HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.009-77 RESOLUTION #9
RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE
ASPEN GROWTH MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission is
responsible for guiding the location and densitites of land uses,
public facilities, and services as well as the mode and routing
of forms of transportation, and
WHEREAS, the adopted 1966 Aspen Area General Plan
designated that the two urban centers of Aspen and Snowmass were
to receive the greatest densities with densities decreasing in
intensity as distance from the centers increase, and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of the masterplan
from 1967 to 1972, Aspen and Pitkin County experienced rapid rates
of growth shown through various indices of growth such as new
housing starts (10 to 11%), skier visits (22%), employment (14%),
and population (12 to 15%), and
WHEREAS, the resulting rapid transition from a small
rural town to an intense urban area created a variety of community
imbalances such as lagging public facilities, housing shortages,
higher living and housing costs, lack of community identity,
environmental degradation and traffic congestion, and
WHEREAS, subsequent to amending the zoning codes and
maps of both the City and County it became apparent that traditional
planning, zoning and subdivision tools were limited in affecting
rapid growth rates, and
WHEREAS, the Aspen/Pitkin County Planning Office has
drafted a preliminary Growth Management Plan which limits growth
to an average of 3.4% overall growth per year for Pitkin County,
and which plan specifies different growth rates in specified
areas of Pitkin County based upon such area's ability to accept
additional growth at minimal public cost, and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Plan was studied by both
City and County Planning and Zoning Commissions, the Board of
County Commissioners and City Council, resulting in a final third
draft which was adopted by the City Council on July 19, 1977, and
WHEREAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission under-
took the task of developing an evaluation system for purposes of
implementing the Growth Management Plan whereby future residential,
commercial and lodging developments could be evaluated as to their
liabilities and benefits to the community, and
WHEREAS, this evaluation system has been incorporated
into an ordinance to be titled "Growth Management Quota System"
and to be incorporated into the Aspen Zoning Code as Article X,
and
WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance was properly noticed and
published in the Aspen Times on June 30, 1977, for a Public Hearing
before the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission on July 19, 1977,
and
W~EREAS, subsequent to the public hearing the Commission
held additional study sessions and special meetings for the purpose
of further refining the quota system and overall administration
of the proposed growth management process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Aspen Planning and
Zoning Commission recommends approval and prompt implementation
of the proposed "Growth Management Quota System'! (fifth draft) for
incorporation into the Aspen Zoning Code.
Approved at its special meeting held ~,/~. ~, ,
1~77,
THE ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION
Chairman '
ATTEST:
Secretary To The Commzssion
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