HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.015-81 RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION ENDORSING THE
1981ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT
MASTER PLAN UPDATE
Resolution No. 81 - 15
WHEREAS, the Airport Master Planning Consultant, with the assistance of a
Technical Steering Committee and Aspen-Pitkin County Staff did recently complete
an update of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport Master Plan as an amendment to the
1966 Aspen Area General Plan; and
WHEREAS, Colorado Statutes (Section 30-28-110) require that since the
airport lies within two miles of the City of Aspen, the amendment to the master
plan must be referred to the Aspen Planning Commission or the Aspen City Council
for their formal recommendations regarding the plan within fourteen days; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the contents
of the executive summary of the master plan update and finds that it agrees
with the technical conclusions and recommendations contained within that report.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the
City of Aspen that it does hereby endorse the 1981Aspen-Pitkin County Airport
Master Plan Update and does hereby recommend that the Pitkin County Planning
and Zoning Commission adopt said plan as an amendment to the Aspen Area General
Plan of 1966.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City
of Aspen that it does hereby indicate to the Pitkin County Planning and
Zoning Commission that it has the following reservations regarding the contents
of the 1981Aspen-Pitkin County Airport Master Plan Update:
1. The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission concludes that it may be in
the best long term interest of the community at large for Highway 82
to be moved entirely along the river bluff so that there is a maximum
amount of land area between the runway and the highway for an integrated
transportation center. The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission recom-
mends that no airport development activities be taken which will preclude
the construction of this road alignment at some point in the future, since,
this alternative may provide the greatest opportunity for ultimate
development of the Airport property and for the optimum improvement of
Highway 82.
2. The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission believes that in their role
as a comprehensive planning commission, it is important that all aspects
of the planning for the airport vicinity be examined in an integrated
fashion. The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission recommends that
as each portion of our transportation planning for this area is com-
pleted, including the Busway Feasibility Study, the bus maintenance
facility design and the transportation center, the plans should be
compared for consistency and appropriate amendments be made to insure
that we do not preclude any of our ultimate development plans. It is
felt to be particularly important at this time that we insure that the
location and site design of the bus maintenance facility does not inter-
fere with the proposed alternative alignments for Highway 82.
3. The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission prefers that any extension of
the runway proceed in a northerly, as opposed to a southerly, direction,
since an extension to the south might negatively impact the Holiday
Inn and other properties even closer to the City of Aspen.
Approved by the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission at their regular
meeting on November 17, 1981.
ATTEST:
Depu~City Clerkc
ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING CO~qISSION
Welton Anders(~n, Acting Chairma