HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.008-76 RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING
THE REZONING OF THE ASPEN CENTER FOR
PHYSICS TRACT ACCORDING TO AN APPROVED
MASTERPLAN SUBMITTED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 24 OF THE
ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, there has been submitted for Planning and
Zoning Commission consideration a masterplan for the 2.3 acre
tract presently occupied by the Aspen Center for Physics, all
according to the Specially Planned Area procedures of Article VII
of Chapter 24 of the Aspen Municipal Code,'and
WHEREAS, the procedures for adoption of any such plan
require that, subsequent to conducting a public hearing on
a proposed plan, the Commission forward to the Aspen City
Council a report and recommendation with respect to any such
proposal, and
WHEREAS, the Commission, after proper notice of the
same, did hold the required public hearing at its meeting held
September 7, 1976, and is prepared to issue a recommendation
with respect to the proposed masterplan,
NOW, THEREFORE, ~E IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
?hat it does hereby recommend to the City Council
that it finally approve and adopt, as the development regulation
for the site, the masterplan prepared by Jack M. Walls, a copy
of which is attached hereto and incorporated by this reference,
for an area presently occupied by the Aspen Center for Physics,
and more particularly described as follows:
A tract of land situated in the SW¼NE¼ of Section 12,
?ownship 10 South, Range 85 West of the 6th Principal
Meridian in the City of Aspen, Pitkin County, Colo-
rado, being more fully described as follows:
Beginning at a point whence the ~ corner of said
SW¼NE¼ Section 12 bears N 25011'45'' W 1041.20 feet;
thence N 17034'00'' E 344.04 feet; thence east 253.42
feet; thence south 328.00 feet; thence west 357.26
feet to the point of beginning containing 2.299 acres,
5~ore or less
all as provided by Article VII of Chapter 24 of the Aspen
Municipal Code entitled "Specially Planned Areas".
Section 2
That the Commission recommendation for approval is
conditioned in the following manner (all conditions being
designed to mitigate the potential for undermining the City's
pending requirement that the balance of the lands owned and
controlled by the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies be
developed only according to a masterplan for the entire site):
1. That the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
assure the City Council (to the satisfaction of the
City Attorney) that the approval of the attached
masterplan will not be used to argue against applica-
tion of the SPA requirements to the balance of the
adjacent Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
owned and controlled properties; either during
administrative proceedings to acquire development
permission for Aspen Institute for Humanistic
Studies lands, during litigation affecting the Aspen
Institute for Humanistic Studies lands, or in any
other context or for any other purpose;
2. That prior to final Council approval there be
presented to the City Council a fully executed long
term or perpetual lease agreement between the Aspen
Institute for Humanistic Studies and the Aspen Center
for Physics (a) covering the entire area included in
the attached masterplan, (b) providing for ownership
of the existing and proposed building within the
masterplanned area in the Aspen Center for Physics,
and (c) naming the Aspen Center for Physics as the
primary (although not necessarily the exclusive)
lessee of the premises.
3. That it is understood that the preservation of
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the existing buildings (or their replacement) and
construction of the third library/office structure
constitute the maximum build out proposed for the
masterplanned area; and
4. That the working drawings for the proposed library/
office building be incorporated into the masterplan,
by reference, and constitute the building regulations
with respect thereto.
Section 3
And that the Commission makes this affirmative
recommendation with the understanding that the parcelling of
the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies lands into individually
masterplanned areas does not enhance the overall masterplanning
of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies lands; but the fact
that the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies has announced
its intention to withdraw its pending SPA application; that
the Aspen Center for Physics proposes only one additional struc-
ture for its site and the introduction of no additional uses in
the future; that the Aspen Center for Physics has, i~istorically,
localized its needs to the masterplanned site and has made
little demand for outside support services and facilities in
the area; and that retention of the Center within the community,
because of the educational and cultural opportunities it creates,
is a desirable objective,
of approval herein taken.
all of these reasons compel the action
Charles T. Collins
Chairman
, d~y city clerk,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate
copy of that resolution adopted by the Aspen Planning and Zoning
Commission at its continued meeting held Friday, September 10,
1976.
D~-y Cit~Cler~
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