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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
MAY 8. 1990
Chairman Welton Anderson called meeting to order at 4:30pm.
Answering roll call were Graeme Means, Bruce Kerr, Roger Hunt,
and Welton Anderson. Richard Compton was 15 minutes late,
Michael Herron and Mari Peyton were excused and Jasmine Tygre was
absent.
COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS
Graeme Means asked what the reason was for having a noon whistle
in the west end.
Roger: It rattles your windows every time it goes off.
Graeme: Yes.
Welton: It wakes up the baby.
Graeme: Yes. Exactly.
doesn't like it as much.
that but why does it have
I have always put up with it but he
If there is a fire reason I understand
to go off at noon every day.
Roger: I think it is neat that it is not in my back yard.
Graeme is right across the alley from it.
And
Eve Homeyer: About 19 years we had the discussion.
Councilman thought it was an invasion of privacy to have
thing go off every day. The real reason it goes off is to
the fire whistle to be sure it is operational.
One
that
test
STAFF COMMENTS
staff asked for a change in the agenda.
allow the change.
It was decided not to
Roxanne reported on the
to Vail, Breckinridge
bikeway systems. This
Advisory Committee.
field trip she, Mari and Richard went on
and Boulder to review pedestrian and
was in connection of the Neighborhood
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were none.
MINUTES
MARCH 27. 1990
Roger made motion to adopt these minutes.
Richard seconded the motion with all in favor.
SANDERS STREAM MARGIN REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE
FOR SATELLITE DISH
PUBLIC HEARING
Welton opened the public hearing.
There were no public comments and he closed the public hearing.
He then continued the hearing to date certain of June 5, 1990.
SMUGGLER MOBILE HOME PARK CODE AMENDMENT
AND PUD AMENDMENT
PUBLIC HEARING
Welten opened the public hearing.
There were no public comments and he closed the public hearing.
He then continued the hearing to date certain of May 22, 1990.
ASPEN MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION ICE RINK
PUBLIC HEARING
Welton opened the public hearing.
There were no public comments and he closed the public hearing.
He then continued the hearing to date certain of May 22, 1990.
GOLF COURSE PUD AMENDMENT
PUBLIC HEARING
Welton re-opened the public hearing.
Leslie made presentation as attached in record.
Glenn Horn: Presented plans for course maintenance, storage,
parking and landscaping for golf course.
Roger: There is not a major need for visitor parking but
occasionally somebody has to go out there and conduct business at
the Park's Office. Where would that be?
Glenn: Using drawings showed where this would be.
Graeme: A number of people use this as an access in the winter
for Skiing the trails. Is there any provision for that?
Glenn: You just take the bike path, you go right through the
operation and go out 15 T. There is not going to be anything to
prevent that from happening. That will still be open.
Graeme:
problem.
I know the Parks Dept has a really serious storage
Does this solve that problem?
Glenn: It doesn't solve it on a long term basis. They still
have the lean-to on the Marolt property. That could end and
there could be a problem with storage at Truscott Place at some
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time. But for the time being this takes care of all of the short
term needs. This takes care of 100% of the Golf needs.
Welton asked for public comment.
Welton read into the record letter from Jess Graber in support of
the proposal. (attached in record)
Bill Sharp:
hearing.
The area already looks much better since the last
There was no further public comment and Welton closed the public
portion of the hearing.
Welton asked if the applicant had any problem with any of the
conditions.
Glen: We have reviewed them and there is no problem. We will
make this drawing a part of the plat amendment and it will go on
to Council for their approval and this will become a sheet as
part of the PUD plat of the golf course.
Leslie: I would also add a 15th condition that outlines what
they have said that there will be no more equipment storage
there. I will define it so that the language goes with the map.
MOTION
Roger: I move to recommend approval of the amendment of the PUD
golf course maintenance facility and surrounding area as
presented here with the following conditions as amended at the
April 17th Commission meeting. Conditions 1 through 14 (attached
in record) being the same as Planning Office memo dated May 8,
1990 with the addition of condition 15--
Leslie: What I will do is I will say verbally what is on the map
so that condition will match the map that will ultimately be
approved.
Glenn: This exhibit is part of the--and it has got the
guidelines in it and we can reference this exhibit on the plat.
Roger: OK. That will be basically condition 15.
record)
Bruce seconded the motion.
(attached in
I think it is a really good idea to include that as part of the
public record. That way if we start having boats being stored
there or other things that aren't on this list--everybody knows
what things are to be stored there and if there are things that
aren't supposed to be there someone can come in and correct it.
That is where we ran into problems in the past.
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Glenn: It will be a help the guys of the Golf and Parks Depts.
Everyone voted in favor of the motion.
COTTAGE INFILL PROGRAM
CODE AMENDMENT FOR DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
PUBLIC HEARING
Leslie made presentation.
(attached in record)
Tom and I were talking about the fact that if we are recommending
that you can vary a side yard setback for a detached and you go
all the way to the lot line the impact to the other potential
development on the other side of that lot line could be onerous.
Leslie: Basically what these code amendments do is it still
keeps the accessory dwelling unit as a conditional use review.
We have put a cap on the size of the detached unit which is 850.
We are recommending that in the review of your detached accessory
dwelling unit that you have the ability to vary the side yard
setback, the rear yard setback in the R-6 zone, the height of the
detached building in the rear 2j3rds of the property and the
difference between the building and the parking remains the same
as it is with an accessory dwelling unit. No parking requirement
for a studio one bedroom but anything above that you are required
a parking space for the additional bedroom.
Roger: I agree with the limitation on square footage but like
other places in the west end that doesn't really help the bulk
situation. What is to prevent them from going 850sqft 3 stories
high.
Leslie: Site coverage.
Welton: That height doesn't have anything to do with the site
coverage.
Leslie: To minimize bulk of filling up the lot is the site
coverage requirement.
Roger: That is site coverage but not bulk.
refuse to address the third dimension.
We continually
Welton: If it is 850sqft space, once you go above 10ft every
foot above lOft you start adding square footage.
Roger: So it will be working with that existing formula then.
Welton: That is how you figure any square footage.
maximum is 850sqft then it is 425sqft per floor.
If the
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Richard: I like the Ordinance the way it is. The issue is about
setback variance or attached units I don I t basically support
that. It would allow people to extend the main house basically
into the--create more space for the main house by shoving part of
it into the side yard setback or the back yard setback.
I support Roger's point on the wells and the side yards in the
safety perspective as a prime consideration there.
Say a detached garage scenario with an apartment above it, is
that included in this?
Roxanne: That is why you will have the ability to vary height is
to allow that situation.
Graeme: So this is a deed restricted unit and is it mandatory
that they do rent it?
Leslie: No. This falls in the same guidelines which if and when
they rent it they must rent it to a resident of the County. If
they don't rent it the Housing Authority is going to come along
and say you have to take the top person from our list.
The housing Authority or the Planning Dept isn't going to tell
who they have to rent it to. The owner has the choice of who and
when to rent it.
Graeme: Or that they have to rent it. Right? But do they have
to rent it?
Leslie: No.
Richard: But if they do rent it it has to be to a qualified
person for 6 months or longer.
Graeme: What is to prevent someone from building these and then
just using them themselves?
Leslie: There is really nothing.
The philosophy behind the accessory dwelling unit program has
been that we are getting an inventory. And as the inventory
increases we will get more units that are rented.
Graeme: Are there any rules about kitchens and things like that?
Leslie: It is a unit so you have to have a kitchen and bath.
Full kitchen and full bath.
Welton: As far as the maximum of 850sqft I don't think that is--
I think that is a good guideline but I don't think it should be a
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limiting factor because in certain situations--the Elisha
Carriage House is one--that would have prohibited a detached
accessory dwelling unit from happening in the Elisha Carriage
House because the existing floor area of the second floor was
867sqft which 17sqft more than what this maximum would have
allowed.
I would like to see the 850 as a guideline but that it could be
varied by special review so that there is some flexibility.
Leslie: The way the language is proposed is the accessory
dwelling unit shall be excluded up to a maximum of 400sqft. You
can get a 400sqft bonus any time you go above 400sqft for your
detached accessory dwelling unit. That is coming out of your
allowable floor area.
Welton: I just think that cap should have some flexibility
designed into it.
If we are going to be talking about varying side yards and rear
yards perhaps the maximum if it is appropriate.
Richard: Could a clause be added putting that in terms of
percentage of the total allowable floor area so that you make
sure you end up with an accessory unit instead of a duplex.
Something in the 20 to 25% maximum or 850sqft whichever is
greater.
Roxanne: We looked at that too.
percentage that made any sense.
We could not come up with a
Leslie: The thing that we did do is we reference the special
review section that is already in the code and we think that
probably as we get into it that we will have to tighten up the
special review section in a manner that give you some true
guidance on this stuff.
Welton: It should also give us some flexibility.
Roxanne: That is a good point, Welton. What we are thinking of
doing with this special review section is actually standards for
this kind of thing.
Welton: I don't think it is right or proper to have one set of
criteria for detached resident accessory dwelling unit vs a
different set of criteria for attached resident dwelling unit.
The same kinds of flexibility should be available whether they
apply to attached or detached.
Graeme: I think it would be a good idea to have someone research
what the code says about window wells.
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Leslie: Jack Reid of the streets Dept has asked that he be in
the loop when we do accessory detached dwelling units so he can
make sure that when we are looking at a 0 rear yard setback in an
alley that given that particular situation that he has the
ability to get down the alley with his plows.
The Fire Dept has asked to be in the loop also for this kind of
stuff.
Bruce: I am in favor of some kind of cottage infill program. I
may not understand all of the ramifications of this ordinance but
I am a little concerned about its breadth and what appears to me
to be kind of overreaching. I envision the cottage infill kind
of unit being in areas where there are alleys.
If I understand this right it looks like it is going to apply
virtually every residential type zone district that we have got.
So I am not too keen on that. I want to know if this applies
just to R-6 or whatever. I am concerned about that maybe the
detached affordable dwelling units or accessory dwelling units
only ought to be in areas where we have got existing alleyways.
In the Article V, section D where it talks about the conditional
requirements it uses language where it says "The P&Z shall find
that the variation is more compatible in character with the
primary residence than would be development in accord with the
dimension of the primary. I know that it says down below that
subject to special review standards--but I am a little concerned
about what criteria--is that sort of at the whim of P&Z?
I am concerned about what criteria we use to make a judgment.
When is it really more in character with the primary residence.
Article 5-508-C. That language I am sure probably is already in
the code. But I am curious as to why we don't want to give these
kinds of units credit as affordable housing units under those
various programs that we have got. Is there some reason why?
Maybe if we did give them credit we would get more of them built.
Leslie: For the exact problem that we have that the way the
accessory dwelling program lS set up is they are only deed
restricted to resident occupancy. All these other units we get
through growth management are deed restricted to price and income
and the people who rent those must qualify and they must be
rented and they can also be sold.
Bruce: But if our philosophy is to flood the market with
inventory then why not give them credit?
In Article 8 Section B where it talks about the development of no
more than one accessory dwelling unit and I see that you are
striking out the language "Per each dwelling unit". As it stands
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right now someone could build on a duplex lot where there is an
existing duplex--coUld build 2 detached or attached accessory
dwelling units.
Leslie: Right. That language was in there--we have it in the
RMF zone and we have it in the Office zone where if you do a
duplex you are required to do either an accessory dwelling unit
per each free market unit or deed restrict one of your free
market units.
As we were going through Ord #1 that was one of the sections that
we were going to do is accessory dwelling unit for each unit
within the duplex. And the overwhelming community sentiment was
that that was way too dense.
Bruce: Surprise, surprise.
So now if there is an existing duplex or a new duplex to be
built, there is only one accessory dwelling unit.
Leslie: Yes.
Roxanne: To respond to Roger's comment on the language about the
review standard--the language is in the code for when they review
for mumble There had to be a way that they could link
into-a-finding that--they couldn't just do it arbitrarily. They
have a lot of guidelines that they use but there had to be some
language in there that they tied it to. So that is verbatim the
same language. If you have some suggestions as to how to change
that--
Bruce: No. I am not a craftsman of ordinances. But it just
seems to me that we are setting ourselves up for a case where
someone would come in and say "Well you were arbitrary and
capricious in the way you turned me down" if we don't really have
standards.
Leslie: So you think we should go back into the special review
section and layout some standards for--to say subordinate and
compatible with.
Graeme expressed the same type of concerns regarding height
variations.
Wel ton: I have been on Roxanne's case concerning the HPC I S
ability to vary certain things if they were compatible, namely
FAR. There was a little FAR bonus that was created about 10
years ago for historically designated structures that was just
icing on the cake for historic structures so that they have
something that non-historic structures don't have.
Graeme: But HPC has some guideline to go by where we don't.
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Welton: Actually in that case it is hard to prove that that
extra 100ft is going to make it more compatible with anything.
And I think that same thing is true for the height or setback
variances. How do you go about proving that allowing a setback
variance is going to make it more compatible and conversely the
HPC or P&Z can turn down everything just from the getgo because
the burden of proof to prove it is compatible is on the
applicant. Or the compatability is enhanced by moving into a
side yard setback.
So I am in agreement with you guys. It is to vague.
Roxanne: So what do you recommend for language?
Graeme:
here.
Let HPC deal with it.
We don't have that expertise
Roxanne: And we will. But you have the rest of the community
out there which doesn't fall under HPC review.
Leslie: We wanted this to be an incentives program and we feel
we have to make it a conditional use. But we also wanted to
avoid a 2 step process--HPC and P&Z.
Graeme: I think we ought to come up with some clear things. I
think things in order to come off need to have a certain scale or
they are not going to work. And it is going to be almost
impossible to design some kind of thing for every different
situation.
I think we need to put some figures down and sooner or later just
say "That is it". Then people know they have guidelines. We are
not going to get into as many arguments in review with people who
feel they have a right because somebody else did something.
Bruce: I think the fair way to do it is not allow these
variances in the front yard, side yard setbacks. Because what
about the neighbor next door if neighbor #1 is allowed to go into
that setback then what does that do to the neighbor next door's
right in the future to also get into his setback. As much as we
may want these things to be built maybe the easy way to deal with
it is to not allow variations.
Roxanne: Then we won't see it happen because of the primary
residence taking up as much land as they possibly can for their
own. These are supposed to be alley oriented. The whole idea of
this thing was alley structures. It was based on historic
carriage houses that were on 0 lot lines and the adaptability of
them and then allowing new construction that was very
subordinate.
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Bruce: Well, if it is on an alley and it is a rear yard setback
I wouldn't have a problem with that. It is the side yards and
rear yards where there are no alleys that concern me.
Welton: I would like to see a lot of flexibility in the approach
and a lot of breadth in where the approach is allowed to take
place happen in this first attempt at seeing whether or not this
is going to work. There are all sorts of locations where this
should be allowed to happen and we shouldn't narrow it down
because we feel this is the safest lane. I see this as an
ordinance where it will grow and be refined.
Roxanne: We are going to develop a handbook--a guide book that
property owners will be handed when they are pre-apping with us.
Welton: There is a thing called 0 lotline. It is a planning way
of laying out subdivisions where everybody is up against the
lotline for the entire block so that there is open space. It is
all worked out together.
The guidebook should address impacts on neighbors.
Graeme: To focus again on the setback situation. I think if the
City is comfortable with giving a 5ft in the rear, that is fine.
And if you are on a corner lot on a public ROW, that is fine.
But I think if you are on an adjoining private property line I
think there ought to be a limit--maybe 2ft or something like
that.
I used to live in a place where they had a house that was right
on the property line. All of the snow came down and destroyed
fences, trees and damaged a gazebo. And you are trying to
encourage sloped roofs and the snow is a real problem. I think
any time you get within 2 feet of a property line, you really
have got a problem with the neighbors.
I think it could be clearly stated that way in terms of setbacks.
I think if we came up with some setback rules like that and with
a really definite height and area and bulk thing. I think we
need to do that.
Roger: Concerning the setbacks--I think it is a fairly simple
matter to allow a 0 setback on the side yard with a provision
that the slope does not go into the neighbor's yard. In other
words they have to deal with the snow in their yard or the alley.
Welton: This is in
the building code.
infill project.
reference to the guideline book as opposed to
This is for the do's and don'ts for a cottage
Roger: Yes. And I don't have too much of a problem of the
concept of a common 0 lotline setback on adjacent properties. I
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wanted to get to the 850sqft which I basically agree with. But I
also like the idea of being able to vary it slightly under
special review.
The formula for working out the total square footage that that
maximum number stays the same but for any square footage over
850ft that may be multiplied by 1.5 times to be subtracted from
the total. There may be a situation where 867ft is appropriate.
Leslie: Rob Wein of the Building Dept did a workup for us
regarding dwellings over a garage area and what the height would
be for an adequate height. He came up with 16ft allowed height as
a recommended for a dwelling unit above a garage.
Roxanne: You are probably looking at a 19ft high to the ridge
with a 12 12 pitch which is what we would encourage.
I think that once we try to set a height then we are going to
have any number of applications come that are not going to fit
that exact formula. I think that we can encourage that and say
this is the ideal and if your design does not fit this there is
going to be another meeting.
We have some cottages in the west end now that are 1 and 1/2
story that it would be appropriate at the rear at the alley that
they did have a very small 2 story structure.
Wel ton: I haven't heard anybody say anything in the proposed
ordinance is off the mark. I think everything is on the mark.
We are talking degrees of flexibility and how we can have
standards through special review that will allow us to look at it
with a critical eye.
I think your booklet on design standards idea right now is going
to be a very important element. It is something we should get to
know and treat almost with the same kind of importance as the
code. At least the intent of it.
I was thinking about the 0 lotline (sketching on pad) where you
and your neighbor both decide to do a carriage house infill and
sharing the common property line gives you 3 exposures and this
much extra yard. I think for that reason the side yard setback
we can't anticipate all the various combinations that individuals
and individuals in joint effort could possibly come up with to do
something creative on the alleys.
Roxanne: The HPC has granted many variations in setbacks and to
date I am not terribly unhappy with what they have come up with.
Those who are pushing the envelope, we always get some feedback
from the Fire Marshal.
Bruce: I feel very strongly that somehow or another it needs to
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be restricted out. I would be much more comfortable with it
being restricted to the areas where there are alleys.
Roger: I agree with you there.
Roxanne: But then there is the whole Smuggler area and there
were a lot of opportunities up there for a similar application
that we could still get a number of accessory units from there.
And it fits in very well but not on an alley. So we have yet to
figure out how that will work and how that will be accessed.
?: I do think that you have to listen to that 850sqft because
for instance Bruce could essentially go out onto his property,
build a garage and put a structure on the top. I think you have
to look at that 850sqft just for that scenario because someone
could build that at 30 to 40 dollars a square foot, he can rent
out his big house at $10,000 a month and be sitting back in the
garage. So I think you have to look at that.
I was confused by one thing. Do you not require a parking place
for a studio with a one bedroom accessory dwelling and if not,
why not? Or where do they park?
Roxanne: That has been discussed.
Leslie: On accessory dwelling units program, we have given a
break on the parking requirement which is in the residential as
usual a 1 space per bedroom.
So for our studios and 1 bedrooms we have decided that we would
not require a parking space for those.
It is another incentive to get different kind of units and one of
the breaks is that you are not required to provide the parking
space.
?: Why would it be a break as opposed to a congestion problem.
Where are they going to park?
Roxanne: One of the thoughts with that is that these people
might not have an automobile. Also not providing the space might
be an incentive to not have them bring a car into town.
?: We are talking R-15 and R-6. Where are they going to park?
They are going to park in the alleys. They are going to park on
the streets--just where you don't want them. It seems to me that
it might be something to consider what is a hardship in putting
in a parking space.
I like the idea of not giving them a parking space hoping they
won't bring a car but I don't find that happening with the out-
of-towner who is coming in here. And since none of the units are
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price restricted for rental, for a guy paying $1,000 for a studio
or a one bedroom at the wrong time of the year--you know damned
well if he is going to do that he is going to have his BMW
outside or something like that that Daddy gave him.
Roxanne: And then the idea to vary the height is to encourage a
garage to be built and then allow a dwelling unit above it.
Welton: In the other zone districts like R-15 zone districts, I
am thinking Gaard Moses, his Conservation zoned property up near
the Aspen Alps. It was a fairly standard suburban planning kind
of layout. My Grandparents house was like this and it was built
in the '20s where the house is on a street and there is a
driveway that goes beside the house between the house and the
property line and there is a garage behind the house and it has
an apartment above the garage.
Most people on Cemetery Lane have their garage facing right on
Cemetery Lane. I don't think that sort of layout on a piece of
property is inappropriate. I know the setbacks in the Cemetery
Lane area were designed to sort of put the house in the center of
the property and the garage attached to the house.
So to say "No, it doesn't belong in anything but the R-6 where
there are alleys", I can see all sorts of site plan possibilities
with a little more flexibility when you are not so hemmed to the
center of the site with setbacks.
For that reason I would hate to restrict it to only R-6 or zone
districts with alleys.
Roger: But in the review criteria they have to display that
there is acceptable access.
Welton: And with the conditional use you have to notify every
property owner within 300ft and if somebody thinks somebody is
building right up to their property line and going to cast a
shadow on their pea patch in the back yard then you know they are
going to come and they are going to say something.
Graeme: I still have a problem with getting within 2 feet of an
adjoining private property line unless you can work something out
with them. But I don't think that is going to happen too often.
Having had the experience with it I think it is going to make for
some bad neighbors. And I don't like it.
Welton: I tell you if I was given a notice of a public hearing
that the person next to me was going to do this, I would scream
and yell unless I could figure out some way to make it to my own
advantage to do something similar.
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Graeme: But some people aren't going to want to scream and yell
when they have the neighbor who lives right next to them who they
are supposedly trying to be good neighbors with.
If somebody builds a fence within 1ft of the property line,
nobody can get in to paint the thing or repair it or anything
like that. All the setback variations are fine with me except
for that one. If you take that out, you will have a better
success rate with these things.
Make it up to 2 and 1/2 feet and only if it adjoins another
private property.
Welton: I feel very strongly the other way that there is a
possibility where it would be appropriate.
Roxanne: Direction: Recommendation on the ordinance and a good
clear guideline either in special review or develop the handbook
as quickly as we can roll on it that deals with all of these
concerns.
Leslie: What I would like to do is--I feel there is more
discussion involved especially with other Commission members.
What I would like to do is take a crack at the special review
section. Maybe identify some of the suggestions you made within
the review standards and give you a chance to look at some
language like that.
Maybe we need more of an idea of the standard unit. I get the
feeling that you want more of an idea that you can visualize is
going to happen there. The height, the setbacks and flexibility.
Maybe we can look at the special review standards. In looking at
this we can come up with more of an agreement on this. If we get
a few that don I t work then we are going to have a lot of
criticism. I would also like to take a further look at alley vs
non-alley sites and how many we are talking about.
Welton: I suggest that you pullout some of those aerial surveys
of the west end and maybe other neighborhoods. There used to be
more for alley walkers where you would see a lot of small
buildings on the alleys and I think that might help some people
visualize it.
Roxanne: We will have a whole visual display at the next
meeting. I would like to see the ordinance recommended so that
we could get rolling with Council and we are going to have to do
some amending on this. We know that. Once we see some
applications coming through we are going to have to play with it.
It is the building season. We have been talking about this for a
year and I would like to see this ordinance get rolling on the
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guide book.
We will let Council know that you still have some reservations on
this and they will too.
MOTION
Richard: I make a motion to send this Ordinance to Council
stating concerns of Commission members regarding side yard
setbacks where it adjoins another private property owner, zone
districts outside alley zone districts where alleys are existing,
height, square footage cap whether it should be by special review
or should be a hard and fast number, flexibility in height,
special review standards and that the finding that a variation is
more compatible is a difficult judgement to make in lieu of more
defined standards.
Graeme seconded the motion.
Roger: I have a problem with this going to Council and chances
are we won't be seeing it again. I would prefer it going to
Council more by interim fashion saying "Here is where we are now.
We think these areas need more work".
Roxanne: Would you feel more comfortable if Council saw it as it
is with your recommendation that you get some feedback from them
too before we re-work it.
Welton: I don't think anybody would have a problem with that
even if it came down to joint meetings with Council.
I would like to see it see this spelled out in a concise, short
and readable memo.
Bruce: It might be advisable
same we did with Ordinance #1.
some very valuable input.
to involve the pUblic in that the
We invited certain people who had
Leslie: We can take this to first reading and then at first
reading request a work session with you all and any pUblic who
would attend.
Richard agreed to include these suggestions in his motion.
Graeme agreed to include these suggestions in his second.
Everyone voted in favor of the motion.
Welton then closed the public hearing on the code amendment.
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JAMES E. MOORE POOL
COUNTY REFERRAL
Leslie: This is a City project within the County so it is a
County review.
Mary Lackner, Planning Dept:
record.
Made presentation as attached in
Bill Efting: What we are looking at is a higher degree of the
old pool bubbles that came out 15 years ago that all caved in.
That is what we were originally looking at. As the project
progressed the pool committee got some more input and we did go
around the country looking at different structures. This one was
built down in Gunnison. For the snow load and things like that
it was far and beyond anything else we ever looked at.
What we are trying to do is generate the year-round usage of the
pool. If there is the usage the place for it to be built is on
the school property where it can really be maximized.
Roger: I like the idea of the removable structure with the pool
because it does allow use in the winter time as well as being an
open pool in the summer.
Bill: This will cost us about $100,000.
Richard questioned regarding the color.
Bill: We thought of the earth tones but--
Welton: Earth tone in the winter is white.
Bruce: How energy efficient is this?
Bill: It will heat itself. The water
itself. We are going to keep records.
these and they swear by them.
in the pool will heat
I visited several of
We probably are going to have to look at some kind of emergency
switch in case the electricity goes out and your pumps at the
pool shut down and it is 4:00am. and it is the heavy wet snow.
It is not going to be a pUblic safety danger but it could be one
of those type things--I think the heat in there will be high
enough where it would mostly melt on impact with the pitch of the
roof.
But we need to have some kind of backup device that notifies our
pool management that the system is shut down.
Roger asked regarding condensation.
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Bill: The ones I looked at--one in Glenwood, in Gunnison and
Rifle. The only place I notice was around the doors. They used
to go with the metal doors. Now they have switched to either
sliding glass or aluminum or glass with breaker doors. But that
is where you could tell. The doors were a problem.
We are now getting the pool back up to handicap access. The
group in the community has also raised funds for a winch to put
people in the pool. We are going to make it wheel chair accessed
from behind now that it is year round use. So it has really
turned into a good community project.
Roger: Go forward with diligence.
The other Commissioners agreed with this.
INFORMATION ITEM
EASEMENT ACOUISITION POLICY
What can I tell you? Nothing happened.
Meeting was adjourned.
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