the Site-Specific
Agreement is presently the sole responsibility of the City Council,
as signatory to that Agreement. The Planning and Zoning Commission
is prepared to review the information to be submitted as a part of
that Agreement and to make recommendations, at Council's request.
Adopted by the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting
on February 26, 1980.
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk