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PLANNING AND ZONING
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
JUNE 16. 1987
Meeting was called to order by Chairman Welton Anderson at 5:00
pm with all members present.
COMMISSI{)NER' S COMMENTS
David White brought up the problem of parking illegally in front
of the Hotel Jerome and people not being able to turn right.
Alan Richman said if it is properly signed then it is an
enforcement problem. The responsibility is no longer with this
commission.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Roger Hunt made a motion to re-elect Welton Anderson Chairman of
the Board and Jasmine Tygre Vice Chairman.
The motion was seconded by Ramona Markalunas with all members in
favor.
INITIATION OF CODE AMENDMENT
Jane Hamilton representing Mary Webster: Mary has made a
generous offer to the local church community to donate property
for church purposes. The property is located in zone district 0
which does not permit uses for church. What we would like to do
is ask that you would review a submission requesting the addition
of church to the 0 zone conditional uses. We feel a church would
be a good use to add because it preserves the integrity of what
the purpose of the 0 zone is.
David White made a motion to sponsor an amendment to add church
use to the 0 zone conditional uses.
Ramona Markalunas seconded the motion with all in favor.
Alan: We have been asked about Nature's Storehouse and what
could be done about the condition of the property. I talked to
the Building Inspector and the chief engineer to try and
determine what we could do about the barricades. The barricades
have been moved off of the public right-of-way and onto the
sidewalk so that parking is again permitted on that site. The
reason the barricades are there is the streets are torn up
underneath the barricades and that is the only way to provide a
walking surface. There needs to be some way of fencing people
from walking onto that property for liability reasons.
It is not clear if construction is going to proceed this summer.
I was talking to the architect and they are considering some
design changes possibly some applications to you. I don't have a
final report on that. The only question I have for you is--we
don't need a full barricade there right now. We need a walkway
and some kind of fencing. It would be possible to cut that
barricade down significantly since there is no construction going
on on the site. It removes the need for the overhanging type of
barricade.
Roger Hunt: When are they going to lose their building permit?
Allen: They have got 30 months from the date of GMP submission s
they have got a long time before they have any building permit
concerns and extensions on that are not difficult obtain. It
would be difficult for us to withdraw the building permit at this
point.
Roger: Isn't there an ordinance that requires them to progress?
Alan: The building code does require them to progress.
Roge r : I sn' t the re a local ordinance as well that we can
enforce.
Alan: There was work going on there as recently as April. There
is no code being violated and there is nobody telling me to look
for violations. I am not actively looking to withdraw somebody's
building permit that has validly pursued that permit. I don't
think that is an appropriate action at this point in time or
serves any public purpose.
Roger: The publ ic purpose is
moving. That is the important.
a valuable thing to have.
Allen: The building permit is being validly held. The question
is do you wish to take any action about the barricade.
to get them on notice to get
I assume the building permit is
Ramona: Are you going to provide a better walkway?
Alan: No, the walkway that is there now is the walkway that will
remain. There is no opportunity whatsoever right now to get the
owner to put additional money into walkways. They are meeting
the provisions in the code. The question is is it necessary to
have such a large barricade there all summer.
Roger: I believe we have an ordinance that allows us a little
leverage to get them moving on the project.
Alan: I think we also have an owner who is receIvIng no value
from his property right now. So it is probably incumbent upon
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him to get his financing and I understand the situation that he
is in and I know he does not want to be sitting with a building
unbuil t. He used to have a tenant on the property. Now he
doesn't.
Roger: If they are
least we could get
open piece of land.
not going to move forward on it, at the very
it covered and flattened and have it be an
That is what the ordinance allowed us to do.
Alan: We have got the basement. Covering and flattening it
wouldn't be getting them closer towards getting a building. It
would be moving them two steps backwards as would withdrawing the
building permit.
MINUTES
MARCJt-I-"1. 1!HJ1 AND APRIL 21. 1987
Jasmine Tygre made a motion to approve the minutes with the
correction of the name in the March 17th minutes.
Jim Colombo seconded the motion with all in favor.
RESOlitl'fiON t5
"Resolution of the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
requesting the Aspen City Council to formally endorse the Aspen
Area Comprehensive Plan: Transportation Element."
Roger: We took a systemic, all-inclusive approach on the overall
Transportation Plan. If Council does have objections to some
portion or wants to change some portion, we would like them to
take the systemic approach in looking at their recommendations
and see how it relates to other things. I hope that if they have
significant changes that they would make it through resolution.
David White: Since there is a new Council, perhaps we should
have a work session on this particular item.
Roger made a motion to adopt Resolution 87-5.
Jasmine Tygre seconded the motion with all in favor.
MOONTAIN-VIEW -SUBDIVISION
REZONING.ANI)-S'l'RBE'l VACATIONS
Steve Burstein: At P&Z' s last meeting on the Mountain View
application to consider the conceptual subdivision rezoning and
street vacation on March 17, 1987, the Commission discussed the
original application to some extent and mainly discussed the
approach suggested by the applicant to amend the application by
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suggested conditions of approval. The basic idea was to amend
the project basically to downscale it including reducing the
number of units from 58 to 36, reducing the floor area from
72,545 sq ft to 42,500 sq ft, to drop the rezoning request, to
reduce the parking spaces, to move the Aspen Ski Company parking
down the hill. There were a whole series of changes that they
were wanting to get some feedback from the Planning Commission.
No action was taken by this Commission because neither the
applicant or his representative was present and it was considered
inappropriate. P&Z members did clearly indicate at that meeting
that they were not interested in embarking on the approach
suggested for a variety of reasons.
The Planning Office position is that it cannot support either the
original application with which we have a number of problems. My
memorandum of both June 9th and of March lIth elaborate what the
reasons are. Nor can we recommend in favor of the amended
approach for this proj ect. As we did state at the last meeting
if the Planning Commission is interested in that approach, we
will work with the applicant to make it a complete application
and to make suggestions for improving the application but it
basically requires that you endorse that approach.
The reasons we don't recommend it is that it has an effect on the
GMP quota. The 1987 quota is basically up in the air and it is
less than 6 months away in the residential competition. We feel
that that is unfair to the other applicants as they are trying to
prepare and given a limited quota, the possibility for future
allocation or for carryover of past allocation, none of those
things have been resolved and this delay puts those applicants in
limbo.
We feel that we are talking about a very substantially changed
application. The question is whether it should be rescored as an
amendment or as a new application. We think it would be most
proper at this time to score it as a new application since it is
changed so much in its basic parameters. We are also concerned
that the evolution of the project from the standpoint of both GMP
and subdivision review could become unwieldy for both staff and
P&Z to really get a handle on what project they are reviewing.
We question whether that is really a good way to proceed from a
planning point of view.
The applicant has mentioned that the Aspen Mountain Lodge did
embark on a similar type of approach and we have talked to some
extent about that with the applicant and agree that there was
basically a GMP approval. Then at the point of conceptual
subdivision a lot of changes were made. However we feel that the
magnitude of change is quite different between what this
applicant is wanting to do with the Mountain View Project
compared to the Aspen Mountain Lodge. The scope of the two
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projects is really quite different. The applicant is changing
the size, the building location, the footprints, the circulation
and the parking arrangements. They are changing so much of it
that it is, to us, a considerably different application. So we
don't feel an unfair precedent is being set here if you choose
not to go with the amended approach that they are suggesting.
We think that there is a fundamental discretionary decision with
regard to the request to rezone land that is now R-15 LPUD to L2,
an upzone. The Planning Office still has a lot of problems with
that based on the transition concept and the appropriateness of
that particular site to accommodate it, and also about the
community need for additional tourist accommodations for the
upper end which is the stated market area. We feel because of
those concerns, it may not be appropriate to embark on trying to
amend this project. It should be noted that the Hotel Jerome
addition is just completed, adding a lot of units within that
very target area. Little Nell is anticipated for next summer and
the Aspen Mountain Lodge has approval that is still valid. Be
that as it is, I think the applicants would like to further
request that you look at that approach and it is your decision.
Doug Allen: If you are ready to go ahead and let us make our
complete presentation, we will. I would like to try and persuade
you to allow us to do that. We were not here on March 17th
because we were dealing with this portion of the piece of real
estate that is involved in the Roberts v Commerce transaction.
The Friday before March 17th we were noticed for a hearing in
Glenwood Springs that lasted for 3 days and part of the evenings
and we physically could not be here because we were ordered to be
in court at that time.
The Planning Office has consistently stated that they are taking
a neutral position about this project. The recommendation from
the i r neutral position is that you dismiss it and not consider
it. We put up on the chart over there on the wall the meetings
that were involved in the Little Nell Hotel and the Aspen
Mountain Lodge. There were extensive meetings to deal with
problems.
One of the problems in our project was parking. David White was
most vociferous about that. There was too much parking. There
are things that we are willing to do with this project within the
realm of financial feasibility and within the realm of what the
lender will allow us to do to change this project to meet some of
your planning concerns. I don't think that we can legitimately
plan this project without the assistance of you people on the
Planning and Zoning Commission. To do that, we need time to
present the whole picture to you.
The Council was critical of P&Z when the 1001 Appeal came before
Council. I happened to be there that night. They complained
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about not having enough time to present their case when they
presented it at the GMP stage and Council was critical of that.
We haven't complained about that. We feel it was a very short
period of time allowed us but it served its purpose for GMP. It
doesn't serve the purpose for continual planning on the entire
rest of the project.
Steve has mentioned that the allocations are a problem, that the
allocations are in jeopardy. Last year when we made this
application on December I, 1986, we did not know up to that point
how many units were available. That computation was made almost
simultaneously with the submittal. None of the applicants knew
exactly how many units were available because it was not
published by the Planning Office. Yet, now we are being told
that June or JUly is too late when last year it was December
before it was decided. This is a procedural matter that we are
dealing with in magnitude of change.
Steve said we had a lot more changes than the Aspen Mountain
Lodge. We did a check list on it in terms of pure numbers.
There were 10 out of 10 changes on Aspen Mountain Lodge and we
are willing to go along with 6 out of 10 changes. So when you
talk in terms of pure magnitude, we are a lot less. There has
been a lot of conversation about the needs being met. We don't
know what will happen to the Jerome Hotel. It is just finished
and on line.
We are not a lodge. If we were a lodge, we could not have
kitchens. One of the important components of this is kitchens.
These are condominiums, apartments. They are not lodge rooms and
they are not lodge units. That is why it is a residential-multi
family application. The overhang of all these lodge units that
has not been finished and has not gone on line--there is nothing
that we can do about that. We are not competing in this
category. We are not in that market. Again there has been
conversation about what market there is, what market has been met
and what market we are targeting. We are targeting the family
that wants a unit with a kitchen to come here on ski holiday and
not the people who want a unit without a kitchen and to dine out
in restaurants. The anticipation of these other units coming on
line has been speculative for several years, especially with
relationship to the Aspen Mountain Lodge. Our project is about
1/7th or 1/8th the size of that proj ect. We woul d I ike the
opportunity to present possible alternatives to what we
originally presented in our GMP.
(Referring to wall charts) The line of charts on the left, the
big chart and the 4 little ones below it on the next section are
some other alternatives. The third section essentially is Plan C
which we really don't support but it could be done absent some
rezoning, absent some relocation of the street. The middle one
is the one that we favor and we would like an opportunity either
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now or at another session to present these to you and have a
dialogue going so that we can achieve some good planning and give
what we think is a very viable project in a proper area off the
ground.
Tom Kerwin: You have a little memo on your table which was
suggested to the P&Z as a means of going about this procedurally.
We think it is appropriate to give this kind of an opportunity to
this applicant because you did give at least 3 or 4 times that
many hearings to the Little Nell Hotel and the Aspen Mountain
Lodge. So did the Council. My suggestion is that we go through
this evening an overview of the project and discuss in a general
way some of the alternatives. The purpose of that is for us to
get your input.
We thought we would address the question of the parking as a
preliminary matter. We propose on June 30th. If that date is an
inconvenience to the P&Z, a work session to be designated by you.
We then go into the site's specific analysis including the street
vacation and the rezoning. And then finally at one future
meeting, and we suggested the 14th of July or a different date if
you want, to do a subdivision and conceptual review and a
completion of that and then take a vote. It seems to us the most
important thing is--we have met with staff only in the last few
days about this new approach and they bel ieve the P&Z doesn't
want to give us this opportunity. They have told us, however,
they are perfectly willing to work with us on these alternatives
and we suggest that activity take place.
It is very important that we get that access to the staff 's
planning assistance. This thing started off with a suggestion
from the staff that we come to you with conditions of approval.
It was their idea. We followed up with a letter. Apparently
somehow that got off track. The conditions of approval technique
is something we have used frequently. We want to use that. We
want it to be a project that you are enthusiastic about too. It
is a major project for the City. It is a very important project
for the City. There aren't very many more spaces like this
available in the City and it is right at the foot of the ski hill
which is where you want your tourist.
Doug: Roger made a comment before the meeting started--"Why
didn't we have this earlier?" Well, we almost fell into what was
perceived as a trap in that when we presented these ideas
previously, then they were submitted with the thought that the
applicant wants to make these changes. We would like to see it
just as it is on the left. We would prefer not to make any
changes and we didn't put those in your package because we want
to get a dialogue going here and we would like you to have these
in front of you to see what might be a better alternative than
what we have proposed if you don't like what we have proposed.
It has met the threshold on the scoring, now we need to find a
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community.
little time
to work for the appl icant, P&Z,
That is all we are trying to do.
to do it.
Council and the
We just need a
My client is well into the 6 figures on what he has spent to get
to this point. We need just a few hours to go over it with you
to get it to where it works.
Welton: Is this kind of scheduling going to work?
Steve: It is up to you. You know your full work load better
than I do. I know your caseload section of it but I don't know
all your other long-range planning functions.
Welton: Do you think something similar to this--adjusting the
dates for them and for us is reasonable?
Steve: We are willing to comply. I would suspect that you are
not going to be able to simply to do with one meeting per week,
that it would get into two meetings on some weeks to accommodate
such a schedule.
Jasmine: I think that if the Commission wants to go with
alternative I I would say come back with a new application which
is the way we were heading in the last meeting. Alternative 2,
which the applicant would prefer, I think if we are going to do
that, we definitely postpone it because I don't think there is
any point in going over these plans until we have a chance to
look at them. I think that before we go through any kind of
alternative changes that we should have an opportunity to study
some of the material in these prints. I think once we make the
decision as to whether to go with I or 2 then we can figure how
to proceed after that.
Welton: The applicant is asking at this stage to give us the
simplest overview of what changes are taking place. I don't know
that we need to sit back and study these on our own. I think
this would be helpful.
Jasmine: My opinion is that I would like to have the opportunity
to look at this.
Jim Colombo: In order to decide whether or not they should come
back in December or whether we should work out a session with the
applicant, I would like to hear a 10 or 15 minute presentation by
the applicant going over all the changes.
David White: I think that would be good and then I think that
we, as a Commission, should sit down and discuss it in depth.
That would give us the time to decide whether we are going to
have a new application.
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Ramona: I think that is a good idea.
Sam Hyatt, architect for the applicant: There are 3 major items
wih have always been an issue on this project.
Roadway design. There was some criticism as to the street up the
hill that didn't align with the existing street patterns and
therefore mayor may not be as productive or as necessary to the
neighborhood system. The concern with the Dean Drive extensions
satisfied some issues of neighborhood traffic but al so brought
issues relative to the Timberridge and to their parking needs
there. The major change then for the modification on the site
plan really involves the removal of Garmisch Circle extension and
replacing that with a greenbelt and proposing that we make the
Dean Drive extension and allocate a right-of-way through our
property, do a loop down into existing Garmisch providing access
to the Barbee Estate and prov iding access into our proj ect and
through to the City. What that does do is that leaves existing
City Dean Street which is now utilized with Timberridge for their
parking. That leaves that parcel alone as its existing
condition.
Parking: The second item which has to do with parking involves
reducing the below grade garage of 124 cars being replaced with a
below grade garage of 60 cars.
Aspen Ski Company parking: In the GMP submittal that parking had
been located at the top of the hill to go from this parcel to the
adjoining parcel. We have to place that parking within our
project. It has to be accessible separate from our garage off of
Dean Drive. Where the Aspen Ski Company parking is located
presently, we are proposing coming into Dean Drive, staying low
on Aspen Street, automatically going to a signed designated Aspen
Ski Company parking exclusively for them. That is a direct in,
direct out, separate from the rest of the parking in our project.
We feel that some of the issues about visibility still holds
true. The 30 car requirement which comes with our property is
maintained. We do have the benefit now of covering it. When you
cover a parking lot it is certainly hidden from view. But rather
than having a large open asphalt area it will now pay to have a
covered parking garage for the Aspen Ski Company which can be
landscaped.
Mari Peyton: How do these people get to the lift?
Sam: The lift would still involve pedestrian circulation. We
will be providing stair access so the stair coming up from the
garage, which is just one level in, will come up in the corner of
what is the existing parking lot. So they will come out where
the existing parking lot is.
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Doug: When you go into the garage for the Ski Company parking,
you go in at eye level. At another entrance there is a ramp to
go down to the hotel. The reason we did it at eye level was so
that it would easily be visible as Ski Company parking from Aspen
Street as they come up the street. Then they would walk out the
other end of the garage.
Sam: All of the architectural detail ing is if the City deemed
that they wanted a very visible parking lot, we could certainly
leave the landscaping off of that.
The other issue had to do with service. An existing GMP proposal
is service off of Dean Drive and an enclosed dock. There was a
dropoff an access into a garage. As part of this project was
dropping a number of units, we also brought the number of needs
of a larger dropoff the larger garage and that takes a larger
service dock. We presently have a screened service dock area
which appears on sheet 6 and that is designed to handle a 43 foot
truck than can pull in on Dean Street and back in behind that
screen area with an enclosed compactor.
We are proposing to do 39 units in lieu of the 58 original units.
The footprints of our building architecturally will remain the
same. The reduction in the number of units is really
accomplished in sections. This simplifies the excavation.
Previously we had been using the original topography and the 28
foot height limit. We were using that rule in your code where
you can extend gables 5 feet over turrets or spires. Artificial
details can go above the 28 foot. In our new modification the
top of the turrets all are at the 28 foot. We have dropped the
building in height.
We have also reduced the amount of excavation or terracing
necessary for those lower units. By dropping that down we
simplified the main floor circulation patterns, functional needs
of service, of ski storage, office manager, and lobby area.
Site plan C which we don't really favor is a plan which
incorporates the missing Dean Street. What we will do in this
particular plan is locate our project on that existing zoned area
at the northern half of the si te ut il iz ing the ex i sting Dean
Street with an entry dropoff of garage access into the lower
level of our project. We have proposed that Juan Street remain
as it exists without being modified and developed to a City
standard. This would involve directing a radius at the western
edge to handle any street circulation for fire truck etc. which
mayor may not have impact on both our property and our neighbors
property to go with that road. We would rebuild the Aspen Ski
Company parking where it is. We would probably look at doing
some kind of leveling with that to handle the potential for
certain development on this site for its parking in that area. I
think this particular diagram shows that the land space between
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buildings may be more valuable at the northern end of the site
rather than at the southern end of the site. In both instances
we kept the final 4 lots of the southern piece of property open
keeping the buildings both at one area.
Ramona: Why does the street loop up?
Sam: What we are hoping to do is to work at designing a roadway
system that will facilitate the needs of the adjacent property
owners and our particular project. Certainly there is a
possibility for the road to come straight through. One of the
things we need to work with is accessibility for fire protection
to the Barbee Estate. What we would hope to do is be able to
resolve a roadway system that would allow the proper and adequate
emergency access not only to that particular property but also to
this end of our property. That seemed to be a way to look at
doing it. Basically moving the curve of Juan Street down the
hill and sweeping it through. Ideally a winding along with
existing Dean Street.
For check in we would be doing a dropoff on the side of the
street, just a pulloff curb. It is enough just to handle two
cars or two vans. Then people would just go directly in to that
lower level.
There are 39 units with 62 parking spots. That would be I per
plus 20 extra. There is no employee housing on the project.
Cash in lieu so we don't need employee parking.
Doug Allan: We have not worked out staff parking because we had
a larger project before. Now we have reduced it. That I s going
to be part of the dialogue.
Jasmine: From the 39 units, your square footage would be reduced
by how much? Are these one-bedroom units? What was the average
square footage of the one-bedroom units?
Sam: The floor plans are the same as
The one-bedroom units are 1000 sq ft.
They vary between 950 and 1000 sq ft.
Welton then open the public hearing.
Mary Barbee: I consider this a whole new plan. Something
significant has happened here that was not mentioned then. This
property that sits right here on lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of block 11,
they have under option with Mrs. Austin. As of May that option
expired. They have been attempting to re-establish that option.
She assured me today she has no intention of re-establishing that
option. That means that all those pieces of property, all the
calculations that are included and greenspace issues and one
thing and another are automatically removed. She further
in the GMP application.
They have not changed.
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author ized me to represent her as well to obj ect the closure of
Juan Street because of all this property.
Another issue regarding this whole street thing in conjunction
with this through access is that this has never been public.
This has always been proposed as private. There is a real
contradiction there in that you have no control. All those
issues that we objected to originally, we still stand by. Plus
the fact that I feel this is a new ball game since lots 3, 4, 5
and 6 of block II are no longer for sure.
Doug Allan: I have not dealt with the lady she is talking about.
I have been dealing with a Mr. Klingsmith in Gunnison on this and
we still have an option as far as we are concerned.
Mary: He is her attorney and she has notified him and ostensibly
he has notified them that the option is no longer available. He
was hired on May 6th. I called Paul Taddune today and Paul was
out so I offered Paul the information so that he could check it
out prior to this meeting and I also had an opportunity to tell
Steve.
Paul Taddune: I received a letter from Doug Allan stating
somewhat baldly that the option is still in affect. Then about
two weeks ago while Doug was on vacation, I requested
verification. The records should indicate I requested
verification from Mr. Kerwin as well and assuming that it exists,
I have not received it yet, so I have requested some kind of
documentary evidence that would indicate that that option is
viable and in existence. I have not received it.
Steve Burstein: I am not sure we are talking about the same
options. This is the Austin property.
Doug Allan: I have never dealt with anybody named Austin. It is
in a trust for which I understand that Austin is a beneficiary.
Mr. Pete Klingsmith is the sole person I have dealt with. He is
a trustee. This is what Mary referred to. It is the Austin
property, the remaining portion of it is Roberts/Commerce
property. We have no problem with conditioning moving forward on
furnishing satisfactory proof to the City attorney that we have
standby.
Paul: For the record until we get that documentation, my
position is that we are not acknowledging any option while we are
attempting to accommodate the applicant given the complexity of
the project. But definitely that would be a condition. This
whole proceeding without the applicant having demonstrated it to
my satisfaction is conditioned upon them being able to do this at
some point.
Tom Kerwin: A letter came while Doug was out of town and I saw
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the letter. It did not terminate the option. It is from Mr.
Klingston and it dealt with the mechanics of continuing the
option. It does relate to the four lots. I think that you are
right, Paul, we will supply that to you but my best information
is that that option is not terminated.
Doug Allan: We will supply that before we go forward at another
meeting if that is your choice.
Tom: Before the public hearing I have been asked by Barry
Lefkowitz to read you something which he could not be here for.
It is a letter to the Commission. "I wrote you about this matter
last year and my views are even stronger now. I have unit 180 at
Timberridge Condominiums. The Timberridge and Lift One people
will be much better off with the well planned Mountain View
proposal, vacating Juan Street and rezoning the Ski Company
parking lot which allows the building to be well away from us,
150 feet. They are concerned about not getting it within 5 ft of
the building. And will ultimately enhance all surrounding
property values. I believe a lot of thought has gone into this.
Please give this your careful review. It is as important to our
town as the Aspen Mountain Lodge and Little Nell Hotel." He
enclosed a copy of the letter to you written in 1986 which I
guess is in your file from last year in which he said he was
surprised to learn that a Dave Ellis, a unit owner and president
of the Condominium Association had given the Commission members
the perhaps unintended but nevertheless misleading appearance of
representing the view of Timberridge owners as a whole. Dave
Ellis has never contacted us regarding the Mountain View Proposal
and certainly has no authority to make any statements to you on
their behalf.
Welton asked for further public comment.
Greg Oleman, a resident and citizen of Aspen since 1969: Over
the last 6 months I have become familiar with this situation just
for my own personal interest and not for any particular reason.
I have to admit that I don't envy any of you having to go through
all of this. I feel that in a way it is almost "Let's make a
deal" type of proposition. Here you are with an applicant who
has presented you with a proposal that was voted on that was
reviewed by Planning and Zoning that was approved for 39 units or
whatever and then several months later realizing that the total
proposal can't be approved because you can only approve 39 units
instead of the total amount that the applicant was looking for.
Suddenly lets change the deal and change the proj ect. Now you
can pick from one of three doors. Essentially Plan A, Plan B or
Plan C. And if you will look at this, each one is completely
different.
The schematic drawing of Plan A shows two buildings, Plan B shows
two buildings each the same size. Plan C is most interesting.
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It is something that has never been shown before Planning and
Zoning. It shows 3 buildings. Are we to assume that each
building is the same size on this schematic drawing as on these
two schematic drawings? I simply question whether the extra
square footage is going to go. Are the bedrooms larger? Yet the
bedrooms are not larger according to Mr. Cantrup's architects.
In the drawings that have already been presented, its the same.
They are proposing one-bedroom apartments with kitchens. This is
a new development which has not been reviewed by the Planning &
Zoning staff.
I'm glad that you are provided with drawings of the new proposal
because it is not part of publ ic record. I was down earl ie r
today to get copies of what was publ ic record and that was not
part of the record.
Tom: Those are just blowups of what you have in your hand.
Greg: Actually, that is not quite true. It might be true, but I
don't think so. I was looking at these drawings and they are not
the same. Providing that it is, looking at page 11 down in the
lower
Hyatt: Those drawings are exactly the same as these. These are
drawings that were not finished when they had to be sent for a
meeting with Steve Burstein.
Paul: When you are saying this and that, you are referencing the
documents Mr. Oleman has in his hand as being premature in
preparation.
Hyatt: I don't know what these drawings were submitted as. As
the architect, I was preparing and have prepared these sketches,
this package to bring to this meeting today.
Paul: When you say this sketch you are holding onto something.
Hyatt: This whole package was prepared to bring to this meeting
to these P&Z members because it is difficult a lot of times in
the meeting rooms for the people sitting at the table to see the
stuff on the walls. So they can look at a package sitting on
their desk.
Paul: It seems to me you have acknowledged that what is on the
walls was different than what has been distributed.
Hyatt: The drawings are same. These are numbered. Those were
hand numbered.
Greg: As a point of clarification, they are not the same. I
will just let you take a look at this and tell me whether that
matches anything that is on the wall.
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Paul: If this is going to be a problem in the future, the record
should be clear as to what is being referred to. And if the
documents on the wall are the same as the documents that are
going to be admitted into the record, I would like there to be
some explanation of what the difference is.
Doug: All of these documents are here for discussion purposes
only at this point to try and get some feedback from P&Z as to
where they feel they should go with changes in the project if
they want to make changes. As I said at the start, we would like
to do what is over there on the left. We prefer not to make
these changes unless we have to. And we need to work out, with
the help of the Planning and Zoning Commission, what changes will
be made if any. The sole purpose of these is to discuss so you
can have some alternatives to look at. Similar to when the Ski
Company came here and they brought 5 different drawings of how to
handle Skier dropoff and that was discussed for an hour and a
half. Finally P&Z decided which version of the skier dropoff
they wanted to adopt. That is what we are trying to do.
Greg: I am simply presenting something that is in the public
record which you are not presented with here. And that is,
please pass this around because it is rather important. Look in
the lower right hand corner and see that there are three
buildings outlined on plan C. Building 1 has 12 one-bedroom
units, 12 two-bedroom units. Building 3 has 14 one-bedroom
units. You are not presented with that here. The original
proposal provided for one-bedroom units. This proposal is
talking about apartments for lodges for more than one-bedroom
units.
What I am getting at is essentially just one point. And that is
that the applicant doesn't know what he is trying to propose to
you. You don't know what the applicant is trying to propose
because the applicant hasn't a clue. He knows that he has been
granted 39 units. He is trying to provide you with the best
schematic drawing he can to try and fill up the 39 units. It has
nothing to do at all with the original proposal that was reviewed
by the Planning and Zoning staff and by you. You didn't even get
this until today. How in the world can you consider this at this
point or any point in the near future because it is a new
proposal. It is not a new proposal, it is 3 new proposals.
Hyatt: I think that that piece of paper you have there is was a
document left with the Planning & Zoning that has a lot of Mr.
Cantrup's own personal notes on it. I am not working with those
numbers. All of those personal notes on those are his own notes
that he has left and someone has copied it and somehow that got
on the record. It could have been a grocery list written on that
sheet.
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Greg: So we are to assume then that the one end is one-bedroom
units.
Hyatt: They are one-bedroom units.
GMP rating.
Steve: Plan #1 is the original.
trying to clear the public record to
no problem with it.
Wel ton: The footpr int of Site Plan A is the same as the
footprint of site plan B. B has 39 units instead of 58 units.
Therefore very little is changed from what was scored in GMP with
site plan A. It is a matter of lowering it and trying different
circulation patterns.
It has to be that for the
I think that Paul is just
be sure that there will be
Hyatt: The building footprint is the same. We have lowered from
58 to 39 units. The concept of these buildings originally had
center spaces not dissimilar from the Jerome with units around
them. When you go from 58 units down to 39 units, I may look at
condensing the buildings even more now because it may make sense
to look at a different core plan within that configuration. But
in order for us to keep the same GMP application, it seemed to us
that one of the biggest items was bulk and height. A criteria
that everyone has is lower building. We would also like to see
more open space.
Site plan C: All this is is to show that Juan Street remains.
We can do a project here and there will be some zoning here.
This is by no means a representation of that. It is just to show
a roadway system and that is all. One of the things that we did
do when we moved the road is the building is no longer sitting on
the alleged Austin property. There is no building on that piece
of property.
Welton: If the section of the parcel of property
you are still asking for the R-15 to change. You
density and/or FAR as if it had not been changed.
is zoned R-15,
are basing the
Is that true?
Doug: We have this little keyhole here which is R-15. We are
still pursuing rezoning this section but not this. We feel that
this is a logical line. There is L-2 around up the hill down the
hill and off to the East. This should be L-2. The Ski Company
started a rezoning request and then they dropped it. I am still
not exactly sure why they did that because the parking was and is
a non-conforming use to that site. I don't know how it has been
allowed to remain a R-15. That, according to the legal
definition is truly spot zoning when it is surrounded by L-2. We
weren't quite as secure with those last 4 lots on the right.
That is one of the compromises we are willing to make is to back
off on those 4--not to increase the density, not to put anything
on it.
/I,
Paul: Could you show them where this transition land is.
Hyatt: There has been some confusion on that subject. And Mr.
Richman and Mr. Burstein admitted to us the other day that the
transition line is actually not striking our property but is the
other side of it. In other words, our property is not in the
transition zone.
Doug: This is all zoned with the exception of this little piece
and this piece. And I don't have a blown up drawing of this but
our site right here and the transition zone starts here and runs
up the hill.
Steve: I think this was clarified at our last meeting that we
stated that the transition line basically goes below the mine
dumps and above the project site, not including the mine dumps
portion of it. The transition concept is a general concept and
we believe the R-15 zoning is embodied in that to keep a low
density, to keep a certain transition type of development as you
go towards the mountain as well as up the mountain. And that
general concept should be considered and is still a matter which
we are very concerned about.
Welton asked for further public comment.
Greg:
same.
two by
Under the site plan C, the square footage might be the
But isn't the density significantly larger than the other
the mere fact of having 3 buildings instead of 2.
Welton:
going
where
site.
We don't know that yet. Conceptually they are just
to show the street patterns. And if Juan Street stays
it is, then the building gets fractured and split on the
Greg: What I am saying is that you all are very confused by what
they have proposed and I think everyone is.
Welton: We are all in the same boat.
Welton asked for any further public comment.
Fred Smith of Lift One Condominiums. I am not speaking for Lift
One Condominium Association. I really did not know this was
about to happen. The last meeting we had of the owners, we
talked about this proposal and we feel that they have taken into
account all the neighbors including Timberridge. C, to us, is a
totally unacceptable approach to it. I masses, all the density
immediately in front of us. Juan has always been a non-street.
There has never been any parking on it. There is not any through
traffic on it. It opens up that area zoned R-15 that you are
trying to keep as a transition. It seems to us that A or B is
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the way to go.
Steve: Doug Allan said that the allocations were not certain for
the residential competition until December of last year. He is
right with regard to GMP exemptions. We don't tabulate those
until basically the time of the competition and so there is some
uncertainty but there is not the same degree of uncertainty for
applicants not knowing what is going on with basically 3 years of
allocation, 85, 86 and 87. Furthermore with regard to magnitude
of changes, I think it is still basically up to the P&Z to
consider what they feel is appropriate. But I did take a look at
Resolution 84-11 that Tom Kerwin had referenced in some meetings
with the Aspen Mountain Lodge to get a concept of what City
Council had done. Basically there is in the conditions of
clarification of architecture, clarification of street impact and
mitigation of those impacts, a clarification of the hotel
ownership and management. That is about it. That was the bulk
of what was accomplished by the resolution of City Council when
they had gone through their processes. I still would believe
that the magnitude change of this project is considerably more
relative to the size of the projects.
My last point is that everyone is looking at the project to see
whether it looks like they have addressed a lot of the concerns
and I think that we really are getting some improvements. I think
they really are moving forward. But we haven't had a chance to
review it. The staff, including the Engineering, hasn't and I
think again you have to be concerned about what is the proper
procedure for doing an amendment to a project when it is a GMP
and a subdivision application of this sort.
Welton: In looking at this and feeling a lot more sure about
what I am seeing now than before, I don't see anything called by
as such a dramatic change that it is a different project. The
footprint looks the same to me as A and B. How does the
Commission feel as to how to proceed on this thing.
Jim Colombo: We should set up our schedule so as to work with
the applicant. I personally am in favor of working with the
applicant. I don't see any dramatic changes in utilization of the
content that are changing the project totally. I see
improvements at this stage. I would be willing to go ahead and
work with the applicant rather than have him come back.
Mari: I would rather see them come back. We don't know what is
going on. I do think the changes are in the right direction. We
don't do this for other people after they pass the threshold.
Welton: Yes we do.
David: I want some clarification. They passed the threshold
from us, went on to Council and Council gave them 39 units of
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residential.
Steve: No, there is
scoring and that is
the other reviews.
has seen it so far.
not allocation. It is only gone through
it. It has been tabled with regard to
Council has not seen this at all. Only
GMP
all
P&Z
David: Our charge then is to recommend allotment, not to look at
rezoning overall. There is a lot of confusion. Basically we are
looking at rezoning. We are looking at where the roads go.
Steve: Conceptual subdivision and then protocol is to make all
the reviews pertinent to the project and send it on to Council.
David: It is two thirds the size of what it was in rough
conf iguring looking at square footage. This is very positive.
What bothers me is there is so much new being presented and I am
having a hard time getting hold of it. I don't know that I want
to send you all back to do the whole thing over again. I wish
Paul was here so he could realize what we might be doing in
setting a precedent and I am real concerned about setting any
kind of precedent where we blow the whole thing apart basically.
Is this a lodge unit? Are you putting in new lodges or is this a
residential unit and you want us to put it in residential? One
time you say it is a lodge unit and you want to compete with
those lodges there. The other time you say you are going for
residential units and you want to go residential. So I am just
saying you can't use the residential benefits when you want to
say residential and use the lodge benefits when you say lodge
units. I think that with the smaller in size and other things
like that, I would be willing to work with you and come back.
I have not liked the ownership situation on the property all the
way along. I think that we are totally wrong in doing that. Our
City attorney advises us that it is OK so I have to go ahead and
do that because I work for the City. But if I had a choice of
it, I would say when the property is clearly owned then you come
to us. Otherwise you can't just go continually with who owns the
property and who owns this and who owns that. What this does for
us is open up to anybody who wants to come before us and make a
proposal without having any kind of a deal on any property, just
go ahead and make a proposal, we have to take it. I personally
don't like that. My feeling is like Jim Colombo, come on with it
but I am not real happy with some of the things that are going
on.
Doug: You don't have to own a property at all. All you have to
do is have it under option.
David: There have always been questions about the option all the
way along. And so my feeling is that this question about the
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option is that you don't even have to own the option. So all of
a sudden you get into a situation where there is a lot of
attorneys in this room. They just go and they say OK we have
seen what Council has done, we have seen what P&Z has done, now
we will go ahead and play that same game again. All of a sudden
what we have done, we are skirting what the law is. The law is
set up one way and all of a sudden we are creating a whole set of
new laws. I am just real concerned about that.
Doug: May I tell you that on the Aspen Mountain Lodge, the
Roberts thing was in an identical situation for 2 and one half
years, he was held in an unclear situation. So there is a
parallel. We will reconvince the City attorney and satisfy that
requirement for you.
Hyatt: I agree with you on the land. As the architect I have a
little bit of a difficulty sometimes too in understanding all the
land and all the land options. I don't understand it either.
Roger Hunt: I will continue on this land issue because I worry
about letters from attorneys to attorneys concerning land because
the Aspen Highlands continued on forward without an option on a
piece of property and they got approvals still without an option
on a piece of property even though the attorneys with their
boiler plate and their going around Murphy's Bar and managed to
convince each other that they had an option. I will be
devastating on this subject when it comes up.
I have an extremely grave problem with rezoning property that you
don't have under option. And, in effect, my rhetorical question
at this point is why do you need to rezone if you are building
residential type units? You can go right in and build
residential type units in L-2 and R-15 LP&Z. To me the
underlying zoning determines the size of the project. That is
where I am coming from. I have to join Mari's concern about the
project. I think she was right on. If I have to be put to it, I
am willing to work with the applicant. I would much rather see it
come back as a new project. You just don't have a clean thing to
work with here. So I would prefer seeing it come back as a new
project.
Jasmine: I think one of the reasons I have such a hard time with
this project from the very beginning is that it has never been
either fish or fowl. It has always been q. residence but it is
going to be a lodge. It is going to be run as a lodge, but it is
going to be a residence. But when we zone it to lodge, it is
going to be approved for this number of residential units, etc.
And David pointed out before the kind of "I want the best of both
worlds" that has been the approach of this project. I have
always had a real difficult time coming to grips with it.
It seems to me that the changes substantial enough that it would
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be a lot easier and a lot cleaner to come in with a new project
and I think that if you want to have rezoning, then you should
apply under the lodge competition because these are going to be
short term and it is going to be operated as a hotel. I would
much prefer to see that happening because I think that reflects a
much more accurate picture of what this project is going to be
ultimately. I think it would give the whole community a better
idea of what is going to happen and to address the kind of impact
that a lodge type operation on this site would have. I think
that there is nothing wrong with a lodge type operation on this
site. If it requires a rezoning to accomplish it, well fine, let
us look at it in terms of the advantages and drawbacks of that
particular type of usage on that particular type of property. I
could not go along with a rezoning to L-2 for residential
property. I don't think that makes any sense. I think that the
applicant can make a really good condominiamized lodge property
on this site with a new proposal which would be pretty much in
the general direction that they have been going anyway. This
would work out to be a project that we could all sort of endorse
in a wholehearted fashion. I would much rather see this come in
as a new project along the lines of what they have already done
but with everything clean and let us know exactly what we are
dealing with.
Ramona: I have a real problem with the communion approach that
has been used on this project over the last 6 months. We don't
know whether HBC Investments owns this property, has a
controlling interest in the property, even has an option on the
property. Before we approve a project for this property, I would
like to know for sure that we are indeed approving it for the
owner. There is a great deal of property west of Garmisch Street
which mostly belongs to the Barbee family. I don't see that
Garmisch Street in either configurations in A or B really
services all of the Barbee property. I think we should have more
information on traffic circulation in that area before we can
really make a definitive judgment on it. I am willing to work
with everybody. I think we have worked with a lot of other
projects but I don't really see much future in continuing to have
sessions like tonight when we really don't have information that
is necessary to arrive at a decision. I know we don't have to
arrive at a decision tonight but how many months or years are we
going to go on with this before we do arrive at a decision.
Welton: The decision we need to make tonight is whether or not
to have a motion to deny the rezoning, the concept ual
subdivision, street vacation and basically send them back to
start the GMP process allover again or whether somebody can make
a motion to continue this public hearing for further discussion
as to the amendment to a GMP application and these other matters.
Roger: I make a motion recommending that the applicant re-apply
at the appropriate time.
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Jasmine seconded the motion.
Roll Call: Jim Colombo, no, Ramona Markalunas, no, Mari Peyton,
yes, Roger Hunt, yes, David White, yes, Jasmine Tygre, yes,
Welton Anderson, no.
Tom: I have in my files an offer from the present anticipated
owner. I don't know how much you folks know about the
Trump/Commerce, Roberts/Aspen Ski Corporation real title fiasco.
It has been in court now for a year and a half and I have a
proposal from Mr. Bob Hughes that says we would like to extend
regardless of all the litigation that has gone on between Mr.
Cantrup's option in any event. And I spoke with Mr. Bob Hughes
just a few moments before this meeting started and he again
reiterated that.
Some of you seem to be concerned that there is uncertainty about
that subject. There is not uncertainty from our standpoint.
There has been no uncertainty from Paul Taddune's standpoint and
I think you should understand that we cannot come back and re-
apply in December because we can't wait that long. We would have
to go to court. The legal ramifications of going to court
involve all the people I have just mentioned. It isn't feasible
for us to just go back and re-apply. The court hearing which you
may have seen recorded in the paper resulted in an agreement
between Roberts and Commerce by which Roberts, in effect, turned
over this property and he got a special deal in connection with
the other site. You are soon going to have a completely new
application from Mr. Trump on the Aspen Mountain Lodge. You are
going to have a legal question of discrimination. You dealt with
Mr. John Roberts during a period of about a year when he had no
rights on the property. His contract went to the Federal Judge,
and was reversed, thrown out of court. Mr. Cantrup was there and
I was there the day that happened. They started to go through
the process again in court and a new contract was entered into a
year later. So you have an identical situation and you continued
right along with him. What we are going to have to contend is
that the City of Aspen is discriminating against Mr. Cantrup and
in favor of these other people. That is why I thought you ought
to know about that. There does seem to be a progress going on
here and I am uncertain to what extent--and I would ask you to
reconsider your vote--to what extent the uncertainty about the
legal status.
Mr Taddune is familiar with it. He is not in the room right now.
I have asked Paul to verify this by talking to Bob Hughes
himself. I have been directing that to the mass of the property,
not to the 4 lots involving Austin because except for seeing that
letter, I am not really familiar with that.
Welton: Another motion is necessary to make that last vote more
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formal. Page 4 of the Planning Office memo is a recommendation
of the rezoning conceptual, street vacation and consider cash in
lieu of employee housing.
Roger Hunt: I will move to 1) Recommend to City Council to deny
the requested rezoning of Lots 3-12, Block II, Eames Addition
from R-15(PUD) (L) to L-2 Lodge; and further 2)Recommend to City
Council to deny the requested conceptual subdivision approval for
the Mountain View project; and to 3)Recommend to City Council to
deny the requested street vacation of Juan Street and 4)Recommend
to City Council to not accept the proposed cash-in-liew payment
for employee housing based on denial of the other reviews
associated with the project.
I want to include in this motion the reason for this is that
l)The majority of the P&Z felt that this was more than just a
significant modification of the application. And 2)That there
does appear to be some sort of cloud on a portion of the property
that is used in computation for the development.
Jasmine: I don't think you should put that last clause in. That
is not part of my reasoning. I will second it without that
stipulation.
Roger: I will withdraw it then.
Roll Call Vote: Jim Colombo, no, Ramona Markalunas, no, Mari
Peyton, yes, Roger Hunt, yes, David White, yes, Jasmine Tygre,
yes, Welton Anderson, no.
Roger: I would also like to move to recommend to City Council
that if they agree with this project and it should go ahead for
whatever reason that the P&Z is willing to work with the
applicant as best as possible to progress.
David White Seconded this motion with all in favor.
METS6LURA. RBSTAURAN'l COImITImII<L-usE
Glen Horn: This application is for conditional use in the C-l
very similar to the application you considered for Sumo's a few
years ago. It gets to be a question as to whether the restaurant
is local oriented or not and what type of conditions should be
placed on it. We are recommending approval with the 5 conditions
that are listed in my memorandum.
Gideon Kaufman representing the applicant: Number 3 states that
live music shall be prohibited. What we would like to see that
say is live, loud, amplified music shall be prohibited. But a
piano bar would be permitted.
Number 5 states the restaurant shall remain open during the
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spring and falloff-seasons. In our application we said that the
restaurant would be open virtually year round. We are willing to
commit that we will be open all year round except for 5 five
weeks. We feel 5 weeks is a bare minimum to be allowed to close.
With those
conditions.
owner s.
slight modifications we have no problem with the
I have 4 letters of support from adjacent property
Glen: I have had one call from Don Lemos who owns the parking
lot nearby and he wants it known that people who go to this
restaurant and park in his lot will have their cars booted.
Welton then opened the public hearing.
There was no comment from the public.
Welton closed the public hearing.
The Commission then discussed what constituted amplification of
music and the period of time the restaurant would be closed.
Roger made a motion that 13 shall read--Music shall not be heard
outside the premises. Add to IS--With the exception of 5 weeks.
Jasmine seconded the motion.
Jasmine: There has always been a problem with II in that you
really cannot make a determination that a restaurant is locally
oriented or not locally oriented. There really is no such thing.
Making restrictions and conditions on this really don't make
sense. With condition is--who are we to tell a restaurant when
they should stay open and when they should close. I don't think
that is appropriate and I would like the Planning Office and the
P&z to take a closer look at C-l and this business of local
restaurants because I think it is a farce. I think also that in
v iew of some changes in that block in particular, wi th the
exception of the Chateau Aspen Condominiums, that whole area is
really more appropriately C-L or C-C. I think we should look at
that as a general Clean-up action.
Gideon: I would be happy not to have that 5 week restriction.
We have that restriction that we shall remain open during the
spring and falloff-season. We would be much more comfortable
with 6 or 7 or no restriction at all.
Jim Colombo: I am going to vote against this motion because of
putting a restriction of time.
Roger: The argument for allowing restaurants in the C-I in the
first place was because restaurants were being priced out of the
market. So we needed to find a place for them but to keep it
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locally or iented and being locally or iented, to have year round
service. Five weeks is a lot of off-time if you are looking at
having a restaurant for local consumption. The C-l zone was for
the purpose of enhancing local activity.
The point was made here that at the off-season, the locals are
all gone to Mexico anyway.
Roger: Perhaps the direction
restaurants in the C-l zone.
restaurants.
we should go is start prohibiting
It is not an appropriate zone for
Gideon: As long as the code reads that it is a conditional use,
you can't just deny them.
Roger: But in those conditions, it has to be locally oriented.
David: I don't know how we can enforce that. It seems to me it
would be very diff icul t. The thing about 5 weeks and locally
oriented--The Mother Lode is locally oriented. There isn't
anyone in this room that I haven't seen in the Mother Lode. We
do a tremendous tourist business and we close for 4 and 1/2
months. This 5 weeks is not comfortable for me. I don't think
we can tell a business how to run. If we want the business to be
around locally then we have to give them the ability to close
when there is no business in town. Most of the locals don't have
jobs in the off-season so they don't go out to dinner in April
and Mayas they do in the summer or winter.
Welton: There is a motion on the floor to approve with
conditions being the same but i3 to read loud music shall be
prohibited and .5 to add with the exception of 5 weeks.
Roll Call: Jim Colombo, no, Ramona Markalunas, no, Mari Peyton,
no, Roger Hunt, yes, David White, no, Jasmine Tygre, yes, Welton
Anderson, yes.
Denied.
Jim Colombo: I make a motion for approval with conditions '1 as
existing, .2 as existing, .3 modified to read music not to be
heard outside the building, i4 as existing and striking '5.
Ramona seconded this motion.
Roger: I would like the Planning Office t9 read the conditions
under which an applicant has to apply for conditional use for a
restaurant in the C-l zone.
Glen: 12, whether the proposed use is consistant with the
objectives and purposes of the zoning code in the applicable
zoning district. The intent of the C-I zone district is to
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provide "when the establishment of commercial uses which are not
primarily oriented toward serving the tourist population."
The intent to provide for the establishment of commercial uses
which are not primarily oriented toward serving the tourist
population. Restaurant is a conditional use.
The criteria: The key concern is whether or not it is locally
oriented. The interpretation of this is up to your discretion.
Welton asked if there was any further discussion on the motion.
Everyone voted in favor of this motion except Roger Hunt.
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Glen Horn: You are familiar with the Moses Property from the
rezoning and creation of two lots that we went through this
winter. The parcel is within 50 yards of the 8040 Greenline and
therefore must go through 8040 Greenline Review. It is Gaard's
intention to tear down one of the buildings on the property and
reconstruct on the existing footprint. I don't think visual
concerns are very pertinent to this case because the site is very
well screened due to the topography. It is in a bench down below
Little Nell. I do want to point out there was a miner mud flow
there this spring. It caused some concern on our part as well as
Gaard's in designing this properly.
The conditions associated with our recommendation and the
recommendation of this approval is that representations made by
the applicant will be adhered to. There will be mitigation
measures such deflection walls and burms that should be
constructed. This is consistant with the recommendation from a
consultant that Gaard has hired.
Finally you have got this one phrase in the letter from the
consultant that said that additional studies are recommended
prior to building. I am not sure whether he put it in there just
to cover himself in terms of potential danger in the future. He
is concerned about larger mud flow in Spar Gulch. Jay Hammond,
the City Engineer, was concerned about it and therefore we are
recommending that the City Engineer be satisfied about the mud
flow conditions prior to the issuance of a building permit. This
is at the request of the City Engineer. This is the only
outstanding issue.
Gideon Kaufman representing Gaard Moses: The letter from Chen &
Associates reads "In our opinion there is a potential for larger
degree of flows. Additional studies should be undertaken to
determine the probable degree flow and water flow impacts.
Mitigation measures such as deflecting walls and burms may be
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required to protect the new residents.w
Now it seems to me since we are, as a condition, willing to say
that we will build the deflecting walls and burms that we are
satisfying the conditions. It says mitigation measures mn be
required. They may mzt. be required. But if we are willing to
put them in anyway it seems to me we have potentially satisfied
the concern that is addressed here. Gaard has lived up there for
20 years and there has never been a problem before.
During this process we were co-erced into giving the Nordic
Council a trail. Nordic Council put their trail in and after the
trail went in, there is a mud slide. Gaard doesn't want to build
a house that is going to get wiped out.
Jim Colombo: You are saying you are going to go ahead and put in
the retaining walls at this time?
Gideon: Yes.
Ramona: When you put in the deflecting walls then what happens
to the mud flow? This is above the Aspen Chance.
Gideon: When the Aspen Chance came in they put in a large
floodway channel. Gaard has a smaller one above it and what
happened was that when this particular slide came it basically
stayed in the channel on his property. A little of the mud
sluffed off and the rest went down the Aspen Chance. When we do
the burm it will all be directed into the channel instead of
coming down the Alps Road.
Jasmine: I would assume that the reason that .3 is included is
to protect the City from potential law suits resulting from any
construction that would then eventually be related to mud flows
either on Gaard's property or anybody else's. The question is of
the City liability in giving a permit and the potential damages
coming as a result of this no matter how far fetched and what the
City's liability is in that situation.
Roger: I move to approve the Moses 8040 Greenline Review of the
subject to condition '1 being the same as in the Planning Office
memo dated 6/16/87. Condition i2 being the same as in the same
memo except that shall include to the satisfaction of the City
Engineer. Condition i3 being struck.
Jim Colombo seconded the motion with all in favor.
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Glen: The main thing here is this particular site is not in
danger from the Roaring Fork River. The building envelope is not
in danger and if we had a staff review mechanism, we would sign
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off on this. We can't do it because of the code. It is the type
of thing we would like to clean up. We recommend approval of
this stream margin review.
Roger: I move to approve the Torpen Stream Margin Review.
David White seconded the motion with all in favor.
Jim Colombo made a motion to adjourn.
Motion was seconded by Jasmine with all in favor.
The time was 7:IS pm.
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