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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPetition.Against Condo Construction.1970 "","'....-.'~-- ~~j;j.7~}~ Our nation is rapidly being suffocated by a spreading plague. The carriers of the disease are a relative few gross promoter-developers. Disguising their true motives with the label of progress these so called developers eagerly exploit nature and responsible citizens' efforts to build a livable community. Moving rapidly, exploiting from the city to the suburbs, to the country, to the mountains, these fast buck operators rollover the community interests of their victims who are helpless to protect themselves. Adequate legal procedures evolve all too slowly to get ahead of or even keep up with the fast moving promoter-developers. While most communities have become hopeless sprawls, Aspen has bee~ trying to hold the line. The never ending struggle to sustain a fresh village atmosphere has resulted in Aspen being known the world over as "Fabulous Aspen." . We Aspenites are proud of the exceptionally stable tourist income we have created through hard won efforts to maintain a rare vacation village where tense city dwellers seek relaxation. Aspen citizens benefit from their unique circumstance in two ways ~~ ~) ~y mAintaining a village atmosphere we have a pleasant place to live and 2) because of this we have an excellent resort economy. In short, Aspen's village atmosphere, its way of life and economy are identical. As much of the habital land across the country has been swallowed up, the village of Aspen finds itself in the open mouth of the greedy developers. We must now make a decision whether to fight for our profitable village atmosphere or be piece by piece gobbled up and excreted in rows of condominiums. Presently our village is faced with the prospect of 160 new condominiums this year on top of the 350 already built and with no end in sight for the future. The over-crowding of streets, sewers, water, recreational facilities by high density condominiums is very serious. But most important of all will be the loss of Aspen's village atmosphere and with it Aspen's livelihood -- our tourist income. Clearcut legal precedence as noted before always evolves too late after the damage is done to protect a community from such calamities. But Aspen has forged ahead before and set precedences for example, daylight savings time, city sales tax and the Humble suit. In the Humble achievement the court ruled that a city does have a right to protect its welfare. It appears to be imperative that we must now forge ahead and prohibit the further spread of condominiums in all of Aspen. The following signers of this petition request that immediate action be taken to prohibit the construction of condominiums in all zoned areas tr 1:~~:' ~lm()p _ " Atitlf'€H3sei3 ' IQd~~~ ~~= . }O, gu'( Iqt( 1fllff\l. 1/Jl1{ftJ~qf:(ON!\)' 'i' \,) 1\ () :l' I 01'1/11I11)1'-1 ~ I ~ to) ~~~4 ~~ l(/" 1fJ/1I~ tf Our nation is rapidly being suffocated by a spreading plague. The carriers of the disease are a relative few gross promoter-developers. .; Disguising their true motives with the label of progress these so called developers eagerly exploit nature and responsible citizens' efforts to build a livable community. Moving rapidly, exploiting from the city to the suburbs, to the country, to the mountains, these fast buck operators rollover the communi~y interests of their victims who are helpless to protect themselves. .' Adequate legal procedures evolve all too slowly to get ahead of or even keep up with the fast moving promoter-developers. While most communities have bec~~~_hopeless sprawls, Aspen has been trying to hold the line. The never ending struggle to sustain a fresh village atmosphere has resulted in Aspen being known the world over as "Fabulous Aspen." ' We Aspenites are proud of the exceptionally stable tourist income we have created through hard won efforts to maintain a rare vacation village where tense city dwellers seek relaxation. Aspen citizens benefit from their unique circumstance in two ways -- I) by maintaining a village atmosphere we have a pleasant place to live and 2) because of this we have an excellent resort economy. In short, Aspen's village atmosphere, its way of life and economy are identical. .... As much of the habital land across the country has been swallowed up, the village of Aspen finds itself in the open mouth of the greedy developers. We must now make a decision whether to fight for our profitable village atmosphere or be piece by piece gobbled up and excr.etetl in rows of condominiums. Presently our village is faced with the prospect of 160 new condominiums this year on top of the 350 already built and with no end in sight for the future. The over-crowding of streets, sewers, water, recreational facilitieS by high density condominiums is very serious. But most important of all will be the loss of Aspen's village atmosphere and with it Aspen's livelihood -- our tourist income. Clearcut legal precedence as noted before always evolves too late after the damage is done to protect a community from such calamities. But Aspen has forged ahead before and set precedences for example, daylight savings time, city sales tax and the Humble suit. In the Humble achievement the court ruled that a city does have a right to protect its welfare. It appears to be imperative that we mUst now forge ahead and prohibit the further spread of condominiums in all of Aspen. '"" The following signers of this petition request that immediate action be taken to prohibit the construction of condominiums in all zoned areas in Aspen. Names Addresses =I)e~ '-.j;;:?: II; '7- J-~i!f'2- r'~ &'5~ CcJtt ~:"f ~;~. t-~ j;N,"[prU! :~'K ~.'.-r)ibJJ-'r:bJ ~I1Jlf ~~t" ''''.'' ;<J3J ;-.;P:' J (.~"'.O AY /~9rn / H--'f;O~~/ W'f '/' "-"7 ~t~4~~ r~ p , f" !.l; /;1// /..A-"'" - '. ri. /'1J9-y"'"' / (/ .q L-, :;:.'~ (;,Z~? ' J,tJ ~/c~ "-:, ~ '\ ~ \ , ' f/ / .~ ...~ ,-",' ,,I .' ,,":," "---"-"'.."""'---'---""'-".'~-"""''''- 1-...", ~/--:>~/-<';7 ~:"t~y> ;: F':/:/ f,j ~c;l H i::~ '"?'~-';:;;-"'~-~"/- )..,J ;,,:1 ", ~. -(:'. ~i "iY,;- T5 ~':') ;:j ;:::: I;' '\ ;.). Ll }'f .' ':'-, ~'rJ.-ct k An Independent NEWSpaper P;"inting The News Impartially *" TUCSON, ARIZONA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY I, 1968 , L ,fl':'..... o ~\ ... '''j .~""'fJ.[' ~m e nt ~','\U,." ~ ~ j' ".,,~ "'''' t 0::( F\~' % << ,,' ;., ".:.\,\"; ",,€,. ,YI€S ;;; ;Of'1~ ,.;;,,,,,U Condominium Plans Rejected By P&Z By KEN BURTON A zoning request that would permit construction of $5~: ~ cwminium apartments between aun ry C u an n ian Ridge K'lat'es was unanimously de.. "wd by IS" Pima County Plan. nil1gand Zoning Commission yesterday. The decision_ was reached af.. tet comm.'!~sion member John L. KrmpotJclr moved for the de- niaLon th"basis that the deve!. opr\1\::mt w0L:ld be nonconforming to adjacent zones. Both 5ubdtviskms..' are zoned ! G\~2.which allows a:minilTuim i of one half.acre per individual 1 nomc',.rrhe apartment dovel.. I opel'S are asking for CR4 zon- . ing, which would allow duplexes i and multiple dwellings. \ Mrs. Edith Hatley, who. owns j ihc 20~,pltIS :acresl~as repr~l! san:cd by attorney William Dunipace at yesterday's meet- i ing. DUuipace said the plan called for )Y.lilding 95 apartments that "i0"'O sell for $30,000 to $50.- (';\);! each, ..approximately. 200 feet east of Camino Principal and ai he if mile north of Tanque Verde. Rd. Attorney Edgar F.Rucker, , representing the Country Club Estates Assn., said the plan constituted "spot zoning,",said it \1,\:5 unlawful and unCOn;' sLMiona! and \Vl)uldcreatea , ~E;{fic . hazard: on C~mlino-,Prin~ cipal. ,<_; 'i.>^' ",i ..,.~;.,. . --..-.....-.....~~-"'- ,~-. (/, 621 ....-..- . . ~ Tempers flared briefly yester- day when Dunipaee brought up the subject 01 a guard house that stands at the entranceway to Country Club Estates. The at- torney said he was surprised to find the guard there only at nigl1t. ('Mr. Dunipace, when you were here before, you told me the guard house was not used at all," shot back Commission member J. M. Harlow. "I don't like people who don't tell me the truth." According to Rucker l the guard hOu:':ie was. erected as' an anti-vandalism measure and to aItow a private guard to check : vehicles entering the area, The condominium development would so overload traffic, this purpose' wouid be defeated homeowners in the area <:on~ .tend. The Commission also voted to initiate a re-zoning case in~ volving a change on more than 50 acres 01 land north of RilIito River and west of Craycroft Rd. River Rd. cuts through the northeastern part of the proper- ty. . AttoJ'l1ey .. Thomas Chandler and restauranteur Dean Short asked the Commission to change the. suburban rural clas'sification there to.light,com~ mercialor transitional ~oning (CB.I). Although the Commissioo could have acted without a pub. lic hearing, they set one lor MeY 28 after learning that 238 residents of the area hM tiled protests. ". , ...... ,,' :.\;"';"::'~'~~~'~"""_""~'''_''''_'_'-_'__,_~~'..c_'_--'...'''~ , ... .