HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.apz.009-73June, 1973
ASPEN pI~iNNING & ZONING CO~D'iISSION I~,.'SOLUTION
RECOHMENDING PRESERVATION OF THE VIEW OF ASPEN MOUNTAIN
AND INDEi)ENDENCE PASS TI{ROUGtI THE ADOPTION OF TWO
SEPARATE VIEW PI~AL~S FROM RUBEY PARK LOCATED IN
B]DCK 90 TOWARD BOTH ASPEN MOUNTAIN & INDEPENDENCE PASS
WI~REAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
undertakes continuing review of the City of Aspen Zoning Code
in afl effort to provide for the orderly growth and develop-
ment of the city, and
WHEREAS, views of the surrounding mountains are
an essential quality of Aspen and contribute to the prosperity
and welfare of the city as a resort co~nunity, and
W}~P~AS, development within the city is threatening
to eliminate desirable mountain views and therefore ditninish
the natural heritage of the city~ and
Wt~REAS, Section 24-9 (h) of the Aspen Municipal
Code authorizes the establishment of view planes needed to
protect mountain views from obstruction, and
WHEREAS, two separate view planes from Rubey Park
are necessary to protect views of Aspen Mountain and Independence
Pass from an area oxn~ed and improved by the City of Aspen for
intensive use for a park and as a transportation center by visitor~
and residents alike, and
WI~REAS, the Aspen Planning & Zoning Commission
has considered all arguments both for and against the estab-
lishment of two separate view planes from Rubey Park toward
Aspen Mountain and Independence Pass and concludes that said
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View Pla~cs - Rubey Park
.view planes are in accordance with tt~e intent of Section 24-9
(h) of th& Aspen Municipal Code ~nd are necessary to protect
those specific mountain views from Obstruction,
NOW Tt~REFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Aspen Planning
& Zoning Co~nission hereby recommends that the City Council
establish two specific view planes
Block 90 by adding to Section 24-9
(c) entitled Rubey Park View Planes~
(2) Independence Pass, as described
description.
Dated this_~/ day of ~.~.~ _, 1973.
from Rubey Park located in
(h) (1) a new subsection
(1) Aspen Mountain and
on the attached legal
Chairman
Aspen Planning & Zoning Commission
Rubey Park View Planes. There ar~ hereby establis}~ed v]e~
co~:riclors originating fro~ R~b~y Pa~:]: above which pZ:~ne no
land use or building st]ail project.
Reference point for view co~-rldor ~umber one bears N 35°18'01'' W
].70.70 feet from the northeasterly property corner of Block
91 orig£nal Aspen townsite. Elevation of the reference point
number one is 7932.60 feet above mcan sea level. Tl~e view
corridor consists of two radial components more particularly
described as follows:
All that space which is within the projection
of a sector of 119049'40" described by two radial
line which bear S 32o02'43'' E and S 87°46'57'' W
respectively from the reference point, and which
is also above the view plane which passes through
the reference point at an angle of inclination
of 10006'30'' above horizontal.
View Plane number two shows reference point bears N 53o53'06'' W
284.48 feet from the northeasterly property corner of Block 91
original Aspen townsite. Elevation of the reference point
number two is 7931.84 feet above mean sea level. The view
corridor consists of two radial components more particularly
described as follows:
Ail that space which is ~,ithin the projection of
a sector of 8°58'08'' described by two radial
line which bear S 45036'56'' E and S 36o38'48'' E
respectively from the reference point, and which
is also above the vi~v plane which passes through
the reference point at an angle of inclination of
3o37' above horizontal.