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CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET
city of Aspen
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PROJECT NAME: Bell Mountain
Riqhts
Project Address:
Legal Address:
PARCEL 10 AND CASE NO.
2737-182-27-003 A12-95
STAFF MEMBER: LL
Lodqe Extension of GMOS & Vested
720 E. Cooper
Lots K-P & W 20.73' of Lot 0, Block 105
APPLICANT: Bell Mountain Limited
Applicant Address:
REPRESENTATIVE: Alan Richman
Representative Address/phone:
Liabilitv Company
920-1125
Box 3613
Aspen, CO
81612
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# APPS RECEIVED
# PLATS RECEIVED
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FEES: PLANNING
ENGINEER
HOUSING
ENV. HEALTH
TOTAL
$ 1020
$
$
$
$ 1020
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REFERRALS:
city Attorney
City Engineer
Housing Dir.
Aspen Water
City Electric
Envir.Hlth.
Zoning
Parks Dept.
Bldg Inspector
Fire Marshal
Holy Cross
Mtn. Bell
ACSD
Energy Center
School District
Rocky Mtn NatGas
COOT
Clean Air Board
Open Space Board
Other
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and Council
FROM:
Bill Efting, Acting City Manager
stan Clauso~unity Development
Leslie Lamont, Deputy Director
April 10, 1995 ~/
Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS and Vested Rights Extension L"
Request - Second Reading ordinance 15, Series of 1995
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SUMMARY: The applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company,
has requested another extension to their 1992 GMQS allotment and
vested rights status for the redevelopment of the Bell Mountain
Lodge at 720 East Cooper Avenue. The extension request is for six
(6) months.
In August of 1994, the appli~ant requested a 14 month extension of
the GMQS allocation, however, the code only provides for a maximum
6 month extension for GMQS allocations. At that time, council
granted a 6 month extension to August 22, 1996.
The applicant is once again requesting another 6 month GMQS
extension and an extension of vested rights status. This request
extends the allocation and the vested rights to February 22, 1997.
Please review the extension request, exhibit A.
Staff recommends approval of a six (6) month extension of the GMQS
allocation and the extension of vested rights status.
Please see attached Ordinance 15, Series of 1995.
BACKGROUND: Council approved the 1992 GMQS allocation for 10 lodge
rooms, a future allocation from the 1993 GMP competition of 10
lodge rooms, and a future allocation from the 1994 GMP competition
for 2 lodge rooms, for a total of 22 new lodge rooms for the Bell
Mountain Lodge redevelopment. The GMQS allocations were due to
expire February 22, 1996. In July of 1993, Council granted vested
rights status to begin retroactively in February 22, 1993.
Since Council's approval of the Lodge allocation, the lodge
acquired new owners and the City has been working with the lodge
owners, City Market, and the Buckhorn Lodge to redevelop the entire
block.
The city and the private property owners have been working on the
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Independence Place redevelopment proposal for over 21 months
attempting to create an underground parking garage, and
significantly redevelop the Bell Mountain Lodge, city Market and
the Buckhorn Lodge as a unified project.
It is because of the work between the City and private property
owners that the Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company requests
an extension of the 1992 GMQS allocation and vested rights in case
Independence Place is not realized. The Company is requesting an
extension which is similar to the amount of time that they ha e
spent working with the City on the Independence Place developmen .
If extensions are not granted, the Company must begin preparation
for the Lodge redevelopment based upon the GMQS proposal that was
approved. The Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company believes
they need to begin design and construction planning for a building
permit to be issued by the August 1996 deadline.
STAFF COMMENTS: section 24-8-108 of the Municipal Code states that
a development allotment and all other development approvals shall
expire on the day after the third anniversary of the latest date
of project approval, unless a building permit is obtained and the
project is developed, or unless an exemption from or extension of
the approval is obtained.
For developments other than a subdivision, an application for
extension shall be submitted prior to the third anniversary of the
date of approval of a site specific development plan which shall
demonstrate to the satisfaction of city council that:
(a) Those conditions applied to the project at the time of its
final approval which were to have been met as of the date of
application for exemptions have been complied with; and
RESPONSE: Any conditions of approval that were required are
required prior to the issuance of any building permits. To comply
with those requirements at this time would be premature.
(b) Any improvements which were required to be installed by the
applicant prior to construction of the project have been installed;
and
RESPONSE: No public improvements were required of this project
until the issuance of building permits.
(c) The
respects,
community.
project has been diligently pursued in all reasonable
and the extension is in the best interest of the
RESPONSE: The application has been pursuing, with the city, the
Independence Place development for the last 21 months.
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RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval for a six (6) month
extension of the 1993 Lodge GMQS allocation and the extension of
vested rights for 720 East Cooper Avenue.
The six (6) month extension shall begin at the date of expiration
of the previous 6 month extension which is August 22, 1996 and
expire on February 22, 1997.
RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to adopt Ordinance 15, Series of 1995,
on second reading which extends the 1992 Lodge GMQS allocation and
vested rights status for 720 East Cooper Avenue from August 22,
1996 to February 22, 1997."
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS:
Ordinance 15, series of 1995
EXHIBIT:
A. Extension Request
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ORDINANCE 15
(SERIES OF 1995)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL GRANTING A SIX MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE 1992 LODGE GMQS ALLOTMENT GRANTED BY ORDINANCE 3,
SERIES OF 1993, AND A VESTED RIGHTS EXTENSION FOR THE BELL MOUNTAIN
LODGE REDEVELOPMENT, 720 EAST COOPER AVENUE, ASPEN COLORADO.
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24-8-108 of the Aspen Municipal
Code, City council may grant an extension of GMQS allocations up
to six months; and
WHEREAS, on February 22, 1993, City Council approved a GMQS
allocation for the redevelopment of the Bell Mountain Lodge at 720
East Cooper Avenue; and
WHEREAS, development allotments expire on the day after the
third anniversary of the date the GMQS allocations, or other
development approvals, have been awarded; and
WHEREAS, Council has granted one, six month extension which
extended the GMQS allocation to August 22, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability
Company, has requested another six (6) month extension of the GMQS
allocation in order to continue working with the City to develop
the Independence Place project without losing the ability to
utilize the 1992 GMQS allocation if the project is not realized;
and
WHEREAS, the applicant also requests an extension of vested
rights status, which was granted retroactively by Ordinance 37,
Series of 1993, on July 12, 1993, to coincide with the GMQS
allocation extension; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Office, having reviewed the application
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recommends approval of a six (6) month extension of the GMQS
allotments approved in Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 and the vested
rights extension; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council having considered the Planning
Office's recommendation for the GMQS extension does wish to grant
another extension for six (6) months and extend vested rights
status to coincide with the GMQS extension.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
section 1:
Pursuant to section 24-8-108 of the Municipal Code, City Council
does hereby grant the applicant another six (6) month extension of
the 1992 lodge GMQS allocation approved by Ordinance 3, Series of
1993, for 720 East Cooper Avenue beginning August 22, 1996 and
ending February 22, 1997.
section 2:
Pursuant to Section 24-6-207 of the Municipal code, City Council
does hereby grant the applicant an extension of vested rights
status for the site specific development plan for 720 East Cooper
Avenue approved by Ordinance 37, Series of 1993, to February 22,
1997 with the following conditions:
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3.
4.
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The extension of vested rights shall be for approximately one
year t ru 22, 1997.
The i9h~O~ ted by the site specific development plan
appro ed b thO Ordinance shall remain vested for a total of
four y r F uary 22, 1993, which was retroactively approved
by Ordinance No. 37, Series of 1993 published July 12, 1993.
However, any failure to abide by the terms and conditions
attendant to this approval shall result in forfeiture of said
vested property rights.
The approval granted hereby shall be subject to all rights of
referendum and judicial review.
Nothing in the approvals provided in this Ordinance shall
exempt the site specific development plan from subsequent
reviews and or approvals required by this Ordinance or the
general rules, regulations or ordinances or the City provided
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that such reviews or approvals are not inconsistent with the
approvals granted and vested herein.
5. The establishment herein of a vested property right shall not
preclude the application of ordinances or regulations which
are general in nature and are applicable to all property
subject to land use regulation by the City of Aspen including,
but not limited to, building, fire, plumbing, electrical and
mechanical codes. In this regard, as a condition of this site
development approval, the developer shall abide by any and
all such building, fire, plumbing, electrical and mechanical
codes, unless an exemption therefrom is granted in writing.
section 3:
The City Clerk shall cause notice of this Ordinance to be published
in a newspaper of general circulations within the City of Aspen no
later than fourteen (14) days following final adoption hereof.
Such notice shall be given in the following form:
Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval
of a site specific development plan, and the creation of a
vested property right pursuant to Title 24, Article 68,
Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following-
described property:
"720 East cooper, Lots K-P & West 20.73' of Lot Q, Block 105"
The property shall be described in the notice and appended to said
notice shall be the ordinance granting such approval.
section 4:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
section 5:
This Ordinance shall not affect any existing litigation and shall
not operate as an abatement of any action or proceeding now pending
under or by virtue of the ordinances repealed or amended as herein
provided, and the same shall be conducted and concluded under such
prior ordinances.
Section 6:
A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the
day of , 1995 at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, Aspen
City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which hearing
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a public notice of the same shall be published one in a newspaper
of general circulation within the City of Aspen.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law, by the
City council of the City of Aspen on the
day of
, 1995.
John Bennett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. Koch, city Clerk
FINALLY, adopted, passed and approved this
day of
, 1995.
John Bennett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. Koch, city Clerk
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. . ... EXHIBIT A
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B_ 3613, A~ (t.t<<",f"" r1612 'P~ (303) 92fJ-1125
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December 30, 1994
HAND DELIVERED
Ms. Leslie Lamont, Deputy City Planning Director
Aspen/Pitkin Community Development Department
130 South Galena Street
Aspen, Colorado 81611
RE: EXTENSION OF BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE GMQS ALLOCATION
Dear Leslie,
This letter is submitted on behalf of my client, the Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company
(hereinafter, "the Applicant"), requesting an extension of their lodge GMQS allocation. The
request is submitted pursuant to Section 24-8-108 of the Aspen Municipal Code, "Expiration
of Development Order". This section states that development allotments awarded to a
project shall expire on the day after the third anniversary of final development approval,
unless a building permit is obtained and the project is developed. The section goes on to
authorize extensions of the allotments, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, and also
authorizes granting of additional extensions.
As you will recall, the applicant submitted a request for an extension of their GMQS
allocation on August 18, 1994. At that time, we requested a fourteen (14) month extension
of the allocation. This time period corresponded to the time the applicant had spent to that
date working with the City to realize a joint public/private project to create municipal
parking below the applicant's property and that of neighboring owners.
The City Council granted final approval to a GMQS extension for this project on October
11, by its unanimous approval of Ordinance 51, Series of 1994. However, at your
recommendation, based on the advice of the City Attorney, the length of the extension was
limited to six (6) months, not the fourteen (14) months requested by the applicant. This
extended our allocation to August 22, 1996.
. The reason that the City granted a more limited extension than was requested was the
provision of the subject Code section which only allows the City to grant extensions of up
to six (6) months. The Code places no limit, however, on the number of extensions which
can be granted. In fact, at the public hearing, the Council indicated its willingness to
consider another extension if another application were submitted.
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Ms. Leslie Lamont
December 30, 1994
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The applicant hereby requests another extension at this time. I would refer you to our
application letter of August 18 for further description of our request.
It is most important that I also point out to you that when the previous extension was
granted by Ordinance 51, Series of 1994, we neglected to request a similar extend the
project's vested rights. The Council granted vested rights to this project through Ordinance
37, Series of 1993, adopted on July 12, 1993.
Because the vested rights were granted by a different ordinance than the original GMQS
allocation (granted by Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 on February 22, 1993), we are now in the
position of having two different expiration deadlines. We would like for both expiration
dates to be the same, as it is of little value to the applicant to extend the building rights, but
to potentially lose the ability to develop the project as designed, if there are any intervening
substantive amendments to the City's land use regulations. This request will have the effect
of extending all of our rights to February 22, 1997.
This letter will be followed by a check for $978, to pay the processing fee for this request.
Should we need to submit any other materials to you, please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your assistance with this matter.
Very truly yours,
ALAN RICHMAN PLANNING SERVICES
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Alan Richman, AICP
cc: Jim Valerio, Bell Mountain LLC.
Nick McGrath, Esq.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and Council
FROM:
Bill Efting, ACr~ing city Manager
stan Clauso~unity Development Director
Leslie Lamont, Deputy Director
THRU:
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DATE:
March 13, 1995
Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS and Vested Rights Extension
Request - First Reading Ordinance I~ series of 1995
RE:
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SUMMARY: The applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company,
has requested another extension to their 1992 GMQS allotment and
vested rights status for the redevelopment of the Bell Mountain
Lodge at 720 East Cooper Avenue. The extension request is for six
(6) months.
In August of 1994, the applicant requested a 14 month extension of
the GMQS allocation, however, the code only provides for a maximum
6 month extension for GMQS allocations. At that time, Council
granted a 6 month extension to August 22, 1996.
The applicant is once again requesting another 6 month GMQS
extension and an extension of vested rights status. This request
extends the allocation to February 22, 1997. Please review the
extension request, exhibit A.
staff recommends approval of a six (6) month extension of the GMQS
allocation and the extension of vested rights status.
Please see attached Ordinance I~ Series of 1995.
BACKGROUND: Council approved the 1992 GMQS allocation for 10 lodge
rooms, a future allocation from the 1993 GMP competition of 10
lodge rooms, and a future allocation from the 1994 GMP competition
for 2 lodge rooms, for a total of 22 new lodge rooms for the Bell
Mountain Lodge redevelopment. The GMQS allocations were due to
expire February 22, 1996 and vested rights was to expire July 12,
1996.
since council's approval of the Lodge allocation, the lodge
acquired new owners and the City has been working with the lodge
owners, city Market, and the Buckhorn Lodge to redevelop the entire
block.
The City and the private property owners have been working on the
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Independence Place redevelopment proposal
attempting to create an underground
significantly redevelop the Bell Mountain
the Buckhorn Lodge as a unified project.
for over 21 months
parking garage, and
Lodge, City Market and
It is because of the work between the City and private property
owners that the Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company requests
an extension of the 1992 GMQS allocation and vested rights in case
Independence Place is not realized. The Company is requesting an
extension which is similar to the amount of time that they have
spent working with the City on the Independence Place development.
If extensions are not granted, the Company must begin preparation
for the Lodge redevelopment based upon the GMQS proposal that was
approved. The Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company believes
they need to begin design and construction planning for a building
permit to be issued by the August 1996 deadline.
STAFF COMMENTS: section 24-8-108 of the Municipal Code states that
a development allotment and all other development approvals shall
expire on the day after the third anniversary of the latest date
of project approval, unless a building permit is obtained and the
project is developed, or unless an exemption from or extension of
the approval is obtained.
For developments other than a subdivision, an application for
extension shall be submitted prior to the third anniversary of the
date of approval of a site specific development plan which shall
demonstrate to the satisfaction of city council that:
(a) Those conditions applied to the project at the time of its
final approval which were to have been met as of the date of
application for exemptions have been complied with; and
RESPONSE: Any conditions of approval that were required are
required prior to the issuance of any building permits. To comply
with those requirements at this time would be premature.
(b) Any improvements which were required to be installed by the
applicant prior to construction of the project have been installed;
and
RESPONSE: No public improvements were required of this project
until the issuance of building permits.
(c) The
respects,
community.
project has been diligently pursued in all reasonable
and the extension is in the best interest of the
RESPONSE: The application has been pursuing, with the City, the
Independence Place development for the last 21 months.
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RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval
extension of the 1993 Lodge GMQS allocation
vested rights for 720 East Cooper Avenue.
The six (6) month extension shall begin at the date of expiration
of the previous 6 month extension which is August 22, 1996 and
expire on February 22, 1997.
for a six (6) month
and the extension of
RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to read Ordinance I~ series of 1995."
"I move to approve Ordinance 16': series of 1995, on first reading
which extends the 1992 LOdge-GMQS allocation and vested rights
status for 720 East Cooper Avenue from August 22, 1996 to February
22, 1997."
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS:
Ordinance f~ series of 1995
EXHIBIT:
A. Extension Request
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ORDINANCE la
(SERIES OF 1995)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL GRANTING A SIX MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE 1992 LODGE GMQS ALLOTMENT GRANTED BY ORDINANCE 3,
SERIES OF 1993, AND A VESTED RIGHTS EXTENSION FOR THE BELL MOUNTAIN
LODGE REDEVELOPMENT, 720 EAST COOPER AVENUE, ASPEN COLORADO.
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24-8-108 of the Aspen Municipal
Code, city council may grant an extension of GMQS allocations up
to six months; and
WHEREAS, on February 22, 1993, City council approved a GMQS
allocation for the redevelopment of the Bell Mountain Lodge at 720
East Cooper Avenue; and
WHEREAS, development allotments expire on the day after the
third anniversary of the date the GMQS allocations, or other
development approvals, have been awarded; and
WHEREAS, Council has granted one, six month extension which
extended the GMQS allocation to August 22, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability
Company, has requested another six (6) month extension of the GMQS
allocation in order to continue working with the City to develop
the Independence Place project without losing the ability to
utilize the 1992 GMQS allocation if the project is not realized;
and
WHEREAS, the applicant also requests an extension of vested
rights status, which was granted by Ordinance 37, Series of 1993,
on July 12, 1993, to coincide with the GMQS allocation extension;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Office, having reviewed the application
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recommends approval of a six (6) month extension of the GMQS
allotments approved in Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 and the vested
rights extension; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen city council having considered the Planning
Office's recommendation for the GMQS extension does wish to grant
another extension for six (6) months and extend vested rights
status to coincide with the GMQS extension.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
section 1:
Pursuant to section 24-8-108 of the Municipal Code, City council
does hereby grant the applicant another six (6) month extension of
the 1992 lodge GMQS allocation approved by Ordinance 3, Series of
1993, for 720 East Cooper Avenue beginning August 22, 1996 and
ending February 22, 1997.
section 2:
Pursuant to section 24-6-207 of the Municipal code, City Council
does hereby grant the applicant an extension of vested rights
status for the site specific development plan for 720 East cooper
Avenue approved by Ordinance 37, Series of 1993, to February 22,
1997 with the following conditions:
1. The extension of vested rights shall be for approximately
seven months to February 22, 1997.
2. The rights granted by the site specific development plan
approved by this Ordinance shall remain vested for a total of
three years, seven (7) months and ten days from July 12, 1993,
the date of publication of Ordinance No. 37, Series of 1993.
However, any failure to abide by the terms and conditions
attendant to this approval shall result in forfeiture of said
vested property rights.
3. The approval granted hereby shall be subject to all rights of
referendum and judicial review.
4. Nothing in the approvals provided in this Ordinance shall
exempt the site specific development plan from subsequent
reviews and or approvals required by this Ordinance or the
general rules, regulations or ordinances or the City provided
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that such reviews or approvals are not inconsistent with the
approvals granted and vested herein.
5. The establishment herein of a vested property right shall not
preclude the application of ordinances or regulations which
are general in nature and are applicable to all property
subject to land use regulation by the City of Aspen including,
but not limited to, building, fire, plumbing, electrical and
mechanical codes. In this regard, as a condition of this site
development approval, the developer shall abide by any and
all such building, fire, plumbing, electrical and mechanical
codes, unless an exemption therefrom is granted in writing.
section 3:
The City Clerk shall cause notice of this Ordinance to be published
in a newspaper of general circulations within the city of Aspen no
later than fourteen (14) days following final adoption hereof.
Such notice shall be given in the following form:
Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval
of a site specific development plan, and the creation of a
vested property right pursuant to Title 24, Article 68,
Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following-
described property:
"720 East Cooper, Lots K-P & West 20.73' of Lot Q, Block 105"
The property shall be described in the notice and appended to said
notice shall be the ordinance granting such approval.
section 4:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
section 5:
This Ordinance shall not affect any existing litigation and shall
not operate as an abatement of any action or proceeding now pending
under or by virtue of the ordinances repealed or amended as herein
provided, and the same shall be conducted and concluded under such
prior ordinances.
section 6:
A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the
day of , 1995 at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, Aspen
City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which hearing
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a public notice of the same shall be published one in a newspaper
of general circulation within the city of Aspen.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law, by the
City Council of the city of Aspen on the
day of
, 1995.
John Bennett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk
FINALLY, adopted, passed and approved this
day of
, 1995.
John Bennett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk
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December 30, 1994
HAND DELIVERED
Ms. Leslie Lamont, Deputy City Planning Director
Aspen/Pitkin Community Development Department
130 South Galena Street
Aspen, Colorado 81611
RE: EXTENSION OF BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE GMQS ALLOCATION
Dear Leslie,
This letter is submitted on behalf of my client, the Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company
(hereinafter, "the Applicant"), requesting an extension of their lodge GMQS allocation. The
request is submitted pursuant to Section 24-8-108 of the Aspen Municipal Code, "Expiration
of Development Order". This section states that development allotments awarded to a
project shall expire on the day after the third anniversary of final development approval,
unless a building permit is obtained and the project is developed. The section goes on to
authorize extensions of the allotments, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, and also
authorizes granting of additional extensions.
As you will recall, the applicant submitted a request for an extension of their GMQS
allocation on August 18, 1994. At that time, we requested a fourteen (14) month extension
of the allocation. This time period corresponded to the time the applicant had spent to that
date working with the City to realize a joint public/private project to create municipal
parking below the applicant's property and that of neighboring owners.
The City Council granted final approyal to a GMQS extension for this project on October
11, by its unanimous approval of Ordinance 51, Series of 1994. However, at your
recommendation, based on the advice of the City Attorney, the length of the extension was
limited to six (6) months, not the fourteen (14) months requested by the applicant. This
extended our allocation to August 22, 1996.
The reason that the City granted a more limited extension than was requested was the
provision of the subject Code section which only allows the City to grant extensions of up
to six (6) months. The Code places no limit, however, on the number of extensions which
can be granted. In fact, at the public hearing, the Council indicated its willingness to
consider another extension if another application were submitted.
Ms. Leslie Lamont
December 30, 1994
Page Two
The applicant hereby requests another extension at this time. I would refer you to our
application letter of August 18 for further description of our request.
It is most important that I also point out to you that when the previous extension was
granted by Ordinance 51, Series of 1994, we neglected to request a similar extend the
project's vested rights. The Council granted vested rights to this project through Ordinance
37, Series of 1993, adopted on July 12, 1993.
Because the yested rights were granted by a different ordinance than the original GMQS
allocation (granted by Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 on February 22, 1993), we are now in the
position of having two different expiration deadlines. We would like for both expiration
dates to be the same, as it is of little value to the applicant to extend the building rights, but
to potentially lose the ability to develop the project as designed, if there are any intervening
substantive amendments to the City's land use regulations. This request will have the effect
of extending all of our rights to February 22, 1997.
This letter will be followed by a check for $978, to pay the processing fee for this request.
Should we need to submit any other materials to you, please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your assistance with this matter.
Very truly yours,
ALAN RICHMAN PLANNING SERVICES
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Alan Richman, AICP
cc: Jim Valerio, Bell Mountain L.L.c.
Nick McGrath, Esq.
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ASPEN/PITKIN PLANNING OFFICE
130 S. Galena Street
Aspen, Colorado 81611
(303) 920-5090 FAX# (303) 920-5197
February 9, 1995
Alan Richman
Box 3613
Aspen, CO 81612
Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Extension of GMQS & Vested Rights
Case A12-95
Dear Alan,
The Planning Office has completed its preliminary review of the captioned application. We
have determined that this application is complete. Please provide a letter from the owner
consenting to your representation.
We have scheduled this application for 1st Reading before the Aspen City Council on Monday,
March 13, 1995 at a meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. Second Reading and Public Hearing will
be on April 10, 1995. Should these dates be inconvenient for you, please contact me within
3 working days of the date of this letter. After that the agenda dates will be considered final
and changes to the schedule or tabling of the application will only be allowed for unavoidable
technical problems. The Friday before the meeting dates, 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) days prior 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.
If you have any questions, please call Leslie Lamont the planner assigned to your case, at 920-
5101.
Sincerely,
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Administrative Assistant
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Development Department
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Aspen, Colorado 81611
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City Land Use Application Fees:
00113-63850-041 Deposit
-63855-042 Flat Fee
-63860-043 HPC
-63875-046 Zoning & Sign Permit
_ MR011 Use Tax
County Land Use Application Fees:
00113-63800-033 Deposit
-63805-034 Flat Fee
-63820-037 Zoning
-63825-038 Board of Adjustment
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Referral Fees:
00113-63810-035
00115-63340-1\63
00123-63340-190
00125-63340-205
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Enviromental,.He~lth
Sales:
00113-63830-039
-69000-145
County Code
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