HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.015-80 RESOLUTION OF THE
ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION REGARDING
THE REZONING APPLICATION OF
THE ASPEN SANITATION DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO. 80 - 15
WHEREAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission considered the rezoning
application of the Aspen Sanitation District at a public hearing on December
2 and 9, 1980, and
WHEREAS, the application requests rezoning of a portion of the Sanitation
District's south Mill Street property from Park to Public and Public/Residential
Bonus Overlay for the purpose of allowing construction of a four unit, moderate
income employee residential project, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 16, Series of 1980 authorizes rezoning to Residential
Bonus Overlay when at least fifty percent of the units will be deed restricted
to employee price guidelines and the development is reviewed against certain
criteria including the purposes of the planned unit development procedure,
compliance with the adopted housing plan construction quality and unit size
minimization of environmental and social impacts, geographic dispersal, compa-
tibility with surrounding land uses and proximity to transportation, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission heard testimony from the
Planning Office, the City Engineer, the Water Department and the City Housing
Director, and
WHEREAS, there were no objections from the public to the application, and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission finds that:
1. If the four units are deed restricted to moderate income rental guide-
lines and prohibited from condominiumization, the application meets
the objectives of the 1980 Housing Action Plan by providing rental
housing for employees of the Aspen Sanitation District.
2. The siting of the buildings, however, encroaches on the open space
recommended in the 1973 Roaring Fork Greenwas Plan and the 1973
Aspen Land Use Plan. Through clustering of units, the maintenance
of existing trees and reservation of a setback from the river, the
applicant has attempted to mitigate the impact on greenway objectives
and reserve open space along the river.
3. Stream margin review and potential floodplane conflicts require
further review.
4. The site is well located with respect to proximity to town and public
transportation.
5. Through a carefully planned development, mitigating concerns raised
and clustering units to maximize open space values, the proposed
development can successfully balance conflicting needs in the public
interest and provide four units of needed employee housing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
that it does hereby recommend the rezoning from Park to Public and Public/
amended
Residential Bonus Overlay in the configuration shown on the attached/plat,
amended to reduce the intrusion of the road into the green-
way and subject to satisfactory resolution of the following conditions:
1. Preservation of existing trees on site.
2. Improvement through landscaping of the remaining greenway when snow
dumping is terminated.
3. Stream margin review is approved, if required and the extent of the
floodplane is identified through an updated engineering study develop-
ment in the 100 year floodplane shall be avoided.
4. An on-site drainage plan is approved by the City Engineer and storm-
water retention opportunities are reserved.
5. The four units are deed restricted in perpetuity to moderate price
guidelines and against condominiumization.
6. An amended zoning map is prepared by a registered surveyor prior to
City Council's first reading of a rezoning ordinance.
Approved this 16th day of December, 1980 by the Planning & Zoning Commission.
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk
ASPEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
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