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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.lu.ca.Oblock Off Street Parking.A18-93O'Block Text Amend. - Off -Street Parking 2737-182-38-024/025 A18-93 6=� pr�fl 1/7/°�D C CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET City of Aspen DATE RECEIVED: 03/26/93• PARCEL ID AND CASE NO. DATE COMPLETE: 2737-182-38-024/025 A18-93 % STAFF MEMBER: LL PROJECT NAME: O'Block Townhouses Text Amendment - Characteristics of Off -Street Parking Spaces Project Address: Legal Address: APPLICANT: Howard Bass & Harris Cahn, c/o Guy Associates Applicant Address: REPRESENTATIVE: Ted Guy, Guy Associates Representative Address/Phone: Box 1640 Basalt, CO 81611 927-3167 --------------------------=----------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- FEES: PLANNING $ # APPS RECEIVED 7 ENGINEER $ # PLATS RECEIVED 7 HOUSING $ ENV. HEALTH $ TOTAL $ TYPE OF APPLICATION: STAFF APPROVAL: 1 STEP: 2 STEP:74 P&Z Meeting Date PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO VESTED RIGHTS: Y NO CC Meeting Date PUBLIC HEARING: NO VESTED RIGHTS: YES NO DRC Meeting Date --------------------------------------------------------=------ --------------------------------------------------------------- REFERRALS: :::ZCity Attorney City Engineer Housing Dir. Aspen Water City Electric Envir.Hlth. Zoning DATE REFERRED:— 3 I LO FINAL ROUTING: Parks Dept. Bldg Inspector Fire Marshal Holy Cross Mtn. Bell ACSD Energy Center School District Rocky Mtn NatGas CDOT T Clean Air Board Open Space Board Other Other INITIALS: �- DUE: DATE ROUTED: �< <� `� INITIAL: -% City Atty City Engineer Housing Open Space FILE STATUS AND LOCATION: Zoning Env. Health Other: 0 0 MEMORANDUM TO: File FROM: Leslie Lamont, Senior Planner DATE: June 16, 1993 RE: Text Amendment for Multi -family Parking - Closed File ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Planning and Zoning Commission did not support the text amendment in the manner that was proposed. The applicant, not wanting to waste time or money, requested to withdraw the application. Staff considered proceeding with the amendments but decided that it was not a front burner issue. This file is closed. The text amendments were not acted upon. 0 • MEMORANDUM TO: Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission FROM: Leslie Lamont, Senior Planner DATE: May 18, 1993 RE: Text Amendment Multi -family Parking - Table to June 8 --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Staff has tabled review of the text amendment for the characteristics of off-street parking to the June 8, 1993 meeting. The applicant has withdrawn their request for a text amendment. However, staff may continue to pursue the amendment following the Commission's recommendation to consider amending Subdivision section of code. At this time Planning Director has not made a determination whether departmental time or funds will be allocated for this amendment. 0 • .4 124 ",to)1_._1 I MW TO: Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission FROM: Leslie Lamont, Planning RE: Text Amendments - Sections 24-5-302 A. & C. of the Aspen Municipal Code DATE: May 4, 1992 SUMMARY: The applicant seeks to amend Sections 24-5-302 of the Aspen Municipal Code. The amendment will affect the Characteristics of off-street parking spaces and access to street or alley. A text amendment is a two step review process requiring a public hearing at the Commission and Ordinance adoption procedures at City Council. Staff recommends approval of the text amendment. APPLICANT: Ted Guy Associates PC APPLICANT'S REQUEST: Amend Section)24-5-302 A. & C. of the Aspen Municipal Code. REFERRAL COMMENTS: Please see attached comments from Engineering. STAFF COMMENTS: A. Proposal: Currently the Land Use Code allows stacking of parking only for single-family and duplex dwelling units. Staff has received several requests from developers proposing multi- family projects to allow stacking of parking when individual garages and parking strip or apron are provided for each unit. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to enable the stacking of required parking spaces for multi -family units when individual garages and parking strips or aprons are provided for each units. The Engineering Department requested additional clarification to this section - dimensions for head -in parking verses parallel parking. B. Amendment: the proposed amendments are as follows (bold indicates new language): 1. Section 24-5-302. Characteristics of off-street parking spaces and access to street or alley. A. General. Each off-street parking space shall consist of an open area measuring eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long for head -in parking or twenty-two (22) feet long for parallel parking and seven (7) feet high with a maximum slope of twelve (12) percent in any direction. Each parking space, except those provided for detached residential dwellings, duplex dwellings and individual private driveways and garages for multi- family townhouse dwellings, shall have unobstructed access to a street or alley. No driveway shall exceed a maximum slope of twelve (12) percent within twenty (20) feet of a property line bordering a public or private right-of-way. Off-street parking must be paved with all weather surfacing or be covered with gravel and maintained in a useable condition at all times. C. Dettu•hed n,rd duplex,-ecide,ltinl dti,,elli,ig parking. Off—street parking provided for detached residential dwellings, duplex dwellings, and individual private driveways and garages for multi -family townhouse dwellings are not required to have unobstructed access to a street or alley, but may consist of garage area, or parking strip or apron. C. Applicable Review criteria: Pursuant to Section 24-7-1102 the standards of review for a Text Amendment are as follows: a. Whether the proposed amendment is in conflict with any applicable portions of this chapter. RESPONSE: The code amendment does not reduce the number of parking spaces that are required for a multi -family development. The amendment provide more flexibility for the provision of off-street parking in a manner that does not encourage the paving of yards and open space. b. Whether the proposed amendment is consistent with all elements of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan. RESPONSE: The amendment is not inconsistent with the recently adopted Aspen Area Community Plan. C. Whether the proposed amendment is compatible with surrounding Zone Districts and land uses, considering existing land use and neighborhood characteristics. RESPONSE: The proposed revisions to the Characteristics of off- street parking still remain consistent with parking requirements of the multi -family zone districts. d. The effect of the proposed amendment on traffic generation and road safety. RESPONSE: The amendment will not generate additional road traffic or impact road safety. It is important to note that this text amendment only pertains to parking that is provided on an 2 • 0 individual basis, in other words only those multi -family dwelling units that have been provided individual garages and parking strips or aprons may stack their parking. Therefore shuffling cars between different property owners should not be a concern. e. Whether and the extent to which the proposed amendment would result in demands on public facilities, and whether and the extent to which the proposed amendment would exceed the capacity of such public facilities, including but.not limited to transportation facilities, sewage facilities, water supply, parks, drainage, schools, and emergency medical facilities. RESPONSE: This text amendment should not have any impact on public facilities. f. Whether and the extent to which the proposed amendment would result in significantly adverse impacts on the natural environment. RESPONSE: The text amendment is proposed to provide more flexibility when complying with a parking requirement in the multi- family zone districts. More open space will be preserved when cars can be stacked in a parking configuration. g. Whether the proposed amendment is consistent and compatible with the community character in the City of Aspen. RESPONSE: Preservation of open space and yards verses parking spaces is compatible with the goals of the City of Aspen. h. Whether there have been changed conditions affecting the subject parcel or the surrounding neighborhood which support the proposed amendment. RESPONSE: The text amendment will affect all multi -family developments that provide individual garages and parking strips or aprons. This is an amendment that staff has wanted to process for some time. i. Whether the proposed amendment would be in conflict with the public interest, and is in harmony with the purpose and intent of this chapter. RESPONSE: The parking requirement for multi -family will not be reduced. Therefore the amendment is not in conflict with the code or the public interest. --------------------*----------------- RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed text amendments as contained herein. 01 0 0 RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to approve the text amendment to Section 24-5-302 A. & C. as proposed in Planning Office memo dated May 4, 1993." 4 MEMORANDUM To: Leslie Lamont, Planning Office From: Chuck Roth, City Engineer Cl�f_ Date: April 20, 1993 Re: Text Amendment - Characteristics of Off -Street Parking Spaces (O'Block Townhouses) Having reviewed the above referenced application, the Engineering Department has the following comments: The existing Code requirements relating to "stacked" parking spaces appear to be more appropriate for the lower density situation of detached residential dwellings and duplex dwellings than for the higher density situation of multi -family townhouse dwellings. Stacked parking at residential and duplex dwellings is less of a design quality loss than it would be for multi -family townhouse dwellings. Also, site designs and development densities of residential and duplex dwellings are generally such that if the occupants desire unobstructed parking access, it can easily be accomplished. Site designs of denser dwellings generally would not have the space for coming back later and providing unobstructed parking spaces. The Engineering Department recommends against the proposed text amendment. If a text amendment is enacted, I recommend including a clarification of head -in versus parallel space dimensions. cc M93.110 Sec. 5-302.A. "Each off-street parking space shall consist of an open area measuring eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long t#X?<#` .......;:>'.;.-..r;..:: ...;.::.:.:.::.. and seven 7 h feet hi ... . Bob Gish, Public Works Director • • i 0 0 rrLc- PUBLIC NOTICE RE: AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT OF THE CITY OF ASPEN LAND USE CODE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 24 OF THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 4, 1993 at a meeting to begin at 4:30 pm before the Aspen Planning & Zoning Commission, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, City Hall, 130 S. Galena, Aspen, Colorado, amending City of Aspen Municipal Code Section 5-302, Characteristics of Off -Street Parking Spaces, to allow multifamily townhouse units with private garages and driveways to meet the same requirements as detached residential dwellings and duplex dwellings. For further information, contact Leslie Lamont at the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, Colorado 920-5101 slJasmine Tygre, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission Published in the Aspen Times on April 16, 1993. City of Aspen Account THEODORE K G�SSOCIATES PC • ARCHITECTS AND S TURAL ENGINEERS March 26, 1993 Leslie LaMont City of Aspen Planning Department 130 S. Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 RE: Text Amendment, Section 5-302. Characteristics of off-street parking spaces Dear Leslie: Attached are seven (7) copies of our application for a text Amendment to the requirements for off- street parking spaces. With this application we are requesting additional language to allow multifamily townhouse units with private garages and driveways to meet the same requirements as detached residential dwellings and duplex dwellings. We propose to insert the highlighted language into the Land Use Regulations to A. General. Each off-street parking space shall consist of an open area measuring eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long and seven (7) feet high with a miximum slope of twelve (12) percent in any one direction. Each parking space, except those provided for detached residential dwellings and duplex dwellings and individual private driveways and garages for multifamily townhouse dwellings, shall have an unobstructed access to a street or alley." and it C. Detached and Duplex and Multifamily townhouse residential dwelling parking. Off-street parking provided for detached residential dwellings and duplex dwellings and at individual private driveways and garages for multifamily townhouse dwellings are not required to have unobstructed access to a street or alley, but may consist of garage area, or parking strip or apron. We are asking for this text amendment to be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commision so that the City Council may consider it when it reviews the subdivision amendment on the Oblock Subdivision tentatively scheduled for April 26, 1993 . Please feel free to call at any time to clarify any information in our application. Sincerely yours: Th odore K Guy, President THEODORE K GUY ASSOCIATES PC TKG/tg 93102 L3 cc: Butch & Sundance Investments, Inc. 232BO STATE HIGHWAY 62 P.O. BOX 1 640 BASALT. COLORAOO 61 621 13031 927-31 67 bELLOCK CONSTRUCTION ID:3034421241 0 MAR 25'93 • 15:04 No.002 P.01 This letter does hereby authorize the firm of Theodore K. Guy Associates, P.C., and more speoIfIoaIIy Ted Guy & Stan Mathis to act on behalf of Butch & Sundance Investments, Inc., optlonees of the Oblock Townhouses Subdivision AKA Lots D E F G H I and N 0 P 0 R S of block One Hundred Twelve; .1pen, Colorado. Chuck Bellock, President far 23 '93 15:09 OTLEMENT MESA PARTNERS FAX 303-2?21 F. 2 This letter does hereby authorize Chuck Bellock, President. of Butch & Sundance Investments, Inc. as optionee to act on behalf of Harris Cahn and Howard Baas owners of Oblock Townhouses Subdivision AKA lots D E F G H I and N O P Q R S of Block One Hundred Twelve Aspen, Colorado. Harr s Ca Hq ar eg Mar.23 '93 15:08 BATTLEMENT MESA PA,?TNERS FAX 3 e5-9721 P. 1 This letter does hereby authorize the firm of Theodore K. Guy Associates P.C. and more specifically Ted Guy & Stan Mathis to act on behalf of Harris Cahn & Howard Bass, owners of the Oblock Townhouses Subdivision AKA Lots D E F G H I and N U P Q TZ S of block One Hundred Twelve Aspen, Colorado. Post -It" brand fax transmittal memo 7EM MAR 24 '92 04:12PM PITKIN COUNTY TITLE P.1 Commonwealtp Land Title Insurance Company COMMITMENT FOR TITLE INSURANCE SCHEDULE A 1. Effective Date: 03/01/93 at 06:30 A.M. Case No. PCT-7464 2. Policy or Policies to be issued: (a) ALTA Owner's Policy -Form B-1970 Amount$ (Rev. 10-17.70 8 10-17-84 or 10-21-87) Premium $ Proposed Insured: (b) ALTA Loan Policy, Amount$ TBD (Rev. 10-21-87) Premium$ Proposed Insured: TO BE DETERMINED Tax Cert. $ 20.00 3. Title to the FEE SIMPLE estate or interest in the land described or referred to in this Commitment is at the effective date hereof vested in: HOWARD BASS and HARRIS A. CAHN 4. The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows: See Attached Exhibit "A" Countersigned at: PITRIN COUNTY TITLE, INC. Schedule A-PG.1 601 E. HOPKINS This Commitment is invalid ASPEN, CO. 81611 unless the Insuring 303-925-1766 Provisions and Schedules Fax 303-925-6527 A and B are attached. Authorized officer or agent MAR 24 '93 04:13PM PITKIN COUNTY TITLE P'2 Commonwealtte Land Title Insurance Company EXHIBIT A OBLOCK TOWNHOUSES SUBDIVISION, according to the Final Plat of the Oblock Townhouses Subdivision recorded October 81 1990 in Plat Book 25 at Page 8. FORMERLY KNOWN AS: LOTS D, E, F, G, H, I, N, 01 P, Q, R, S, BLOCK 112, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN. COUNTY OF PITKIN, STATE OF COLORADO. MAR 24 '93 04:13PM PITKINC�COUNTY TITLE P.3 CommonwealtJ 'o Land Title Insurance Company SCHEDULE B - SECTION.! REQUIREMENTS The following are the requirements to be complied with: ITEM (a) Payment to or for the account of the grantors or mortgagors of the full consideration for the estate or interest to be insured. ITEM (b) Proper instrument(s) creating the estate or interest to be insured must be executed and duly filed for record to -wit: 1. Deed of Trust from : Howard Bass and Harris A. Cahn to the Public Trustee of the County of Pitkin for the use of : To be determined to secure : $0.00 MAR 24 '93 04:1-)PM PITKIN COUNTY TITLE P•4 Commonweal#® Land Title Insurance Company SCHEDULE B SECTION 2 EXCEPTIONS The policy or policies to be issued will contain exceptions to the following unless the same are disposed of to the satisfaction of the Company: 1. Rights or claims of parties in possession not shown by the public records. 2. Easements, or claims of easements, not shown by the public records. 3. Discrepancies, conflicts in boundary lines, shortage in area, enehroachments, any facts which a correct survey and inspection of the premises would disclose and which are not shown by the public records. 4. Any lien, or right to a lien, for services, labor, or material heretofore or hereafter furnished, imposed by law and not shown by the public records. 5. Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters, if any, created, first appearing in the public records or attaching subsequent to the effective date hereof but prior to the date the proposed insured acquires of record for value the estate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment. 6. Taxes due and payable; and any tax, special assessment, charge or lien imposed for water or sewer service or for any other special taxing district. 7. Reservations and exceptions as set forth in the Deeds from the City of Aspen of record providing as follows: "That no title shall be hereby acquired to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar or copper or to any valid mining claim or possession held under existing laws". 8. Reservation of minerals underlying the subject property as set forth in Deed recorded in Book 131 at Page 81 and other various instruments of record. 9. Easement for electric transformer as granted to The City of Aspen, unrecorded, dated October 13, 1966. 10. Encroachments and all matters as disclosed on Survey by Alpine Surveys, dated April 5, 1988 as Job No. 88-43. 11. All matters as set forth in Encroachment Agreement recorded October 9, 1990 in Book 631 at Page 500. 12.. Terms, conditions, provisions, obligations and all matters as set forth in subdivision Agreement for Oblock Townhouses recorded October 8, 1990 in Book 631 at Page 504. 13. Easements, rights of way and all matters as disclosed on Plat of subject property recorded October 8, 1990 in Plat Book 25 at Page S. (Continued) 14. MAR 24 '93 04:13PM PITKIN COUNTY TITLE C ommonwealt'p. Land Title Insurance Company Deed of Trust from : Bass Cahn Properties, r.::) a New Jersey Partnership To the Public Trustee of the County of Pitkin For the use of : Elizabeth Sinclair as Personal Representative of the Estate of Matthew Oblock, Deceased To secure : $1,450,000.00 Dated : December 9, 1988 Recorded : December 8, 1988 in Book 580 at Page 464 Reception No. : 306744 Agreement extending the terms of the Deed of Trust on the above Deed of Trust was recorded June 15, 1989 in Hook 610 at Page 717. This commitment is invalid unless the Insuring Provisions and Schedules A and B are attached. Schedule B-Section 2 Commitment No. PCT-7484 ASPEN/PITKIN PLANNING OFFICE 130 S. Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 (303) 920-5090 FAX# (303) 920-5197 March 26, 1993 Ted Guy Guy Associates Box 1640 Basalt, CO 81621 Re: O'Block Townhouses Text Amendment - Characteristics of Off -Street Parking Spaces Case A18-93 Dear Ted, The Planning Office has completed its preliminary review of the captioned application. We have determined that this application is complete. A two- step fee of $2,041 is required to process this application. We have scheduled this application for review by the Aspen Planning and zoning Commission at a Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, May 4, 1993 at a meeting to begin at 4:30 p.m. Should this date be inconvenient for you please contact me within 3 working days of the date of this letter. After that the agenda date will be considered final and changes to the schedule or tabling of the application will only be allowed for unavoidablb technical problems. The Friday before the meeting date, we will call to inform you that a copy of the memo pertaining to the application is available at the Planning Office. Please note that it is your responsibility to mail notice to property owners within 300' and to post the subject property with a sign at least ten (10) daysprior to the public hearing. Please submit a photograph of the posted sign as proof of posting and an affidavit as proof of mailing prior to the public hearing. This application has also been scheduled for review by the City Council on May 24, 1993. Leslie tried to schedule this application sooner, but the earlier agendas are already full. If you have any questions, please call Leslie Lamont, the planner assigned to your case at 920-5101. Sincerely, Suzanne L. Wolff Administrative Assistant • • ASPENTITKIN PLANNING OFFICE 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Phone 920-5090 FAX 920-5197 MEMORANDUM TO: City Engineer Zoning Administration Fire Marshal FROM: Leslie Lamont, Planning Office RE: O'Block Townhouses Text Amendment - Characteristics of Off -Street Parking Spaces DATE: March 26, 1993 Attached for your review and comments is an application submitted by Howard Bass and Harris Cahn. Please return your comments to me no later than April 16, 1993. Thank you. tfXl5Tl NQ COM L_Ay4f:__l u R_� LG • 0 copr- A rNpMff�k F LAYOUT - T���s r3� SITE PLAN a 1/16"= 1'-0" E. DURANT AVE. + PENCJTES -naF Es t E PYRI�IT00RE K aJY CIATM PC 0 v W EL W F O Z a W 0, FA u a� (U (D 0 m W 0 0 H O�m0� 13 V m 0, m om W XI N V mo-jm ma� H q a °MQo dNm� 0 Q 0 0 0 0 J mW Z 0 a co 93109 EORAWN:Jjp: PRINTED: 04-26-93 lAl ol