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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.lu.gm.720 E Cooper Ave.A66-92 . ".........._............'~_.'_........~_.__,'.."__A ~~..',...'~'.', ,~.'_"... ~_ . ... .._._~.._~.._. _... ~ _..__". ..... ___"_____~."'"..,, "'_""0'. ......... ( CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET city of Aspen DATE RECEIVED: 8/ 3/92 PARCEL ID AND CASE NO. DATE COMPLETE: 2737-182-27-003 _A66-92 STAFF MEMBER: 4:. Ie:r PROJECT NAME: Bell Mountain Lodqe Inc. GMOS . , Project Address: 720 East Coooer Avenue. Asoen. CO 81611 Legal Address: Lots K.L.M.N.O.P.& W.20.66ft.of O. Block 105 APPLICANT: Bell Mountain Lodqe. Inc. Applicant Address: PO Box 328. Asoen. CO 81611 925-3675 REPRESENTATIVE: Charles Cunniffe. Charles Cuniffe Architects. Representative Address/Phone:520 E. Hvman. suite 301 ~~1D Asoen. CO 81611 925~~$S ========================================================-===== FEES: PLANNING $ 3.800 # APPS RECEIVED 21 ENGINEER $ 225 # PLATS RECEIVED HOUSING $ 140 ENV. HEALTH $ -\-- \~. TOTAL $ 4.165 TYPE OF APPLICATION: STAFF APPROVAL: 1 STEP: 2 STEP: ---1L- P&Z Meeting Date 11/3 PUBLIC HEARING: ~ NO VESTED RIGHTS: YES NO CC Meeting Date PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO VESTED RIGHTS: YES NO DRC Meeting Date /olt , --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- REFERRALS: city Attorney X Parks Dept. School District City Engineer Bldg Inspector Rocky Mtn NatGas Housing Dir. >( Fire Marshal CDOT Aspen Water Holy Cross Clean Air Board City Electric Mtn. Bell Open Space Board Envir.Hlth. ~ ACSD Other X Zoning ~ Energy Center Other DATE REFE~ED: ~/30 . INITIALS: 5W DUE: It/Ii ;;;~~=;~;;;;~7=)V~=========;~;;=;~;;;;7=Ti11Ttq3=;;;;~~~7~~= ___ city Atty ___ city Engineer ___Zoning ___Env. Health ___ Housing ___ Open Space Other: ~ ~ FILE STATUS AND LOCATION: /"-- ,- #358875 07/15/93 15:46 Rec $15.00 BK 718 PG 47 Silvia Davis, Pitkin Cnty Clerk, Doc $.00 ORDINANCE NO.37 (SERIES OF 1993) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, VESTING THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR THE BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL LOCATED AT 720 E. COOPER AVENUE (LOTS K-P AND PART OF LOT Q, BLOCK 105, TOWNSITE OF ASPEN) WHEREAS, on February 22, 1993 the City Council granted approval of Ordinance 3, Series 1993 for a 22 lodge unit growth management allocation, multi-year growth management allocation, and growth management exemption for deed restricted employee housing for the re-development of the Bell Mountain Lodge; and WHEREAS, a request for Vested Rights for the development approval was submitted to the Planning Office on behalf of the Bell Mountain Lodge Limited Liability Co. by project representative Michael C. Ireland; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24-6-207 of the Aspen Municipal Code the City Council may grant Vesting of Development Rights for a period of three years from the date of final approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1: Pursuant to Section 24-6-207 of the Municipal code, City Council does hereby grant the applicant vested rights for the Bell Mountain Lodge site specific development plan as follows: 1. The rights granted by the site specific development plan approved by this Ordinance shall remain vested until February 22, 1996. However, any failure to abide by the terms and conditions attendant to this approval shall result in forfeiture of said vested property rights. Failure to timely 1 ~ #358 3 07/15/93 15:46 Rec $15.C.'"'\BK ....." .~ Silvia Davis, Pitkin Cnty Clerk, Doc 718 PG 48 $.00 and properly record all plats and agreements as specified herein and or in the Municipal Code shall also result in the forfeiture of said vested rights. 2. The approval granted hereby shall be subject to all rights of referendum and judicial review. 3. 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 that such reviews or approvals are not inconsistent with the approvals granted and vested herein. 4. 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 2: 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 , \ 2 "'""- #3~75 07/15/93 15:46 Rec Silvia Davis, Pitkin Cnty $1;:)) BK 718 PG 49 Cieri", Doc $.00 vested property right pursuant to Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised statutes, pertaining to the following- described property: The property shall be described in the notice and appended to said notice shall be the ordinance granting such approval. section 3: A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the /~ day of ~, 1993 at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which a hearing of public notice of the same shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Aspen. ~unC~l l::,~hU ci ty of Aspen on the as provided by /~ law, by INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED day of "'.. ~(3~ John Bennett, Mayor f ~,'~/, " '! .i"~', .t}''''<..~.f;, .~LY' adopted, , 1993. passed and approved this /~ day of John ~et(?-;:;:;r ..'( ) f,' ~ ~ :l 3 r--, '../ AL' i ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN GRANTING A GROWTH MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION FOR 22 TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE LP (LODGE PRESERVATION) ZONE DISTRICT, MULTI-YEAR GMP ALLOCATIONS, AND GMQS EXEMPTION FOR DEED RESTRICTED EMPLOYEE HOUSING FOR THE BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE LOCATED AT 720 E. COOPER AVENUE (LOTS K-P, AND PART OF LOT Q, BLOCK 105, TOWNSITE OF ASPEN) ORDINANCE NO. 3 (SERIES OF 1993) WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24, Article 8 of the Aspen Municipal Code, the City Council may grant allocations from the Growth Management quotas contained therein upon scoring determined by the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24-8-103.D. of the Aspen Municipal Code, the City Council may grant multi-year Growth Management development allotments; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24-8-104 C.1.c. of the Aspen Municipal Code, the City Council may exempt deed restricted affordable housing units from the Growth Management Quota System (GMQS) competition; and WHEREAS, the Kappeli Family, for Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc., submitted to the Planning Office an application for Growth Management allotment for 10 lodge units from the 1992 GMP competition, 10 future allocations from the 1993 GMP competition, 2 future allocations from the 1994 GMP competition, and GMQS Exemption for three deed restricted housing units; and WHEREAS, the Bell Mountain Lodge proposal was the only submission competing for the 1992 available units (as established by Section 24-8-103.A.l.a. of the Aspen Municipal Code); and WHEREAS, the application was reviewed by the Engineering 1 -~ -, -....-i \.,,/ Department, the Aspen/pitkin County Housing Office, Environmental Health Department, Fire Marshal, Water Department, Electrical Department, the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, and the Roaring Fork Energy Center and those agencies submitted referral comments to the Planning Office; and WHEREAS, at a regular meeting held on December 8, 1992 the Aspen Planning and Zoning commission scored the proposal pursuant to the standards contained in section 24-8-106.G. and found that the Commission's score of 81.625 points met or exceeded minimum scoring thresholds; and WHEREAS, the Commission voted 5-1 to recommend granting multi- year allotments from the 1993 and 1994 GMP quotas; and WHEREAS, the Commission also voted 6-0 to approve the three on-site deed restricted housing units pursuant to the review criteria for GMQS Exemption within section 24-8-104.C.1.c.; and WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council having considered the proposal and the Planning and Zoning commission's recommendation, does wish to allocate 22 total lodge accommodation units to the Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion project (10 lodge units from the 1992 Tourist Accommodation Growth Management competition, 10 lodge units from the 1993 competition, and 2 lodge units from the 1994 competition), and grant GMQS Exemption for Affordable Housing for one Category II one-bedroom unit, one Category III two-bedroom unit, and one three-bedroom Category IV unit (with the exception that the income and asset limits for a lodge manager are waived for this unit) . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 2 r-- .... " "'"" '-" ( OF ASPEN, COLORADO: section 1: That it does hereby allocate 10 lodge units from the 1992 Tourist Accommodation Growth Management competition to the Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion project pursuant to section 24, Article 8 of the Aspen Municipal Code. section 2: That it does also hereby grant and allocate multi-year allotments for 10 lodge units from the 1993 GMP competition and 2 lodge units from the 1994 GMP competition pursuant to section 24- 8-103.D. of the Aspen Municipal Code. section 3: That, subject to the conditions set forth in section 4 below, it does hereby grant GMQS Exemption for Affordable Housing for the development of one Category II one bedroom unit, one category III two bedroom unit, and one category IV three bedroom unit (with the exception that the income and asset limits for a lodge manager are waived for this unit) pursuant to section 24-8- 104.C.1.c. of the Aspen Municipal Code. section 4. The conditions of approval which apply to this GMQS Exemption are: 1. The owner shall submit the appropriate deed restrictions to the Aspen/Pitkin county Housing Office for approval. Upon approval by the Housing Office, the Owner shall record the deed restriction with the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder's Office. 2. Prior to issuance of any building permits for the property, copies of the recorded deed restrictions for the dwelling units must be forwarded to the Planning Office. 3 ~ - " ../ -- 3 . All material representations made by the applicant in the application and during public meetings with the Planning and Zoning commission and City council shall be adhered to and considered conditions of approval, unless otherwise amended by other conditions. section 5: A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the ~;,{ day of ~1993 at 5: 00 P.M. in the City council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which a hearing of public notice of the same shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Aspen. section 6: 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 7: This Ordinance shall not effect 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. INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law, by the city Council of the ~ ' 1993. /I City of Aspen on the ,;(? day of ~ JJIJ'~ ohn Bennett, Mayor 4 . ,... ,,/ ,....., -- approved this Ar ~ adopted, passed and , 1993. ATT,~.:: _ ~. Kathryn S'/, bell. gmp. ord ~.d;J e J I' J\r ~(jv1 J hn Bennett, Mayor 5 day of "..... ----. .....,../ . ~ ORDINANCE 4 (SERIES OF 1993) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, LAND USE REGULATIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION~ 5-216.E.l. - PARKING REGULATIONS FOR THE LP (LODGE PRESERVATION) ZONE DISTRICT, AND SECTION 24-7-404.B.l. - SPECIAL REVIEW. WHEREAS, Section 24-7-1103 of the Municipal Code provides that amendments to Chapter 24 of the Code, to wit, "Land Use Regulations", shall be reviewed and recommended for approval by the Planning Director and then by the Planning and Zoning commission at public hearing, and then approved, approved with conditions, or disapproved by the City Council at public hearing; and WHEREAS, the Planning Director did receive and has reviewed and recommended for approval certain text amendments to Chapter 24 arising from the Bell Mountain Lodge 1992 Growth Management submission; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning commission has reviewed and approved at public hearing those code text amendments as recommended by the Planning Director and associated with the Bell Mountain Lodge submission pursuant to procedure as authorized by Section 24-6-205 (A) 8 of the Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed text amendments as approved and recommended by the Planning and Zoning commission are consistent with the goals and elements of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan and are not in conflict with other portions of Chapter 24; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed text amendments will allow and promote compatibility of zone districts 1 ....... ....... ../ ( and land uses with existing land uses and neighborhood characteristics and will be consistent with the public welfare and the purposes and intent of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN COLORADO: Section 1: Section 5-216. E.1, "Off-Street Parking Requirement" of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended, which new text shall read as follows: "1. Lodge use: 0.7 space/bedroom of which 0.2 space/bedroom may be provided via a payment in lieu pursuant to Article 7, Division 4 of this chapter." Section 2: Section 7-404. B.1, "Special Review" for off-street parking requirements of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, 'Colorado, is hereby amended, which new text shall read as follows: "1. In the Commercial Core (CC), Commercial (C-1), Office (0, Commercial Lodge (CL), Lodge/Tourist Residential (L/TR), or Lodge Preservation (LP) zone districts, the applicant shall make a one-time only payment-in-lieu of parking to the City, in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per space required, based on the cost for such spaces stated in the report entitled "Physical and Financial Conceptual Design for Two Parking Facilities for the City of Aspen" prepared by RNL Facilities Corporation..." [Remainder of section 2 - r-_ , , / unamended] . section 3: This Ordinance shall not effect 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 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional in a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. section 5: A public hearing on this Ordinance shall be held on the ~~ day of ~ 1993 in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which a hearing of public notice of the same shall be published 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 c:2~~ day of 1993. -~/~ Fo;L J hn Bennett, Mayor ~N~LLY, adopted, ~~ 1993. passed and approved this ;)-~ day of 3 \ ATT~T : ~a(2 Kathryn S. / I ,.." 0,J och C' , J.ty Cler .". '-./ ~u:nf~ jCdL , Mayor 4 c ..- '''' MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and Council THRU: Amy Margerum, City Manager THRU: Diane Moore, City Planning Director FROM: Kim Johnson, Planner DATE: July 12, 1993 RE: Bell Mountain Lodge Redevelopment Vested Rights - Second Reading of Ordinance 37, Series 1993 SUMMARY: The Planning Office recommends approval of the request for vested rights for the approved redevelopment of this property. The Bell Mountain Lodge project was granted a growth management allocation for 22 new lodge units on February 22, 1993 and now seeks vested rights to protect the project from changes to the land use regulations for a period of three years from original approval. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The Bell Mountain Lodge redevelopment was approved by City Council by adoption of Ordinance 3 on February 22, 1993. First reading of this vested rights ordinance occurred on June 14, 1993. CURRENT ISSUES: section 24-6-207 dictates the process and ordinance language requirements for establishing vested rights for three years. Ordinance 37 contains the required text. Three years is the vested rights period also established by state regulations. The vested rights period shall run from February 22, 1993 through February 22, 1996. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: There are no costs to the City associated with approval of vested rights for three years. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Office recommends approval of vested rights for the Bell Mountain Lodge project. ALTERNATIVES: Vested rights approval for three years is not a discretionary action by City Council. PROPOSED MOTION: "I move to have second reading of Ordinance 37, Series 1993 for the approval of vested rights for three years for the development plan/GMP allocation at the Bell Mountain Lodge." CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Ordinance 37, Series 1993 ......" '--,..... MAR 2 0 ",~,~, '.1-"", " J. Nicholas McGrath" Michael C, Ireland Jeanne C. Doremus March 26, 1993. 600 East Hopkins Avenue Suite 203 Aspen, Colorado 81611 Telephone (303) 925-2612 Telecopier (303) 925-4402 J, NICHOLAS MCGRATH. P,C, A Professional Corporation Attomeys At Law Ms. Kim Johnson Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Aspen, CO 81611 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Dear Kim: I am writing this letter to confirm my understanding of several aspects of the Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS approval that we have discussed in a piecemeal fashion over the past few weeks. I have attempted to consolidate our discussions into this letter for your review. The issues we discussed and our resolution of them are as follows: 1. Under ~ 8-108 of the Aspen Land Use Code (the excerpt you had delievered to my office) the GMQS approval is for three years from the date of the city council approval of Ordinance 3, series of 1993, that is February 22, 1993. Since this is not a subdivision, PUD or SPA, not site specific development plan is required to be approved and thus the three years runs from the date of the approval of the ordinance. 2. My understanding from a review of the planning office memorandum and ordinance is that no further steps are necessary on the part of the property owner in order to obtain a building permit other than the imposition and recording of deed restrictions for the three affordable units as described in the ordinance. I also understand that no rL I At,l.,,- t1..IlR 8hl_L.h.ao a. buildiftg ~~ARi!t a~e np-cessary should the owner seek an extension of the approval. . JJI<tA.a./ 'J1cf'5\ 3. I also understand that the project is exempt from LP zone rear yard setback requirements provided the existing encroachment in the alley is removed and that you will provide a letter clarifying that point. Finally, because ~ 8-108 of the Aspen Land Use Code is designed to be similar to the provisions on vesting in ~ 6-207, we do not need a separate ordinance to vest the development rights against, adverse impacts of future zoning changes for the three year period. This is because, in part, the vesting ordinance speaks to site specific approvals and no site specific approval is required for the Bell Mountain Lodge. If you disagree at all, please let me know. "Member, Cola, (f971). Calif. (f969), and D,C. (1966) bars ,"'"' """"..'" ,- J, NICHOLAS MCGRATH, p,c. Thank you. Sincerely, J. NICHOLAS MCGRATH, P.C. d~- BY: ichael C. Ireland m93 valer325.ltr '~'. \' \ 1 , I"" "-' /'..~..- '111-1=- '-'" MEMORANDUM THRU: Diane Moore, city Planning Directo@ (ttlNlf{ PP L! rrO TO: Mayor and city council THRU: Amy Margerum, city Manager FROM: Kim Johnson, Planner DATE: February 22, 1993 Text Amendment for Parking in the LP (Lodge Preservation) Zone District - Second Reading of Ordinance 4, Series 1993 RE: SUMMARY: The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the proposed code amendments which brings the parking requirement for the LP zone into alignment with the parking requirements of the other lodge zones: L/TR (Lodge / Tourist Residential) and CL (commercial Lodge). The code amendments also allow for Special Review by the Planning and Zoning Commission for reductions of parking in the LP zone district. First reading of Ordinance 4 was held on January 25, 1993. BACKGROUND: In the early 1980's, the parking requirements of all the lodge zone districts were established at 1 space per lodge unit. In response to a parking study for the Roberts Hotel project (known later as The Ritz), the city lowered the parking requirements for the L/TR (Lodge Tourist Residential) and CL (commercial Lodge) zone districts to .7 spaces per lodge unit. The LP zone requirement was left at the higher level than the other lodge zones in consideration that LP sites are located randomly throughout the city rather than directly adjacent to the base of the mountain. During the last several years most lodges, large and small, have taken proactive measures towards reducing traffic and dependency on the private automobile, ie. lodge van service and promotion of ,/ public bus service. In light of this evolution, staff has come to ~ believe that the 1 space per unit requirement is unrealistic, and may pose an unnecessary impact for parking on the small lodges and their neighborhoods. For at least two years, staff has heard concerns voiced from the lodging community that develo ment in the LP zone has be st mi d because of difficulty in meet1ng he oarkinq requirement~ currently in place. A text amendment which would seek to rectify this problem has been discussed amongst staff, but had not been initiated due to office workload. This Applicant is proposing the , 1 r" \",." ,/ text amendments in order to make this, and hopefully, other LP projects come to fruition. CURRENT ISSUES: The current parking regulation in the LP zone requires one space for each lodge unit. The Bell Mountain Lodge is currently non-conforming as it provides 10 parking spaces for 18 rentable lodge rooms. Any redevelopment requires compliance for only the expanded capacity of the site (22 rooms). The proposal calls for a total of 40 short-term lodge units. The Bell Mountain Lodge GMP application (covered by separate Council memo) offers 25 parking spaces on-site, 23 of which will be within an underground garage. . arking plan is de nt on a ro of this cod _amendment affecting e parking requirement of the LP zone. . The applicant has submitted a text amendment to provide the same parking requirement for the LP zone as for the CL (Commercial Lodge) and L/TR (Lodge Tourist Residential) zone districts. The proposed language change to section 5-216.E.1. is: "Lodge use: 0.7 space/bedroom of which 0.2 space/bedroom may t:!' be provided via a payment in lieu pursuant to Art.7, Div.4." Also necessary is the addition of the which may be granted cash-in-lieu section 7-404.B.1. shall read: LP zone to the list of zones status by the Commission. "In the Commercial Core (CC), Commercial (C-1), Office (0), Commercial Lodge (CL), Lodge/Tourist Residential (L/TR), or Lodge Preservation (LP) zone districts, the applicant shall make a one-time only payment-in-lieu of parking to the City, in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per space required...." The proposed text amendment allows the Planning Commission by / oopo~jal Rev1~ to take into account the exact location-specific~ requirements and constraints of a proposed LP parking arrangement to-Ieduce parkinq from .7 space per room down to .5 space with cash-in-11eu for the remaining .2 space per room. The Planning commission and the Planning staff reviewed the proposed amendment pursuant to section 24-7-1102 of the Municipal Code and find that the review criteria are satisfactorily met. The review standards for text amendments and staff responses are contained in Exhibit "A". FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: In future cases where the P&Z might grant Special Review for reduced parking via cash-in-lieu, the city's parking fund will be augmented. RECOMMENDATION: On December 8, 1992, the Planning and Zoning commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of this text amendment. 2 c ~..... '--"" ALTERNATIVES: requirements. Bell Mountain The Council could change the per room parking Requiring more parking per room will invalidate the Lodge's application as submitted. PROPOSED MOTION: "I move to approve on second reading Ordinance 4, Series 1993 for amendments to the Aspen Municipal Code affecting parking requirements in the LP (Lodge Preservation) zone district as follows: Section 24-5-216.E.1 "Lodge use: 0.7 space/bedroom of which 0.2 space/bedroom may be provided via a payment in lieu pursuant to Art.7, Div.4." section 7-404.B.1. : "In the Commercial Core (CC), Commercial (C-1), Office (O), Commercial Lodge (CL), Lodge/Tourist Residential (L/TR), or Lodge Preservation (LP) zone districts, the applicant shall make a one-time only payment-in-lieu of parking to the city, in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per space required...." CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Exhibits: Ordinance 4, Series 1993 "A" - Review Standards for Code Amendments / Staff Responses 3 "A II ty CoaDC11 ~I~tt 11 .~ ,1'_ By Ordinance Review Standards For Text Amendments (Section 24-7-1102) Parking Requirements in the LP Zone District 1/25/93 A. Whether the proposed amendment is in conflict with any applicable portions of this chapter. Response: The proposed amendment does not conflict with any portions of the land use regulations. The proposed amendment supports the LP zone district's incentive program to maintain small lodges. B. Whether the proposed amendment is consistent with all elements of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan. Response: There are no conflicts with the existing Plan or its sub-elements. C. Whether the proposed amendment is compatible with surrounding Zone Districts and land uses, considering existing land use and neighborhood characteristics. Response: The Bell Mountain site is fairly small and is located within two blocks of the Gondola and is adjacent to the commercial core. The change in the baseline parking requirement from 1 space per lodge room down to .7 space will act as an incentive to maintain and expand small lodge capacity in the city. As mentioned above, the proposed text amendment allows the Commission to apply special review standards to the Bell Mountain and all other projects requesting cash mitigation for parking below .7 parking spaces per lodge unit. D. The effect of the proposed amendment on traffic generation and road safety. Response: Traffic generation is not increased by this proposed amendment, nor is road safety diminished. Special review will be required for proposed parking situations of less than .7 spaces per room. 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: The proposed text amendment has no effect on public facilities, other than perhaps the potential of increasing fees paid toward the parking fund because of special Review cash-in- 1 . """0 '.,~ lieu approvals. F. Whether and the extent to which the proposed amendment would result in significantly adverse impacts on the natural environment. Response: No impacts to natural features is anticipated. G. Whether the proposed amendment is consistent and compatible with the community character in the city of Aspen. Response: The LP zone incentive package will be bolstered by the proposed amendment, thus aiding small lodges in their effort to remain and perhaps expand their economic viability. H. Whether there have been changed conditions affecting the SUbject parcel or the surrounding neighborhood which support the proposed amendment. Response: The text amendment affects LP properties throughout the city. In a general sense, the competition in the lodging sector is creating a difficulty for some of the smaller lodges to remain viable without improvements or expansion. Yet, current parking requirements which are stiffer for the small lodges than the larger hotels are a disincentive to maintain small, quality accommodations. Special Review will determine those cases where cash-in-lieu is requested. 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 public interest will not be jeopardized by the proposed amendment. The LP zone district incentive package will be augmented by the proposed amendment. 2 MEMORANDUM "'" 0- , THRU: Mayor and City council Amy Margerum, city ManagerGJ./ ~ Diane Moore, city Planning Directo~ TO: THRU: FROM: Kim Johnson, Planner DATE: January 25, 1993 RE: Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion 1992 Tourist Accommodations Growth Management Allocation, Future Growth Management Allocations, and GMQS Exemption for Affordable Housing - First Reading ordinance~, series 1993 SUMMARY: The Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion is the only lodge application submitted for allocation in the 1992 competition. The Planning and Zoning commission finds that the Bell Mountain Lodge meets minimum GMP scores and recommends approval of the Bell Mountain Lodge Growth Management proposal for 22 lodge units. This includes a recommendation to grant future allocations from 1993 and 1994. GMQS Exemption for three affordable housing units associated with the lodge redevelopment is also being forwarded with a positive recommendation. This project was presented along with a proposed amendment to the parking requirements for the LP (Lodge Preservation) zone district. The P&Z recommends approval of the amendment, which is covered by a separate council memo and ordinance. BACKGROUND: The Bell Mountain Lodge is located at 720 E. Cooper Avenue (across from City Market) and is zoned LP (Lodge Preservation). The applicants are the Kappeli family, who have owned the lodge for almost thirty years. The parcel was the subject of unsuccessful rezoning requests to 0 (Office) zoning in the late 1980's. The purpose of the LP zone district is to promote the preservation and maintenance of the community's small lodges. The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the application on December 8, 1992. The Commission accepted the Planning staff's score for the project which met the minimum thresholds and voted to recommend that Council grant future allocations to the development. The Commission also approved special review of the Bell Mountain Lodge parking plan, which is dependent upon Council's approval of the proposed code amendment for parking in the LP zone district. A GMQS Exemption for the on-site employee dwelling units also received favorable review by P&Z. The employee housing plan 1 ---,._,,--------"._._~"....,.~_.,. ,..._-~~_._< # " consists of one 1-bedroom unit, one 2-bedroom unit, and one 3- bedroom unit. This redevelopment plan calls for a basic demolition of the existing structure. staff determined that there are 18 bona fide lodge rooms wi thin the building. This is different from the application which indicated 21 lodge rooms. The existing above- grade parking will be replaced with an underground garage containing 23 spaces. The site will be open and landscaped facing cooper Avenue. Please refer to the attached application booklet. Amendment information submitted subsequent to the application booklet is attached as Exhibit "A". Referral memos from various city and non-city departments are contained as Exhibit "B". CURRENT ISSUES: "Superblock" concept: This site is within an area identified in the draft Aspen Area Community Plan as a future mUltiple-use "superblock". Both the Transportation and Character committees noted that uses such as affordable housing, commercial parking, and neighborhood oriented business found in NC and SCI zones should be integrated via a public/private development partnership. The focus of this partnership will be to create a master plan for the superblock and the inclusion of an underground parking structure. Planning staff believes that the superblock area should be overlaid with an SPA (Specially Planned Area) designation as soon as possible to provide a format for future reviews and permits. In recent workshop discussions with city council regarding the Kraut parcel which is northeast of the Bell Mountain Lodge, staff was directed to convene the property owners within the superblock area to begin identifying the needs and goals of the owners. These parties are City Market, the Buckhorn Lodge, George Vicenzi, the Bell Mountain Lodge, and the Housing Office. Senior Planner Leslie Lamont is working with the various parties on this project. The Bell Mountain Lodge has acknowledged the superblock idea by noting that their underground parking can be worked into a greater parking plan. Of course it is currently not known the exact structural details of either Bell Mountain's garage or the parking layout of the superblock, but the Applicant is recognizing the future potential. Until more details of the superblock concept are ironed out, staff finds that the Bell Mountain Lodge has met the minimum thresholds for parking requirements pursuant to the GMP application and the proposed text amendment. Future Allocation: The Applicant seeks the full 10 unit allotment for the 1992 GMP competition for the LP zone. Also requested is 10 units of the 1993 allotment and 2 units from the 1994 allotment. The Planning commission supports the future allocation request, but also discussed and would recommend "reaching back" to claim un- used lodge allocations for the benefit of potential future projects 2 ~.",~~_"~_"<"",,__,,~......,...,.__.~..,_,,.,..~..--.....~__..,_.w." in 1993 and 1994. specific to this subject of unallocated development credits, section 8-103 C. of the Land Use Code states that "If following the award of development allotments there shall remain unallocated development allotments, the city council, following a public hearing for which notice has been given pursuant to section 6-205(E) (3) (a), shall be resolution either carryover the unallocated allotments next year, or eliminate the unallocated allotments." since there have been no submissions seeking lodge quotas during the last several years, staff has not presented Council with any resolutions to forward or eliminate the un-used allocations. Legal interpretation indicates that the lack of either action during the corresponding timeframe of the un-used allocations negates the ability to regain these allotments at this time. A future allocation may be granted by the City council if all of the following standards can be demonstrated: 1) The quality of the proposed development substantially exceeds that established minimum threshold for the scoring established in section 8-105 .G. 7, by receiving 67% of the points cumulatively available at the time of its scoring by the Commission. Response: Total available points in the six lodge scoring categories is 105. 67% of 105 is 70.35 points. staff scored the project at 81.625 points, or 78% of total available points, thus it meets this standard. 2) The site design of the proposed development makes construction phasing infeasible. This requires but is not limited to a demonstration that economies of scale will result from construction occurring at once; the proposed development is intended as a single building which cannot easily be constructed or operated in phases; and that the public facility investments for the proposed development such as roads, water and sewer facilities, must all be installed at the initiation of the project, making phasing economically unrealistic. Response: As depicted in the drawings submitted, the new lodge will be one structure built over an underground garage. One construction phase is absolutely required due to this plan. All infrastructure is in place, so this criteria is not pertinent. 3) The impacts of construction of the proposed development on the surrounding neighborhood will be reduced by construction at one time rather than phasing it over two or more construction period, and such construction can be tolerated by the city. 3 Response: The Bell Mountain Lodge is across from City Market and near several office, commercial and multi-family residential structures. To spread construction over more than one time period would be undesirable to the neighborhood in terms of noise, traffic, and visual impacts. 4) The city is capable of absorbing the accelerated rate at which impacts on its services and public facilities will be experienced. It shall be considered sufficient evidence of service and public facility availability if it can be demonstrated that sufficient capacity is available in transportation, utilities, affordable housing, parks/recreation facilities, police, fire, schools, and hospital capacity. Response: All basic infrastructure are in place for the neighborhood. The increase of 22 units at once versus three years is not an impact to the systems. 5) It can be demonstrated that granting allotments from future years will be in support of the goal of community balance. Response: There have been no GMP submissions or allocations for the LP zone during the last several years, so the rate of development in the small lodge category will not have been affected in the long term. This project will be an enhancement of the small lodge base in town, which is a goal of the LP zone district. Growth Manaqement Exemption for Affordable Housinq: Pursuant to section 8-104 C.1(C) the Council shall exempt deed restricted housing that is provided in accordance with the housing guidelines. However the Commission shall review and make a recommendation to council regarding the housing package. According to the Code, the review of any request for exemption of housing pursuant to this section shall include a determination of the City's need for such housing, considering the proposed development's compliance with an adopted housing plan, the number of dwelling units proposed and their location, the type of dwelling units proposed, specifically regarding the number of bedrooms in each unit, the size of the dwelling unit, the rental/sale mix of the proposed development, and the proposed price categories to which the dwelling units are to be deed restricted. RESPONSE: City Council makes the final determination for deed restrictions on the employee units. The Commission recommends approval of the housing package for the three apartments. Please refer to the amendments pertaining to housing contained in Exhibit "A". The Bell Mountain Lodge's Growth Management application includes the provision of affordable housing for 63% of the employees generated by the 22 new lodge units (7 employees). The applicant is proposing to construct three garden level units in the 4 ,. , .. reconstructed lodge. The proposed units will total approximately 2,300 s.f. of net livable area. The following proposed deed restrictions have been reviewed and approved by the Housing Office: 3 bedroom unit, occupied) 2 bedroom unit, 1 bedroom unit, approximately 1,050 s.f. RO (Resident approximately 850 s.f. - Category III approximately 625 s.f. - Category II The largest unit will probably be occupied by the owner of the Lodge who would likely exceed asset limitations of the four price/income Categories. Thus, the RO restriction is logical for that apartment. Occupants of any of the apartments must be employees of the Lodge, per the permitted uses allowed by the underlying LP zone district requirements. A recent example of a similar situation is the 1992 approval of a deed restricted tri- plex at the Crestahaus Lodge. Affordable housing for employees of the lodge is listed as a permitted use in the LP zone. The proposed units comply with the dimensional requirements of the LP zone. According to the Land Use Code, parking for residential use is not applicable in the LP district. However, the Engineering Department would like approvals to dedicate some of the on-site parking for use by the occupants of the deed restricted units. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: There are no identifiable financial implications with the allocation of the 22 lodge units. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Zoning commission recommends allocation of the 10 lodge units available in 1992 for the LP zone. The Commission also recommends approval of 10 allocations from the 1993 and 2 allocations from the 1994 Growth Management quota, for a total of 22 new units. The Commission employees within November 2, 1992 recommends approval of GMQS Exemption for 7 three affordable housing units as proposed in the and January 19, 1993 application amendments. ALTERNATIVES: The Council may allocations, requiring this project Management competitions. choose not to grant future to compete in succeeding Growth PROPOSED MOTION: "I move to approve 22 Growth Management allocations for the Bell Mountain Lodge comprising of 10 units from the 1992 Tourist Accommodations competition, 10 units of multi- year allocations from 1993, and 2 units of multi-year allocations from 1994." "I also move to approve the Bell Mountain Lodge employee housing plan and GMQS Exemption for the three employee units as proposed in the 11/2/92 and 1/19/93 amendments to the application." 5 CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Exhibits: Ordinance ~ , series 1993 Bell Mountain Lodge Application Booklet "A" - Amendments for Parking and Affordable Housing "B" - Complete Referral Memos bell.cc.1.25 6 .~~------....----_. WRIGHT & ADGER /"'It;y COI1ocll ~roved By Ordinance itA- Jl ....fhlt: , 1'_ , ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEROME PROFESSIONAL BUILDING 201 NORTH MILL STREET. SUITE 106 GARY A. WRIGHT ALLEN H. ADGER. ASPEN. COLORAOO B1611 .. ALSO ADMITTED TO TEXAS AND LOUISIANA BAR 19 January 1993 Kim Johnson, Planner Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge GMPQS Employee Housing Dear Kim: I am writing to provide the additional information necessary for the Bell Mountain Lodge GMPQS Application, Regarding employee housing, those units have been proposed, One one- bedroom unit, which we propose to designate Category II, and which we expect will consist of approximately 600-650 square feet, One two-bedroom unit, which we propose to designate Category III, and will be approximately 850- 900 square feet, The third unit is for the "owners" unit, and consequently we would propose to designate this three-bedroom unit as "RO", This unit would be approximately 1,000-1,100 square feet, If you have any questions or require additional information, please let me know, Sincerely, WRIGHT & ADGER ,@ /' 'a A':--'Wright GAW/mf cc: Cindy Christensen, APCHA, by facsimile RE\BELL_MT,PO ". "'- '''" , ., ....,.J' VANN ASSOCIATES Planning Consultants November 2, 1992 HAND DELIVERED Ms, Kim Johnson Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS Application Amendment Dear Kim: Please consider this letter a request to amend the Bell Mountain Lodge 1992 tourist accommodations GMQS application, The City has indicated that only eighteen (18) of the existing lodge's twenty-one (21) units are exempt from growth management for reconstruction purposes, As a result, it is necessary to recalculate the project's afford- able housing, parking and quota requirements. Please note, however, that the Appli- cant's original representations as to the percentage of employees housed, and the project's off-street parking ratio, remain unchanged, Requested GMQS Allocation , As only eighteen (18) existing units have been recognized by the City as being eligible for a GMQS reconstruction exemption, a twenty-two (22) unit GMQS allocation will be required to implement the project, as opposed to the original request for a nineteen (19) unit allocation, The impact of the additional three (3) unit allocation on the project's affordable housing and off-street parking requirements is discussed below. Affordable Housing As discussed in Section III,G, of the Applicant's GMQS application, two (2), three (3) bedroom units were to be provided to meet the project's affordable housing requirement. The project's nineteen (19) new lodge units were expected to generate nine and one-half (9-112) new employees, or one (1) employee for each two (2) units, As the two, three bedroom affordable housing units would theoretically house a total of six (6) employees, approximately sixty-three (63) percent of the project's employee generation would have been mitigated by the proposed affordable housing units, Based on the original affordable housing generation factor of one (1) employee per two (2) units, twenty-two (22) new lodge units would theoretically generate eleven (11) new employees. Using the sixty-three (63) percent employee housing factor discussed above, approximately seven (7) employees must be housed if the Applicant's original representa- ;)j(i : 'j:;~ f-LJ:- ,; , to; fl' I . i -, vy, C("-(J, F',:<: ~).rn~_~';'()-{L",: c o Ms. Kim Johnson November 2, 1992 Page 2 tions are to be maintained. To accommodate these employees, the Applicant will reconfigure one (1) of the original three (3) bedroom units to include a one (1) bedroom unit and a two (2) bedroom unit. The revised affordable housing unit mix will house a total of seven (7) employees, Off-Street Parking As discussed in my October 7, 1992, code amendment application letter, thirteen (13) new off-street parking spaces were originally proposed to serve the nineteen (19) new lodge units. The resulting parking ratio was approximately 0,7 spaces per lodge unit (Le., 13 spaces + 19 units = 0,68), To accommodate the three (3) units for which a GMQS exemption is not available, the Applicant will provide two (2) additional parking spaces in the project's subgrade garage, Please note that the revised off-street parking ratio is identical to the original proposal (Le" 15 spaces + 22 units = 0,68), The revised garage parking layout is depicted on the accompanying drawing, Alley Encroachment With respect to the encroachment of the existing building's rear wall into the adjacent alley, the Applicant will remove the wall in connection with the construction of the proposed development. The Applicant's willingness to eliminate the encroachment, however, is expressly conditioned upon the understanding that the lodge's new rear wall may be constructed adjacent to the rear property line. In other words, the removal of the wall will not require that the LP zone district's rear yard setback be adhered to in the design and construction of the proposed development. Should you have any questions, or if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call. SV:cwv cc: Gary A. Wright, Esq. Jan Derrington 2 """ \'...;~( "J---' c:\bus\city.ltr~"19892,kjl . "-"" , , j' VANN ASSOCIATES Planning Consultants October 7, 1992 HAND DELIVERED Ms. Kim Johnson Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge/Parking Code Amendment Dear Kim: Please consider this letter an application for an amendment to the off-street parking requirements of the LP, Lodge Preservation, zone district (see Pre-Application Conference Summary attached hereto as Exhibit 1). The application is submitted pursuant to Section 7-1103 by Victor, Werner and Nancy Kappeli, dba, The Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc, The Applicants' representative with respect to this application is Sunny Vann of Vann Associates, Planning Consultants, Background On August 1, 1992, the Applicants submitted an application for an allocation in the annual GMQS tourist accommodations competition. The purpose of the allocation is to permit the renovation and expansion of the Bell Mountain Lodge, which is located in the LP, Lodge Preservation, zone district. The off-street parking which was proposed in connection with the project, however, was erroneously based on the parking requirements of the LffR, Lodgeffourist Residential, zone district. To resolve this problem, the Planning Office has requested that the Applicants either revise the project's design to increase the amount of on-site parking, or to process a code amendment to amend the parking requirements of the LP zone district, As no practical ability exists to provide additional parking on-site while maintaining the project's proposed design, the Applicants have elected to pursue a code amendment. This amendment, therefore, should be considered as an addendum to the Applicants' GMQS application, and should be processed concurrently therewith, As Table 1 below indicates, the existing lodge contains twenty-one (21) units and provides ten (10) off-street parking spaces, The previously submitted GMQS application requests an allocation for nineteen (19) additional units, which would 230 East Hopkins Avenue' Aspen, Colorado 81611 . 303/925.6958 . Fax 303/920-9310 c o Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 2 expand the lodge operation to a total of forty (40) units. Thirteen (13) additional parking spaces are proposed to accommodate the expansion. As additional parking need only be provided for the new lodge units, the resulting parking ratio is 0.7 spaces per lodge unit (i.e., 13 parking spaces + 19 bedrooms). Table 1 ParkinglLodge Uoit Data 1. Existing Parking Spaces 10 2, Proposed New Parking Spaces 13 3. Total Parking Spaces 23 Sub grade Garage Surface 21 2 4, Existing Lodge Units Bedrooms 21 21 5, Proposed Expansion Units Bedrooms 19 19 6. Total Project Units' Bedrooms 40 40 7. Parking Spaces per Bedroom Existing Bedroom Ratio New Bedroom Ratio Total Bedroom Ratio 0,5 0,7 0,6 8, Minimum Parking Requirement2 LP Zone District @ 1 SpacelBedroom UfR Zone District @ 0.7 SpaceIBedroom3 19 13 c :) Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 3 1 Thirty (30) of the units have been configured so as to permit their rental as fifteen (15) suites. 2 Computed based on proposed new bedrooms, 3 Pursuant to Section 5-215.E,1., 0,2 space/bedroom of the 0.7 space/bedroom requirement may be provided via a payment-in-lieu subject to P&Z review and approval. As the table indicates, 0.7 parking space per bedroom is required in the lJTR zone district, of which 0.2 space per bedroom may be met via a cash-in-lieu payment. Based on this requirement, a minimum of ten (10) parking spaces would have to be provided for the proposed nineteen (19) unit expansion (Le., 0.5 spaceslbedroom x 19 bedrooms), with the remainder of the requirement being met via a cash-in-lieu payment. At 0.7 space per bedroom, a maximum of thirteen (13) spaces would be required to seIVe the proposed expansion. As thirteen (13) new spaces are pro- posed, the original GMQS application complies with the applicable off-street parking requirement of the lJTR zone district, The applicable off-street parking requirement in the LP zone district is one (1) space per bedroom. No ability presently exists, however, to reduce this requirement via a cash-in-lieu payment. As a result, the proposed expansion would require a minimum of nineteen (19) to meet the off-street parking requirement of the LP zone district. As only thirteen (13) new spaces are proposed, the GMQS application is deficient by six (6) parking spaces based on the requirements of the LP zone district. Proposed Amendment The Applicant proposes to amend the requirements of Sections 5-217,E. and 5-303 of the Aspen Land Use Regulations to make the lodge off-street parking require- ment of the LP zone district the same as the lodge requirement of the lJTR zone district. More specifically, Section 5-217.E.1. of the Regulations, and the applicable language of Section 5-303, would read as follows. "Lodge use: 0.7 space/bedroom of which 0.2 space/bedroom may be provided via a payment in lieu pursuant to Art. 7, DivA." To the best of my knowledge, the lodge parking requirement of the lJTR zone district was reduced from one (1) space per bedroom to 0.7 space per bedroom in the early 1980's. I believe that this reduction was triggered in part by the parking studies which were performed in connection with the original approval of what is c .~ Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 4 now the Ritz Carlton hotel project. Savanah Limited's predecessor in interest, John Roberts, provided extensive information, which was developed by the transportation consulting firm IDA, regarding the appropriateness of the existing one (1) space per bedroom requirement. In discussing the parking requirements of the LP zone district with Alan Richman, the author of the applicable regulations, he indicated that the one (1) space per bedroom requirement was imposed to reflect the non-conforming status of many of the LP lodge's parking, and the fact that they were widely scattered throughout the City. The one space per bedroom requirement was apparently intended to help mitigate the impact of expansion upon on-street parking within the City's residential neighborhoods, While this concept obviously has merit, we believe that it fails to adequately address the needs of those LP zoned lodges which are located within or in close proximity to the downtown area. Such lodges are arguably no more dependent upon off-street parking than similarly situated lII'R zoned hotels. As a result, a similar degree of flexibility should logically be afforded the LP lodges in order to further support their continuation as an important component of the City's lodge inventory. As the expansion of these older lodges is often essential to their continued economic viability, the present LP parking requirement represents an obstacle to lodge presetvation. Review Requirements Pursuant to Section 7-1103, a private application for an amendment to the text of the Aspen Land Use Regulations may be submitted at any time during the year. The review criteria for such applications, and the proposed amendment's compliance therewith, are discussed below, 1. "Whether the proposed amendment is in conflict with any applicable portions of this chapter." The proposed code amendment complies with all applicable provisions of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code, aka, The Aspen Land Use Regulations. No variation in the dimensional requirements of the LP zone district, or waiver of any applicable provision of the Regulations, is requested by the Applicants. 2. "Whether the proposed amendment is consistent with all elements of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan." As discussed in the 1991 Phase One Report which was prepared by the Planning Office in connection with the current Aspen area community planning c --. v Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 5 effort, there is no single document which constitutes the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan. Instead, the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan consists of a variety of individual elements and neighborhood plans which have been adopted since the preparation of the original Aspen Area General Plan in 1966. The proposed amendment does not conflict with any such element or plan. 3. "Whether the proposed amendment is compatible with surrounding zone districts and land uses, considering existing land use and neighborhood characteristics." This review criteria would appear to apply primanly to an application for rezoning, and is not applicable to the proposed amendment, 4. safety." "The effect of the proposed amendment on traffic generation and road The proposed amendment will have no adverse impact on the area's existing road system. As any reduction in parking requested pursuant to the proposed amendment would be subject to the review and approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, all applications would be considered based on their specific circum- stances. 5. "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." The proposed amendment will have no adverse impact on the City's public facilities. As any reduction in parking requested pursuant to the proposed amend- ment would be subject to the review and approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, all applications would be considered based on their specific circum- stances. 6. "Whether and the extent to which the proposed amendment would result in significantly adverse impacts on the natural environment." The proposed amendment will have no adverse impact on the natural environment. 7. "Whether the proposed amendment is consistent and compatible with the community character in the City of Aspen." - "- ,....." ......,I Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 6 This review criteria would appear to apply primarily to an application for rezoning, and is not applicable to the proposed amendment. 8. "Whether there have been changed conditions affecting the subject parcel or the surrounding neighborhood which support the proposed amendment." This review criteria would appear to apply primarily to an application for rezoning, and is not applicable to the proposed amendment. 9. "Whether the proposed amendment would be in conOict with the public interest, and is in harmony with the purpose and intent of this chapter." The public interest would be selVed in that the proposed amendment would provide additional flexibility in addressing the renovation/expansion needs of the LP lodges. This fleXibility is consistent with, and would significantly further, the preselVation intent of the LP zone district. As any approval granted pursuant to the amendment would be discretionary, no adverse impact would occur merely from the amendment's adoption. Should you have any questions, or if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, SV:cwv Attachment c:\bus\city,applapp19892,ca I I I I I I I . I g I ( ~ I z 9 I ~ ~ I . I z :J rJ- ! . . z ~ :J ~ ~ . ffi . o . . I'''''.., ",.>-' , , ~h 3H -+--- .. I __~ . I -~ I '-..", i u . I " " o " .n.,.==< . . , . , . . -.,--=:r-i I I I I I , . " " \ \ \ -1:- .: ~ ~ . . . ~ I e ~ Do CD . " . " ----r . " I g I ; " " . " 'ffi - C'oI ~ ..-- :t ei .J III ~~ 0 Z ~ " B II: ~ "..... "- "'" .. VI' e.. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council THRU: Amy Margerum, city Manager THRU: Diane Moore, City Planning Direct@ FROM: Kim Johnson, Planner DATE: February 22, 1993 RE: Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion Accommodations Growth Management Growth Management Allocations, and Affordable Housing - Second Reading 1993 1992 Tourist Allocation, Future GMQS Exemption for Ordinance 3, Series SUMMARY: The Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion is the only lodge application submitted for allocation in the 1992 competition. The Planning and Zoning commission finds that the Bell Mountain Lodge meets minimum GMP scores and recommends approval of the Bell Mountain Lodge Growth Management proposal for 22 lodge units. This includes a recommendation to grant future allocations from 1993 and 1994. GMQS Exemption for three affordable housing units associated with the lodge redevelopment is also being forwarded with a positive recommendation. At first reading, city Council, staff and the Applicant discussed the Resident Occupied (R.O.) deed restriction for the owner/manager unit which was proposed at that time. R.O. deed restrictions are not allowed by the Land Use Code for Growth Management housing mitigation. Planning and Housing staff and the Applicant have since met to determine an appropriate deed restriction for this uni t. In order to meet the needs of the lodge and the Code restrictions, the proposed deed restriction is now category 4, with the exception that income and asset guidelines for a lodge manager occupying that unit are waived. All three units must be continuously occupied by persons qualified through the Housing Office. Also included in this packet is the draft Planning commission resolution forwarding the Bell Mountain GMP score to Council. This project was presented along with a proposed amendment to the parking requirements for the LP (Lodge Preservation) zone district. The P&Z recommends approval of the amendment, which is covered by a separate Council memo and ordinance. BACKGROUND: The Bell Mountain Lodge is located at 720 E. Cooper 1 ""-'-.~'.~--- c 8 Avenue (across from City Market) and is zoned LP (Lodge Preservation). The applicants are the Kappeli family, who have owned the lodge for almost thirty years. The parcel was the subject of unsuccessful rezoning requests to 0 (Office) zoning in the late 1980's. The purpose of the LP zone district is to promote the preservation and maintenance of the community's small lodges. The Planning and Zoning commission reviewed the application on December 8, 1992. The Commission accepted the Planning staff's score for the project which met the minimum thresholds and voted to recommend that Council grant future allocations to the development. The Commission also approved special review of the Bell Mountain Lodge parking plan, which is dependent upon Council's approval of the proposed code amendment for parking in the LP zone district. Please refer to Exhibit "c" for the draft P&Z resolution. A GMQS Exemption for the on-site employee dwelling units also received favorable review by P&Z. The employee housing plan consists of one 1-bedroom unit, one 2-bedroom unit, and one 3-bedroom unit. This redevelopment plan calls for a basic demolition of the existing structure. staff determined that there are 18 bona fide lodge rooms within the building. This is different from the application which indicated 21 lodge rooms. The existing above- grade parking will be replaced with an underground garage containing 23 spaces. The site will be open and landscaped facing Cooper Avenue. Please refer to the attached application booklet. Amendment information submitted subsequent to the application booklet is attached as Exhibit "A". Referral memos from various City and non-City departments are contained as Exhibit "B". CURRENT ISSUES: "Superblock" concept: This site is within an area identified in the draft Aspen Area Community Plan as a future multiple-use "superblock". Both the Transportation and Character committees noted that uses such as affordable housing, commercial parking, and neighborhood oriented business found in NC and SCI zones should be integrated via a pUblic/private development partnership. The focus of this partnership will be to create a master plan for the superblock and the inclusion of an underground parking structure. Planning staff believes that the superblock area should be overlaid with an SPA (Specially Planned Area) designation as soon as possible to provide a format for future reviews and permits. In recent workshop discussions with City Council regarding the Kraut parcel which is northeast of the Bell Mountain Lodge, staff was directed to convene the property owners within the superblock area to begin identifying the needs and goals of the owners. These parties are City Market, the Buckhorn Lodge, George Vicenzi, the Bell Mountain Lodge, and the Housing Office. Senior Planner Leslie Lamont is working with the various parties on this project. 2 c - ~ The Bell Mountain Lodge has acknowledged the superblock idea by noting that their underground parking can be worked into a greater parking plan. In recent weeks, the Kappelis have agreed to actively and financially participate in a three month planning study of the Superblock concept. It is currently not known the exact structural details of either Bell Mountain's garage or the parking layout of the superblock, but the Applicant is recognizing the future potential. until more details of the superblock concept are ironed out, staff finds that the Bell Mountain Lodge has met the minimum thresholds for parking requirements pursuant to the GMP application and the proposed text amendment. Future Allocation: The Applicant seeks the full 10 unit allotment for the 1992 GMP competition for the LP zone. Also requested is 10 units of the 1993 allotment and 2 units from the 1994 allotment. The Planning commission supports the future allocation request, but also discussed and would recommend "reaching back" to claim un- used lodge allocations for the benefit of potential future projects in 1993 and 1994. Specific to this subject of unallocated development credits, Section 8-103 C. of the Land Use Code states that "If following the award of development allotments there shall remain unallocated development allotments, the City Council, following a public hearing for which notice has been given pursuant to section 6-205(E) (3) (a), shall be resolution either carryover the unallocated allotments next year, or eliminate the unallocated allotments." Since there have been no submissions seeking lodge quotas during the last several years, staff has not presented Council with any resolutions to forward or eliminate the un-used allocations. Legal interpretation indicates that the lack of either action during the corresponding timeframe of the un-used allocations negates the ability to regain these allotments at this time. A future allocation may be granted by the City Council if all of the following standards can be demonstrated: 1) The quality of the proposed development substantially exceeds that established minimum threshold for the scoring established in section 8-105.G. 7, by receiving 67% of the points cumulatively available at the time of its scoring by the Commission. Response: Total available points in the six lodge scoring categories is 105. 67% of 105 is 70.35 points. staff scored the project at 81.625 points, or 78% of total available points, thus it meets this standard. 2) The site design of the proposed development makes construction 3 c ...... ...." phasing infeasible. This requires but is not limited to a demonstration that economies of scale will result from construction occurring at once; the proposed development is intended as a single building which cannot easily be constructed or operated in phases; and that the public facility investments for the proposed development such as roads, water and sewer facilities, must all be installed at the initiation of the project, making phasing economically unrealistic. Response: As depicted in the drawings submitted, the new lodge will be one structure built over an underground garage. One construction phase is absolutely required due to this plan. All infrastructure is in place, so this criteria is not pertinent. 3) The impacts of construction of the proposed development on the surrounding neighborhood will be reduced by construction at one time rather than phasing it over two or more construction period, and such construction can be tolerated by the city. Response: The Bell Mountain Lodge is across from City Market and near several office, commercial and mUlti-family residential structures. To spread construction over more than one time period would be undesirable to the neighborhood in terms of noise, traffic, and visual impacts. 4) The city is capable of absorbing the accelerated rate at which impacts on its services and public facilities will be experienced. It shall be considered sufficient evidence of service and public facility availability if it can be demonstrated that sufficient capacity is available in transportation, utilities, affordable housing, parks/recreation facilities, police, fire, schools, and hospital capacity. Response: All basic infrastructure are in place for the neighborhood. The increase of 22 units at once versus three years is not an impact to the systems. 5) It can be demonstrated that granting allotments from future years will be in support of the goal of community balance. Response: There have been no GMP submissions or allocations for the LP zone during the last several years, so the rate of development in the small lodge category will not have been affected in the long term. This project will be an enhancement of the small lodge base in town, which is a goal of the LP zone district. Growth Manaqement Exemption for Affordable Housinq: Pursuant to section 8-104 C.1 (c) the Council shall exempt deed restricted housing that is provided in accordance with the housing guidelines. However the Commission shall review and make a recommendation to Council regarding the housing package. According to the Code, the review of any request for exemption of housing pursuant to this 4 ,-. \",... "" '-' section shall include a determination of the City's need for such housing, considering the proposed development's compliance with an adopted housing plan, the number of dwelling units proposed and their location, the type of dwelling units proposed, specifically regarding the number of bedrooms in each unit, the size of the dwelling unit, the rental/sale mix of the proposed development, and the proposed price categories to which the dwelling units are to be deed restricted. RESPONSE: City Council makes the final determination for deed restrictions on the employee units. The Commission recommends approval of the housing package for the three apartments. Please refer to the amendments pertaining to housing contained in Exhibit "All. The Bell Mountain Lodge's Growth Management application includes the provision of affordable housing for 63% of the employees generated by the 22 new lodge units (7 employees). The applicant is proposing to construct three garden level units in the reconstructed lodge. The proposed units will total approximately 2,300 s.f. of net livable area. The following revised deed restrictions have been reviewed and approved by the Housing Office: 3 bedroom unit, approximately 1,050 s.f. - Category IV, with waiver of income and asset limits for lodge manager 2 bedroom unit, approximately 850 s.f. - Category III 1 bedroom unit, approximately 625 s.f. - Category II Occupants of any of the apartments must be employees of the Lodge, per the permitted uses allowed by the underlying LP zone district requirements. A recent example of a similar situation is the 1992 approval of a deed restricted tri-plex at the Crestahaus Lodge. Affordable housing for employees of the lodge is listed as a permitted use in the LP zone. The proposed units comply with the dimensional requirements of the LP zone. According to the Land Use Code, parking for residential use is not applicable in the LP district. However, the Engineering Department would like approvals to dedicate some of the on-site parking for use by the occupants of the deed restricted units. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: There are no identifiable financial implications with the allocation of the 22 lodge units. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Zoning commission recommends allocation of the 10 lodge units available in 1992 for the LP zone. The Commission also recommends approval of 10 allocations from the 1993 and 2 allocations from the 1994 Growth Management quota, for a total of 22 new units. The Commission recommends approval of GMQS Exemption for 7 employees within three affordable housing units as proposed in the 5 ,-- ....,,..- ........ ", November 2, 1992 and January 19, 1993 application amendments. ALTERNATIVES: The Council may choose not to grant future allocations, requiring this project to compete in succeeding Growth Management competitions. PROPOSED MOTION: "I move to approve Ordinance 3, Series 1993 at second reading for 22 Growth Management allocations for the Bell Mountain Lodge comprising of 10 units from the 1992 Tourist Accommodations competition, 10 units of multi-year allocations from 1993, and 2 units of mUlti-year allocations from 1994." "I also move to approve the Bell Mountain Lodge employee housing plan and GMQS Exemption for the three employee units as follows: one 3 bedroom unit, approximately 1,050 s.f. - Category IV, with waiver of income and asset limits for lodge manager one 2 bedroom unit, approximately 850 s.f. - Category III one 1 bedroom unit, approximately 625 s.f. - Category 11." CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Exhibits: Ordinance 3, Series 1993 "A" - Amendments for Parking and Affordable Housing "B" - complete Referral Memos "c" - P&Z Resolution Scoring the Bell Mountain Application 6 WRIGHT & ADGER # C1ty CouJICll Approved By Ordinance ilA- JJ phthit . 1t_ ,"'" --- ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEROME PAOFESSIONAL BUILDING GARY A. WRIGHT ALLEN H. ADGER. 201 NORTH MILL STREET. SUITE 106 ASPEN. COLORADO 81611 .. ALSO ADMITTED TO TEXAS AND LOUISIANA BAR 19 January 1993 Kim Johnson, Planner Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge GMPQS Employee Housing Dear Kim: I am writing to provide the additional information necessary for the Bell Mountain Lodge GMPQS Application, Regarding employee housing, those units have been proposed, One one- bedroom unit, which we propose to designate Category II, and which we expect will consist of approximately 600-650 square feet. One two-bedroom unit, which we propose to designate Category III, and will be approximately 850-900 square feet. The third unit is for the "owners" unit, and consequently we would propose to designate this three-bedroom unit as "RO", This unit would be approximately 1,000-1,100 square feet, If you have any questions or require additional information, please let me know, Sincerely, WRIGHT & ADGER n B~ ~ 'a A':--'Wright GAW/mf cc: Cindy Christensen, APCHA, by facsimile RE\BELL_MT.PO ,~'" ".... .....,../ '.-.,iII "\.,..', i; November 2, 1992 HAND DELIVERED Ms. Kim Johnson Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS Application Amendment Dear Kim: Please consider this letter a request to amend the Bell Mountain Lodge 1992 tourist accommodations GMQS application, The City has indicated that only eighteen (18) of the existing lodge's twenty-one (21) units are exempt from growth management for reconstruction purposes, As a result, it is necessary to recalculate the project's afford- able housing, parking and quota requirements, Please note, however, that the Appli- cant's original representations as to the percentage of employees housed, and the project's off-street parking ratio, remain unchanged, Requested GMQS Allocation As only eighteen (18) existing units have been recognized by the City as being eligible for a GMQS reconstruction exemption, a twenty-two (22) unit GMQS allocation will be required to implement the project, as opposed to the original request for a nineteen (19) unit allocation, The impact of the additional three (3) unit allocation on the project's affordable housing and off-street parking requirements is discussed below, Affordable Housing As discussed in Section III,G. of the Applicant's GMQS application, two (2), three (3) bedroom units were to be provided to meet the project's affordable housing requirement. The project's nineteen (19) new lodge units were expected to generate nine and one-half (9-1/2) new employees, or one (1) employee for each two (2) units, As the two, three bedroom affordable housing units would theoretically house a total of six (6) employees, approximately sixty-three (63) percent of the project's employee generation would have been mitigated by the proposed affordable housing units, Based on the original affordable housing generation factor of one (1) employee per two (2) units, twenty-two (22) new lodge units would theoretically generate eleven (11) new employees. Using the sixty-three (63) percent employee housing factor discussed above, approximately seven (7) employees must be housed if the Applicant's original representa- Ms, Kim Johnson November 2, 1992 Page 2 tions are to be maintained. To accommodate these employees, the Applicant will reconfigure one (1) of the original three (3) bedroom units to include a one (1) bedroom unit and a two (2) bedroom unit. The revised affordable housing unit mix will house a total of seven (7) employees, Off.Street Parking As discussed in my October 7, 1992, code amendment application letter, thirteen (13) new off-street parking spaces were originally proposed to serve the nineteen (19) new lodge units, The resulting parking ratio was approximately 0,7 spaces per lodge unit (Le., 13 spaces + 19 units = 0,68), To accommodate the three (3) units for which a GMQS exemption is not available, the Applicant will provide two (2) additional parking spaces in the project's subgrade garage. Please note that the revised off-street parking ratio is identical to the original proposal (Le., 15 spaces + 22 units = 0.68). The revised garage parking layout is depicted on the accompanying drawing, Alley Encroachment With respect to the encroachment of the existing building's rear wall into the adjacent alley, the Applicant will remove the wall in connection with the construction of the proposed development. The Applicant's willingness to eliminate the encroachment, however, is expressly conditioned upon the understanding that the lodge's new rear wall may be constructed adjacent to the rear property line. In other words, the removal of the wall will not require that the LP zone district's rear yard setback be adhered to in the design and construction of the proposed development. Should you have any questions, or if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call. Sunny Van CP SV:cwv cc: Gary A Wright, Esq, Jan Derrington c:\bus\city .Itr\ltf 19892.kj 1 r J V ANN ASSOCIATES Planning Consultants October 7, 1992 HAND DELIVERED Ms. Kim Johnson AspenJPitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Bell Mountain LodgelParking Code Amendment Dear Kim: Please consider this letter an application for an amendment to the off-street parking requirements of the LP, Lodge PreselVation, zone district (see Pre-Application Conference Summary attached hereto as Exhibit 1). The application is submitted pursuant to Section 7-1103 by Victor, Werner and Nancy Kappeli, dba, The Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc. The Applicants' representative with respect to this application is Sunny Vann of Vann Associates, Planning Consultants. Background On August I, 1992, the Applicants submitted an application for an allocation in the annual GMQS tourist accommodations competition. The purpose of the allocation is to permit the renovation and expansion of the Bell Mountain Lodge, which is located in the LP, Lodge PreselVation, zone district. The off-street parking which was proposed in connection with the project, however, was erroneously based on the parking requirements of the LffR, Lodgeffourist Residential, zone district. To resolve this problem, the Planning Office has requested that the Applicants either revise the project's design to increase the amount of on-site parking, or to process a code amendment to amend the parking requirements of the LP zone district. As no practical ability exists to provide additional parking on-site while maintaining the project's proposed design, the Applicants have elected to pursue a code amendment. This amendment, therefore, should be considered as an addendum to the Applicants' GMQS application, and should be processed concurrently therewith, As Table 1 below indicates, the existing lodge contains twenty-one (21) units and provides ten (10) off-street parking spaces. The previously submitted GMQS application requests an allocation for nineteen (19) additional units, which would 230 East Hopkins Avenue. Aspen. COlorado 81611.303/925-6958. Fax 303.-'92C-93~O ~ , Ms, Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 2 expand the lodge operation to a total of fony (40) units, Thirteen (13) additional parking spaces are proposed to accommodate the expansion. As additional parking need only be provided for the new lodge units, the resulting parking ratio is 0,7 spaces per lodge unit (Le., 13 parking spaces + 19 bedrooms). Table 1 Parking/Lodge Unit Data 1. Existing Parking Spaces 10 2. Proposed New Parking Spaces 13 3, Total Parking Spaces 23 Subgrade Garage Surface 21 2 4, Existing Lodge Units Bedrooms 21 21 5, Proposed Expansion Units Bedrooms 19 19 6, Total Project Units! Bedrooms 40 40 7, Parking Spaces per Bedroom Existing Bedroom Ratio New Bedroom Ratio Total Bedroom Ratio 0,5 0,7 0,6 8, Minimum Parking Requiremene LP Zone District @ 1 SpacelBedroom LffR Zone District @ 0.7 SpaceIBedroom3 19 13 Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 3 1 Thirty (30) of the units have been configured so as to pennit their rental as fifteen (15) suites. 2 Computed based on proposed new bedrooms, 3 Pursuant to Section 5-215.E.L, 0.2 spacelbedroom of the 0,7 spacelbedroom requirement may be provided via a payment-in-lieu subject to P&Z review and approval. As the table indicates, 0.7 parking space per bedroom is required in the UfR zone district, of which 0.2 space per bedroom may be met via a cash-in-lieu payment. Based on this requirement, a minimum of ten (10) parking spaces would have to be provided for the proposed nineteen (19) unit expansion (i.e" 0.5 spaceslbedroom x 19 bedrooms), with the remainder of the requirement being met via a cash-in-lieu payment. At 0.7 space per bedroom, a maximum of thirteen (13) spaces would be required to seNe the proposed expansion. As thirteen (13) new spaces are pro- posed, the original GMQS application complies with the applicable off-street parking requirement of the UfR zone district. The applicable off-street parking requirement in the LP zone district is one (1) space per bedroom. No ability presently exists, however, to reduce this requirement via a cash-in-lieu payment. As a result, the proposed expansion would require a minimum of nineteen (19) to meet the off-street parking requirement of the LP zone district. As only thirteen (13) new spaces are proposed, the GMQS application is deficient by six (6) parking spaces based on the requirements of the LP zone district, Proposed Amendment The Applicant proposes to amend the requirements of Sections 5-217.E. and 5-303 of the Aspen Land Use Regulations to make the lodge off-street parking require- ment of the LP zone district the same as the lodge requirement of the UfR zone district. More specifically, Section 5-217.E.L of the Regulations, and the applicable language of Section 5-303, would read as follows, "Lodge use: 0,7 space/bedroom of which 0,2 space/bedroom may be provided via a payment in lieu pursuant to Art. 7, DivA." To the best of my knowledge, the lodge parking requirement of the UfR zone district was reduced from one (1) space per bedroom to 0,7 space per bedroom in the early 1980's. I believe that this reduction was triggered in part by the parking studies which were perfonned in connection with the original approval of what is / ' . . Ms, Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 4 now the Ritz Carlton hotel project. Savanah Limited's predecessor in interest, John Roberts, provided extensive information, which was developed by the transportation consulting firm IDA, regarding the appropriateness of the existing one (1) space per bedroom requirement. In discussing the parking requirements of the LP zone district with Alan Richman, the author of the applicable regulations, he indicated that the one (1) space per bedroom requirement was imposed to reflect the non-conforming status of many of the LP lodge's parking, and the fact that they were widely scattered throughout the City, The one space per bedroom requirement was apparently intended to help mitigate the impact of expansion upon on-street parking within the City's residential neighborhoods. While this concept obviously has merit, we believe that it fails to adequately address the needs of those LP zoned lodges which are located within or in close proximity to the downtown area. Such lodges are arguably no more dependent upon off-street parking than similarly situated UI'R zoned hotels. As a result, a similar degree of flexibility should logically be afforded the LP lodges in order to further support their continuation as an important component of the City's lodge inventory. As the expansion of these older lodges is often essential to their continued economic viability, the present LP parking requirement represents an obstacle to lodge preselVation, Review Requirements Pursuant to Section 7-1103, a private application for an amendment to the text of the Aspen Land Use Regulations may be submitted at any time during the year, The review criteria for such applications, and the proposed amendment's compliance therewith, are discussed below, 1. "Whether the proposed amendment is in conflict with any applicable portions of this chapter." The proposed code amendment complies with all applicable provisions of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code, aka, The Aspen Land Use Regulations, No variation in the dimensional requirements of the LP zone district, or waiver of any applicable provision of the Regulations, is requested by the Applicants, 2. "Whether the proposed amendment is consistent with all elements of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan." As discussed in the 1991 Phase One Report which was prepared by the Planning Office in connection with the current Aspen area community planning / , Ms. Kim Johnson October 7, 1992 Page 5 effort, there is no single document which constitutes the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan. Instead, the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan consists of a variety of individual elements and neighborhood plans which have been adopted since the preparation of the original Aspen Area General Plan in 1966, The proposed amendment does not conflict with any such element or plan. 3. "Whether the proposed amendment is compatible with surrounding zone districts and land uses, considering existing land use and neighborhood characteristics." This review criteria would appear to apply primarily to an application for rezoning, and is not applicable to the proposed amendment, 4. safety." "The effect of the proposed amendment on traffic generation and road The proposed amendment will have no adverse impact on the area's existing road system. As any reduction in parking requested pursuant to the proposed amendment would be subject to the review and approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, all applications would be considered based on their specific circum- stances. 5. "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." The proposed amendment will have no adverse impact on the City's public facilities, As any reduction in parking requested pursuant to the proposed amend- ment would be subject to the review and approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, all applications would be considered based on their specific circum- stances, 6. "Whether and the extent to which the proposed amendment would result in significantly adverse impacts on the natural environment." The proposed amendment will have no adverse impact on the natural environment. 7. "Whether the proposed amendment is consistent and compatible with the community character in the City of Aspen." ~ Ms. Kim Johnson October 7,1992 Page 6 This review criteria would appear to apply primarily to an application for rezoning, and is not applicable to the proposed amendment. 8. "Whether there have been changed conditions affecting the subject parcel or the surrounding neighborhood which support the proposed amendment." This review criteria would appear to apply primarily to an application for rezoning, and is not applicable to the proposed amendment. 9. "Whether the proposed amendment would be in conOict with the public interest, and is in harmony with the purpose and intent of this chapter." The public interest would be served in that the proposed amendment would provide additional flexibility in addressing the renovation/expansion needs of the LP lodges. This fleXIbility is consistent with, and would significantly further, the preservation intent of the LP zone district, As any approval granted pursuant to the amendment would be discretional)', no adverse impact would occur merely from the amendment's adoption, Should you have any questions, or if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, Sunny Va SV:cwv Attachment c:\bus\city .applapp 19892,ca I I I ~ I I I I I I I . , > 0 . . 0 I z 9 I 5 . . I 0 . I ~ (~ iL I . ~ z J . ~ .. . < . . . 0 < . , : '----~ I '... ~ . ~ I -. -. o -. ..,,-==< . . r I . I. ~--,I . --,----c~1 I I I I I " . -. .0 ~~~ ~i ~ I __ ., ----(- \ \ , \ -~ .: ~ . z J ~ . . ~ . ~ ~ . I . f . -. I . -. . -. . -. -I. -. I ~ I ;; . i . I ., . , ('J $ - N e. z ~ J: ei oJ w ~~ o' ~ \I Z ~ i2 -. II: ~ MESSAGE DISPLAY "2. 'f 'Ci.ty Council Exbi.bi.t .J-> Approved , Ii _ By Ordinance , TO KIM JOHNSON From: cindy Christensen Postmark: Jan 19,93 12:08 PM Subject: BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE GMQS HOUSING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message: I JUST RECEIVED A FAX FROM GARY WRIGHT. WHAT HE IS PROPOSING LOOKS GOOD. WE WILL HAVE TO DO THREE DEED RESTRICTIONS ONCE THIS IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE RECORDED BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE PULLED. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT THE HOUSING OFFICE HAS WITH ONE UNIT AS A CATEGORY 2, ONE AS A CATEGORY 3 AND THE THIRD UNIT AS AN RO UNIT. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. -------========X========------- c "" "~ MEMORANDUM \ i \' Or.T TO: Kim Johnson, Planning Office FROM: Cindy Christensen, Housing Office RE: October 16, 1992 Bell Mountain Lodge Inc. GMQS Application Parcel ID No. 2737-182-27-003 DATE: The applicant proposes to provide two on-site employee units. The units will each have three bedrooms and a full kitchen, and will be used solely for housing of the lodge employees. Based on Tourist Accommodations Development Standards, these units will house six employees which comprises sixty-three percent of the employees generated by the proposed development. The Housing Office feels that the employee generation range for lodges is fine as stated, as long as the service level does not increase significantly then what is being proposed. \word\work\bml.ref '. SEC SERV 303 963 2390 r' '" TO 9205197 P.02 OCT-16-1992 13:08 FROM """\ '. ,-,.. ROARiNG FORK ENERGY CE.NTER' · 242 MAIN STREET · CARBoNDALE, CO 81623 .. (303)963.:0311 " .. . . . ,. . . . . '. , ::!o:::e~;:i:::~'PlariningOffi~e .....~: : ...., . · .. .. FR:' Steve Standiford - Director " . ... . RoE:. Coments for :Bell Moun.tain 1.odg - GMQSApplication We submit the following COmmflnts regarding tile, energy . .conservation.. oc;nnponents of, t~is' applic,~tion. '\ . OCT Ii' 6 \992 . . ", , , , . Insulation: . Theappl:icaHon s,ta'tes that ~. units .will. 'significantly exceed minimum in~ulatio~ $tandard~,. and that · Exterior walls and the ,roof assembly.will achievea'minimum value of R2l andR3'8 respectively ~" . The, Model', Energy Code requires a U value o'f ..024 (R4L 67).for ,roof assemblies,. The R38 r,epresented in the ',applicat.ion equates to a U value of .026, greater, ,than the. Code minimum. The saine ')I'as true f,or walls. BUilding Orientation The application' states under thi,s ,section on page 40" that:. the '"majority of the developments dwelling unit's are oriented to, the south." Our count shows that '20 of the 45 units, inclUding the three bedrooms 'employee units" are ori~nted t'o . the south. ,The amount of' glazing. per dwelling. unit"appears similiar,' ir~espective of orientation. To their credit; the amount of north glazing is minimal, g~nerally providing ~atural daylightt~ corridor~. ' , , Liqhtiriq/Water Efficiency , '. We did not', see. if. energy efficieiit, l-ighting fi~ures will be specified for'exterioilighting. .We would recommend lookinC] , at compact fluouescent lamps and other ways to' c~nserve ~enerqy with lighting 4esign. ,We 'did 'not.see any water efficient plUmbing fixtures speciried in the application. Details on gilllons;..per-flushtoilets, "GPM rates..for ,showerheads and faucet aerators ,would be recommended. .Overall:aecommendations The Planning Office needs to develop a good'~etof criteria . when awarding points for energy conse,rvation,. .:..' For .example., this application is still short of. the ,Model ,Energy Code yet' .they are -asking for the maximum pOints in. this category~ If another application'came .in that hadsuperinsulation, solar .. heat~n9' panels and eff,i'cient 'li9'htin9'/wa~er usage, which appl~cation'would deserve the ~aximumpo1nt total? It may need' t,o be' based on a BTU 'consumption qr. total resource , consumption, chara~teristics. , ~ut, the point is that awarding points should be based on something more empirical than an applicatiQJlstating they will maximize energy efficiency without know~q ~he ~etails :Of'how this willb~ac~o~lished, . . " \:Qi '''flnted Ofl recycled pBf)e' to help COT/serve fiB/ural reSOUfot>". ~ TOTAL P.02 r' (f)~ /~ ~9?' 2- . / ~.. -' 43db::;V~~c1~ '.\ OCT 1 4 1992 \ . . I _.~ . ._,-,~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .-v..-t!:d 4'./ ~ ~ ~ 4Mtf? ~ ~. ~4~~~.u</~~~ 4 ~ ~ ,~ ~~ ~p#/-~(U ~ ~ d A'",;-e;; ~ ~_ c.?~ ~4<2-- ~J ~ -b;IC~a~7' ~ ~ ,h.<<.- It .4'e ~ ~~ ("" ~ ~<:~) ~ ~~(.Gp.v ,~- r'"<'V ~~~ _ ~.~~~ 7t>V ~~(ftfV~ ~)~ ~ d, ~ ~ ,4---' ~. ~/''''--'~~ ~~~ r' V ---. ....--'" MEMORANDUM To: Kim Johnson, Planning Office From: Rob Thomson, Project Engineer 'K3( 1'I0t/. Date: Gr' Let-n, 1992 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Inc. GMQS Application Amendment The Engineering Department has reviewed the above, and has the following- comments: 1. The revised garage parking layout is acceptable. It is staffs recommendation that the employee units be considered in the off street parking space calculations, (refer to previous Bell Mountain Lodge memo Item 2,e.. 2. The application amendment remedies the existing building encroachment into the adjacent alley, If the other encroachments, the fence, sign and fountain are not removed, conditions 1 and 10 of my previous memo remain applicable, cc: Chuck Roth, City Engineer nJCASELOAD9!.027a c .""'\ ~ MEMORANDUM To: Kim Johnson, Planning Office '" From: Rob Thomson, Project Engineer, K5 \ Date: October 19, 1992 Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Inc. GMQS Application The Engineering Department has reviewed the above application and made a site visit. The following scoring is recommended for GMQS: 1. Quality of Design (a) Architectural design - no comment (b) Site design (maximum 3 points) - recommended scoring: 2 points The applicant has proposed more open space than required (based on the applicant's figures which cannot be accurately verified because of the reduced drawings provided in the application). The arrangement of the improvements for efficiency and circulation on the property and the elimination of the curb cut on Cooper Avenue all increase safety and privacy and adds one on-street parking space, The applicant should give consideration to snow storage for its parking area at grade level. As the site plan on page 25 indicates, the existing split rail fence along Cooper Avenue needs to be removed from the right-of-way. The existing sidewalk has insufficient clearance between the street lights and the edge of sidewalk. The sidewalk should be widened to allow for a minimum of five feet of clear space. (c) Energy Conservation (maximum 3 points) - recommended scoring: 2 points Based on the conservation features the applicant has represented that will be incorporated in the detail design of the project, it appears that this is an acceptable design in terms of energy conservation, c --., "",, (d) Amenities (maximum 3 points) - recommended scoring: 3 points With the proposed features like the pool, spa, barbeque area, bike rack and park bench the applicant has provided quality use of the open space. The applicant might consider the placement of a bicycle rack for the employee units. (e) Visual Impact (maximum 3 points) - recommended scoring: 3 points This development will not infringe on the designated scenic viewplanes. (f) Trash and utility access (maximum 3 points) - recommended scoring: 3 points The applicant has provided' a trash area that is readily accessible to collection vehicles. The adequacy of the two dumpsters provided will be determined by actual use. Should problems arise the frequency of pick ups may have to be increased, or a compactor installed. Adding dumpsters in the public right-of-way will not be allowed. Staff has interpreted the applicant's statement that it will relocate exisiting utilities onto the project site to include the large switch gear at the western edge of the building. However, there was nothing on the site plan to indicate a new location, 2, Availability of public facilities and services (a) Water supply/fire protection (maximum 2 points) - recommended scoring: 1 point The proposed development may be handled by existing public facilities and services. (b) Sanitary sewer (maximum 2 points) - recommended scoring: 1 point According to the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, there are downstream constraints in the Galena Street line, the cost of which, will be prorated to upstream development. The applicant will have to pay a connection charge surcharge for these improvements, (c) Public transportation/roads (maximum 2 points) - recommended scoring: 2 points The proposed development improves the availability of public facilities and services in the area by committing to repave the full width of the alley, In addition the proposed development also improve the traffic flow along Cooper Avenue by reducing turning movements with the elimination of the curb cut on Cooper Avenue, c ,---- >.."..,;1 (d) Storm drainage (maximum 2 points) - recommended scoring: 1 point The proposed development may be handled by existing public facilities and services for historical runoff. The applicant has represented that the project will maintain historic drainage patterns at current levels. If the applicant were to expand the system to reduce off site flows staff would recommend a scoring of 2 points. (e) Parking (maximum Y points) - recommended scoring: 1 point This design for the subsurface garage is a definite plus in that it reduces conflict with normal traffic patterns on Cooper Avenue, and it also removes the parking from view. The applicant is proposing a code ameridment to the 'off street parking requirements of the LP, Lodge Preservation, zone district to match the requirements of the VIR, Lodgeffourist Residential, zone district. The engineering department takes no exceptions to this amendment proposal. However it does take exception to the exclusion of the employee units in the parking space calculations. The application has indicated that the proposed development will generate 9.5 employees and will house 6 on-site. Parking in the east side of town is limited and a constant problem. The engineering department continually receives complaints in that area regarding parking. All employees should be considered for parking requirements, and to think that not one of the six on-site employees will not have a vehicle is unrealistic. By not considering the employees this development will further aggravate the parking problem on the east side of town, 3, Provisions of affordable housing, No comment. 4, Bonus points (maximum 4 points) Overall a higher and better use of the site. Recommended scoring: 2 points Total points of items scored: 21 points c ~ "..I Recommended Conditions for Development L The applicant must file an encroachment application with the City of Aspen for any remaining encroachments. 2. No valve boxes or manholes will be allowed in the sidewalks or curb and gutters. 3. The paving of the alley must be done in accordance with City of Aspen's specifications. The grades and drainage of the alley must be approved by the Street Superintendent. 4. All landscaping in the public right-of-way must be approved by the Park's , Department. 5. Any work in the public right-of-way requires an excavation permit from the Street's Department, with prior approval from the engineering department. (A site plan signed off by the Engineering Department.) 6. Prior to the issuance of any permit by the Building Department, the applicant must submit a construction plan to the Engineering Department to include, but not be limited to the following: a, Intended construction uses of the right-of-way, R.O.W.. b. The placement of gravel from any excavation areas prior to the right-of-way to prevent mud on the streets. c. Parking for construction workers. d. Erosion control such that no storm runoff carries soil onto the R.O.W.. 7. The dumpsters are to remain in their designated enclosures, they are not permitted in the right-of-way. 8. The sidewalks on Cooper Avenue must be 8 feet in width, Along Spring Street the sidewalks must be five feet in width and align with the sidewalk to the north, 9. Submit drainage calculations by a State of Colorado registered profesional engineer. 10. The engineering department requests that the appliacant file a plat of the completed work. If the applicant elects to record a plat any encroachments could be documented on the plat in lieu of the encroachment process. cc: Chuck Roth, City Engineer rtlCASELOAD92.027 c """' -""-/ MESSAGE DISPLAY TO KIM JOHNSON From: Wayne Vandemark Postmark: Oct 08,92 8:51 AM Status: Urgent Subject: BELL MTN LODGE Message: BECAUSE OF THE MASS OF WORK BEING DONE ON THE LODGE IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO BRING THE STRUCTURE UP TO CODE. THIS WILL REQUIRE AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND AN AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. I WILL PROVIDE THE OWNER WITH CODE REQUIREMENTS UPON REQUEST. -------========x========------- Aspen C9onsolidated Sanitation (j)ist1fi~t, 565 North Mill Street \ ! Aspen, Colorado 81611 OGi l, ,_ v Tele, (303) 925-3601 FAX #(303) 925-2537 Sy Kelly - Chairman John J, Snyder - Treas. Louis Popish - Secy, October 7, 1992 Kim Johnson City/County Planning office 130 S. Galena Aspen, CO 81611 RE: Sewer Service for Bell MOlmt",i,n Lodg'! GMQS Albert Bishop Frank Loushin Bruce Matherly, Mgr, Dear Leslie, At the present time the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District has adequate wastewater treatment plant and collection line capacity. Once detailed plans are available, we would like to review the plans to be sure that surface run-off, roof drains, foundation drains, and any other clear water drains are not tapped into the sanitary sewer system. An oil and grease interceptor shall be required for all food preparation areas. An oil and sand interceptor shall be required for the parking garage. The plans, including the plumbing layout, for the interceptors must be reviewed by the District prior to install ation. The old sewer service line must be capped at the main sewer line in t~e alley. As usual all total fees shall be paid by the applicant to the District prior to District allowing any connection to the District's main sewer line. This fee will include charges for the downstream constraints. Once detailed plans have been submitted to the District for review and fee calculation, we can comment in more detail on this application. c/Sin;Z;e~~?t1- Tdmaf R. ~;well Collection Systems uperintendent EPA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 1976 - 1986 - 1990 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL r: ASPEN.PITKIN::) ENV'll!iONMENTAL HEALTH OEPAl!iTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Kim Johnson, Planning Office From: Environmental Health Department Date: October 21, 1992 Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS Application Parcel ID # 2737-182-27-003 Re: ================================================================ The Aspen/Pitkin Environmental Health Department has reviewed the above-mentioned land use submittal for the following concerns. The authority for this is granted to this office by the Aspen/pitkin Planning Office. SEWAGE TREATMENT AND COLLECTION: The applicant can serve the project with public sewer as provided by the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District. This conforms with Section 1-2.3 of the Pitkin Countv Requlations On Individual Sewaqe Disposal Systems policy to "require the use of public sewer systems wherever and whenever feasible, and to limit the installation of individual sewage disposal systems only to areas that are not feasible for public sewers". The application states: ".. .The Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District has indicated that the existing sewer service main is located in the adjacent alley is adequate to serve the project and collection system upgrades will be provided by the applicant." The consul ting engineer, Jay Hammond, has indicated that required surcharge for the sewer system off-site improvements is to be applied to the sewer tap fee if this project is approved. The sanitation district has committed to serve the project. ADEOUATE PROVISIONS FOR WATER NEEDS: The project may be served with water provided by the Aspen Water Department distribution system. This conforms with Section 23-55 of the Aspen Municioal Code requiring such projects "which use water shall be connected to the municipal water utility system". No system improvements are expected to be required by the addition of the project, according to the consulting engineer. The city of Aspen water utility has committed to serve this project. AIR OUALITY: This remodeled and expanded building is expected to eliminate the existing wood burning fireplace. A gas-log-containing fireplace in the lobby and a gas appliance in the meeting room are proposed. They are allowed under current code. The new gas-log-containing fireplace, we agree, improves the air quality over the existing 130 South Galena Street Aapan. Colorado B1611 303/9&0-15070 fecyc!edpaper c ,......., ,",../ Bell Mountain Lodge October 21, 1992 Page 2 Review woodburning device. The applicant is required to register the new devices and obtain a permit for their installation. The dining area of the facility must comply with the Aspen Clean Indoor Air Act. NOISE: No long term noise impacts are anticipated on the immediate neighborhood as a result of the approval of this proj ect. However, it is predicted that short term noise impacts on the neighborhood will occur during the construction phase of this project. Should complaints be received by this office, Chapter 16 of the Aspen Municioal Code, titled Noise Abatement will be the document used in the investigation. CONFORMANCE WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LAWS: FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT The proposal to have a bar and "catering" facility will require compliance with the Rules and Requlations Governinq the Sanitation of Food Service Establishments in the State of Colorado. A license for such operations should be obtained before beginning operations. The required license for a commercial food service establishment is necessitated by the need and condition of the liquor license and the plan to furnish "apres ski hors douvres". We understand tha the outside grill area is not to be used for commercial cooking operations. Rather, it is being provided as an amenity for private use by the guests. As such, the outdoor area need not meet the commercial food service code for outside operations. This may later be required if the use is converted or intensified. SWIMMING POOL AND SPA If the spa facilities contain a pool or hot tub, the applicant should consult the Regulations and Standards Governing Swimming Pools, Swimming Areas, September 19, 1973. ASBESTOS In remodeling and demolishing parts of the existing lodge, it should be determined that there is no asbestos prior to demolition. The only sure method of determining the presence of asbestos is through product sampling and analysis by a certified laboratory. If any is present, it must be removed by a qualified asbestos removal firm. Chapter 25 Article 7 c:-Y Council A~rovec:l By Ordinance A RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SCORING THE BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE EXPANSION GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL FOR 22 LODGE UNITS INCLUDING FUTURE GMP ALLOCATIONS AND THREE DEED RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS LOCATED AT 720 E. COOPER (LOTS K-P AND PART OF LOT Q, BLOCK 105, TOWNSITE OF ASPEN). Resolution 92-~ WHEREAS, the Kappeli family , for Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc. submitted an application for 22 lodge units in the 1992 Lodge Accommodations Growth Management Quota System (GMQS) competition; and "..~ I,..., 1-'1 11 _t..t~ C , 1J_ WHEREAS, this application was the only submission for the 10 lodge units available in the Lodge Preservation zone district's 1992 competition; and WHEREAS, the proposal included three deed restricted housing units (one each 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, three bedroom) within the lodge for employees of the lodge; and WHEREAS, as the application did categories for the affordable deferred discussion and approval to the city Council; and not specify the deed restriction housing units, the Commission of the specific deed restrictions WHEREAS, referral comments were received from the Engineering Department, Housing Office, Water Department, Electric Department, Fire Marshal, Environmental Health Department, Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, and the Roaring Fork Energy Center; and WHEREAS, the Planning Office, in consideration of these referral comments, submitted to the Commission a staff score of 81.625 points pursuant to the standards contained in Section 24-8~106.G. of the Aspen Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, at a public hearing on December 8, 1992 the Planning and Zoning Commission accepted the Planning staff's score for the Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion project, finding that the 81.625 points meets the minimum point thresholds established within Article 8 of the Land Use Code (Growth Management Quota System); and WHEREAS, the Exemption for Section 8-104 commission also voted 6-0 for approval of GMQS the deed restricted unit with conditions pursuant to C.1.c. of the Land Use Code; and WHEREAS, the Commission voted 5-1 in favor of granting multi-year allotments from the 1993 (10 units) and 1994 (2 units) GMP quotas. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASPEN COMMISSION that it scores the Bell Mountain proposal at 81. 625 points and recommends PLANNING AND ZONING Lodge Expansion GMQS to City Council an 1 r"' ........ "'......... , / allocation of 22 lodge units utilizing future GMP allotments from 1993 and 1994 and GMQS Exemption for three on-site housing units with the following conditions: 1. The owner shall submit the appropriate deed restrictions to the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Office for approval. Upon approval by the Housing Office, the Owner shall record the deed restriction with the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder's Office. 2. Prior to issuance of any building permits for the property, copies of the recorded deed restrictions for the dwelling units must be forwarded to the Planning Office. 3. All material representations made by the applicant in the application and during public meetings with the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council shall be adhered to and considered conditions of approval, unless otherwise amended by other conditions. APPROVED by the Commission at its regular meeting on December 8, "; ~JL JasmiRs "'~T'J"'~. 'rhrl i r tV. 1S'I!uCe. ~/ t'll!6 -{lMII?- 2 c ....." """ MESSAGE DISPLAY TO KIM JOHNSON From: Cindy Christensen Postmark: Jan 19,93 12:08 PM Status: Previously read Subject: BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE GMQS HOUSING Message: I JUST RECEIVED A FAX FROM GARY WRIGHT. WHAT HE IS PROPOSING LOOKS GOOD. WE WILL HAVE TO DO THREE DEED RESTRICTIONS ONCE THIS IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE RECORDED BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE PULLED. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT THE HOUSING OFFICE HAS WITH ONE UNIT AS A CATEGORY 2, ONE AS A CATEGORY 3 AND THE THIRD UNIT AS AN RO UNIT. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. -------========X========------- c :) The Planning Planning and Zoning commission's score of the Bell Mountain Lodge is as follows: scoring Minimum Cateqories Threshold Points 1) Public Facilities and services 4.0 6 2) Quality of Design 14.4 29.25 3) Resource Conservation 3.2 5.5 4) Amenities for Guests 8.4 15.5 5) Affordable Housing 9.0 10.375 6) Rehab/Reconstruction of 9.0 15 Existing units ------ ------- ------ ------- 48.0 81. 625 Pursuant to section 8-106 E. (5) a development application shall be required to meet the thresholds of each category and combined categories to be eligible for an allocation. Combined minimum threshold for categories 1-4 above is 45 points. This project was scored at 56.25. Individual category thresholds have been met as shown in the table above. " ,- '- ""'" -..J MEMORANDUM TO: Aspen Planning and Zoning commission FR@M: Kim Johnson, Planning RE: Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion 1992 Tourist Accommodations Growth Management >>.1Il!'~ and ~t.UFe..GMP Allocations, ~xtAmendmen~ for Parking in the LP (Lodge Preservation) Zone District, Speeial Revi~for Parking, and GMQS Exempti~ for Affordable Housing for 22 New Lodge units ElATE: December 8, 1992 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Planning Office recommends approval of the Bell Mountain Lodge Growth Manag~ment proposal for i!.fl" l09ge.: un:l;ts. and ~ecial Review for parking in the LP (lodge Preservation) zone district. Planning also recommends approval of arCalllendment to the ~arking requirements for the LP zone. This memo brings forward the Planning Office's recommendation for scoring of the Bell Mountain Lodge project. It is the ~nly lodg$ ~pplication submitted for allocation in the 1992 competition. The project seeks ]'uti1i'e"GMP allocations for 1993 and 1994,in addition to the 1992 allotment. The Planning Office staff provides its score to you as a consensus of the Office. APPLICANT: Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc. LOCATION: 720 E. Cooper Ave. (Lots K-P, and part of Lot Q, Block 105, Townsite of Aspen); the northeast corner of E. Cooper and S. Spring st. ZONING: LP (lodge Preservation) APPLICANT'S REQUEST: Growth Management approval for 22 new lodge units. The proposal requires all 10 units of the 1992 allotment as well as future Growth Management Allocations for 1993 (10 units) and 1994 (2 units). The application also seeks approval for a code amendment for parking requirements in the LP (Lodge Preservation) zone, Special Review for parking, and GMQS Exemption for on-site employee dwelling units consisting of one 1-bedroom unit, one 2- bedroom unit, and one 3-bedroom unit. Please refer to Exhibits "A" and "B" for letters from Sunny Vann regarding the text amendment and change to the employee housing configuration. PROCESS: To structure the review process, the tlanning Off ice recommends that the "auxiliary" reviews for ,the project take place first, followed by GMP scoring of the' project. For your information, we have included a table summarizing the staff's "C' ""7..S - ~y -S all r- IH, , 'J , c :) recommended score. The Planning commissioner's shall individually score the project. An average score will be calculated. TJ-~ hOl"'llissien" may .also ,l,tecide .~" accept staff's scoring of the project. If it is found that the project meets or exceeds the minimum thresholds established by the land use code, the project will be forwarded to the city Council for allocation of development rights. REFERRAL COMMENTS: Complete referral memos are contained as Exhibit "C". A summary of highlight comments are as follows: Enqineerinq: 1. The amended parking garage layout is acceptable. Employee parking should be dedicated within the proposed arrangement. 2. The site arrangement improves efficiency and circulation on- site as well as on Cooper Ave., and adds one parking space along Cooper Ave. 3. There are encroachments into the right-of-way by fences, sign, and fountain. These must be removed or obtain an encroachment license through the Engineering Department. The sidewalk must be 5' minimum width on Spring st. and 8' along Cooper Ave. The sidewalk clearance between the curb and the streetlight must be improved. There shall be no valve boxes or manhole in the sidewalks or curb/gutter. 4. The existing utility switch gear in the alley must be relocated onto the subject parcel. 5. Alley improvements and the subsurface garage reduces traffic conflicts with traffic on Cooper Ave. Alley design and resurfacing shall be in accordance with city of Aspen, approved by the streets superintendent. 6. Engineering takes no exception to the proposed text amendment for parking in the LP zone. Fire Marshal: 1. Automatic fire sprinkler and automatic fire alarm system is required. sanitation District: 1. Adequate treatment and line capacity is available. 2. Detailed plans must be reviewed by the District. Fees will be calculated at that time. Environmental Health: 1. Replacement of the log fireplace with the gas log unit improves air quality. The new unit must be registered and permitted prior 2 c .....\ '-./ to installation. 2. The catering kitchen may need license through the Environmental Health Department. The outdoor grill for use by guests is exempt, although if the use intensifies or changes, the grill may be required to meet commercial standards. 3. It must be determined whether asbestos is present in the structure prior to demolition. A certified laboratory should do the sampling and analysis. If found, asbestos must removed by a qualified asbestos removal company. city Electric: 1. Three phase service in the alley may be used or the single phase service currently used may continue if the transformer is upgraded. Housinq Office: 1. Based on the original application, the employee generation range is fine. However the service level cannot increase significantly from what is being proposed. Roarinq Fork Enerqy Center: 1. A general lack of specifics regarding energy conservation equipment or technique makes it difficult to score the application very high. It does not meet the model energy code in several areas STAFF COMMENTS: Staff suggests the Commission discuss and vote on the auxiliary reviews prior to scoring for Growth Management allotment. The Commission shall forward a recommendation to Council on the proposed text amendment. The Commission shall make the final determination to approve or deny the Special Review for parking in the LP zone (pending final Council approval of the text amendment) and the GMQS Exemption for the proposed affordable housing units. --." ... ,..,.. ~fISl.lperblock" concept: This site is within an area identified in the draft Aspen Area Community Plan as a future mUltiple-use "superblock". Both the Transportation and Character committees noted that uses such ascaffordable housing, commercial parking, 'and neighborhood oriented business found in NC and SCI zones should be integrated via a pUblic/private development partnership. The focus of this partnership will be to create a master plan for the superblock and the inclusion of an lM'Ilil'At:jroum!"parldng structur.e, Planning staff believes that the superblock area should be overlaid with an ~PA (Specially PlanneCl"'Area) designation as soon as possible to provide a format for future reviews and permits. In recent workshop discussions with City Council regarding the Kraut parcel which is northeast of the Bell Mountain Lodge, staff 3 c :) was directed to convene the property owners within the superblock area to begin identifying the needs and goals of the owners. These parties are City Market, the Buckhorn Lodge, George Vicenzi, the Bell Mountain Lodge, and the Housing Office. senior Planner Leslie Lamont will be meeting with Jim curtis of the Housing Board before Christmas to outline a process strategy. The Bell Mountain Lodge has ~cknowledged the superblock idea by noting that their underground parking can be worked into a greater .~~~ng plan. Of course it is currently not known the exact ,. '. 'tural details\:liti'either Bell Mountain I s garage or the parking layoUt of the superblock, but the Applicant is recognizing the future potential. until more details of the superblock concept are ironed out, staff finds that the Bell Mountain Lodge has met the minimum thresholds for parking requirements pursuant to the GMP application and the proposed text amendment. Text Amendment Revisinq the parkinq Requirement in the LP zone District: The current parking regulation in the LP zone requires one space for each lodge unit. The Bell Mountain Lodge is currently non-conforming as it provides 10 parking spaces for 18 rentable lodge rooms. Any redevelopment requires compliance for only the expanded capacity of the site (22 rooms). The proposal calls for a total of 40 short-term lodge units. The GMP application offers 25 parking spaces on-site, 23 of which will be within an underground garage. .~ls parking plan is dependent upon approval of a code amendment for the parking requirement of the LP zone. Please note that the application booklet was amended to include the proposed text amendment (Exhibit "A") and a revised underground parking layout (Exhibit "B"). The applicant has submitted a text amendment to provide the same parking requirement for the LP zone as for the CL (Commercial Lodge) and L/TR (Lodge Tourist Residential) zone districts. The proposed language change to section 5-216.E.1. is: ,~~~r "Lodge use: 0.7 space/bedroom of which 0.2 D wl')lJ . be provided via a payment in lieu pursuant ~ Also necessary is the addition of the LP zone to which may be granted cash-in-lieu status by section 7-404.B.1. shall read: space/bedroom may to Art.7, Div.4." the list of zones the commission. "In the Commercial Core (CC), Commercial (C-1), Office (0), Commercial Lodge (CL), LOdge/Tourist Residential (L/TR), or Lodge Preservation (LP) zone districts, the applicant shall make a one-time only payment-in-lieu of parking to the city, in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per space required...." The parking requirement of the LP zone was established years ago at the higher level to take into ~ccount that LP zones are site 4 "I "~'^ #t4h (yJ;?t~~'1C'i ~":C~(;lrrLi2.", j,r&\;E:C:~ ~// l ~ '~!1p) (/I. " ,,"'rJ I specific and-located randomly throughout the city.c Same lodges such as the Bell Mountain are adjacent to the downtown core and ski are base. others however are surrounded by lower density residential development and zoning (ie. the Molly Gibson) where unsatisfactory lodge parking may create negative impacts. For at least two years,"staff has heard.,concerns voiced from the lodging community that ~velopment in the LP zone has been stymied because of difficulty in meeting the parking requirements currently in place. A text amendment which would seek to rectify this problem has been discussed amongst staff, but had not been initiated due to office workload. This Applicant is proposing the text amendment in order to make this, and hopefully, other LP projects come to fruition. The proposed text amendment allows the Planning commission by ._ Special Review."to take into account the exact location-specific requirements arid constraints of a proposed LP parking arrangement to reduce parking from .7 space per room down to .5 space with cash-in-lieu for the remaining .2 space per room. The Planning commission shall review the proposed changes to the land use code and forward a recommendation to the City Council. section 7-1102 establishes the review standards for text amendments: A. Whether the proposed amendment is in conflict with any applicable portions of this chapter. Response: portions supports lodges. The proposed amendment does not conflict with any of the land use regulations. The proposed amendment the LP zone district's incentive program to maintain small B. Whether the proposed amendment is consistent with all elements of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan. Response: There are no conflicts with the existing Plan or its sub-elements. C. Whether the proposed amendment is compatible with surrounding Zone Districts and land uses, considering existing land use and neighborhood characteristics. Response: The"Sell Mountain site is fairly ";;mall and is located within two blocks of the Gondola and is adjacent to the commercial core. The change in the baseline parking requirement from 1 space per lodge room down to .7 space will act as an incentive to maintain and expand small lodge capacity in the city. As mentioned above, the proposed text amendment allows the Commission to apply special review standards to the Bell Mountain and all other projects requesting cash mitigation for parking below .7 parking 5 c o spaces per lodge unit. D. The effect of the proposed amendment on traffic generation and road safety. Response: Traffic generation is not increased by this proposed amendment, nor is road safety diminished. Special review will be required for proposed parking situations of less than .7 spaces per room. 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: The proposed text amendment has no effect on public facilities, other than perhaps the potential of increasing fees paid toward the parking fund because of Special Review cash-in- lieu approvals. F. Whether and the extent to result in significantly environment. which the proposed amendment would adverse impacts on the natural Response: No impacts to natural features is anticipated. G. Whether the proposed amendment is consistent and compatible with the community character in the City of Aspen. Response: The LP zone incentive package will be bolstered by the proposed amendment, thus aiding small lodges in their effort to remain and perhaps expand their economic viability. H. Whether there have been changed conditions affecting the sUbject parcel or the surrounding neighborhood which support the proposed amendment. Response: The text amendment~~~~ts LP properties throughout the city. In a general sense, the competition in the lodging sector is creating a difficulty for some of the smaller lodges to remain viable without improvements or expansion. Yet, current parking requirements which are stiffer for the small lodges than the larger hotels are a disincentive to maintain small, quality accommodations. .", ~ial Review will determine those cases where cash-in-lieu is ,requested. 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. 6 o """' -" Response: The public interest will not proposed amendment. The LP zone district be augmented by the proposed amendment. be jeopardized by the incentive package will -",.:"..special Review for Parkinq: section 7-404 B. allows the Commission , to grant a reduction of required off-street parking. The requested text amendment requires 0.7 spaces per lodge unit in the LP zone of which ~u..,pe provided via cash-in-lied"upon special Revievf" approval. The cash-in-lieu payment is $15,000 per parking space. The Commission shall take into consideration the practical ability to place parking on-site, whether parking needs of the development have been adequately met on-site, and whether the City has [plans for] a parking facility which meet the needs of the community. Response: The proposal includes 25 parking spaces on the property, 23 of which will be in a new underground garage facility. with the proposed buildout of 4'11" lodge rooms, ..~ $pat;e,l;; per lodge unit will be provided. The difference between lW''''''1!fnd'(}';6~'is 0.02 space, multiplied by the number of new lodge rooms (22) equals o.~4'-epace. section 5-301 E. of the Land Use Code specifies that fractional spaces below 1/2 space be disregarded, so payment of $6,600 is not necessary. S:taff scored the project in the context of the proposed text amendment and Special Review criteria for parking in the LP zone. In support of the O.Q2 ,space per room reduction, staff recognizes that ~ite is adjacent to the commercial core and ski area base. The Lodge also provides a shuttle van for airport service and in- town transit of guests. A_ing passage of the text ameneiment and Special Review, staff found the parking program for the Bell Mountain Lodge achieved 83% of the maximum allowable Growth Managementpo~nts within the parking category. Growth Manaqement ExemDtion for Affordable Housinq: Pursuant to section 8-104 C.1(C) the Council shall exempt deed restricted housing that is provided in accordance with the housing guidelines. However the ~m~ssion shall review and make a recommendation'to "" _. .'~. . '. t Counc~l regard~ng the hous~ng package. Accord~ng to the code, the review of any request for exemption of housing pursuant to this section shall include a determination of the City's need for such housing, considering the proposed development's compliance with an adopted housing plan, the number of dwelling units proposed and their location, the type of dwelling units proposed, specifically regarding the number of bedrooms in each unit, the size of the dwelling unit, the rental/sale mix of the proposed development, and the proposed price categories to which the dwelling units are to be deed restricted. 7 c :> RESPONSE: Please refer to the amended housing submission contained in Exhibit "B". The Bell Mountain Lodge's Growth Management ,:pplication. in. eludes the.RE, f'~v.. ision of affordabl~ housing for ~.3'\", of the empIoyeesgeneratedlby.the 22 new lodge un~ts (7 employeesj. The applicant is proposing to construct J;lu;~~,garden level units in the reconstructed lodge. There will be on&"~droom unit, one 2-bedroom" unit, and ene 1-bedroom unit. The proposed units will total approximately 2,300 s.f. of FAR but the exact size and layout has not been presented to date. The City Council will determine the final deed restrictions to be placed on the units. The Applicant must present a complete deed restriction package for ;r council's consideration prior to first reading of the GMP allocation ordinance. Affordable housing for employees of the lodge is listed as a permitted use in the LP zone. The proposed units comply with the dimensional requirements of the LP zone. According to the Land Use Code, parking for residential use is not applicable in the LP district. However, the 'tiiljineering Department would like the Commission to consider dedicating some of the on-site parking for use by the occupants of the deed restricted units. Growth Manaqement Allocation - Scorinq the Prooosal As previously mentioned, the Commission may choose to accept the score presented by the Planning Office, which could be augmented by Commission bonus points. The Planning Office's consensus score sheet is attached. A summary of the recommended scoring is as follows: Scoring Minimum ,1 Cateqories Threshold , Po~nts 1) Public Facilities and Services 4.0 6 2 ) Quali ty of Design 14.4 29.25 3) Resource Conservation 3.2 5.5 4) Amenities for Guests 8.4 15.5 5) Affordable Housing 9.0 10.375 6) Rehab/Reconstruction of 9.0 15 Existing units ------ ------- ------ ------- 48.0 81. 625 Pursuant to section 8-106 E. (5) a development application shall be required to meet the thresholds of each category and combined 8 c .:) categories to be eligible for an allocation. Combined minimum threshold for categories 1-4 above is 45 points. This project was scored at 56.25 by staff. Individual category thresholds have been met as shown in the table above. Thus, ~"9fL_coriug finds,that the Bell Mountain Lodge meets llhe lll'inimum point thresholds required ~ by t~e ~and use regUlation, s. Bonus Points may be given only by the. ~.I ~C?mmJ.ssJ.on., ,J LJ, (I ,r ' /, ~fW'c')~~, VV\~\)llN0'c\"JN~'fW,,,,,J,<M 1~''''~1)4ql Future Allocation: The Applicant s.eeks the fu1l4l:lrni'fJ;ll;""'aliotment 70r the 1992 GM~ competition for the LP zone. Also requested is ~10 units of the 1993 allotment and 2 units from the 1994 allotment. A future allocation may be granted by the City Council if all of the following standards can be demonstrated: 1) The quality of the proposed development substantially exceeds that established minimum threshold for the scoring established in section 8-105.G.7, by receiving 67% of the points cumulatively available at the time of its scoring by the Commission. Response: Total available points in the six lodge scoring categories is 105. ~% of 105 is 70.35 points. staff scored the project at 81.625 points, or 78% of total available points, thus it meets this standard. 2) The site design of the proposed development makes construction phasing infeasible. This requires but is not limited to a -demonstration that economies of scale will result from construction occurring at once; the proposed development is intended as a single building which cannot easily be constructed or operated in phases; and that the public facility investments for the proposed development such as roads, water and sewer facilities, must all be installed at the initiation of the project, making phasing economically unrealistic. Response: As depicted in the drawings submitted, the new lodge will be one structure built over an underground garage. One construction phase is absolutely required due to this plan. All infrastructure is in place, so this criteria is not pertinent. 3) The i.mp.act.s.of construction of the proposed development on the surrounding neighborhood will be reduced by construction at one time rather than phasing it over two or more construction period, and such construction can be tolerated by the city. Response: The Bell Mountain Lodge is across from City Market and near several office, commercial and mUlti-family residential structures. To spread construction over more than one time period would be undesirable to the neighborhood in terms of noise, traffic, and visual impacts. 4) The city is capable of absorbing the accelerated rate at which impacts on its services and public facilities will be experienced. /0 At:) O-~'/,N) \)'^')t,~) .eJ/'J'R9Jf;{(f~ '~Jj 951, ~(;' I ~7~.Po^ -h q~ 60Je ~ ~ ~ ,piC ,tli \ \) \J "I T' I _ --- r r.\ 0 ~ t' \,';to I'D 'fi ~1 QQQc"" ~u.~( () OJ\A - \\Jl \'VMIJ'0 a.)'\5LII ,c',S <Y',WMMJ-l-S'cIv 1 .J o J It shall be considered sufficient evidence of service and public facility availability if it can be demonstrated that sufficient capacity is available in transportation, utilities, affordable housing, parks/recreation facilities, police, fire, schools, and hospital capacity. Response: All basic infrastructure are in place for the neighborhood. The increase of 22 units at once versus three years is not an impact to the systems. 5) It can be demonstrated that granting allotments from future years will be in support of the goal of community balance. Response: ~e ~ave been no GMP submissions or allocations for the:Qi!., zone Q.j,l.:p.ng the last several years, so the rate of development in the small lodge category will not have been affected in the long term. This project will be an enhancement of the small lodge base in town, which is a goal of the LP zone district. Recommendation: The Planning Office recommends approval of the Text Amendment for the LP zone parking regulations, special Review for Parking at the Bell Mountain Lodge, and GMQS Exemption for affordable housing. staff also recommends utilizing 10 future GMP allotments from 1993 and 2 GMP allotments from 1994 for the Bell Mountain Lodge project. fo-O Recommended Motions: "I move to score the Bell Mountain ~Odge J J 11J I Expansion at ~5"total points and find that the required minimum ::J. J)" point thresholds have been met, and that ~ allocations rom s---- / ~ ~- the l~~J and 1994 Growth Management quotas be ~granted to this ~ proposal." ~-(fo-.. ;;;7~ ~I ~ "I move to recommend to city Council approval of the Text Amendme~ fo-o L ~ "regarding parking requirements in the LP zone, and GMQS Exemption---::;. ~ (!.P 1 .t. f' jrI" for 7 employees wi thin three affordable housing units as proposed It'tP- WQft ~ in the November 2, 1992 application amendment." -0 r n)IV~ ~^:f ('f-2CV~ ,\. h O. --\"V "I m~e, to app, rove Special Review"for the pat'king plan for the Bell;or ~'~ Moun in 0~e, efJect-~e upon . council' approval the Text ~ --to Amend ~ reg'ardi:'hg parkimyu the L :r;:;.efl(p ~O zon (r~ _~ t~ Attachments: Bell Mountain Lodge Application Booklet Exhibits: "A" - Letter from Sunny Vann (text amendment for parking) "B" - Letter from Sunny Vann (parking and housing changes) "c" - Complete Referral Memos Scoring sheet reflecting Staff consensus for the Bell Mountain Lodge expansion 10 o o CITY OF ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION EVALUATION TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS GMP COMPETITION (Planning Office Consensus Score) Project: Bell Mountain Lodqe Date: 10/22/92 1. Availability of Public Facilities and Services (maximum 10 points) Each Development Application shall be rated as follows with respect to the impact of the proposed development or the addition thereto upon public facilities and services, and shall be assigned points according to the following standards and considerations. o -- Proposed development requires the provision of new public facilities and services at increased public expense. 1 -- Proposed development can be handled by the existing public facilities and services, or any public facility or improvement, made by the applicant benefits the proposed development only, and not the area in general. 2 -- Proposed development improves the availability of public facilities and services in the area. The following public facilities and services shall be rated accordingly. a. WATER (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1): Considering the ability of the water system to serve the proposed development and the applicant's commitment to install any system extensions or treatment plant upgrading required to serve the proposed development. RATING: 1 X MULTIPLIER (1) = ~ COMMENTS: Per enqineerinq comments - Water department will reauire replacement of hvdrant (suoolied bv water department.) b. SANITARY SEWER (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1): Considering the ability of the sanitary sewer system to serve the proposed development and the applicant's commitment to install and sanitary system extensions or treatment plant or other facility upgrading required to serve the proposed development. RATING: 1 X MULTIPLIER (1) = ~ COMMENTS: Dollar contributions for downstream improvement is standard requirement this is not therefore an "extra imorovement". o ""' -' c. STORM DRAINAGE (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1): considering the degree to which the applicant proposes to maintain historic drainage patterns on the development site. If the proposed development requires the use of the city's drainage system, the review shall consider the commitment by the applicant to install the necessary drainage control facilities and to maintain the system over the long-term. RATING: --1- X MULTIPLIER (1) = --1- COMMENTS: Maintaininq on-site drainaqe. d. FIRE PROTECTION (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1) : Considering the ability of the fire department to provide fire protection facilities and services according to its established response standards, without the necessity of establishing a new station or requiring addition of major equipment to an existing station; the adequacy of available water pressure and capacity for providing fire- fighting flows; and the commitment of the applicant to provide those fire protection facilities which may be necessary to serve the proposed development. RATING: ~ X MULTIPLIER (1) = --1- COMMENTS: e. ROADS (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1): Considering the capacity of major streets to serve the proposed development without substantially altering existing traff ic patterns, creating safety hazards or maintenance problems, overloading the existing street system, or causing a need to extend the existing road network. consider ing the appl icant I s commitment to install the necessary road system improvements to serve the increased usage attributable to the proposed development. RATING: 2 X MULTIPLIER (1) = 2 COMMENTS: Allev imorovements. eliminatinq Cooper Avenue curb cut. 2. Quality of or Improvements to Design (maximum 36 points) Each Development Application shall be rated based on the quality of its exterior and site design and any improvements proposed thereto, by the assigning of points according to the following standards and considerations. 2 o ~ o A totally deficient design. 1 A major design flaw. 2 An acceptable (but standard) design. 3 An excellent design. The following design features shall be rated accordingly. a. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 3): Considering the compatibility of the buildings in the proposed development or any addition thereto (in terms of its scale, siting, massing, height, and building materials) with existing neighborhood development. RATING: 2 X MULTIPLIER (3) = 6 COMMENTS: "Little Nell-ish". Alley elevation is too olain and unfriendly. tree removal (no discussion of reolacement). Non-conformity for rear setback not beinq eliminated (althouqh not required to eliminate). b. SITE DESIGN (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 3): considering the quality and character of the proposed development and its improvements to existing landscaping and open space areas, the amount of site coverage by buildings, the extent of underground utilities, and the provision of pedestrian amenities (paths, benches, bike racks, bus shelters etc.) to enhance the design of the development and to provide for the safety and privacy of the users of the development, and for snow storage areas. RATING: 2.75 X MULTIPLIER (3) = 8.25 COMMENTS: No discussion about sidewalk and replacement (yes or no). ADA issues lack: is ramp (sidewalk) at correct anqle? Need more detail. c. PARKING AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 3): Considering the quality and efficiency of the internal traffic circulation and parking system for the proposed development or any addition thereto, including the proposed automobile and service vehicle access and loading areas, and the design features to screen parking from public view. RATING: 2.5 X MULTIPLIER (3) = 7.5 COMMENTS: Parkinq for 6 on-site emo10yees not desianated: airport shuttle service. Not full .7 spaces per lodqe unit 3 c :) (requestina cash-in-lieu) and no amendment needed to make it work. bonus. emolovee oarkinq. Code Underqround Darkinq a biq d. VISUAL IMPACTS (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 3): Considering the scale and location of the buildings in the proposed development or any addition thereto, to prevent infringement on designated scenic viewplanes. RATING: 2.5 X MULTIPLIER (3) = 7.5 COMMENTS: Good ;ob with bldq. materials and articulation of roofs. Scale of buildinq aDDears qood: nice architectural features. Rear elevation not addressed well at all. 3. Resource Conservation Techniques (maximum 8 points). Each Development Application shall be rated with respect to the degree to which it includes resource conservation techniques, and shall be assigned points according to the following standards and considerations. o -- Proposed development fails Municipal Code or does not of resources. to meet the standards of the result in a net conservation 1 Proposed development meets Code, or results in a conservation. the standards of the Municipal standard level of resource 2 -- Proposed development exceeds the standards of the Municipal Code, or results in an exceptional level of resource conservation. a. ENERGY CONSERVATION (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1): Considering the extent to which the proposed development uses passive and/or active energy conservation techniques in its construction, including but not limited to insulation, glazing, passive solar orientation, efficient heating and cooling systems and solar energy devices; the extent to which the proposed development avoids wasting energy by excluding excessive lighting and inefficient woodburning devices; and the location of the proposed development, relative to whether solar gain can be expected to reasonably result in energy conservation. RATING: ~ X MULTIPLIER (1) ~ COMMENTS: Per Roarinq Fork Enerqv Center - no technical 4 ,....., '-' ~ evidence qiven for "above and bevond" conservation. b. WATER AND WASTEWATER (maximum 2 points times multiplier of 1): Considering the extent to which the proposed development will use water conserving plumbing fixtures and/or wastewater reuse systems in its design. RATING: ~ X MULTIPLIER (1) ~ COMMENTS: No technical Irriaation olanned. but not water reuse. data on low floor fixtures. a low-water landscape. No qrev c. AIR (maximum 2 points times mUltiplier of 2): Considering the effect of the proposed development on the city's air quality, including but not limited to whether fewer or cleaner woodburning devices than allowed by law will be installed; whether existing dirty burning devices will be removed or replaced by cleaner burning devices; whether dust prevention measure are employed on the unpaved areas; and whether any special emission control devices are used. RATING: 1.75 X MULTIPLIER (2) 3.5 COMMENTS: Eliminate 1 fireplace. oavinq the alley. reolacinq w/qas. (Not sellinq the credit?). 4. Amenities Provided for Guests (maximum 21 points) Each Development Application shall be rated with respect to the quality and spaciousness of its proposed services for guests as compared to the size of the proposed lodging development or any addition thereto, by the assignment of points according to the following standard. o A total lack of guest amenities and services. 1 Services which are judged to be deficient in terms of quality or spaciousness. 2 -- Services which are judged to be adequate in terms of quality and spaciousness. 3 -- Services which are judged to be exceptional in terms of quality and spaciousness. The following amenities shall be considered in this review and rated accordingly. 5 r-. \..... """ -- a. AVAILABILITY OF OR IMPROVEMENTS TO ON-SITE COMMON MEETING AREAS (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 3): Shall be considered, such as 'lobbies and conference areas, in relation to the size of the proposed lodging development or any addition thereto. RATING: 2.5 X MULTIPLIER (3) 7.5 COMMENTS: Indoor and outdoor qatherinq breakfast bar, ski storaqe, bike park. these facilities. Bike racks. areas, continental Lack of detail on b. AVAILABILITY OF OR IMPROVEMENTS TO ON-SITE DINING FACILITIES (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 2): Shall be considered, including any restaurants, bars and banquet facilities, in relation to the size of the proposed lodging development or any addition thereto. RATING: ~ X MULTIPLIER (2) ~ COMMENTS: Not providinq a restaurant per application more like hors d'oeuvres. but caterinq "kitchen" plan. If this is a full restaurant, a conditional use is necessary. c. AVAILABILITY OF OR IMPROVEMENTS TO ON-SITE ACCESSORY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES (maximum 3 points times multiplier of 2): Shall be considered, such as health clubs, pools and other active areas, in relation to the size of the proposed lodging development or any addition thereto. RATING: 2 X MULTIPLIER (2) 4 COMMENTS: Exercise room is functionallY Dart of a hallway. Pool and soa orovided. 5. PROVISION OF EMPLOYEE HOUSING (maximum 15 points): Each development application shall be assigned points for the provision of housing which complies with the housing size, type, income and occupancy guidelines of the city and with the provisions of Sec. 8-109. Points shall be assigned as follows: Zero (0%) to sixty (60%) percent of the additional employees generated by the proposed development are provided with housing; One (1) point for each six (6%) percent housed; Sixty-one (61%) percent to one hundred (100%) 6 ,.... "-' - - percent of the additional employees generated by the proposed development are provided with housing; one (1) point for each eight (8%) percent housed. The advice of the City Council's housing designee shall be used in the determination of the number of employees the proposed development is expected to generate. The housing designee shall make available standards for employee generation representing the various levels of service which reflect the types of lodge operations in existence or proposed for the city of Aspen. The applicant shall be given the opportunity to present to the housing designee information demonstrating that an alternative standard should be employed. The alternative standard may be employed upon the recommendation of the designee. If it is determined that the proposed development generates no new employees, it shall be awarded the full fifteen (15) points available within this section. In order to determine the percentage of employees generated by the proposed development who are provided with housing, the following criteria shall be used: studio: One-bedroom: Two-bedroom: Three-bedroom or larger: Dormitory: 1. 25 residents 1. 75 residents 2.25 residents 3.00 residents 1.00 resident per square feet of unit space. 150 RATING: 10.375 COMMENTS: 63% of employees qenerated will be housed. Housinq authority OK with plan as lonq as service level does not increase siqnificantlY. 6 bedrooms provided for 7 emo1oyees. 6. REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING UNITS (maximum 15 points): Development applications for projects located in the Lodge Preservation (LP) Zone District only shall be assigned points for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing units. Points shall be assigned as follows. Zero (0%) to fifty (50%) percent of the total existing unit inventory or non-unit space in the lodge which the applicant agrees to rehabilitate or reconstruct: one (1) point for each ten (10%) percent rehabilitated or reconstructed. 7 c :) Fifty (50%) to one hundred (100%) percent of the total existing unit inventory or non-unit space in the lodge which the applicant agrees to rehabilitate or reconstruct: one (1) point for each five (5%) percent rehabilitated or reconstructed.' For the purposes of this section, "rehabilitation" shall include the upgrading of the structure and appearance of a lodge unit or of non-unit space by its in-place restoration to a substantially higher quality status relative to the segment of the tourist population to which the lodge is marketed, which may alter its size. For the purposes of this section, "reconstruction" shall include the partial or complete demolition and rebuilding of a lodge unit or non-unit space which may be accomplished in a similar or different size to the original configuration, provided that the rebuilt portion of the lodge is located on the same site. In the case of both rehabilitation and reconstruction, the units and the non-unit space shall be required to meet all other provisions of this chapter and other applicable provisions of the Municipal Code. To be eligible for points in this section, an applicant shall provide a conceptual program identifying the proposed improvements to be made to the lodge units or the non-unit space and the timetable for their restoration or rebuilding which provides that the rebuilt portions of the lodge are suitable for occupancy prior to or at the same time as the new units for which an allotment has been requested. In the alternative, an applicant may submit an affidavit itemizing the expense incurred during the previous twenty-four (24) months and documenting that the expenditures have met the criteria of this section. RATING: 15 COMMENTS: Total reconstruction (will this remain mom/poD. cozy motel? a character question) 7. Bonus Points (maximum 5 points). When it is determined that a proposed development has not only incorporated and met the substantive criteria of Secs. S-106(G) (1) through (6) but has also exceeded the provision of these sections and achieved an outstanding overall design meriting recognition, additional bonus points not exceeding five (5%) percent of the total points awarded under these sections may be made. Any Commission member awarding bonus points shall provide a written justification of that award for the pUblic hearing record. 8 o - ....,.;I SCORING CATEGORIES 1. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES 2. QUALITY OF DESIGN 3. RESOURCE CONSERVATION 4. AMENITIES FOR GUESTS 5. PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 6. REHABILITATION/RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING UNITS SUBTOTAL POINTS: 7. BONUS POINTS TOTAL POINTS Name of P&Z Commission Member: (Staff Consensus Score) 9 POINTS: 6 29.25 5.5 15.5 10.375 15 81. 625 ,.... ...... - --.I PUBLIC NOTICE RE: BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE, INC., TOURIST ACCOMODATIONS GMQS ALLOTMENT, TEXT AMENDMENT, GMQS EXEMPTION, AND SPECIAL REVIEW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992 at a meeting to begin at 4:30 pm before the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, city Hall, 130 S. Galena, Aspen, CO to consider an application submitted by Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc., P.O. Box 328, Aspen, CO requesting approval for 19 Tourist Accomodations GMQS allotments, text amendment which amends the parking requirements in the Lodge Preservation (LP) zone district (Section 5-216. E. 1), GMQS exemption for two on-site three-bedroom employee units, and special review for parking. The property is located at 720 E. Cooper Avenue, Aspen, CO, Lots K, L, M, M, 0, P, & West 20.66 feet of Q, Block 105, City and Townsite of Aspen. For further information, contact Kim Johnson at the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office, 130 S. Galena, Aspen, CO 920-5090 s/Jasmine Tvqre. Chairman planninq and zoning commission Published in the Aspen Times on October 16, 1992 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- city of Aspen Account ,',., ... ,. MEMORANDUM TO: Kim Johnson, Planning Office FROM: Cindy Christensen, Housing Office DATE: October 16, 1992 RE: Bell Mountain Lodge Inc. GMQS Application Parcel ID No. 2737-182-27-003 The applicant proposes to provide two on-site employee units. The units will each have three bedrooms and a full kitchen, and will be used solely for housing of the lodge employees. Based on Tourist Accommodations Development Standards, these units will house six employees which comprises sixty-three percent of the employees generated by the proposed development. The Housing Office feels that the employee generation range for lodges is fine as stated, as long as the service level does not increase significantly then what is being proposed. \word\work\bmt.ref 11"\: -.. , ~,! l!~1 I 5 1992 III r;'~i ~~ c SEP I.... '.\ September 14, 1992 Ms. Kim Johnson Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 S. Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 ARCHITECTURE PLANNING INTERIORS Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Growth Management Application Dear Kim, Thank you for your letter of August 12, 1992 in which you outlined some areas that need further clarification. As you know from our recent meeting with Sunny Vann, he will be preparing a code text amendment application revising the L.P. Zone parking requirement to bring it in line with the other lodge zone district requirements in response to your Item 1. This will be presented at the appropriate time prior to the November 3, 1992 P & Z meeting for the GMQS public hearing. In Item 2 you request clarification of the term "catering kitchen" and the BBQ facility near the pool. These facilities are intended solely as an amenity for the use and enjoyment of lodge guests and will not be used for a commercial restaurant or food service operation. The kitchen will be set up for breakfasts, apre's ski hors douvres, small dinner parties, etc. in connection with the activities of lodge guests in general or special groups that may conduct meetings, seminars, etc. while staying there. Similarly, the BBQ area near the pool will be for parties of groups or random individual guests. Regarding Item 3, the existing kitchenettes are solely for the use of the lodge units in which they are located, and will be replicated in seven (7) of the new lodge rooms. Specific locations and configurations have not been selected at this early stage of planning. The existing kitchenettes each have a refrigerator, range/oven and sink with disposer in a compact configuration which includes a small amount of base and wall cabinets. We assume this will be confirmed by an on-site inventory inspection by the Aspen Zoning Official as part of the agency review process. CHARLES CUNNIFFE ARCHITECTS. 520 EAST HYMAN AVENUE. ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 . 303/925-5590 FAX 925-5076 c /'"""\ "- . Item 4, partial demolition of the existing structure entails the removal of the majority of the interior partitions to allow for the new lodge room configurations while retaining most of the exterior shell in its' present location. New openings will be made in the walls as needed for windows and doors in the proposed new lodge design and some of the existing openings will be filled in accordingly. A more specific demolition plan will be submitted with the construction documents for building permit review. During construction, temporary bracing, shoring, etc. will be provided as necessary to retain the existing walls in place until new construction of structural components, walls, etc. are in place. Finally, we are submitting herewith a check from the Owner in the amount of $140.00 to cover the Environmental Health Department referral fee as you requested in Item 5. We believe the foregoing response should satisfactorily answer the request for more information in you letter. Please advise us if you require additional information or clarification of other issues during the course of your review process. (~ N& {~ J--~ur DUrrl~gt~lA pt~ect Manager I fC: Nancy Kappeli Sunny Vann Gary Wright '" o (J t' :J'((J' ( '}"" . r f ..... r- '. ' Cr ~. ~~ August 12, 1992 Ms. Kim Johnson Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 S. Galena St. Aspen, Colorado 81611 ARCHITECTURE PLANNING INTERIORS Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Tourist Accommodations G.M.Q.S. Application Dear Kim, Upon reviewing the application booklet which we submitted on August 3, we have discovered a few minor discrepancies, deletions, typos, etc. which we wish to correct. Please consider this letter an addendum to the application as follows: 1. Page 4, first line: the Vicinity Map should be called Location/Zoning Map to correlate with map title on page 6. 2. Page 4, last sentence of first paragraph; change to read: The site contains twenty thousand sixty-six (20,066) square feet of land area . . . 3. Page 17, Item 8 and 9: See revised page attached. 4. Page 20, Line 22, insert deleted text as follows: (21) spaces will be adequate for the requirements of the Lodge. Furthermore, . . 5. Page 42, Line 13, insert deleted text as follows: Directly above will be a meeting room labeled Guest Breakfast Room on the Second Level Plan at page 29, for small groups . We would appreciate it if you would see that all referral agencies, etc. who received a copy of the application booklet would also get a copy of this addendum. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in processing this application. S~relY, M Lh ~ L. Ja~~rington AlA ~6ject Manager CHARLES CUNNIFFE ARCHITECTS' 520 EAST HYMAN AVENUE' ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 . 303/925-5590 FAX 925-5076 c o ~. ~~ October 8, 1992 \\1 OCT _ S 199L Aspen Planning Department 130 S. Galena street Aspen, Colorado 81611 ARCHITECTURE PLANNING Att: Re: Kim Johnson Bell Mountain Lodge INTERIORS Dear Kim, Through an oversight on our part we would like to submit an amended first level floor plan with the addition of room 12 c so that the drawings correspond to the 40 rooms indicated in the text. We are including 21 copies of the plan at 8 1/2" X 11" and 24" X 36" for your use. If you have any questions, please call. Thank you. Very Truly Yours, ~.tZtwv~~\dLJ' Jb~s Hardy Architect cc: Sunny Vahn CHARLES CUNNIFFE ARCHITECTS . 520 EAST HYMAN AVENUE . ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 . 303/925-5590 FAX 925-5076 ,'" r,. \/ - . , -' t-r- :j i o I . ..l- I . X ! ! ; I dj ttl J . I . . , . . ;; . ~ . ...., . . i ... . ~ UI . ~ I , '" ~I ~ UI ii . ~ oJ I 8 5 , . ~ 0 . ~ g ~ . . , 9 . I: 0 ei z . z F , :J . . ~ 'I ., . . . . 0: ~ .J 1Il . > ~ I 1Il . .:.1-, I .J . 1 f..... ~ . T Ul . 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'" '5 :;;- ;; ~ " ;= ::; ~ :0 I> Z C> m -- 'p -0 -0 :u -J> Ui J> r :u fI1 () o :u o II ,~ I:EO'S l:u~ >-- ~ ." jZ- :; .. X I> :0 '" I> iO ,0- i"", I> .."'" ,~ ~ ~ . >: I> I> '0 I> :0 o '" ,- Z P ;f, t~. , . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _' 1', ',\\....~. " ' \- ~ ~ t ...., '':-li ,; ;\ . :\,:t: - ~ -".t -~ " AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL (Pursuant to section 6-205.E. of the Land Use Regulations) STATE OF COLORADO ss. COUNTY OF PITKIN The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows: I, JANVER DERRINGTON, being or representing an Applicant before the City of Aspen, personally certify that Public Notice of the Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS application was given by 1) posting of notice containing the information required in section 6-205.E.2., which posting occurred on October 19, 1992, in a conspicuous place on the subject property and 2) mailing Notice of said development application to all property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the subj ect property, which mailing occurred on October 16, 1992. Applicant: BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE, INC. / The foregoing AffidPJ'-fJt of Public Notice was acknowledged and signed before me this 1\ day bf Oe~e),er', 1992, by Janver Derrington on behalf of BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE, INC..... P"O'moev i WITNESS my hand and official seal. My commission expires: Mr&....U..'...11/fH4, i d~l: otary Public ", .,,,,' "'10:'" M1 BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE ASPEN. COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE RE: BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE, INC., TOURIST ACCOMODATIONS GMQS ALLOTMENT, TEXT AMENDMENT, GMQS EXEMPTION, AND SPECIAL REVIEW NOTICE-' IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992 at a meeting to begin at 4:30 pm before the Aspen Planning and Zoning commission, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, city Hall, 130 S. Galena, Aspen, CO to consider an application submitted by Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc., P.O. Box 328,. Aspen, CO requesting approval for 19 Tourist Accomodations GMQS allotments, text amendment which amends the parking requirements in the Lodge Preservation (LP) zone district (Section 5-216. E.1), GMQS exemption for two on-site three-bedroom employee units, and special review for parking. The property is located at 720 E. Cooper Avenue, Aspen, CO, Lots K, L, M, M, 0, P, & West 20.66 feet of Q, Block 105, City and Townsite of Aspen. For further information, contact Kim Johnson at the Aspen/pitkin Planning Office, 130 S. Galena, ..;'spen, CO. 920-5090 '. . . s/Jasmine Tvqre. Chairman Planning and Zoning commission Published in the Aspen Times on October 16, 1992 city of Aspen Account vincent J. Higens President PITKIN COUNTY TITLE, INC. 601 E. HOPKINS, 3RD FLOOR ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 303-925-1766 : 303-925-6527 FAX Christina Davis Vice President ADJACENT OWNER'S STATEMENT Pitkin County Title, Inc., a duly licensed Title Insurance Agent in the State of Colorado, hereby certifies the following list is a current list of adjacent property owner's within three hundred feet of The Bell Mountain Lodge as obtained from the most current Pitkin County Assessors Tax Rolls. NAMES AND ADDRESSES BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE REFER TO LIST ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF ~~, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOMINIUM ASSOC. C/O STEVE HOPKINS AND TIM CLARK 650 S. MONARCH ASPEN CO 81611 COtmON AREA 757253 ONTARIO LIMITED C/O LANDAWN SHOPPING CENTERS, LTD. 11 POLSON ST. TORONTO, CANADA M5A1A4 UNIT 812 (B), COOPER GREYS TONE CONDOS AJAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP SUITE 112 1501 NORTH PIERCE LITTLE ROCK AK UNIT 1, ORIGINAL STREET CONDOS 72207 ALAN & KAREN BERKOWITZ UNIT 11, SILVER BELL CONDOS P.O. BOX 335 BROOKLANDVILLE MD 21022 ALAN B. & CAROL S. RUBENSTEIN AND ROGER L. WEINREB 57 OLDFIELD DR. SHERBORN MA UNIT 19, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 01770 ALAN D. GARFIELD, ANDREW V. HECHT, RONALD GARFIELD, WILLIAM K. GUEST 601 E. HYMAN AVE. ASPEN CO 81611 UNIT 321, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS ALBERT & MARY CHERAMIE UNIT 220, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 139 CHERAMIE LANE GOLDEN MEADOW LA 70357 ALEXANDER GROSS UNIT 216, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS P.O. BOX 9500 ASPEN CO 81612 ANDREW R. PFEIFFENBERGER UNIT 10, SILVER BELL CONDOS 760 S. STEELE DENVER CO 80209 ANTHONY & NORMA C. GUILBEAU UNIT 221, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 205 CHERMIE LANE GOLDEN MEADOW LA 70357 ARTHUR J. SEQUIN 4944 CASS STREET SAN DIEGO CA ASPEN B. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES C/O STEVENSON 1006 FAIRWAY ROAD SANTA BARBARA CA ASPEN NEIVE CORPORATION C/O GERALD SEAY P.O. BOX 490 TULSA OK ASPEN SQUARE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION 617 E. COOPER ASPEN CO BARBARA GRIMES AND GOSSAMER WINGS 1435 SEDROS AVE. SUITE J SOLONA BEACH CA BARBARA TOLL 21547 CYPRESS HAMMOK DR. #42D BOCA RATON FL BETTY ANN MILLIGAN GRAY 1416 N. ASTOR CHICAGO IL BILL UNCAPHER BOX 2127 LAJOLLA CA BLANCHE C. BERSCH AS TRUSTEE OF THE BERSCH TRUST 415 N. CAMDEN DR. BEVERLY HILLS CA BLOCK 106 ASSOCIATES C/O ASPEN INVESTMENT 710 E. DURANT AVE. ASPEN CAPITAL CORP. UNIT 308, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92109 UNIT B (COMMERCIAL) ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 93108 UNITS PS-18, A, B, C & G, THE DURANT CONDOS 74101 COMMON AREA 81611 UNIT 416, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92071 UNIT 35, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 33428 UNIT 417, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 60610 UNIT 408, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92038 UNITS 419 & 420, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 90210 UNITS W4-W10, M2, M3, PS16, E1, E5-E7, M1 & PS17, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS CO 81611 BRICE A. & CATHERINE J. TONDRE S-200, 4465 KIPLING ST. WHEATRIDGE CO BRIGITTA ULLA WEST 1490 REDHILL ROAD OAKLAND OR C. WESTON SANIFER, JR. AND DICKSIE LEE SANIFER 2836 WOOD DUCK DR. VIRGINIA BEACH VA CANDICE ANNAN P.O. BOX 7695 ASPEN CO CARLOS ANDERSON C/O KIRK WARD 617 E. COOPER AVE. ASPEN CO CARLTON J. HUNKE P.O. BOX 1389 FARGO ND CAROL CENTER DALY 300 PUPPY SMITH ST. 205-305 ASPEN CO CAROLE E. GLUCK 176 E. 71ST ST. NEW YORK CITY NY CDES PARTNERS ATTN: BILL HOFFNER 720 E. HYMAN AVE. ASPEN CO CDES PARTNERS C/O COATES, REID & WALDRON 720 EAST HYMAN AVE. ASPEN CO UNIT 8, MITTENDORF CONDOS 80033 UNIT 311, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 97462 UNIT 28, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 23456 UNIT C, CHATELETCONDOS 81612 UNITS 214 & 215, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 81611 UNIT 12, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 58102 UNIT 317, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 81611 UNIT 31, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 10021 THE ATHLETIC CLUB UNIT, THE ASPEN ATHLETIC CLUB BLDG. 81611 UNITS 3A, 3H, 3C, lA-II, 2A-2E, 3B, 3D-3G, ASPEN ATHLETIC CLUB BLDG. 81611 CHARLES G. DIBRELL, JR. FRANCES MICHALKE DIBRELL 7517 BEAUDELAIRE GALVESTON TX UNIT 27, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 77551 CHARLOTTE K. DILL AND FRED DILL 411 BROOKSIDE AVE. REDLANDS CA UNIT 218, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92373 CHATEAU ASPEN CONDOMINIUM ASSOC. C/O MCCARTNEY PROP. MGMT. 317 AABC ASPEN CO 81611 COMMON AREA CHERRYANNE SUTHERLAND AND DICKSIE LEE SANDIFER 617 HERON POINT CIRCLE VIRGINIA BEACH VA UNIT 33, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS CHRISTIN L. TREUER UNIT 11, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 981 E. BRIARWOOD CIRCLE NORTH LITTLETON CO 80122 CITY MARKET, INC. LOTS A-I, BLOCK 106, ASPEN P.O. BOX 729 GRAND JUNCTION CO 81502 CITY OF ASPEN LOTS E-I, BLOCK 105, ASPEN 130 S. GALENA ASPEN CO 81611 COLIN CHAPAN & FRANCIS CHAPMAN TRUST UNIT B, CHATELET CONDOS C/O LARRY HIZERMAN 620 EAST BLEEKER ASPEN CO 81611 COOPER-GREYSTONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION NO ADDRESS AVAILABLE COMMON AREA D. KEITH LOWTHER AND CHRISTY SILVA 23592 WINDSONG #38-H ALISON VIEGO UNIT 323, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS CA 92656 DAN B. WILLOUGHBY UNIT 13, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 12322 RIP VAN WINKLE HOUSTON TX 77024 DANIEL PEARLMAN UNIT 201, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 2714 FORRESTER DR. LOS ANGELES CA 90064 DAVID D. SALMON, JR. UNIT 205, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 1805 CRYSTAL DR. #216 ARLINGTON VA 22202 DAVIS AMMONS UNIT 4, MITTENDORF CONDOS 14642 E. CHERRY CREEK ROAD LARKSPUR CO 80118 DONALD H. & ANITA I. WITT UNIT 3, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 1412 GRAND AVE. GLENWOOD SPRINGS CO 81601 DONNE P. AND ELIZABETH A. MOEN UNIT 307, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 8 CABALLEROS ROAD ROLLING HILLS CA 90274 DR. FRED M. ERNSBERGER AND RUTH E. ERNSBERGER 1325 NW 10TH AVE. GAINESVILLE UNIT 206, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS FL 32601 DR. JACK & GESINE CRANDALL DBA PATIO BUILDING COMPANY P.O. BOX 1066 ASPEN CO LOTS R & S, BLOCK 99, ASPEN 81612 DR. JACK O. PIASECKI UNIT 9, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 1324 NORTH BROADWAY SANTA ANA CA 92706 DR. LOUIS J. & BERNEVA M. FISHER AND WALLACE G. & ARTHORA GILBERT 2534 CYPRESS GT. LOMA LINDA CA 92354 UNIT 1, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS DR. SHIRLEY WRAY UNIT 34, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 987 MEMORIAL DR. CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 DUDLEY J. HUGHES UNITS 20 & 22, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 4500 CRANE BLVD. JACKSON MI 39216 DURANT & ORIGINAL ASSOC., INC. P.O. BOX 7846 ASPEN LOTS R & S, BLOCK 106, ASPEN CO 81612 EDITH B. FEHR UNIT 213, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 294 ROUND HILL ROAD GREENWICH CT 06831 EDMUND O. GODBOLD UNIT 15, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 524 COLONY HARTS DALE NY 10530 EDWARD JOYCE UNIT 17, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA CHICAGO IL 60602 EDWARD W. HINE P.C. PROFIT SHARING TRUST SUITE 224, 2620 SOUTH MARYLAND LAS VEGAS NV UNIT 301, ASPEN SQUARE 89109 ERNA MAVROVIC UNIT 401, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS APT. 15C, 530 E. 72ND ST. NEW YORK NY 10021 ERNEST AND BETTY MARTINELLI TRUST 2504 THE STRAND 4040 BROADWAY MANHATTAN BEACH CA 90266 UNIT 319, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS ETHEL CARO GOFEN SUITE 300 455 CITY FRONT PLAZA CHICAGO UNIT 12, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS IL 60611 FLORENCE W. HELLINGER UNIT 7, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 1849 WYCLIFF DR. ORLANDO FL 32803 FRANCIS P. HOFFMAN UNIT 2, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 210 INVERNESS LN. SCHEREVILLE IN 46375 FRANK AND ELAINE M. FERREIRA UNIT 6, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 72 FULL RIVER AVE. REHOBOTH MA 02769 FRANK J. WOODS AND ANTHONY J. MAZZA SUITE 301A, 205 S. MILL ST. ASPEN CO UNIT A (COMMERCIAL) ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 81611 FRANK J. WOODS, III SUITE 301A 205 S. MILL ST. ASPEN LOTS P & Q, BLOCK 99, ASPEN CO 81611 FRED & BARBARA MARTELL UNIT 702, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS 3 QUAIL RUN OLD WESTBURY NY 11568 FRED H. DILL UNIT 29, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 411 BROOKSIDE AVE. REDLANDS CA 92373 FREDERICK MARSHALL KARSTEN AND DOUGLAS S. HILLUNIT 5305 WRILEY ROAD BETHESDA MD UNIT 8, SILVER BELL CONDOS 20816 G & G PROPERTIES AND C/O LANDAWN SHOPPING 11 POLSON STREET. TORONTO, ONTARIO JERRY SPRACKMAN CENTERS UNIT 1, MITTENDORF CONDOS CAN M4A1A4 GARY P. SPENCE UNIT 2, SILVER BELL CONDOS P.O. BOX 9806 ASPEN CO 81612 GEORGE A. SMITH AND SYLVIA B. BRINGOLF UNIT E, 250 S. ORIGINAL ASPEN CO GEORGE SANTROPEITRO 13675 MULHOLLAND DR. BEVERLY HILLS CA GERALD R. SEAY P.O. BOX 490 TULSA OK GERTRUDE STRETTON BELSKY 333 E. 43RD ST. NEW YORK NY GRAHAM A. & GWEN E. HATFIELD P.O. BOX 128 WICHITA KS GRAHAM A. ROGENESS 3046 COLONY DR. SAN ANTONIO TX GRAY BRAZINA SUITE 305 8641 WILSHIRE BLVD. BEVERLY HILLS CA GREGORY SHERWIN 1020 E. HOPKINS AVE. #26 ASPEN CO HANNAH DUSTIN BLDG., ASSOC. P.O. BOX 2238 ASPEN CO HARLAN DOPKIN P.O. BOX 4696 ASPEN CO UNIT E, CHATELET CONDOS 81611 UNIT 322, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 90210 UNITS P-9, P-10, D, E & F THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 74101 UNIT 409, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 10001 UNIT 402, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 67201 UNIT 211, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 78230 UNIT 304, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 90211 UNITS 2 & 4, ORIGINAL STREET CONDOS 81611 LOTS A, B, C & D, BLOCK 105, ASPEN 81612 UNITS 816 & 814, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS 81612 HAROLD AND AUSTINE N. STITT UNITS 302 & 424, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 1450 SILVER KING DR. ASPEN CO 81611 HAROLD AND BETH HORIUCHI UNIT 6, SILVER BELL CONDOS 6205 W. JEFFERSON AVE. DENVER CO 80235 HAROLD GRINSPOON 380 UNION ST. SUITE 306-307 WEST SPRINGFIELD CHILDRENS FAMILY TRUST UNIT 208, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS MA 0189 HARRIS A. THOMPSON UNIT 410, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 175 BELLEVUE DRIVE BOULDER CO 80302 HARSPEN PROPERTIES C/O KAY E. HARTMAN 20 NORTH MICHIGAN AVE. STE 400 CHICAGO IL UNIT 16, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 60602 HERRON-GRAY PARTNERSHIP UNIT 5, SILVER BELL CONDOS P.O. BOX GG ASPEN CO 81612 HOLLAND & HART ATTN: J.W. DAVIDSON, CONTROLLER P.O. BOX 8749 DENVER CO 80201 UNIT 6, MITTENDORF CONDOS HUNTER PLAZA ASSOC. C/O ANTHONY J. MAZZA SUITE 301A, 205 S. MILL ST. ASPEN CO LOTS K-O, BLOCK 100, ASPEN 81611 JAMES A. & KAREN D. CUTTS AND BARBARA LEMOS P.O. BOX 321 ASPEN CO LOTS D & E, BLOCK 100, ASPEN 81612 JAMES FERRY, JR. UNIT 14, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS P.O. BOX 166 GLENCOE IL 60022 JAMES J. EDGETTE SUITE 801 19900 BEACH ROAD JUPITER ISLAND FL 33469 JAMES L. PRICE AND JULIA P. PRICE 32670 WOODSDALE LN. SOLON OH 44139 JANI JENNIFER WOHLGEMUTH 1040 AVONOAK TERRACE GLENDALE CA 91206 JASJIT SINGH GREWAL ECHO RIDGE RANCH P.O. BOX 1089 PAGOSA SPRINGS CO 81147 JEFF W. & MADALYN B. SEQUIN UNDER TRUST BOX 4274 ASPEN CO 81612 JOAN H. KELSO C/O NCNB TEXAS INDUSTRY P.O. BOX 811234 DALLAS CONSULTING GROUP TX 75381 JOHN & BONNIE HENDRICKS AND MICHAEL WILKIE 254 N. LAUREL AVE. DES PLAINES IL 60016 JOHN A. ELMORE P.O. BOX 861 WRIGHTSVILLE NC JOHN C. AND MARIANNE K. TAYLOR 340 WESTWOOD DR. N. N. MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422 JOHN E. CARREIA 6730 E. NORTHWEST HIGHWAY DALLAS TX 75231 UNIT 318, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS UNIT 4, SILVER BELL CONDOS UNIT 26, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS UNITS E-3, P-14,THE DURANT MALL CONDOS UNIT 412, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS UNIT 30, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS UNIT 1, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 801-807 EAST HYMAN SUB, LOT 1, SECTION 18, 10-84 UNIT 23, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS UNIT 1, SILVER BELL CONDOS JOHN F. ROSS UNIT 223, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 7600 CLAYTON ROAD ST. LOUIS MO 63105 JOSEPH & ANNA MARIE CARRILLO UNIT 9, SILVER BELL CONDOS 236 HENRY STREET BROOKLYN HEIGHTS NY 11201 JOSEPH B. WILSON AND JANE W. MOY SUITE 104 720 E. DURANT AVE ASPEN CO 81611 UNIT P-15, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS JOSEPH D. & LESLIE J. WATERS UNIT 2, MITTENDORF CONDOS 4123 BRIARGROVE LANE DALLAS TX 75287 JOSHUA SASLOVE THE REAL ESTATE BROKERS 720 E. DURANT AVE. ASPEN CO UNIT P-13, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 81611 KAREN B. BARRETT UNIT 415, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 1397 VAIL VALLEY DR. VAIL CO 81657 KARL G. LANDL UNIT 324, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 6 WEST RIDGE AVE. PROSPECT HEIGHTS IL 60070 LOTHAR M. VARADY DR. UNIT 219, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS P.O. BOX 5687 INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89450 LUCIANNA G. ROSS AND KATHERINE G. WELLS 33 PORTLAND PL. ST. LOUIS UNIT 7, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS MO 63108 M & B COMPANAY C/O GARFIELD & HECHT 601 E. HYMAN AVE. ASPEN UNITS 1-7 VICTORIAN SQUARE CONDOS CO 81611 MACWOOD CO. OF CALIFORNIA C/O W. PHILLIP WOODWARD 19 OAK AVE BELVEDERE CA UNIT 8, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 94920 MADELINE LIEB SCHULTE TRUST UNIT A, CHATELET CONDOS 800 E. HYMAN AVE. ASPEN CO 81611 MALCOLM BREMER, M.D. UNIT 422, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 3263 AVALON PL. HOUSTON TX 77019 MARIAN STEINBERG SUITE A-16 2600 TORREY PINES ROAD LAJOLLA CA UNIT 423, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92037 MARIE N. FLY UNIT 404, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 7447 PEBBLE POINTE W. BLOOMFIELD MI 48300 MARK A. BRADLEY UNIT 309, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS P.O. BOX 1938 BASALT CO 81621 MARLY P. HEMP UNIT 3, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 15470 POMONA ROAD BROOKFIELD WI 53005 MATTHEW B. KELLNER AND GEORGE S. KELLNER P.O. BOX 3465 WALNUT CREEK CA UNIT 15, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 94598 MERT WALLEN UNIT 320, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 36 OCEAN VISTA NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 MICHAEL LEINER C/O ASPEN INVESTMENT 1845 W. 205TH STREET TORRANCE CAPITAL CORP. UNITS P-8, P-7 & E-13 THE DURANT MALL CONDOS CA 90501 MILLER MORTGAGE CO. C/O CALVIN CHAMBERLAIN 1600 N. WOODWARD AVE. BIRMINGHAM MI UNIT 4, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 48009 MITTENDORF CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION C/O HILARY SMITH P.O. BOX 1030 BASALT CO 81621 COMMON AREA MRS. MARGARET JOAN CLIFFORD UNIT 24, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 146 WILD TIGER ROAD BOULDER CO 80302 N.S.N. ASSOCIATES, INC. UNIT 2, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 11051 W. ADDISON ST. FRANKLIN PARK IL 60131 NANCY WElL UNIT 9, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 1404 23RD AVE. CT. GREELEY CO 80631 NICKOLAS AND!BETTE E. PASQUARELLA 805 E. COOPER AVE. ASPEN UNIT 7, SILVER BELL CONDOS CO 81611 ORIGINAL STREET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION 820 E. COOPER ASPEN CO COMMON AREA 81611 PAIGE BOVEE VITOUSEK AND DONALD MOORE AND ARDEN BOVEE 1656 MALDEN ST. SAN DIEGO CA UNIT 19, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 92109 PATRICIA J. MCDONALD UNIT 209, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 5514 CALUMET AVE. LAJOLLA CA 92037 PERRY POLLOCK & WILLIAM C. RANDALL P.O. BOX 950 ASPEN LOTS K & W1/2 OF LOT L, BLOCK 106, ASPEN CO 81612 PETER K. BLOCK UNIT 210, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS RR1, BOX 725 NEW LONDON NH 03257 PETER R. BELSKY UNIT 310, ASPEN SQUARE ASHTON CHEMICAL CORP. CONDOS SUITE 101, 8955 KATY FREEWAY HOUSTON TX 77024 PHYLLIS J. HESS UNIT G, CHATELET CONDOS P.O. BOX 8582 ASPEN CO 81612 PRISCILLA BERRY WILLARD SUITE 216 205 SOUTH MILL ST. PLAZA ASPEN CO UNITS P-12 & E-10, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 81611 R & R INVESTMENTS UNIT 32, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 15238 OAK VALLEY ROAD RAMONA CA 92065 RAYMOND D. AND ANNE A. CALGI UNIT 17, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 134 TEWKESBURY ROAD SCARSDALE NY 10583 RED FLOWERS PROP. CO. SUITE 2515 ONE HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE MELVILLE NY UNIT 212, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 11747 RED FLOWERS PROP. CO. SUITE 2515 ONE HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE MELVILLE NY UNITS 212 & 314, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 11747 RED RIVER VALLEY INVESTMENTS CO. SUITE 440 408 ST. PETER ST. ST. PAUL MN 55102 UNIT 710, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS RICHARD G. BENTER, HOMEFED TRUST C/O RICHARD G. BENTER 21 MORGAN IRVINE CA 91718 UNIT 18, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS RIGGS & YVONNE KLIKA 32415 BURLWOOD DRIVE SOLON ROBERT & HELEN APEL 18 TIFFANY CIRCLE MAHASSET ROBERT ALLEN COLMAN SUITE 218 610 SANTA MONICA BLVD. SANTA MONICA ROBERT BAUM 35 MAYFLOWER DR. TENAFLY ROBERT D. JARVIS 108 WALLINGFORD ROAD GREENVILLE ROBERT G. BLITZ AND JOHN O. ANTONELLI 2907 BAY BOULEVARD HUNTINGTON OH NY CA NY SC MD ROBERT M. & LOUISE E. ANDERSON 1023 23RD ST. CHETEK ROBERT R. BONCZEK 707 WEST TENTH WILMINGTON ROBERT R. KREIS 235 PABLO ROAD POINTE VERDE BEACH ROBERT S. OGILVIE WI DE FL 1354 PLAZA DE SONADORES SANTA BARBARA CA UNIT 3, SILVER BELL CONDOS 44139 UNIT 312, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 11030 UNIT 204, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 90401 UNIT 704, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS 07670 UNIT 303, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 29609 UNIT F, CHATELET CONDOS 20630 UNIT 222, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 54728 UNIT 313, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 19803 UNIT 405, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 32082 UNIT 25, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 93108 ROGER & MARIANN ZENSEN 2303 TERRAZA RIBERA CARLSBAD RON KRAJIAN P.O. BOX 8867 NEWPORT BEACH RONALD E. SODERLING SUITE 205 3355 VIA LIDO NEWPORT BEACH RONALD J. & DANA L. COHEN 6500 ROCK SPRINGS DR. BETHESDA CA CA CA MD RONALD N. KRAJIAN AND NANCY C. MCNAUGHTON 617 E. COOPER AVE. #114 ASPEN CO RONALD RADER 2100 PENOTSCOT BLDG. DETROIT S.A. CO., INC. 800 OMAHA TOWER BLDG. OMAHA SCOTT G. KLEIMAN 3910 AUSTELL ROAD AUSTELL SHARON STRIBLING GREENER 426 RICHARDSON ROAD MADISON SIDNEY HENDERICKS 655 REDWOOD HIGHWAY SUITE 300 MILL VALLEY MI NE GA WI CA UNIT 421, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92009 UNIT 14, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92658 UNIT 407, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 92663 UNIT 706, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS 20817 UNIT 10, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 81611 UNIT 217, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 48226 UNIT 5, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 68124 UNIT 413, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 3001 UNIT 18, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 39110 UNIT 418, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 94941 SILVER BELL CONDOMINIUM C/O NICK PASQUARELLA 805 E. COOPER ASPEN ASSOCIATION COMMON AREA CO 81611 SIMON P. & NORA D. KELLY LOTS R & S, AND THE EASTERLY PART OF LOT Q, BLOCK 105, ASPEN P.O. BOX 1583 ASPEN CO 81612 SPRING ST. PO. C/O GULF CO LTD. 616 E. HYMAN AVE. ASPEN CO LOTS F-I, BLOCK 100, ASPEN 81612 STANLEY SELIGMAN UNIT 5, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS Pi .0. BOX 72 GRAND JUNCTION CO 81502 STEPHANIE PHILLIPS UNIT 224, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 985 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK CITY NY 10021 STEPHEN A. ABRAMS LIVING TRUST SUITE 318 301 NORTH CANON DR. BEVERLY HILLS CA 801-807 EAST HYMAN SUB, LOT 2, SECTION 18, 10-84 90210 STEPHEN J. & ELISSA TALZMAN UNIT 708, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS 789 WOBURN ST. WILMINGTON MA 01887 SYDNEY GRAY UNIT E-12, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 969 RASE AVENUE MENLO PARK CA 94025 THE DURANT MALL CONDOMINIUM ASSOC. COMMON AREA 710 EAST DURANT ASPEN CO 81611 THE LAREDO NATIONAL BANK ATTN: JOE GUNZALEZ P.O. DRAWER 59 LAREDO TX UNIT 203, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 78040 THE REAL ESTATE BROKERS DURANT MALL PARTNERSHIP 720 EAST DURANT STREET ASPEN CO THOMAS & CAROL TADVICK 2354 NORTH 7TH GRAND JUNCTION CO THOMAS A. KERSHAW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE 84 BEACON STREET BOSTON MA THOMAS IACONO SUITE A-3 800 E. HOPKINS AVE. ASPEN CO THOMAS J. VETRI 30 RIO VISTA WAY LADUE MO THOMAS P. SATKUNAS P.O. BOX 1794 ASPEN CO TOBBY J. & JANET L. MAZZIE 1425 SIERRA VISTA ASPEN CO VERNON C. FRIESENHAHN AND KATHLEEN D. FRIESENHAHN SUITE 242, 711 NAVARRO SAN ANTONIO TX VERNON GEORGE & J. LEE SAMMONS 5025 E. 6TH AVE. PKWY DENVER CO VICTORIA SQUARE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION NO ADDRESS AVAILABLE UNITS E-2, E-4, E-8, E-9 & PS-19, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 81611 UNIT 7, MITTENDORF CONDOS 81501 UNIT 21, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 02108 UNIT P-6, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 81611 UNITS 5 & 10, MITTENDORF, CONDOS 631224 UNIT 9, MITTENDORF CONDOS 81612 UNIT 3, ORIGINAL STREET CONDOS 81611 UNIT 202, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 78205 UNIT 207, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 80220 COMMON AREA W.C. MEARS UNIT 12, SILVER BELL CONDOS P.O. BOX 102 BOCA RATON FL 33429 WALHART REALTY CO. UNITS 21 & 21A, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 899 SKOKIE BLVD. NORTHBROOK IL 60062 WALTER KIRCH UNIT 414, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS P.O. BOX 1937 VAIL CO 81657 WAYNE & FRAN WHITMAN AND ISAAC & NECHAMA STUDENT P.O. BOX 643 WESTON MA UNIT 305, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 02193 WENDY SHERMAN AND JOHN M. CURLEY APT. SIB 1628 12E. 86 ST. UNIT 403, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS NEW YORK NY 10028 WILBUR A. HABER UNIT 4, CHATEAU ASPEN APTS 20409 KISHWAUKEE VALLEY ROAD MARENGO IL 60152 WILLIAM C. BALL UNIT 406, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS P.O. BOX 8930 ASPEN CO 81612 WILLIAM C. KING & CAROLYN THORNE UNIT 20, CHATEAU ASPEN ATPS 409 BUCKINGHAM ROAD PITTSBURGH PA 15215 WILLIAM CHAIKEN UNIT 3, MITTENDORF CONDOS 7328 E. PRINCETON DENVER CO 80237 WILLIAM F. CARR, TRUSTEE UNIT 700, 700 EAST HYMAN CONDOS P.O. BOX 4619 ASPEN CO 81612 WILLIAM F. MESSINGER UNIT 36, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 555 E. DURANT ST. ASPEN CO 81611 WILLIAM G. VANSANT, JR. UNIT 316, ASPEN SQUARE SUITE 400 CONDOS 6330 NEWTON ROAD NORFOLK VA 23502 WILLIAM J. PIZZUTI UNITS P-11 & H, THE DURANT MALL CONDOS 1150 TIMBERVIEW TR. BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304 WILSHIRE COMPANY UNIT 306, ASPEN SQUARE 15 ALTARINDA ROAD CONDOS SUITE 110 ORINDA CA 94563 ZAHARIA LUPOVICI UNIT 411, ASPEN SQUARE CONDOS 44 W. 62ND ST. NEW YORK NY 10023 MEMORANDUM: TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Amy Margerum, City Manager stan Claus~nity Development Director Leslie Lamont, Interim City Planning Director THRU: THRU: DATE: September 11, 1994 Bell Mountain Lodge GMQS Extension Request - Second Reading Ordinance 51, Series of 1994 RE: ================================================================= SUKHARY: The applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company, has requested an extension to their 1992 GMQS allotment for the redevelopment of the Bell Mountain Lodge at 720 East Cooper Avenue. The extension request is for fourteen (14) months beyond the expiration of the 1992 allocation in February 1996. The request extends the allocation to April 22, 1997. Staff recommends approval of a six (6) month extension to August 22, 1996. Please see attached Ordinance 51, Series of 1994. Council approved Ordinance 51 at first reading September 12, 1994. However, Council also requested the applicant to explain the GMQS extension request well in advance of the February 1996 expiration deadline of the development allocations. As stated in the application, Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company believes they need to begin design and construction planning for a building permit to be issued by the February 1996 deadline. The applicant will be in attendance at second reading to provide Council with a thorough explanation for the request. 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. Please see Ordinance 3, 1993 attached for your review, exhibit A. Since Council's approval of the Lodge allocation, the lodge acquired new owners and the City has begun working with the lodge owners, City Market, and the Buckhorn Lodge to redevelop the entire block. 1 The City has been working with the private property owners for over 14 months in an attempt to create an underground parking garage and significantly redevelop the Bell Mountain Lodge, city Market and the Buckhorn Lodge as a unified project, referred to as Independence Place. 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 1993 GMQS allocation in case Independence Place is not realized. The company also requests a 14 month extension which is equal to the amount of time that they have spent working with the City on the Independence Place development. Although the GMQS allocation does not run out until February of 1996, the Company needs to know whether they should prepare to initiate the Lodge redevelopment based upon the GMQS proposal that was approved in 1993. Please see the submitted request from the Company's representative, exhibit B. STAFF COHHENTS: 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 withi 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 installedi 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 diligently pursued, with the city, the Independence Place development for the last 14 months. 2 Although the applicant has requested a 14 month extension, staff can only recommend a six month extension. RECOHHENDATION: staff recommends approval for a six (6) month extension of the 1993 Lodge GMQS allocation for 720 East Cooper Avenue. The six (6) month extension shall begin at the date of expiration which is February 22, 1996 and expire on August 22, 1996. RECOHHENDED MOTION: "I move to approve Ordinance 51, Series of 1994, which extends the 1992 Lodge GMQS allocation for 720 East Cooper Avenue from February 22, 1996 to August 22, 1996." CITY MANAGER'S COHHENTS: Ordinance 51, Series of 1994 EXHIBIT: A. Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 B. Extension Request c. Public Notice 3 ORDINANCE 51 ~SERIES OF 1994) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL GRANTING A SIX MONTH EXTENSION OF THE 1992 LODGE GHQS ALLOTMENT GRANTED BY ORDINANCE 3, SERIES OF 1993 FOR 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 monthsi and WHEREAS, on February 22, 1993, city Council approved a GMQS allocation for the redevelopment of the Bell Mountain Lodge at 720 East Cooper Avenuei 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, the applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company, has requested a fourteen (14) 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 allocation if the project is not realizedi and WHEREAS, the Planning Office, having reviewed the application recommends approval of a six (6) month extension of the GMQS allotments approved in Ordinance 3, Series of 1993i and WHEREAS, the Aspen city Council having considered the Planning Office's recommendation for the GMQS extension does wish to grant an extension for six (6) months. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1: 1 Pursuant to Section 24-8-108 of the Municipal Code, city Council does hereby grant the applicant a six (6) month extension of the 1992 lodge GMQS allocation approved by Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 for 720 East Cooper Avenue beginning February 22, 1996 and ending August 22, 1996. section 2: 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 3: 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 4: A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the day of , 1994 at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which hearing 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 , 1994. 2 , . John Bennett, Mayor ATTEST: Kathryn S. Koch, city Clerk FINALLY, adopted, passed and approved this , 1994. day of . John Bennett, Mayor ATTEST: Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk 3 1&C The Aspen TImes' Sature/uy-Sunday, September 17.18. 1994 ----- r-' 0AIIPW"<<:E51 ,. (!ERlESOF 1994) AN ()IlI)lIIANCE OF TIlE ASPE1l erN COUNCIL ClRAN'IMl A SIX. MON1lI 00E"CSl0N OF -mE 1993 UlDGE GMQS ALLOTMENT GRANI<Il 8Y ORlll- NANCE 3. SERIES OF 1993 RlR 720 EASt' COOPER Awu,ASPE1lCOLllRAOO. WHEREAS. pursuant to Section 24-8-U8 01 the _ """"'pal Code. City C"""" may""" IlllI.mPon 01 GMQS alJocaUOOS up to six months; ... WHEREAS. on Febnwy 22. 1993. CIty Council IIJPftMd a GMQS allocatIOn ior die 1.4. I r IICIIl of the BeD Mountain lAdle at 120 East Cooper -... W!GEAS. deoi.d .-all a1JotmentI eJqJire on the daylllB'tbethlrdannlVerlalYoIthedaletheGMQS IIot:ItiDID. or ocher devdopmeDl approwk. have --.... WHEIlEAS. ... _ ............. Umllod UabWty Company, haS requested a lourteen (14) IDOIlIh edenSiDn 01 the GMQS aIJlXatIon U1 order to CIllIldrue worldn& wllh the Oty to ckwIop the lnde- pendence P\ace proiect w\thOUllo5inltheability to ... the 1993 aIIocatiOD.ls the protect Is not"- -... wtEREAS. the PIanninI 0Ifk:e. navinl revtewed the appIk:aUon recommends approval of a six (6) ..... _ 01... GMQS.........-""" III 0n:Bnance 3. Series cf 1993; and .............._CIlyC""""......"""'" endtbePlann6nlOllk:e's~lorthe OMQS eaenUon dDeI wtIh to grant all menalOn lor "(6)- NOW, llIEREFORE. BE rr ORDAINED BY THE em COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN. COL. ORADO: s.:don I: Pursuant to Section 24-8-108 of the Munklpai COOe.CIlyC"""",--_...- ...(6)......_ol...'9!II_GMQS _ -""" ",0_1 s..;.. oll9!ll lor T.iJI Fat Cooper Awrue beIPnninlJ February Z2. 19!16aDd endin&Aupt22,1996. -~ U any section. subsection, sentence. clause. phrase or portion of this onHnance Is lor Itt'f reason hdd InValid orunconstitLllionai by ~(Wrt of com- ---.............-- shllllnotafteclthevalidltyoftheremainlnlpor'tlOOS -- Sodlon l ThilQrdlnarx:eshallnoteilecl.."exISlIn8U1tp don and shall not operate as an abiIIement 01 any tICUotI or proceed1n. now pending under or by Wtue 01 the QtdInances repeakd or amended as bsein provided. and the same shall be conduded IftdCOAduded under sud1. pnorordlnanC'eS. -~ A public heart.. on thr QrdInan:e shall be held onlhe II day of October 1994 al5:00P.M. in theCIty Counc::U Chambers. Aspen City Hall. Aspen Col- orado. fifteen (15) days prior to wtUch hearing a pubic: nodce 01 the same shall be published one In a newspaper 01 general eirCUIaliOO wilhIn the Diy 01 ...... 1Nl1lllIlIXID. READ AND ORDEIOED P\JI!LI5HED . pnwlded by law, by the City Coundl oIlhe CIty of Aspen OR the 12 day 01 September, 1994. -....... "- AT1lST': Kathryn S. Koch. CityOerk ANAlLY, ~p'ed, paned and approved this day" ,199<. John 1kI.M:tI, Mayor Ansr: Kathryns. Koch.Cltyllln PubUshed in The Aspen TImes on.5l!plembl!r 16. \904. ,. MEMORANDUM: ~ 51- t .~ 1\ .0 Director~ \ gJ y,~ \<17 TO: Mayor and Council S' THRU: Amy Margerum, City Manager FROM: Leslie Lamont, Interim City Planning DATE: September 12, 1994 RE: Bell Mountain L~e GMQS Extension Request Reading Ordinance(J~, series of 1994 First ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUKHARY: The applicant, Bell Mountai has requested an extension to thei 993 GMQS redevelopment of the Bell Mountain Lodge at 720 The extension request is for fourtee expiration of the 1993 all ebruary extends the allocation April 22, 19 , . 't CompanY'A allotment for the U as er Avenue./'1i'~' ths beyond the T_ ,Lq1 1996. The reauest .J 71J' t~G~ staff reco 22, 19~ approval of a. six - (6) month extension ached Ordinance , series of 1994. BACKGROUND: Council approved the 1993 GMQS allocation for 22 lodge rooms for the Bell Mountain Lodge redevelopment. Please see Ordinance 3, 1993 attached for your review, exhibit A. -!:::.... - C> <6. Cr Since Council's approval of the Lodge allocation, the lodge acquired new owners and the City has begun working with the lodge owners, City Market, and the Buckhorn Lodge to redevelop the entire block. The City has been working with the private property owners for over 14 months in an attempt to create an underground parking garage and significantly redevelop the Bell Mountain Lodge, city Market and the Buckhorn Lodge, referred to as Independence Place. 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 1993 GMQS allocation in case Independence Place is not realized. The Company also requests a 14 month extension which is equal to the amount of time that they have spent working with the City on the Independence Place development. Although the GMQS allocation does not run out until February of 1996, the Company needs to know whether they should prepare to ,initiate the Lodge redevelopment based upon the GMQS proposal that was approved in 1993. Please see the submitted request from the Company's representative, exhibit B. STAFF COHHENTS: 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 withi 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 installedi 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 diligently pursuing with the City the Independence Place development. Although the applicant has requested a l4 month extension, staff can only recommend a six month extension. RECOHHENDATION: extension of the Avenue. Staff recommends approval for a six (6) month 1993 Lodge GMQS allocation for 720 East Cooper The six (6) month extension shall begin at the date of expiration which is February 22, 1996 and expire on August 22, 1996. RECOHHENDED MOTION: "I move to read Ordinance , series of 1994." "I move to approve Ordinance , series of 1994 extending the 1993 Lodge GMQS allocation for 720~ast Cooper Avenue from February 22, 1996 to August 22, 1996." CITY MANAGER'S cOHHENTS: Ordinance -' series of 1994 EXHIBIT: A. Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 A. Extension Request ORDINANCE (SERIES OF 1994) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL GRANTING A SIX MONTH EXTENSION OF THE 1993 LODGE GHQS ALLOTMENT GRANTED BY ORDINANCE 3, SERIES OF 1993 FOR 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 Avenuei and WHEREAS, development allotments expire on the day after the third anniversary of the date the GMQS allocations, or other development approvals, have been awardedi and WHEREAS, the applicant, Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company, has requested a fourteen (14) 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 1993 allocation is the project is not realizedi and WHEREAS, the Planning Office, having reviewed the application recommends approval of a six (6) month extension of the GMQS allotments approved in Ordinance 3, Series of 1993i and WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council having considered the Planning Office's recommendation for the GMQS extension does wish to grant an extension for six (6) months. 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 a six (6) month extension of the 1993 lodge GMQS allocation approved by Ordinance 3, Series of 1993 for 720 East Cooper Avenue beginning February 22, 1996 and ending August 22, 1996. section 2: 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 3: This Ordinance shall not effect 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 4: A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the day of , 1994 at 5:00 P.M. in the city Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which hearing 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 , 1994. John Bennett, Mayor ATTEST: Kathryn S. Koch, city Clerk PINALLY, adopted, passed and approved this , 1994. day of John Bennett, Mayor ATTEST: Kathryn S. Koch, city C1erk 3 EXHIBIT A -" .. ) / ORDINANCE NO. 3 (SERIES OF 1993) AJ.. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN GRANTING A GROWTll MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION FOR 22 TOURIST ACCOHHODATIONS IN THE LP (LODGE i PRESERVATION) ZONE DISTRICT, MULTI-YEAR GHP ALLOCATIONS, AND GMQS !I. EXEMPTION FOR DEED RESTRICTED EMPLOYEE HOUSING FOR THE BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE LOCATED AT 720 E. COOPER AVENUE (LOTS K-P, AND PART I OF LOT Q, BLOCK 105, TOWNSITE OF ASPEN) WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24, Article 8 of the Aspen Municipal Code, the City Council may grant allocations from the Growth Management quotas contained therein upon scoring determined by the Aspen planning and Zoning Commission; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24-8-103.D. of the Aspen Municipal Code, the City Council may grant multi-year Growth Management development allotmentsi and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24-8-104 C.1.c. of the Aspen Municipal Code, the city Council may exempt deed restricted affordable housing units from the Growth Management Quota System (GMQS) competitioni and WHEREAS, the Kappeli Family, for Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc., submitted to the Planning Office an application for Growth Management allotment for 10 lodge units from the 1992 GMP competition, 10 future allocations from the 1993 GMP competition, 2 future allocations from the 1994 GMP competition, and GMQS Exemption for three deed restricted housing units; and WHEREAS, the Bell Mountain Lodge proposal was the only submission competing for the 1992 available units (as established by Section 24-8-103.A.1.a. of the Aspen Municipal Code)i and WHEREAS, the application was reviewed by the Engineering 1 ,--- --' Department, the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Office, Environmental Health Department, Fire Marshal, Water Department, Electrical Department, the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, and the Roaring Fork Energy Center and those agencies submitted referral comments to the Planning Officei and WHEREAS, at a regular meeting held on December 8, 1992 the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission scored the proposal pursuant to the standards contained in Section 24-S-106.G. and found that the Commission's score of 81.625 points met or exceeded minimum scoring thresholdsi and WHEREAS, the Commission voted 5-1 to recommend granting multi- year allotments from the 1993 and 1994 GMP quotas; and WHEREAS, t~e Commission also voted 6-0 to approve the three on-site deed restricted housing units pursuant to the review criteria for GMQS Exemption within Section 24-S-104.C.1.c.i and WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council having considered the proposal and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation, does wish to allocate 22 total lodge accommodation units to the Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion project (10 lodge units from the 1992 Tourist Accommodation Growth Management competition, 10 lodge units from the 1993 competition, and 2 lodge units from the 1994 competition) , and grant GMQS Exemption for Affordable Housing for one category II one-bedroom unit, one category III. two-bedroom unit, and one three-bedroom Category IV unit (with the exception that the income and asset limits for a lodge manager are waived for this unit) . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 2 --. OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1: That it does hereby allocate 10 lodge units from the 1992 Tourist Accommodation Growth Management competition to the Bell Mountain Lodge Expansion project pursuant to section 24, Article 8 of the Aspen Municipal Code. Section 2: That it does also hereby grant and allocate multi-year allotments for 10 lodge units from the 1993 GMP competition and 2 lodge units from the 1994 GMP competition pursuant to section 24- 8-103.D. of the Aspen Municipal Code. section 3: That, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4 below, it does hereby grant GMQS Exemption for Affordable Housing for the development of one Category II one bedroom unit, one Category III two bedroom unit, and one Category IV three bedroom unit (with the exception that the income and asset limits for a I lodge manager are waived for this unit) pursuant to Section 24-8- 104.C.1.c. of the Aspen Municipal Code. section 4. The conditions of approval which apply to this GMQS Exemption are: 1. The owner shall submit the appropriate deed restrictions to the Aspen/Pitkin county Housing Office for approval. Upon approval by the Housing Office, the Owner shall record the deed restriction with the pitkin county clerk and Recorder's Office. 2. Prior to issuance of any building permits for the property, copies of the recorded deed restrictions for the dwelling units must be forwarded to the Planning Office. 3 --:) n' _..-, 3. All material representations made by the applicant in the application and during public meetings with the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council shall be adhered to and considered conditions of approval, unless otherwise amended by other conditions. Section 5: A public hearing on the Ordinance shall be held on the ~J), day of ~Ua.c.r1993 at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior to which a hearing of public notice of the same shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Aspen. Section 6: 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 '1 provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the .' --- .."-J remaining portions thereof. Section 7: This Ordinance shall not effect 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. INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law, by the City Council of the ~ ' 1993. /I City of Aspen on the';;~ day of c-/~ J rk- FovL ohn Bennett, Mayor 4 ..... ~ adopted, passed and , 1993. bell. gmp. ord approved this ,A~ iAe /" J\r ~ov1 . J n Bennett, Mayor 5 day of August 18, 1994 HAND DELIVERED AtJG , 9 1994 Ms. Leslie Lamont, Interim Planning Director Aspen/Pitkin County Planning Office 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, requesting an extension of their lodge GMQS allocation. The request is submitted pursuant to Section 24-8-108 ofthe 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. On August 1, 1992, the Kappeli family, owners of the Bell Mountain Lodge, submitted an application to the City of Aspen for a twenty-two (22) lodge unit and three (3) employee unit expansion of their property. On February 22, 1993, the Aspen City Council adopted Ordinance 3 (Series of 1993), allocating the lodge units to the Bell Mountain Lodge and granting a GMQS exemption for the employee housing units. On July 12, 1993, the Aspen City Council adopted Ordinance 37 (Series of 1993), granting vested rights to the development until February 22, 1996. In May, 1993, the Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company purchased the property from the Kappeli family. Shortly thereafter, the City approached the new owners, seeking their participation in a partnership to evaluate the feasibility of developing a project to construct municipal parking beneath their property, and that of the adjoining Buckhorn Lodge and City Market properties. The Bell Mountain Limited Liability Company has worked diligently as a partner with the City over the last fourteen (14) months in an effort to realize this project. The owners remain interested in achieving a project which can be of benefit to the community and which is economically viable. However, during this time, they have been unable to focus on the development of their approved project, placing their investment in the property at some risk. Ms. Leslie Lamont August 18, 1994 Page Two Since the lodge allotments are scheduled to expire in February, 1996, at a time of year when construction start-up is not feasible, the owners need to be prepared to initiate demolition and re-development in the su=er or fall of 1995. This means they need to start preparing working drawings and to obtain financing for development of their lodge project within the next few months. The owners have not planned or budgeted for the expense of pursuing two different projects at the same time. Therefore, the owners seek an extension of their GMQS allocations by fourteen (14) months, to April 22, 1997, so they can continue to explore options for the public-private partnership to develop municipal parking on this property. Otherwise, the owners will be faced with the near term deadline of needing to focus on development of the lodge, and they will be forced to drop out of the partnership. While we recognize that the language of Section 24-8-108 refers to an extension of only six (6) months, we believe that the regulations were not written to anticipate a unique situation such as ours. The regulations were concerned with owners who had not acted in a diligent manner or who were speculating in the real estate market and were simply trying to forestall the inevitable expiration of their allotments. These characterizations certainly do not apply to these owners. They have worked in an extremely diligent manner in cooperation with the . City over the last fourteen (14) months, but they have been working on a project which has taken them far afield from their original intentions in purchasing this property. They want assurance that their investment will not be put at any risk as a result of this cooperation, and the continuing cooperation they intend. Since the regulations permit a project to receive multiple six (6) month extensions, we believe the requested extension can be acco=odated. I understand that since the original allotments were granted by City Ordinance, the extension must also receive Ordinance approval. This means a first and second reading will be required, and you have informed me that first reading is not planned until September 12. Because of the delicate nature of the ongoing negotiations with the City, and the considerable expense the owners are encountering, they would like to receive a signal from the City that this application"iII ultimately be approved. We ask you to explore whether the City Council would hold a special meeting for first reading earlier than September 12, or if the City can otherwise provide us with an indication of its position on this matter. 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. Very truly yours, ALAN RICHMAN PlANNING SERVICES ~lftyt Alan Richman, AICP SaturdaySunday, October 15-16, 1994. The Aspen Times 21-C ORDINANCE NO. 46 (Series 011994) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ThE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, VACATING PORTIONS OF GALENA STREET ADJOINING THE CUL-DE-SAC AT ITS NORTH TERMINUS CONTAlNING APPROXlMATFl.Y 2,537 SQUARE FEET All WJTHIN 11-IE CITY OF ASPEN, PrrKlN COUNTY. COLORADO. Coplet of thll ordlnance are avaUable In the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 130 South Galena, Aspen, during nonnal business hours. FINAU... Y adopted. passed and approved thl, 11 day of October 1994. John S. Bennett, Mayor A 1TF.ST: Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk Published In The Aspen Times October 14, 1994. ORDINANCE NO. 47 (SERIfS OF 1994) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITYCOUN- elL GRANTING A REZONING FROM Af.2 PUD TO OPEN SPACE (OS) TO THE PUBLlCALLY OWNFD ZOUNE OPEN SPACE SECTIONS 2 & 11, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 85 WEST OF THE 6rn P.M., UIGHWAV 82, ASPEN COLORADO Copies of this ordinance are available In the ofllce 01 the City Clerk, City Hall, 130 South Galena, Aspen, during Donnal business hour.. F1NAU.Y adopted, passed and approved this n day 01 October, 1994. John Bennett, Mayar A1TFSf: Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk Published In The Aspen Times October 14, 1994. ORDINANCE NO. 48 (Serlesof 1994) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUN- en. DFSIGNATING 520 WALNlIT STREET, lDT 8 AND THE NORTH HALF OF LOT 9, BLOCK 3, WlWAM'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ASPEN, AS -H,- HISTORiC LANDMARK PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-7.703 OFniE MUNICIPAL CODE. Copies 01 Uus ordinance are available In lhe office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 130 South .GaIena, Aspen, during nonnal business hours. f1NAll Y adopted, PlWed and approved this II day oj October, 1994. A TrEST: Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk Published In The Aspen Times Oclober 14, 1994. ORDINANCE NO. 50 AN ORDINANCE OF niE CITY COUNCU. OFniE CJTV OF ASPEN, COl.- ORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OFTHE MUNICIPAL CODE, LAND lISE REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE A PLANNING AND WNING COM- ' MISSION SPECIAL REVIEW TO PFRMIT PARK- ING ON GARAGE APRONS IN MUL TI-FAMILY PROJECTS SUBJECT TO NEW REVIEW ClUTE- RlA ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 24-5-302(A) AND SECTION 24-7-404{B) Copies of this ordinance are available In the office 01 the City Clerk, City Hall. 130 South Galena. Aspen, during normal business hours. flNAU. Y, adopted,- PlWed and approved this 11 day of October, 1994. John Bennett, Mayor A TI'EST: Kattuyn S. Koch. City Clerk ' Published In The Aspen Times Oclober 14, 1994. ORDiNANCE 51 (SERIES OF 1994) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUN. CIL GRAH11NG A SJX MOrmi EXTENSION OF THE 1992 Woo[ GMQS AllOTMENT GRANT- ED BY ORDINANCE 3, SERIES Of' 1993 FOR 720 EAST COOPER AVENUE, ASPEN COLORADO. Copies 01 tbis ordinance are available In the olfJce 01 the City Clerk, City Hall~ 130 South Galena, Alpen, during nonnal business hours. f1NAU.Y. adopted, pused and approved this 11 day oj October, 1994. John Bennett, Mayor A TrEST: Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk Published In The Aspen Times October 14, 1994. PUBUC NOTICE PSease take notice that the Board of County Commissioners finally adopted approved on October 11,.1994, the Iollowlng Resolution No. 94-181: PrrKlN COUN'IY BOARD OF COUN'IY COMMIS- SIONERS RESOL1JI1ON 94-181 AlJIlIORIZlNG 1lIE ISSUANCE OF PITKIN COlM"V, COL. ORAOO, AIRPORT REflJNDlNG REVENUE BONDS,SER1ES 1994, IN THE AGGREGATE PRIN. ClPAL AMOUNT OF $1,140,000; AND PROVID- ING DET AlLS IN CONNECTION THEREWTni 1be resolution authorizes the Board of Coun. ty Commissioners (the -Board1, on behalf 01 Pitkin County, Colorado (the "County"), to Issue the -Pitkin County, Colorado, Airport Refundlns Revenue Bonds, Series 1994,- (the -SerIes 1994 Bonds11n an aggregate principal amount oj $1,140,000 lor the purpose oj provid- Ins funds to refund, pay, and dlscharfle the County's outltandlns Airport Refundlns Rev- enue Bonds, dated as 01 April I, 1983 (the -Relundlns Project-). The Series 1994 Bonds wiU be dated as of October 15. 1994, will mature on December I of Ihe years 1995 through 2004, and will bear Intt., _. from their date to maturi- ty at rates ranging from 4.IOto 5.50 per annum, ~able seml-annuaJly on June I and December 11n each year. commencing December I, 1994. The Series 1994 Bonds will be subject to redemption prior to their stated malurlty, aI Public Notice the option of the County, on December I, 1999, or any date therealter. The rellolutlon, In lummary outline. Is as 101- mws: Preamble recites the authority lor Issuance of the Serle& 1994 Bonds and other matters relat. Ing thereto. Section I deRnes certain terms lor aU purpos- es of this resolution. Sectkm 2 ratllles all action previously taken by the County In respect to the Refunding Pro- tect and the aaIe and delivery of the Series 1994 Bond.. Section 3 authorizes the Issuance of the Series 1994 Bonds, Section 4 sets forth the details of Ihe Series 1994 Bonds. Section 5 authorizes the optional prior redemption 01 the SerIes 1994 Bondi. Section 6 lets Iorth the execution and autho- rization requirements. Secllon 7 describes registration, transfer and exchange procedlUe&. Section 8 provides that the Series 1994 Bonds be lully negotiable. Section 9 states the necessity lor and approval 01 the Project and the Series 1994 Bonds. . Section 10 provides that the Series 1994 Bonds are equally secured. Section II provides that the Series 1994 Bonds are special limited obligations 01 the County and are not to be considered general obligations or Indebtedness of the County. Section 12 describes Ihe character 01 the agreement. SecUon 13 states that payment ol the Series 1994 Bonds IS not secured by the pledge of any property. Section 14 accepts the purchase contract lor the Series 1994 Bonds. SecUOn ISis reserved. Secllon 16 authorizes Ihe execution and use 01 the final offering statement lor the Series 1994 Bo'lds. Section 17 sets forth the lonn of the Series 1994 Bonds. Certificates, and Registration ...... Secllon 18 provides for the application ol gross revenues. Section 19 provides lor delivery of the Series 1994 Bonds. Section 20 provides lor the disposition of bond proceeds. Secllon 21 provides lor the redemption of the outstanding 1983 Refunding Bonds. Section 22 provkles for the redemption ()f the outstanding 1983 Revenue BOnds. SecUon23ls reserved. Section 24 provides lor the transfer 01 funds and accounts. Section 25 provides lor a Reserve Account Section 26 provides lor a Rebate Fund. Section 27 describes the general administra- tion of funds. Section 28 describes the rate malnlenance _t _ Section 29 sets lorth tax covenants. Section 30 selS 'orth additional general covenants. Section 31 provides for additional parity _. Section 32 dellIIt'S -Events 01 Default.- kllon J3 ~eerm r>ffllOMtIu f-ori1w.wk. Section 34 concerlll duties 'WOn default. Section 35 specifies no Impairment of the Series 1989 Bonds. Section 36 concerns deleuance. Section 37 provides for amendment of the resolution. Section 38 concerns successor registrars or paylng agents. Section 39 provides for bond Insurance from AMBAC fndemnlty Corporation. SecUon 40 specifies a payment procedure pursuant to the municipal bond Insurance poU- cy. Section 41 specifies notices to be given t9 AMBAC. Section 42 concerns consent of AMBAC. Section 43 concerns the parties Interested herein. Section 44 concerns the eflect of actions on bond owners. Section 45 states findings about the maxi. mum net effective Interest rate and remalnlnB authorization. Section 46 directs officers and employees of the County to take all action necessary to effec- tuate the provlllons of the Resolution. Section 47 concerns leverablllty. Section 48 repeals aU conftlctlng resolutions. Section 49 provldel that the resolution will be irrepealable until a certain time. Section 50 provides that the resolution will be ellectlve Immediately upon Its adoption. Section 51 provides lor publication by title and short outline. FlNAlL Y ADOPTED AND APPROVED, the 11th day oj October, 1994. Copies of the lull text 01 the resolution are available In the Pitkin County Clerk's Office dur. Ing regular business hours at S30 E. Main Street. PlfiIshed 1be the Aspen Times on October 14,1994. PUBLIC NOTICE RE: ALPINE BANK AA8C BRANCH OrnCE SPE- CIAL-REV1EW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai a public hear- Ing will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 1994 at a regular meeting to begin at 5:00 pm before the Board of County Commissioners, District Courtroom, 506 East MaIn Street, Aspen to con- sider an application submitted by Alpine Bank requesting Special Review approval to aUow a walk-In bank branch office at the Aspen Airport Business Center. The property Is located on Lot I, Block 3, Alina: 1, Aspen Airport Business Center. For further InformaUoncontact Ellen Susano at the AspeR/Pitkin Plannlns Ofllce, 92l).5()98. sIRobert W. ChUd, Chalnnan Board of County Commissioners Published In The Aspen TImes on October 14, 1994. PUBUC NOTICE RE: OWL CREEK RANCH, LOT 8. SPECIAL REVIEW TO ALLOW IN EXCESS OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF fl.ooRAREA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hear- Ing will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 1994 at II regular meeting to begin at 5:00 pm before the Pitkin County Board of County Comml,. sloners, Dlltrlct Courtroom, Pitkin County Courthouse, 506 East Main Street, Aspen to consider an application lubmltted by Prime Alpen Properties. Ltd., requesUng Special Review approval to allow In excess 0115,000 square feel 01 floor area. The property Is locat- ed at Lot 8, Owl Creek Ranch PUD. For further Inlormatlon contact Rick Magill at the Aspen/pltkln PI~ng Office. 920-5062. s/Jody Edwards, Chalnnan Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission Published In The Aspen TImes on October 14, 1994. PUBLIC NOTICE RE: OATES CARETAKER DWELLING UNIT REVIEW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hear. Ins will beohekJ on Tuesday, November 15, 1994 at a regular meeting to begin at 5:00 pm before the Board 01 County Commlsslonerl, District Courtroom. 506 East Main Street, Alpen to con. sider an application submitted by John Oates requesting approvaJlor a 600 square foot care- taker dwelling unit In an existing cabin. The property Is located on Lot 2, Wolfson Subdivi- sion. For further Infonnatlon contact lUck Mag- III at the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office, 920-5062. sIRobert W. Child, Chalnnan Board of County Commissioners Published In The Aspen Times on October 14, 19~'. PUBUC NOTICE RE: 624 EAST HOPKINS COMMERCIAL GMQS AllOCATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hear. Ing will be held on Tuesday, November I, 1994 at a meeting to begin at 4:30 p.m. belore the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, City HaU, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, 10 consider an application submitted by MHS Partnerl, Box 1709, Aspen, CO, requesting approval for a commercial Growth Manage- ment Quota System allocation 01 2, 70~ net leasable square feet to construct a two story oIRce building. The property Is located at 624 E. Hopkins AV. e.; Lot Q and the west {If Lot R, Bioek98, C1tyanrl TO\-,(lltlt~ of As~:for rul'" ther Information, contact Kim John:~.l\' at the Aspen/PItldn Plannlns Office, 130 S. ~ena St., Aspen, CO 920-5100 s/Bruce Kerr, Chalrman Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission Published In the Alpen Times on October 14, 1994 PUBLIC NOTICE . RE: DELISE'II)41 HAZARD REVIEW &. GENER. 'AL SUBMISSION NOTICE IS HERFBY GIVEN that a public hear- Ing will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 1994 at a regular meeting to begin at 5:00 pm before the Board of County Commissioners, District Courtroom, 506 E. Maln St, Alpen to consider an application submitted by Donald DeLise requesting 1041 Hazard Review and General Submission approval lor construction 01 a sin- gle family residence. The property Is located on the east sk:le 01 Castle Creek Road approximate- ly 4 miles south 01 Highway 82; Philadelphia mill site (M.S. 7570 B), the Highland Mary (M.S. 7570) and the Wilton Belle (M.S. 2117). For fur- ther Information contact Tim Malloy at the Aspen/PItldn Planning Office, 920-5095. s/Robert W. Child, ChIIlnnan Board 01 County Commissioners Published In the Alpen Times on October 14, 1994 PUBLIC NOTICE RE: 939 EAST COOPER AVENUE 1J\NDMARK DESIGNATION AND CONCEPTUAL DEVELOP. MENT REVIEW NOTICE IS HERt:By GIVEN that a public hear- Ins will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 1994, at a special meeting to healn at 5:00 pm before the Aspen Historic Prelervatlon Com- mittee In the second Roor meeting room, City Hall, 130 S. Galena Street, Aspen, Colorado, to consider an application s~bmlUed by Bob &. Dunell Langley requestlnl approval of land- mark Designation and Conceptual Development Review to duplex the exlltlng historic resl. dence and to construct three detached units on the property at 939 East Cooper Aven~, Lot A. Block 37, East Alpen Addition, City 01 Aspen. For further Information, contact Amy Amidon at the Aspen Pitkin Planning OUlce, 130 S. Gale- na St., Aspen, CO. 920-5096. , s/Joseph Krabacher, Chalnnan Aspen Historic Preservation Committee Published In The Aspen TImes on October 14, 1994 PUBUC NOTICE RE: JAFFEE 1041 HAZARD REVIEW AND GEN. ERAL SUBMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hear- Ing will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 1994 at a regular meetlns 10 begin at 5:00 pm before the Board of County Comml'lIloners, l>6strlct Courtroom, 506 East MaIn Street, Aspen to con- sider an application submitted by Wilton Jaffee, Jr. requesllng approval of 1041 Hazard Review and General Submission. The property Is Iocat. ed approximately ttuee miles southeast of Highway 133 on the louth side of Prince Creek Road In Section 24, Township 8 South, Range 88 West. For further Inlonnatlon contact Ellen Sas- sano at the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office, 92(). 5098. s/Robert W. Child, Chalnnan Board 01 County Commlsslonerl Published In The Alpen TImes on October 14, 1994 NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NCR'lCE: That the Board 'of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Col. orado will conduct a public hearing on the fol- lowing resolution on October 25, 1994 at 5:00 pm, and the Board of County Commlslloners Meetlnll Room, Pltldn County Courthouse, 506 E. Main Street, AsPen. Colorado, at which time and place all members 01 the public may appear and be heard: A RESOLUTION OF 1lIE BOARD OF COIJNJ'Y COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COt. ORADO, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORAOO, GENERAL 0BlJ. GATlON OPEN SPACE REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 1994, IN THE AGGREGATE- PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $6.100,000 AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN DETAILS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. Copies 01 the proposed resolution are avail=- able lor public Inspection from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm In the oflJce 01 the Clerk and Recorder, 530 E. Main Street. Alpen, Colorado. Phone 920-51 80. Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk . Published In The Aspen TImes on October 14. 199. NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That the Board of County Commlllsloners 01 Pitkin County, Col- orado wUl conduct a public hearing on the 101- lowing ordinance at 5:00 p.m. on the 25th day of October, 1994, at the Board of County Com- missioners Meeting Room, Pitkin County Court- house Plaza. 530 East Maln Street, Alpen, Col- orado, at which time and place all members of the public may appear and be heard: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COt. ORADO GRANTING AN ACCESS EASEMFNr TO THE DEVELOPERS OF WILLIAMS RANCH ACROSS THE MOWE GIBSON PARK Ordinance No. Series'J994 RECIf AlS I. There Is currently being developed the WOIlams Ranch subdivision which consists of a1fordable hOUsing lor local residents oj Pitkin County. 2. The developers of WUUams Ranch subdivi- sion are desirous 01 obtalnlns a local access road to the subdivision throush lands owned by Pltldn County. 3. In exchange for an access easement, the Williams Ranch developers will dedicate 1/2 acre of public park land within the subdivision lor the use 01 the general public. The develop- ers also agree to construct Improvements to the Mollie Gibson Park at their expense. 4. In exchange for the access easement, the Williams Ranch developers will dedicate the section 01 Smuggler Road which traverses the Smuggier Mine parcel to PItkin County, as fur- ther described In the attached easement. NOW, llIEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, that Pitkin County grant to Williams Ranch subdivision an easement across the Mollie Glblon Park as fully described In the attached Easemenl Agreement and authorize the Cludr to slJln any documeala- tion related to the granting of such easement EASEMENT AGREEMENT THIS Easement Agreement ("Agreement") Is made this day ol , 1994, between the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County ("Grantor-) and the Estate 0' Stelan A1bouy, ("Grantee"). RECITAlS I. Grantor owns certain real property situate In Pitkin County, Colorado described on ExhIbit A ("Grantor's property"); 2. Grantee owns certain. real property situate In Pitkin County, Colorado adjacent to Grantor's property described on Exhibit B ("Grantee's property"); 3. By the execution of this Agreement, Grantor desires to convey to Grantee a non- exclusive 60 loot access road easement for vehicular Ingress and egress to the WIOlams Ranch residential subdivision. By execution of ~~ this Agreement, Grantee desires to accept the easement 115 provided herein: GRANI' I. In conslderaUon 01 the terms and condl. Uons Itated In this Agreement, Grantor con- veys to Grantee. Its successors and alslgns, a perpetual, non-excluslve road easement for the construction, maintenance, repair and use of a roadway flCroSl Grantor's property lor ease 01 acceu to Grantee's property to the use of the real property described In Exhibit C lor vehicu- lar Ingress and egress across Grantor's proper- ty for the benefll of the Grantee and the general public to access Grantee's property. TERMS AND CONDmONS I. The road easement shall be appunenant to Grantee's property and shall be of perpetual duration. The easement will be revokable based on lallure 01 Grantor or successors to perform any of the terms and conditions required herein. 2. Consideration. The folloWing consideration shall be granted lor the access easement: a. Grantee will dedicate one-half acre of land within the WIlliams Ranch subdivision as pub- lic park land with public access. b. Grantee will dedicate the set;tlon of Smug- gler Road which traverses the SmuRRler Mine parcel, as described In Exhibit D. to Pitkin County. 3. AHgnment and Legal Description. The accesl easement shall conform to the allln. rnent described on Exhibit C. 4. Width. The easement shaU be sixty feel In width or luch llreater width as may be neces- sary to satllly exlstlnll codes, conditions and requlrementl of Pitkin County or such other governmental aaency with appropriate jurIsdIc- Uon. S. Use, The road easement Is oorHJI:c1uslve and may be used by Grantor, Its heirs, succes. sors and ..signs. The easement shall be used by Grantee. Its successors, assigns for ~ es staled In the Grant above. Grantee accepts this easement on behall of the general public and Its acceptance lerves 10 ensure the use of this easement by members of the general pub- lic to access Grantee's property. 6. Construction and Maintenance. Grantee ....ees to pay for all repairs and maintenance costs and ex~nses attributable 10 Grantee's use 01 the road easement. Grantee agrees to prepare a temporary construction access plan for vehicular and pedestrian Iralllc. Grantee further aarees that all costs 01 lurveylng, engi- neering, construction, repalrlOfl and maintain- Ing the road easemen~ shall be paid solely by Grantee, Its successors or assigns. 7. ConstNctlon of Improvements to Mollie Gibson Park. Grantee agrees to construct Improvements to the Mollie Gibson Park on- a sub contractor basis lor Pitkin County. 8. SOU Removal. Grantee wUl dispose of 0U2 son removed Irom the Smugsler Mobile Home Puk on the Smuggler Mine Property. 9. Warranlles. Each party warrants that It Is the owner of the property Identllled In the recltall and described In the exhibits as granton and IIrantee's property. Grantor war. ranis that he will cause all liens and encum- brances to be released or subordinated with 'aped to the ealementgranted herein and that he will warrant and defend Grantee's title 3Ild ~e oJ th~.~ anG 6d'ie'ft'/ii 01' ul the read easement trom any and all claims to the road easement by thfrd parlles made by, on, or behaU of Grantot. 10. Delault. Either party shall have the right to enforce the obllllatlonl of performance of the other party as contained herein through Ut- IgaIlon seekins an award 01 damages or Injunc. tlve relief. The prevailing party In such litiga- tion Ihall be entitled to recover all costs includ- Ing reasonable attorney's lees. II. Amendment. This Agreement shall not be amended, modified. or supplemented except by written Instrument lilgned and acknowledged by the parties. 12. Successors and AIIISns. All provisions oj the Agreement, Including the benefits and bur- dens created thereby shall run with the land and Ihall enure to the benefit 01 and be binding upon the parties respective heirs. administra- tors, successors and asslJlns. 13. Notices. Any notice required or pennltted hereunder Ihall be in wrltlns and shall be deemed Biven when personally delivered to any party hereto or when mailed, postage pre- paid, by registered or certified mall, return receipt requested, to the 10lklwlRII addresses: Grantor: Pltldn County Board oj County Com- usloners c/o County Manager 530 East Main Street Aspen. Colorado &.1611 Grantee: Estate of Stefan AIbouy C/o Gary A. Wright 201 North Mill Street, Sle. 106 Aspen, ColOrado 816) 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties under- itand and aaree to perform and to be bound by each 01 the terms, conditions of this Agree- ment, the eflectlve of which Ihall be the date flnt above written. Copies of lhe proposed ordinance are avail- able lor public Inspection durlnS regular bust- ness hours In the office 01 the Clerk and Recorder, 530 East Main Street, Aspen. Col. orado. Phone 920-5200. Jeanette Jones, Deputy Clerk and Reoordel' published In The Aspen Times October 14,1994 . LEGALS DEADLINE NOON 01'1 TuEsDAY Copy must be clearly typed. No Fax transmissions accepted for publication RATES ist insertion - .5060jline; 2nd insertion - ..3680jline Proof of publication - $2 - ... Thir\1D\ NL~ fi L[~ (~'z~'\ f~{p ~tfz. 27"37--/9 2~ J. 7~403 ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE ... .. ... .. ASPEN, COLORADO ... .. ... ... ... .. ... .. ... ... ... .. ... ... ... TOURIST ACCOMODATIONS GMQS APPLICATION ... ... AUGUST 1, 1992 ... ... .. ... .. ... ... - - August 1, 1992 ~. ~~ - - - Ms. Leslie Lamont Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 ARCHITECTURE PLANNING - - - INTERIORS - Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Tourist Accommodations Growth Management Quota System Application - - Dear Leslie, - Attached for the Planning Offices' review are twenty-one (21) 'copies of the referenced application and a check in the amount of $4,165.00 for payment of the GMQS application fee, the check provides for th~ applicants' anticipated referral costs. In the event that additional referrals are required, please advise us and we will provide the appropriate fee. Should you have any questions regarding our application or if we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call. We wish to thank you, on behalf of the Applicant and Charles Cunniffe Architects, for your cooperation in the preparation of our application. - - - - - - - - Sincerely, - cLLLCv~ Charles L. Cunniffe,AIA Principal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. CHARLES CUNNIFFE ARCHITECTS. 520 EAST HYMAN AVENUE' ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 . 303/925-5590 FAX 925-5076 - A TOURIST ACCOHHODATIONS GROWTH MANAGEMENT APPLICATION FOR THE BELL MOUNTAIN LODGE prepared for - Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc. 720 East Cooper Avenue P.O. Box 328 Aspen, Colorado 81612 303/925-3675 "- - .- Prepared by Charles Cunniffe Architects 520 East Hyman Avenue suite 301 Aspen, Colorado 81611 303/925-5590 In Association with - wright and Adger Attorneys at Law 201 N. Mill street, suite 106 Aspen, Colorado 81611 303/925-5625 Vann Associates, Inc. Planning Consultants 230 East Hopkins Avenue Aspen, Colorado 81611 303/925-6958 Schmueser Gordon Meyer Consulting Engineers 1001 Grand Avenue Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 303/945-1004 - Greg Mozian Landscape Architect 117 South spring street Aspen, Colorado 81611 303/925-8963 - - - - TABLE OF CONTENTS section Page I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. PROJECT SITE AND EXISTING CONDITIONS 4 Location/Zoning Map 6 Existing Conditions Drawings 7-11 III. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT A. Water system 12 B. Sewage System 13 - C. Drainage System 13 ,- D. Fire Protection 14 E. Development Data 14 F. Traffic and Parking 19 G. Affordable Housing 21 H. stoves and Fireplaces 21 1. Location 22 J. Impact on Adjacent Uses 22 K. Construction Schedule 23 Circulation Map 24 Proposed Development Drawings 25-31 ">.>1' IV. GROWTH MANAGEMENT REVIEW CRITERIA A. Availability of Public Facilities 32 and Services 1- Water 32 2. Sanitary Sewer 32 3. Storm Drainage 33 i - - - .. - .- - - ,- - v. ;.- - 4. Fire Protection 33 5. Roads 33 B. Quality of Design 34 1. Architectural Design 34 2. site Design 36 3. Parking and Traffic circulation 38 4. Visual Impact 39 C. Resource Conservation Techniques 39 1. Energy conservation 40 2. Water and Wastewater 41 3 . Air 41 D. Amenities for Guests 42 1. On-site Common Meeting Areas 42 2. On-site Dining Facilities 42 3. On-site Accessory Recreational Facilities 42 E. Employee Housing 43 F. Rehabilitation/Reconstruction of Existing Units 44 G. Bonus Points 44 summary and conclusion 45 ii - ,- APPENDIX A. Exhibit 1, Land Use Application Form - Exhibit 2, property survey Exhibit 3, Title Insurance Commitment - Exhibit 4, Authorization to Represent B. Exhibit 1, Engineering Report from Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Inc. Exhibit 2, Letter from Aspen Water Department Exhibit 3, Letter from Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District - iii - I. INTRODUCTION The following application, submitted pursuant to Chapter 24, Article 8 of the Aspen Municipal Code, requests a Growth Management Allocation for the re-development of the Bell Mountain Lodge's tourist accommodation units on a 20,066 square foot parcel of land at the intersection of South Spring street and cooper Avenue. (See Land Use Application Form, Appendix A, Exhibit 1 and Property Survey, Appendix A, Exhibit 2). The owner of the property for almost thirty years and the Applicant is the Kappeli Family doing business as the Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc. (Victor Kappeli, President; Werner Kappeli, Vice-President; and Nancy Kappeli, Secretary-Treasureri See the Title Commitment and Letter, Appendix A, Exhibit 3). The Applicant's representative is Charles Cunniffe Architects (See Authorization to Represent, Appendix A, Exhibit 4). The Kappelis have owned and operated the Bell Mountain Lodge since 1963. The Lodge Preservation Zone (LP) was created specifically to require and encourage family-owned lodges to upgrade and renovate their property by allowing the addition of rentable rooms and support facilities to increase revenues to amortize the improvements and make it possible to obtain financing. Due to economic pressures in the past few years, the Applicant has explored alternative uses of their property and has submitted proposals to the City for rezoning to the Office zone which use which is consistent with the adjacent property zoning. - - 1 . However, these proposals were rejected. The Applicant actually prefers that the Lodge Use be preserved if the following submittal receives the requested allocation for development. The application has been divided into five basic parts. Following section I, the Introduction, section II of the application provides a brief description of the proiect site and Existinq conditions, while section III addresses the Proposed Development. section IV, responds in detail to the Growth Manaqement Review criteria of the Land Use Code. section V is the Summary and Conclusion. For the reviewer's convenience all pertinent supporting documents relating to the project (e.g., property survey, title insurance policy, utility commitments, etc.) are provided in the various appendices to the application. The Kappelis have attempted to address all relevant provisions of the Land Use Code and to provide sufficient information to enable a thorough evaluation of the application. If questions arise which result in the staff's request for further information or clarification the Applicant will promptly provide such additional information in the course of the application's review. The Bell Mountain Lodge has been owned by the Kappeli family for almost thirty years and has served the Aspen tourist base for almost forty years. In the 1980's it was arbitrarily re-zoned to Lodge Preservation against the Kappeli's wishes. For the past several years the profitability of the business has declined because with the present number of lodge rooms it is not an -- .... .... - ~ 2 - economically viable business. After extensive research and study it has been determined that the only way to PRESERVE this Lodge is to expand and remodel. Conventional financing can not be obtained for a project that does not make sound economical sense - and this Lodge does not make economical sense without the entire ,- requested .xpansion being granted in one rhase. The Kappeli family believe that the proposed remodel nd expansion complies with the clear intent of the Lodge Preser ation zoning and will be an excellent beginning to the revitali at ion of the eastern - - entrance to Aspen's commercial core. ~ IQ ,I ;,(' ;,1,\ / ') / 'f' ~ . .r,,! ,_ .'l", .,' I' 'I .,/'/-' {; If' _ /L/ I /4 , , , I 2.- ~ 1\ (' -i I;, -r;'[v. ( LI, " A J I I / /1 /, I (vJ1.t-'\;; I I - 3 ,..... II. PROJECT SITE AND EXISTING CONDITIONS ~ As the Vicinity Map at the end of this section illustrates, the project site is located at the northeast corner of Spring street and Cooper Avenue on the fringe of the city's downtown .. commercial area. The site consists of Lots K, L, M, N, 0, P, and ... the west 20.66 feet of Lot Q, Block 105, city and Townsite of Aspen. The lots, however, are in single ownership, and are ... deemed to have merged pursuant to section 7-1004.A.5. of the Regulations. The site contains twenty thousand seventy six $20,0'~) square feet of land area and is zoned (LP), Lodge preservation. The topography of the site is essentially flat. Existing vegetation includes numerous large blue spruce and aspen trees, several smaller pine trees, and a variety of shrubs and bushes. Existing man-made improvements are limited to the twenty-one (21) unit/twenty-one (21) bath, Bell Mountain Lodge, an adjacent surface parking area, a swimming pool and a spa pool. The two and one-half (2-1/2) story lodge structure encroaches slightly into the alley at the rear of the site, which is further constrained by various above grade utility fixtures and several large trees. See existing conditions drawings at the end of this section. - The project site is presently served by all major utilities (see Appendix B, Exhibit 1, Letter from Schmueser Gordon Meyer). A twelve (12) inch water main is located in Spring Street while a fourteen (14) inch main is located in Cooper Avenue. An eight 4 .. ... - - (8) inch sanitary sewer and a four (4) inch natural gas line are located in the adjacent alley. The area's existing electric, telephone, and cable TV service has been relocated underground, and is also available in the alley. stormwater runoff from the property is transported via the adjacent system of curbs and gutters to the storm sewer located in spring street. 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I.P ! ~iU t/) Z o - I- - C Z o o ~ z - l- t/) - )( W =U ! i ' I "/ z 0 Z - 0 0 ~ - ~ ~ W ~ CI ~ .J W 0 N W .J ::t W c I- ~ I- ~ g a: l/) 0 ~ < ~ Ell Z ~ W ~ C .. .. .. .. n >. ., - ... ... o~ ~ ~. z. .. 01 C .. .. - Ii:lI ell - .~ .. .. - .. . . >. ~y ., ... ... . ~ 11 0'. ~. i .,. .. ...,t -4l- - ..., - III. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT The Applicant proposes to partial1y~emolish the existing lodge structure which will facilitate reconfiguring in order to reconfigure the existing twenty one (21) lodge units in order to accommodate the proposed development of fifteen (15) two-room" suites and ,ten (10) single lodge rooms with a subsurface parking garage and lodge support facilities. The projects ~ployee housing requirement will be met via on-site living units that will accommodate at least sixty percent (60%) of the employees generated by the proposed development. A more detailed description of the Applicant's proposed development is provided below. - .. - .. ".'" - - .- - - A. Water system Water Service to the proposed development will be provided via the existing fourteen (14) inch main located in Cooper Avenue. A common service line will be extended from the main to serve the project. The Aspen Water Department has indicated that the proposed service design is acceptable and that the municipal water system has sufficient capacity to serve the proposed development. The water system design will be reviewed with the Department's staff and additional information submitted in conjunction with the Applicant's final subdivision plat application as may be required. See the engineering report from Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Appendix B, Exhibit 1, and the letter from the Aspen Water Department, Appendix B, Exhibit 2. - .. - - ... .. - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "- - - - - - - - - - - - - B. sewage system The proposed development will be served by the existing eight (8) inch sanitary sewer located in the alley behind the project site. A new common collection line will be provided for the project and will replace the existing collection line, which will be abandoned and capped. The Applicant will be paying a ~urcharge to the Sanitation District for improvements to the Galena street line which will upgrade service to the neighborhood. According to the Aspen Consolidated sanitation District, anticipated flows can be accommodated with no improvements the treatment plant. For a more detailed analysis, see the engineering report by Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Appendix B, Exhibit 1, and the letter from the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, Appendix B, Exhibit 3. c. Drainage system The project's storm drainage system will be designed to maintain historic flow rates with respect to surface runoff and groundwater recharge. On-site drywells and/or surface detention facilities will be utilized to intercept and detain runoff from building roofs and impervious areas, and to control the rate of groundwater recharge. These facilities will also function to remove current peak loading conditions thereby reducing impacts upon existing storm sewer in spring Street. A detailed drainage plan will be prepared and submitted to the City Engineer in conjunction with final plat review. For a more detailed analysis, see the engineering report by Schmueser Gordon Meyer, 13 ,- .. - _ Appendix B, Exhibit 1. . D. Fire Protection - Fire protection will be provided by the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department. The project site is located approximately four (4) blocks from the fire station, resulting in a response time of - - _ approximately three (3) to five (5) minutes. The proposed - development is readily accessible to fire protection vehicles and - two (2) existing fire hydrants are conveniently located at - opposite ends of the Bell Mountain block. For a more detailed - analysis, see the engineering report by Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Appendix B, Exhibit 1. - E. Development Data - The Bell Mountain Lodge is currently comprised of twenty-one ,- (21) lodge units and bathrooms. The redeveloped Lodge will - employ the suite concept as studies have shown that this is the - - best economic approach for a small lodge. the proposed end product will be ~ifteen suites and ten single lodge rooms, two of - which will be handicapped accessible. Due to the method by which .~ "----/" "'- - c: /' - the Land Use Regulation defines a "unit" the Kappelis require a GMQS allocation of nineteen (19) units to be allowed to preserve .. .. the Lodge. -, seven (7) of the existing units presently have 'kitchenettes, which the Applicant intends to preserve (remodeled) in the - .. proposed development. The exact location and layout of - kitchenettes will be determined when the lodge design is more - fully developed at a later time, pending an interpretation by the - 14 .. - - - - - - .. .. - - "pla.nning office of what qualifies as "preservation." The project also provides'!'two (2) three-bedroom employee housing units with a full kitchen in each. Parking will be provided in a Sbbsurface parking structure for twenty-one (21) automobiles, which is a.ccessed via the alley, plus two (2) guest check-in parking spaces which will be accessed via spring street utilizing the existing curb cut. The Qooper Street driveway and curb cut will be eliminated as explained in Section III.F. The ~isting lodge provides ten (10) legal surface parking spaces and thus eleven (11) new on-site parking spaces are being provided. The minimum of .5 spaces per new lodge unit is exceeded for this project (19 x .5 = 9.5 spaces required). The proposed development has been designed in compliance with the provisions of the Land Use Code and the dimensional requirements of the Lodge Preservation (LP) Zone District. As Table 1 below indicates, the project provides landscaped open space of more than fOrty-two percent (42%) of the site, thus exceeding the minimum requirement of thirty-five percent (35%). The encroachment of the existing building'S north wall along the alley right-Of-way has been in existence since it was constructed in the early 1950's. The Applicant proposes to incorporate the existing building into the development plan and thus preserve but not increase the encroachment, which has existed for nearly forty years. The existing trees that encroach on the alley right-of- way will be transplanted and incorporated into the landscape plan 15 - - - - to the extent practicable. similarly, the .xisting utilities equipment (i.e. transformer, telephone pedestal, gas meter, etc.) that c~rrently encroach on the alley~ight-of-way will be relocated in the new development plan. - - - - - - - - - .-. - - - - - . - - - - 16 - - - ." ,.. ~ - - - - - - - - - :!"Of - - - - ~ - - - '. - - - . - ('.. - 1. Table 1 Development Data Zone District classification Existing Zoning LP-Lodge Preservation 2. Total site Area 3. Proposed Project Lodge units Existing Units (remodeled) New units 4. Maximum Allowed External Floor Area (FAR) @1:1 5. Required Internal Floor Area (FAR) Distribution Lodge Rental Space (Maximum) @ 0.5:1 Bonus Lodge Rental Space (Maximum) @ 0.25:1 x .667 Employee Housing Space (Minimum) @ 0.25:1 x .333 Lodge Non unit Space (Maximum) @ 0.25:1 6. Proposed Building Area FAR Area Lodge Rental Space Lodge Non unit space Employee Housing space ?1 Rb ; ~ (h ,-:; .) Subtotal t (// \jr (" . Area exempt from FAR 7. Minimum Required Open space (35%) Proposed project open space 8. 9. proposed site Coverage Building Footprint (including overhangs) Parking, Driveway, utilities and Trash Landscaped Areas On-Site Public Right-of-Way Attributable to Open Space percentage of open Space to project property 17 2l'; 066 sq. Ft. 40 21 19 20,066 Sq. Ft. 10,033 sq. Ft. 3,346 Sq. Ft. 1,671 sq. Ft. 5,016 Sq. Ft. I .,' ~ Cj'1I" [""C" 0 , , ~ ,y 10,573 Sq. Ft. 7,086 Sq. Ft. 2,331 Sq. Ft. /;/wffffA., 19,990 sq. Ft. 2.220 Sq. Ft. 22,210 Sq. Ft. 7,023 sq. Ft. , . 10,222 Sq. Ft. 1,246 sq. Ft. 8,598 Sq. Ft. 1,453 Sq. Ft. 8,348 Sq. Ft. 42% ... ,. ... - 10. ... ... - - 11. - - - '.... 12. - - ... - '. ,- ~ ,.. .. '.. '00 - ... - ~ - Minimum Required Setbacks Front Yard (Entry street @ Corner Lot) Front Yard (Side Street @ Corner Lot) 6.67 Ft. Side Yard---- 5 Ft. R arr--- -~ -.~" '-" ---19-.-5'--s.::::\acesFt*./ inimum Required parking '~ ilh 5,' spaces per lodge room The r~ 'ninq 0.2 spaces per lodge room may be ~ rovi a by ~ash-in- ieu payment to cit~,,, \ /' ~------_...- Proposed proj ec parkin~____ ~// Sub surface garage Surface check-in 10 Ft. 21 spaces /~ (_3 spaces 18 - - - "" F. Traffic and Parking The proposed development will have no adverse impact upon the existing street system. According to the 1987 Transportation Element of the Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan, existing peak traffic levels on Spring Street and cooper Avenue were thirteen hundred (1,300) and thirty-nine hundred (3,900) vehicles per day, respectively. Both of these figures are substantially below allowable capacity levels. Given the proximity of the project to the commercial core area, Aspen Mountain and the City's public transportation routes, traffic increases on the surrounding streets should be minimal. As the Circulation Map at the end of this section illustrates, all municipal bus routes currently pass through the intersection of Spring street and Cooper Avenue. For a more detailed analysis, see the engineering report by Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Appendix B, Exhibit 1. In order to enhance traffic circulation, the Applicant proposes to make significant improvements to the adjacent alley. As noted previously, the existing Bell Mountain Lodge encroaches into the alley, as do numerous trees and various utility fixtures. The Applicant will relocate the existing utilities onto the project site, transplant the existing trees to the extent practicable, and~pave the entire alley. The existing curb cut on Cooper Avenue which serves the existing lodge will also be removed, and new curb and gutter installed as required. The elimination of the curb cut on Cooper Avenue will significantly reduce mid-block turning movements and, in conjunction with the - - - ,- - - - - - - - - ~ ... - - - - - - .- 19 .. - - ~ restoration of the alley to its full width, greatly improve vehicular circulation in the immediate site area. A bus waiting ~rea with a bench will be provided off the sidewalk on Cooper .. Avenue. - . with respect to parking, the Applicant proposes to provide - twenty one (21) guest spaces in the underground parking .. structure, which will be accessed via the alley, plus two (2) .. check-in parking spaces off Spring street in the same location as - the existing driveway. The s~bsurface parking structure will, to the extent possible, be 4esigned to anticipate possible future - - - ~onnection to any other parking structure that may be built r:. within the block. The number of off-street parking spaces iS~/t;! r,quired by Land Use Code to be calculated at 0.7 space per lOd~ If~1Jt v-:;\.. However, the existing lodge provides ten (10) legal Unit. parking spaces or 0.476 per unit and has never experienced a parking shortage even in the peak'summer season. Contributing to the low demand for parking is the fact that the Applicant has provided, and will continue to provide a free shuttle service to and from the airport. Due to the project's close proximity to the Central Commercial Core of town and the current auto dis- ,W incentive philosophy of the community, the proposed twenty-one (21) spaces, Furthermore, two (2) of the spaces have been designated for handicap access in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The parking-to-unit ratio will be - improved to 0.538 spaces per lodge unit. The ~maining 0.162 - spaces per unit requirement will be met via cash-in-lieu, if - 20 - .~ - - - deemed appropriate by the planning office. Pursuant to Section 5-301.B. of the Regulations, parking requirements for employee housing units are established by special review. The Applicant requests that the employee parking be waived, pr at that perhaps one or two of the parking spaces being provided be designated for employees. G. Affordable Housing The Applicant proposes to satisfy the employee housing requirement of section a-109.F. of the Land Use Regulations via the provision of on-site dwelling units. The units to be provided will each have three (3) bedrooms and a full kitchen. Based on Tourist Accommodations Development standards, these units will house~~ix (6) employees. pending review by the Housing Authority, we propose that the nineteen (19) new lodge units will generate nine and one half (9.5) employees (one (1) employee for each two (2) units). The Applicant's experience over the past twenty-five (25) years bears this out. Thus, the pix (6) employees housed on-site will be sixty-three percent (63%) of the employees generated, which exceeds the minimum requirement of sixty percent (60%). H. stoves and Fireplaces The existing lodge has one (1) wood burning fireplace. The Applicant proposes to eliminate the woodbburning fireplace and instead provide a certified gas log fireplace and,. gas appliance ,in the Lobby and Meeting Room respectively. The number and type of gas devices to be installed will comply with all applicable .- ... - .,. - - - - - - ~ .- - - - - ... - - - 21 - ... .. - ~ city regulations. I. Location The project site is located on the fringe of Aspen's downtown area. The Aspen Mountain Ski Area Gondola is located less than two (2) blocks walking distance southwest of the property while Herron Park is located approximately three (3) blocks to the northeast. The city's commercial core area is conveniently located less than a block to the west. City Market is directly across Cooper Avenue from the property while Ruby Park, the hub of the City's mass transportation system, is located approximately four (4) blocks to the southwest. Spring Street, which abuts the property, provides convenient access via Main Street and Highway 82 to Aspen Valley Hospital, and the Pitkin County Airport. As discussed in section III.F, all municipal bus routes currently utilize Spring Street. J. Impact on Adjacent Uses The proposed development will not have any adverse impact upon surrounding land uses. The structure will be lower than the neighboring Hannah Dustin office building, the Durant Mall and the Aspen Square complex. Vehicular traffic volumes generated by the project should be less than the existing lodge operation. All parking will be accessed from the alley, so that traffic circulation patterns should substantially improve. The project is consistent with the intent and purpose of the Lodge Preservation (LP) Zone, and is compatible with surrounding land uses. 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" . . . . . '. .. 'I ,- , - " 0 i ! . - i u u u ; ; - I~ . " / / . I . " C I . " . I , " ~I I: c' e~ I , , " I ~ z . .' .J I =1 . III " > , . III I ~ " .J ~ . :\i c ~ / "- z .. L------c.: 0 0 - III ,~ I/) C I ... . ~ ~ " ..... , , T' ~ - -G- ' , ~--- f '" - - .- 29 - - - - , - - .. "'" - - - - - tEla jB 33 30 4 . - - 4 '. - ~- f'- -t- ! ~ .' " -, il ;1 I , I i .. - '" - .. - .. - - - ~, 11 t! i }~i- . . - '. . - - z o i= o w en p 5 3 IJI j I t t t t t ~ ~I ~. z o ~ ~ w n z o - ; ~ W ..I W I- en w ~ 31 '.. ... ... .. IV. GROWTH MANAGEMENT REVIEW CRITERIA The following section addresses the various review criteria against which the proposed project will be evaluated. The information contained herein represents the Applicant's best effort of compliance with both the letter and intent of the criteria. We believe that in every category the proposed project meets or exceeds the minimum applicable standard. Based on our understanding of the various criteria, and the project's compliance with the requirements, therewith, we have taken the liberty of requesting what we believe to be an appropriate score in each review category. Please reference as necessary the appropriate headings in Section III. of this application for detailed information in support of the Applicant's representations and commitments. A. Avai1abi1ity of Public Facilities and services The proposed project's impact upon public facilities and services is described below. 1. Water. The proposed development may be handled by the existing level of service in the area. The Aspen Water Department has indicated that the existing fourteen (14) inch main located in cooper Avenue is adequate to serve the project and that system upgrades will not be required. .. ... .. ... .. - .. '.. .. ... - ... .. ... - - .. .. Requested Score: 1 Point 2. sanitary Sewer. The proposed development may be handled by the existing .. .. - .. 32 ... ... ,- - ... '~ '" level of service in the area. The Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District has indicated that the existing eight (8) inch line located in the adjacent alley is adequate to serve the project and collection system upgrades will be provided by the Applicant. Requested Score: 2 Points 3. storm Drainage. The proposed development may be handled by the existing level of service in the area. The project will maintain historic flow rates with respect to surface water runoff and groundwater recharge, thereby complying with the storm drainage design requirements of the subdivision regulations and the City's Engineering Department. - ~ '.. .. .. '" ,- ... - ... '''' ... Requested Score: 1 Point 4. Fire Protection. The proposed development may be handled by the existing level of service in the area. The project site is located approximately four (4) blocks from the fire station, resulting in a response time of three (3) to five (5) minutes. Two (2) existing fire hydrants are located on cooper Avenue at opposite ends of the block. Requested Score: 1 Point .. .. .. 5. Roads. As discussed in Section III.F., the surrounding street network has sufficient capacity to accommodate the proposed development. The proposed project will significantly improve the .. .. - - 33 - ... - - ,- traffic flow in the immediate site area. The Applicant's commitment to restore the alley to its proper width by relocating fixtures and vegetation which presently encroach upon the right- of-way will improve both safety and circulation in the area. similarly, the provision of required parking access off the alley will significantly reduce present vehicular turning movements on Cooper Avenue, which conflict with the city Market parking access, thereby improving the flow of traffic and reducing vehicular congestion. In addition to the above, the Applicant has also committed to pave the entire alley, install new curb, gutter, and sidewalk where required along cooper Avenue, and to landscape both public right-of-ways. These improvements will not only enhance the appearance of the streets cape but will significantly improve pedestrian safety and circulation in the immediate site area. Requested Score: 2 Points - '- ... ... - - - ... - - .... B. Quality of Desiqn The quality of proposed development's design is discussed below. The project site is located outside of the City's Commercial Core Historic Overlay District. As a result, Historic Preservation commission Review and approval of the project's architecture is not required. 1. Architectura1 Desiqn. The proposed development has been designed to be compatible with existing land uses in the neighborhood. Given the diverse architectural character of the immediate site area (e.g., the - - - ... 34 - ... - - - ... - - - - - ... - ... - - - ... ,- - - ....... ... ... - ... ... - ... - Hannah Dustin building, the Buckhorn Lodge, Chateau Aspen condominiums, Aspen Square, Durant Mall building, city Market, etc.), considerable emphasis has been placed on creating a vocabulary of forms and materials that will fit comfortably with neighboring structures. The project's architecture has been derived from forms and materials which are prevalent throughout Aspen. The colors will be muted earth tones and textures of materials will be interwoven to soften the facades and present a predominantly residential character. This will enhance the transitional nature of the site's location between central commercial and outlying residential neighborhoods. The bulk and massing of the structure is less imposing than the Durant Mall, Aspen square, and Chateau Aspen Condominiums. The pitched roof forms carry down to encompass the upper level floor which reduces the apparent height. Furthermore, the main roof is punctuated with gable and shed roof dormers and a turret form at the lobby entrance. This approach further evokes a residential character and scale. The height is within the (LP) Lodge Preservation Zone district's twenty-five (25) foot maximum height limit and is lower than the neighboring Hannah Dustin building. It should remain compatible with any future development or re-development of the remainder of the Bell Mountain Block. See the illustrative site Development, Floor Plans and Exterior Elevations at the end of Section III. We believe this design is deserving of the maximum number of points 35 - .. .. - available in this category. ,- Requested Score: 9 Points .. ,,'... 2. site Design. As the site Development Plan at the end of section III illustrates, the structure has been set back as far as feasible from cooper Avenue to reduce the perception of bulk, enhance privacy and maximize the available open space in front of the building. It should be noted that the large existing open space to the east of the present structure will not be lost, but merely relocated and combined with the resultant enlarged open space which faces onto both Cooper Avenue and Spring Street. The removal of paved surface parking in that portion of the site removes the imposing auto presence from the site. This facilitates the creation of a park-like open space adjacent to the downtown commercial area which will be heavily landscaped not only within the property boundaries, but in the streets right-of- way as well. The benefit derived from this design concept is two fold. First, it will provide a pleasant landscaped visual and noise- reduction buffer area between the lodge and the streets which it fronts on, including the City Market parking lot. second, it will be an amenity for the adjacent downtown area that will be shared by the vehicular and pedestrian traffic which passes by. A system of internal walkways provides convenient access to the project's main lobby area from both Spring Street and Cooper Avenue, and further enhances the park ambiance. These walkways - ... ... '... - - .. - ... - .. - .. - - - ... ... ... - - 36 - .. .. .. . will be9snow-melted and attractively illuminated with low level lighting fixtures. site furnishings will include benches, bicycle racks, and a barbecue area. with the exception of the rear yard, which is an existing encroachment as noted earlier, the site design provides setbacks which meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the Land use Code for this zone district. All utilities will be placed underground. In order to enhance the alley scape and vehicle entry/ exit area at the garage ramp, the proposed development will include a fenced area adjacent to the alley which is designed to accommodate a pair of two (2) cubic yard trash dumpsters. The trash area is readily accessible to collection vehicles and is more than adequate to handle anticipated trash generation. Approximately 8,600 square feet, as well as 1,453 square feet of right-Of-way or forty-two (42%) percent of the project site, will be extensively landscaped for the benefit of both project residents and the general public, as the Illustrative site Development Plan at the end of this section illustrates. Given the urban character of the project site, and its inherent development limitations, the preservation of such a substantial amount of open green space is a noteworthy accomplishment. While the proposed development's extensive landscaping is provided primarily for the benefit of the lodge guests, it will also help to reduce the pUblic'S perception of the project's bulk as well as offer considerable relief from the visual impact of - - .. .., - - ... .. ... - - '.. .. '.. - ... - '" .. .. 37 - '.. - .... - ... surrounding development. This perception will be further enhanced as a result of the building setbacks from Cooper Avenue. -, We believe this project is deserving of the maximum number of ~ points available in this category. - - Requested Score: 9 Points 3. Parking and Traffic circulation As discussed in section III.F., the proposed development will provide twenty-one (21) parking spaces in a subsurface garage which is accessed from the alley, plus two (2) check-in parking spaces accessed from Spring Street. As noted, two (2) of the subsurface spaces have been designated for handicap access in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The alley access for parking reduces conflict with the normal traffic patterns along Cooper Avenue and Spring Street and the pedestrian access from the subsurface parking to stairs and elevator to the lodge is protected from inclement weather. The automobiles will also be totally screened from public view. The surface check-in parking will have a hammerhead turn around configuration which will allow cars to pull onto Spring Street front-first, thus increasing safety. Service vehicle access will be convenient to either the receiving/utility/trash area off the alley, or the subsurface garage where the mechanical equipment will be located. The garage access ramp will be snowmelted and well lit and the entire ~lley will be paved for improved safety and maintenance. The surface check-in parking area provides an auxilliary - ~ - ... ... -. . oM' oM - -, '. 38 - ~ ... - .. .. .. delivery and service vehicle access to the site as well as taxi pick-up and drop-off. Overall, the parking and traffic circulation design for this project is a significant improvement over the existing conditions. We believe it is deserving of the maximum number of points available in this category. - - ... - - ... Requested Score: 9 Points ... ~ 4. Visual Impact As discussed in Section III.B.1 and 2, the bulk and massing of the proposed project is in scale and compatible with the neighboring buildings and is less imposing than the Durant Mall, Aspen Square Complex and the Hannah Dustin Building. The existing Bell Mountain Lodge structure is two and one-half (2.5) stories and will be preserved and remodeled so that it's visual impact is reduced. The present location of the lodge structure is situated as far to the back of the site as possible which allows the maximum open green space to the front of the site which faces on the intersection of cooper Avenue and Spring Street. This will be preserved and the additions will be kept in compatible scale and configured so that the visual impact on the neighborhood is as inobtrusive as possible. There are no designated view planes in the vicinity of this site. We believe this project is deserving of the maximum number of points available in this category. '.. - ... ... ,~ - - ,~ ,. .... ... - .. Requested Score: Resource conservation Techniques 9 Points - c. - 39 - -. -. ,~, '", .., -' ~ ".' .. .. .. .. .,... - ,~ - The resource conservation techniques to be incorporated in the proposed development are described below. 1. Energy. The proposed development will be designed to maximize energy conservation. Energy conservation efforts will be directed toward systems which have proven performance over extended periods of time, and which provide maximum benefit for the least energy expenditure. The following specific conservation features will be incorporated in the detailed design of the project. a) Building orientation. The majority of the proposed development's dwelling units are oriented to the south in order to take advatage of the views, passive solar gain and natural daylighting. b) Glazing. All glazing will be Low E, double- glazed units in order to minimize conductive heat loss. The majority of the project's glazing, however, is oriented to the south. operable windows will be utilized to provide natural cooling and cross ventilation during the warmer months. c) Insulation. Insulation values in both the free market and affordable housing units will significantly exceed minimum insulation standards. Exterior walls and the roof assembly will achieve a minimum value of R-21 and R-38, respectively. Exterior and interior vapor barriers will be utilized to reduce infiltration and maintain interior humidity levels. d) Mechanical systems. The proposed development 40 '.' ., ~ will employ gas fired high efficiency boilers for domestic hot water and comfort heating to be delivered via ~adiant a heating system. While the initial installation cost of such systems is higher than for more conventional designs, energy consumption is significantly less. e) Woodburning Devices. The proposed development will eliminate the existing wood burning fireplace. Based on the above, the proposed development exceeds applicable minimum standards and, therefore, is deserving of the maximum number of points available in this category. Requested Score: 2 Points 2. Water and Waste Water. All plumbing fixtures to be used in the proposed development will be of a low flow, low water consumption design. While irrigation will be required in order to ensure the maintenace of the proposed project's landscaping, a system zoned and timed for short interval cycles will be utilized to reduce runoff, has been incorporated in the project's landscape plan. Based on the above, the proposed development exceeds applicable standards and, therefore, is deserving of the maximum number of points available in this category. Requested Score: 2 Points 3. Air. As discussed in Section III.H., the proposed development will eliminate the existing wood burning fireplace. The lobby will contain one (1) certified gas fireplace and the meeting room will contain one (1) certified gas appliance. No adverse impact upon the community's air quality will occur as a '.. ... ..., .., .., .., ,...., ... -, -. -' ,. 41 ~; '. result of the proposed develpment. As one (1) certified wood burning device is presently allowed per building, the exclusion of such devices from the project exceeds applicable standards. The proposed development, therefore, is deserving of the maximum number of points available in this scoring category. Requested Score: 4 Points ... .~. ... ... - - -, D. Ammenities for Guests. ... . The proposed project provides numerous amenities for it's guests, which are set forth below. 1. On-Site Common Meeting Areas The main lobby area will seve as a common living room for guests with comfortable furniture around a gas fireplace. Directly above will be a meeting room for small groups of up to forty (40) people. This area provides a bar and catering kitchen which allows it to be used for a variety of functions, including continentia I breakfasts for guests as well as apre's ski activities and parties. The size of these facilities appropriate for the lodge and deserves the maximum points available for this category. -. .. .. .. .' .., .' .. .. .. -. .. . Requested Score: 9 Points 2. On-site Dining Facilities The meeting room, with it's bar and catering kitchen, is capable of serving guests for continental breakfasts and small dinner parties of up to forty (40) people. In the landscaped "front yard" open space, a barbeque facility will be located adjacent to a pool patio which can serve food for parties. These .. .. - .. .. 42 - " -' .. 'ill' -, ., -, .. ... ... .. ... ... .. .. - - - 'd - - .w - 4 - .. .. - - - amenities are more than adequate for the size of the lodge and deserve the maximum points available for this category. Requested Score: 6 Points 3. On-Site Accessory Recreational Facilities At the garden level, an exercise room with apparatus will be provided for guest use. In the landscaped "front yard" open space, a heated swimming pool and whirlpool spa will be provided for exercise, recreation and relaxation of guests, adjacent to the barbeque area. Bicycle racks will be provided for the convenience of guests as well. These ammenities are more than adequate for the size of the lodge and deserve the maximum score. Requested Score: 6 Points E. Employee Housinq As discussed in Section III.G., the Applicant proposes to provide two on-site employee housing units. The units will each have three (3) bedrooms and a full kitchen and will be used solely for housing of the lodge employees. Based on Tourist Accommodations Development standards, these units will house six (6) employees which comprises sixty three percent (63%) of the employees generated by the proposed development. Under the provisions of Section a-106.G.(5) (b) of the Regulations, the proposed development is entitled to 10.375 points, calculated as follows: 43 ~I~ 1. o to 60% Housed 60% Housed X 1 Point = 6% Housing Factor 61% to 100% Housed 3% Housed X 1 Point = 8% Housing Factor 10.0 Points - 2. 0.375 Points . - Requested Score: 10.375 Points '.. F. a_habilitation/Reconstruction of Existinq units - As discussed in Section III, all of the existing twenty-one .... - (21) lodge units will be rehabilitated and/or reconstructed '4 during remodeling to ~4apt them to the new configuration of the - proposed lodge development. As an integral part of the total development plan, the - rehabilitated/reconstructed existing lodge units will be ready - for occupancy at the same time as the proposed new lodge units and therefore the project is deserving of the maximum available - points in this category. Requested Score: 15 Points G. Bonus Points This project meets or exceeds the minimum standards of the - review criteria in all categories for the Tourist Accommodations Growth Managemen~uQta system competition. Therefore, we believe it is deserving of the maximum available points in this category. Requested Score: 5 Points .. '4 "" - 44 - ... V. SUKHARY AND CONCLUSION The Bell Mountain Lodge has served the Aspen tourist base for almost forty years. It has been owned by the Kappeli family for close to thirty years. In the 1980's it was arbitrarily re- zoned to Lodge preservation against the Kappeli's wishes. In the late 1980's the Kappeli's together with M&W Properties applied to have the property re-zoned to Office but withdrew the application when it was clear that their request would not be granted. For the past several years the owners have been unsuccessfully trying to sell the Bell Mountain Lodge but with the present number of lodge rooms it is not an economically viable business. After extensive research and study it has been determined that the only way t~,PRESERVB this Lodge is to expand and remodel. Conventional financing can not be obtained for a project that does not make sound economical sense and this Lodge does not make economical sense without the entire requested expansion being granted in one phase. The Bell Mountain Lodge GMPQS application significantly exceeds the mandated thresholds and will be an exceptional beginning to the restoration of the eastern entrance to Aspen's commercial core. The lack of previous years' awards of the allowed lodge room quota coupled with the quality of this particular project and the financial hardship that would be created by an award of less than the lodge rooms necessary make appropriate the award to the Bell Mountain Lodge of nineteen (19) lodge rooms to permit the addition of ten (10) suites. The - .. .. - - - - - ,- - - ...... - .. .. .. .. .. - - .. 45 - - .. - .. t.... Planning and zoning commission and the Aspen city council has previously indicated their desire for maintaining certain small family operated lodges including the Bell Mountain Lodge. To honor the "PRESERVE" in Lodge Preservation and to reward an exemplary project the Bell Mountain should be awarded its' request lodge rooms to permit the construction of this remodel. - - - - - .. .. - ~ - - ~ - - ~ ... - - - - ... .. .. - 46 .. - - ... .. .. .. - .. .." '. ... "'" ... - ... ... - - - - ~ . - - Appendix A - ,- '8 ATTACHMENT 1 LAND USE APPLICATION FORM Appendix A, Exhibit 1 - - 1) Project Name Bell Mountain Lodqe .. 2 ) Project Location 720 East Cooper Ave., AKA Lot K, L, M, N, 0, P and .. the West 20.66 feet of Lot Q, Block 105, City and Townsite at Aspen, ... Pitkin County, CO. ... 3) Present Zoning LP 4) Lot Size 20,066 sq. ft. .. - 5) Applicant's Name, Address & Phone # Bell Mountain Lodqe, Inc., 720 East Copper Avenue, P.O. Box 328, Aspen. CO. 81612, - - Telephone 925-3675 - 6) Representative's Name, Address & Phone # Charles Cunniffe Architects, '- 520 East Hyman Ave., Suite 301, Aspen, CO 81611, 925-2290. 7) Type of Application (please check all that apply): - - - Conditional Use Conceptual SPA Conceptual Historic Dev. ~ X Special Review Final SPA Final Historic Dev. 8040 Greenline Conceptual PUD Minor Historic Dev. Stream Margin Final PUD Historic Demolition Mountain View Plane Subdivision Historic Designation Condominiumization Text/Map Amendment X GMQS Allotment Lot SplH:/Lot Line GMQS Exemption Adjustment - - '- - - .. 8) Description of Existing Uses (number and type of existing structures; approximate sq. ft.; number of bedrooms; any previous approvals granted to the property). - .0-- .. See Attached, Section II - '8 9) Description of Development Application. ... See Attached, Section III - - 10) Have Yes Yes Yes you attached the following? Response to Attachment 2, Minimum Submission Contents. 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Appendix A, Exhibit 3, Page 1 of 6 Form No. 1343 (CO-gO) _ AL TA Plain Language Commitment . - - COMMITMENT FOR TITLE INSURANCE ISSUED BY ,.,. ... - .. - .... agent for - FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY AGREEMENT TO ISSUE POLICY .... ..- FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY. referred to in thisCommitment as the Company, through its agent, identified above. referred to in this Agreement as the Agent, agrees to issue a policy to you according to the terms of this Commitment When we show the policy amount and your name as the proposed insured in Schedule A, this Commitment becomes effective as of the Commitment Date shown in Schedule A lithe Requirements shown in this Commitment have not been met within six months aftertheCom- mitmentdate, our obligation under this Commitment will end. Also our obligation under this Commitment will end when the Policy is issued and then our obligation to you will be under the Policy, Our obligation under this Commitment is limited by the following: The Provisions in Schedule A The Requirements in Schedule 8,1, The Exceptions in Schedule 8'2, The Conditions on the reverse side of this page ,- This Commitment is not valid without SCHEDULE A and Sections 1 and 2 of SCHEDULE 8, .- .. First American Title Insurance Company By(j/~xI~ PRESIDENT - BY III",(/': C.)czeyLJ. SECRETARY r.,...-"...............lI>,"''-" ..,.-~ ., " f 'i ".\ :, \ '. .. ~ - '.; S II \~\t ; \..."=' ,..... -1>... , . to' ". '"Y+ t / ." - CoO .. C" I, d' ...- .: . .......J ...... .'.,. ,...... .. c-> ~ = . = r. ',- ~,. . ~ t' ,-. . "b ; ':~,r .-' ;;- f " '\- ,. . . ..... " J' .... ;- ; C ~ ','1. ...__....-- - ~ - BY COUNTERSIGNED - Appendix A, Exhibit 3, Page 2 of 6 ,- ~ .. CONDITIONS ,.. .. 1. DEFINITIONS (a) "Mortgage" means mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument (b) "Public Records" means title records that give constructive notice of matters affecting the title according to the state law where the land is located, - - - 2, LATER DEFECTS The Exceptions in Schedule B' Section 2 may be amended to show any defects, liens or encumbrances that appear for the first time in public records or are created or attached between the Commitment Date and the date on which all ofthe Requirements of Schedule B- Section 1 are met We shall have no liability to you because of this amendment. - - 3, EXISTING DEFECTS If any defects, liens or encumbrances existing at Commitment Date are not shown in Schedule B, we may amend Schedule B to show them. If we do amend Schedule B to show these defects, liens or encum- brances, we shall be liable to you according to Paragraph 4 below unless you knewofthis information and did not tell us about it in writing, 4, LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY Our only obligation is to issue to you the Policy referred to in this Commitment when you have met its Requirements. If we have any liability to you for any loss you incurbecause of an errorin this Commitment our liability will be limited to your actual loss caused by your relying on this Commitment when you acted in good faith to: comply with the Requirements shown in Schedule B, Section 1 or eliminate with our written consent any Exceptions shown in Schedule B, Section 2, We shall not be liable for more than the Policy Amount shown in Schedule A of this Commitment and our liability is subject to the terms of the Policy form to be issued to you. 5. CLAIMS MUST BE BASED ON THIS COMMITMENT Anyclaim. whether or not based on negligence, which you may have against us concerning the title tothe land must be based on this Commitment and is subject to its terms. , ... .. ... '" .. .. .. - COMMITMENT SOiEOOLE A Appendix A, Exhibit 3 Page 3 of 6 - - ,. 1. Effective Date: RE/re July 17, 1992 at 7:00 AM Order No. 401665-c2 Cu:st....tle<:' Ref==o.=' ... .. 2. ALTA Owner's Policy PL~Sed Insured: llroount: - - - 3. ALTA Loan Policies PL~ Insured: llroount: $ .,;... PL~ Insured: llroount: $ 4. '!he estate or inl=.t=:St in the land described or referred to in this Ccmnitm31t and cn:weyed herein is: FEE SIMPLE and title thereto is at the effective date hereof ,,=1=1 in: - THE BELL MXlNI'AIN LC.O:;E, lJIC., a Colorado CDJ:IXJraticn '" CMrEr's Pranium: $ Lerxler's Premium: $ Pdd'l Lerner Q);j: $ Pdd'l 01arges: $ Tax Certificate: $ EOOorsaTEnt Q);j: $ TED Olarge.s: $ 'IUl'AL 0llUlGES: $ issued by: Aspen Ti tie CorpJraticn 600 E. !bpkins Avenue, #102 ASPEN OJ 81611 FAX (303) 920-4052 (303) 920-4050 D2nver 595-8463 - - - - FIRST AMERICAN TITLE IN3\.JRlIN::E CXMPANY - ~ '. - 5. .. - ... - - ... - - '. .. - ,- Appendix A, Exhibit 3 Page 4 of 6 COMMITMENT SOIEOOLE A (cxntinued) Plat id No. 1 1 Order No. 401665-<::2 'Ihe land refe=ed to in the Catmi 1nEnt is CXIIIering the land in the State of Colorado, County of Pitkin, described as follows: lots K, L, M, N, 0, P and the West 20.73 feet of lot Q, Blcx:k 105, CI'lY AND 'lU'INSITE OF ASPEN - FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURAN::E a::MPAN'l - - Appendix A, Exhibit 3 Page 5 of 6 - COMMITMENT ... SCHEOOLE B Secticn 2 .. - E:l\u:;I;rl'.l~ Order No. 401665-c2 .. 'Ihe policy or policies to be issued will antam excepticns to the following matters _ unless the same are di~~ of to the satisfacticn of the O:mpany: ... Any loss or damage, iIcluding attorney fees, by reascn of th3 matters sl:xJwn below: - 1. Arq facts, rights, interests, or claims which are rot sl:xJwn by th3 public .Leco.:ds wt which CD.Jld ascertained by an inspecticn of said lan:l or by making ~ of persct1S in possessicn thereof. - - - 2. Easarents or claims of easE5IEI1ts, IXlt sl:xJwn by th3 public records. 3. Discrepaoc:ies, cx:nflicts in b::JurxEry 1ims, sOOrtage in area, erx::roachrents, an:l any otl2r facts which a =-ect SUIvey ~d disclose and which are IXlt sl:xJwn by ,- th3 public :r€sX>.LUs. .. 4. Arq lien, or right to a lien for services, labor or material lEretofore or lEreafter fumished, iJ.ifOS€d by law an:l IXlt sl:xJwn by th3 public records. 5. Defects, liens, enc:umbrarx:-es, adverse claims or otl2r matters, if any, created, first appearing in th3 public recx:lrds or attachi.nJ subsequent to th3 effective date rereof, wt prior to th3 date th3 p.L~ insu:red acquires of record for value th3 estate or inte:rest or IIDrtgage therecn =vered by this CamIi trrent. . 6. Taxes due an:l payable; an:l any tax, special assessrents, charge or lien iJllflosed for water or ~ service, or for any otl2r special taxing district. 7. Restricticns, which do IXlt cx:ntain a forfeiture or reverter clause, wt anitting restricticns, if any, as anta.i.red in th3 Deeds frem M. Go Miller, as County an:l Prcbate Judge of Pitkin County, Colorado to Ann 0Jn:an, et a1 recx:l:rded Novanber 4, 1887, in I3cJd{ 59 at Page 78; Novanber 5, 1887, in I3cJd{ 59 at Page 79; December 2, 1887, in I3cJd{ 59 at Page 117; December 9, 1887, in I3cJd{ 59 at Page 186 an:l Janua:ry 16, 1888, in I3cJd{ 59 at Page 287. "No ti tie shall be 00reby acquired to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar or a:{tl&, or to any valid mining claim or p::>ssessicn held urrler existing laws; an:l provided further, that this deed is 00reby made and declared to be subject to all o::xrliticn, limitaticns an:l :rest:ricticns CXJnta.i.red in Secticn 2386 of th3 RelTised Statutes of th3 United States, ro far as th3 sane is applicable thereto." ... 8. All ores an:l minerals bearing rcx;k embraced within subject property, and ro nuch of tlDse porticns of subject property bereath its surface as may be ~"'sary for mining p..u:poses, with th3 right to enter within said premises with urrlerground v.o:rkings an:l to mine, extract an:l rarcve th3 sane, as granted by Mary J. Ball, et a1 to E. L. Ogeden by th3 Deeds r"'-ULUed May 21, 1891, in I3cJd{ 93 at Page 97; May 29, 1891, in I3cJd{ 93 at Page 117 an:l June 11, 1891, in I3cJd{ 93 at Page 149. - (Ccntinued) ~ - .. 4 '. FIRST lIMERIClIN TITLE llSlJR.l\I'CE a:MPANY ~ ,- ,. 9. - - - 10. ... Elu...J:.l-nOOS (cx:ntinued) Appendix A, Exhibit 3, Page 6 of 6 Order No. 401665-c2 All ores am Illimra1s am m:iJEral bearirYJ rock anbraoed within subject prcp:;!rty, am so much of t:OOse partialS of subject property bereath its surface as may be ,....,.-.o"'sary f= mining purposes, with the right to enter within said pranises with urrlergrourx:l world.n;;Js am to mine, extract am rarove the sarre, as granted by Robert Shaw, et al be the Deed recorded June 13, 1891, in Bcok 98 at Pages 511, 518 am 521 am July 15, 1891, in Bcok 105 at Page 39. Any am all uru:edeellled tax sales. 1'Ol'E: Upcn receipt of a Certificate of Taxes !AJe eviderx:iI:g that there are fX) - ex:ist:iIYJ qJen tax sales, the above exc:I;!pti.en will I'Dt awear en the policies to be issued hereuOOer. ' ... - - .. - <. - ... . ... ". - FIRST AMERICAN TITLE IN5llRlIl'l:E CXMPANY - .~.. Appendix A, Exhibit 4 ~ - August 1, 1992 - '.. M - Ms. Leslie Lamont Aspen/Pitkin planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Bell Mountain Lodge Box 328, Aspen, Colorado 81612 ... . .. Re: Authorization to Represent ~ Dear Ms. Lamont: ,- Please consider this letter our authorization for Charles Cunniffe Architects to represent us in the processing of a tourist accommodation growth management application for the development of our property which is located at 720 E. Cooper Avenue in the city of Aspen, Colorado. Charles Cunniffe Architects is hereby authorized to act on our behalf with respect to all matters reasonably pertaining to the aforementioned application. Should you have any questions, or if we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call. sincerely, Bell Mountain Lodge, Inc. /"'" ' ) y/d~J-- Nancy Kappeli, v . K <':<..--1'2- t~ ~_.e... Secreta y - Treasurer - ... .. .,- - - - ~ - ~ - - - - - '. - . ,. ~ . Appendix B - .. / SCHMUESER GORDON MEYER tNC./ ~--, " Appendix B, Exhibit 1, Page 1 of 4 P,O, Box 2155 Aspen, Colorado 81612 (303) 925-6727 f-h Fax (303) 925,4157 W CONSULTING ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS/ - - August 2, 1992 '\\"\" i '~ ~ - ~ . Mr. Jan Derrington CHARLES CUNNIFFE & ASSOC., ARCHITECTS 520 East Hyman Ave" Ste, 301 Aspen, CO, 81611 .. .. ... RE: Bell Mountain Lodoe Growth Manaoement Application. Enoineerino Report .. '. Dear Jan: .. ,- This letter comprises an engineering report regarding relevant aspects of the Bell Mountain Lodge Growth Management Application. The Bell Mountain Lodge owners are submitting an application to the City of Aspen for a growth management allotment under the Tourist Accommodations development criteria, Section 8-106 G" of the City of Aspen land use code, I have endeavored herein to provide comments appropriate to the engineering-related criteria of the land use code, Introduction The Bell Mountain Lodge was originally built in the late 1950's and is located on Lots K through P and part of Lot Q of Block 105 of the Original Aspen Townsite, The property is on the northeast corner of Spring Street and Cooper Avenue and is zoned LP, The existing building contains 21 lodge rooms and the renovation/expansion will result in a total of 46 rooms including 40 lodge rooms (configured as 15 two,room suites and 10 one,room units) as well as 6 on-site employee bedrooms, The expansion will provide at-grade parking for 2 vehicles as well as an underground parking facility for 21 vehicles capable of expansion to combine with other subgrade parking contemplated within Block 105, Engineering-related aspects of the Growth Management Quota System (GMQS) criteria will be addressed as follows; 8.106 G.111 Availabilitv of Public Facilities and Services (a) Water The project site is adjacent to the City water mains in both Spring Street and Cooper Avenue. Both are relatively new (1980) large diameter mains in good condition, From discussions with City of Aspen Water Superintendent Larry Ballenger, service is available from either the 12 inch diameter main in Spring or the 14 inch line in Cooper. The development will be served by a single tap and master meter, probably from the Cooper Avenue main. This service connection will be sized to supply the needs of the entire project. '~ - Mr. Ballenger further indicated that no particular improvements are needed to the water system in the immediate area, The two mains are in good condition, fire hydrants are available at the southwest corner of the Spring and Cooper intersection and on the northwest corner of the intersection at Original and Cooper. The proposed development, therefore, can be handled by existing water mains in the immediate vicinity as further evidenced by the attached letter from Judy McKenzie of the City of Aspen Water Department. ,- .. - - 1001 Grand Avenue. Suite 2.E . Glenwood Springs. Colorado 81601 . 303 945-1004 - Exhibit 2, Page 2 of 4 - ... "" - August 2, 1992 Mr, Jan Derrington Page 2 - .. .. (b) Sanitarv Sewer The project site is also adjacent to an existing sanitary sewer main in the alley of Block 105. The attached memo from Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District (ACSD) Manager Bruce Matherly indicates that service is available to the proposed project via connection to the existing sewer line in the alley. The existing 8 inch diameter sewer main in the adjacent alley is in good condition and does not require upgrade to serve the Bell Mountain Lodge renovation/expansion, Bruce indicates, however, that downstream constraints exist on the older Galena Street line downstream of this site, The Bell Mountain Lodge project would be required to pay a tap fee surcharge toward the improvement of the Galena line by the ACSD. This development, therefore, will contribute toward an off-site sewer system upgrade that will improve the availability of public sewer service in the area. - ... "" - - - - (c) Storm Drainaae All existing streets adjacent to the site are currently curbed and guttered and drain well to a storm inlet on the northwest corner of Block 105, Discussions with City of Aspen Street Superintendent Jack Reid indicate no problems related to drainage in the immediate neighborhood that might be addressed by the development. The existing lodge includes substantial paved areas and a structure with no apparent on-site roof drains or drainage retention system. The site plan design of the lodge expansion will incorporate an on-site drywell to maintain historic drainage patterns at current levels. Should the City so require, the proposed on-site system could easily be expanded to reduce off-site flows from current development levels. (d) Fire Protection As indicated in the water service section above, fire hydrants exist at the southwest corner of the Spring and Cooper intersection as well as at the northwest corner of Original and Cooper. The project site is also just 4 blocks from the Aspen Fire District's station on Hopkins Avenue and is within a 3 to 5 minute response time, Fire Marshal Wayne Vandemark indicates that no special provisions for fire protection or access are required beyond normal code requirements (including an automatic alarm system). ,- (e) Roads Spring Street and Cooper Avenue adjacent to the site are benefitted by the site design both in terms of the elimination of one intersection conflict on Cooper Avenue, rerouting of the guest traffic accessing the site to the adjacent alley and acquisition of additional on-street parking, The Asoen Area Comorehensive Plan: Transoortation Element as prepared by the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office in 1987, indicates traffic volumes on Spring Street and Cooper Avenue of 1,300 and 3,900 vehicles per day respectively during peak ski season (which is therefore probably higher than annual average vpd), Even using peak winter season figures and assuming a growth of 2% per year since 1987, current traffic volumes are probably in the range of 1,435 vpd on Spring and 4,310 vpd on Cooper as of 1992, These figures are well below the design capacities of the respective streets of approximately 10,000 vpd, - '" ... .. "" Utilizing Pitkin County's trip generation figures for lodge uses and assuming a strong transit option (the site is adjacent to bus routes on Spring Street and four blocks from the Rubey Park ,- SCHMUESER GORDON MEYER. INC, - Exhibit 1, Page 3 of 4 ... .... - August 2, 1992 Mr, Jan Derrington Page 3 .. Transit Center) the developments 19 additional rooms can be expected to result in a nominal 38 additional vehicles per day impacting adjacent streets. Traffic impacts, therefore, will be minimal and revisions to curb cuts and on,street parking will actually benefit adjacent streets. .. ... .. The applicant also proposes significant improvements to the alley of Block 105 including; - . Relocation of utility pedestals, which currently encroach into the alley, into an on, site trash and utility area, - - . Transplanting of encroaching trees. - . Paving of the entire alley from Spring Street to Original Street - These improvements will render the alley access to the proposed underground parking facility attractive to guests as well as reducing dust, drainage impacts and maintenance problems for the City of Aspen and all other properties abutting the alley. Improvements proposed by this applicant will serve to improve all adjacent streets by eliminating the current access conflict on the more heavily travelled Cooper Avenue, removing encroachments from the alley, paving the alley and establishing additional on,street public parking where curb cuts are being removed. This project, therefore, results in improvements to the condition, safety and use patterns of the adjacent street network, 8-106 G.l21 Qualitv of or Improvements to Desian .- (c) Parkin a and Traffic Circulation The existing site supports a 21 unit lodge with 10 actual on- site parking spaces (I am defining an on-site space as a parking space which is entirely on the property and which meets the dimensional requirements of a full parking space), The renovation/expansion proposal will provide a total of 23 on-site spaces including a replacement of the 10 that currently exist, 0.5 per bedroom for the 19 bedrooms that are being added to the project, 1,5 on-site employee spaces and 2 spaces for check,in use. Of the proposed total of 23 spaces, 21 spaces will be located in an underground parking structure and 2 spaces will be located off the Spring Street curb cut for guest check-in as well as overnight use. The subgrade parking structure will be designed, to the extent feasible, to anticipate possible future connection to any other parking structure that may be built within the block. - As discussed in the roads section of the public facilities portion of this report, this development results in several improvements to circulation on adjacent streets by eliminating a conflict from Cooper Avenue and paving the alley. From an internal standpoint, this site design will improve internal circulation by relocating the parking access to the alley and providing an adequate trash and utility area off the alley for deliveries and trash removal. On-site parking is entirely removed from public view into the underground structure and at-grade landscaping is significantly improved as a result. In short, the proposed site design utilizing underground parking and alley access achieves all of the goals identified in the growth management criteria for parking and traffic circulation and should receive a maximum score in this area. ".. I ,,. ... .. - ! -I -I SCHMUESER GORDON MEYER, INC. .. - Exhibit 1, page 4 of 4 .. "- ".- August 2, 1992 Mr. Jan Derrington Page 4 .... .. - Conclusions -. The Bell Mountain Lodge site is ideally located for lodge use from several standpoints including proximity to the downtown core, location on several transit routes, access to adequate utilities and proximity to Aspen Mountain. The proposed renovation/expansion will serve to improve the few shortcomings of the current site plan while allowing the existing lodge to be preserved within the intent of the LP zone, The development plan offers the opportunity for improvements to the general neighborhood in the areas of sewer service, roads, elimination of encroachments and screening of on-site parking. .. '"' .. - - I hope these comments are adequate for submission purposes for the Bell Mountain Lodge project Tourist Accommodations Growth Management application, Feel free to contact me if I may provide further information or assistance. """ Very Truly Yours, SCHMUESER0Ra:l:ER IN~~ :::: Jay W. ammond, P,E, Principal, Aspen Office JHlin9102BGMP - ... ... .. SCHMUESER GORDON MEYER, INC, - Appendix B, Exhibit 2 CITY OF ASPEN ., 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 303.920.5030 Customer Service 303.920.5197 Fax ,~ ,.., - ,~ July 28, 1992 Charles Cunniffe 520 E. Hyman Avenue, Ste 301 Aspen, Co 81611 Attn: Jan Darrington - - - - Re: Bell Mountain Lodge Dear Jan; The City of Aspen does have sufficient supplies of potable water to serve the proposed project at 720 E. cooper Avenue. All design, materials, and construction shall be in accordance with the established standards of the City of Aspen. The Developer shall be responsible for all tap fees and all other applicable provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen. Please call me if you have any questions. sincerely, ~ ,^ /,C~ / ''I~''d lie. J! ,/'. ., 'Judy McKenz1e, Customer SerV1ce superv1sor City of Aspen, Water Department - cc: Larry Ballenger, Water Superintendent ~.. 4 <. ... .. .. ...or '...... ... Appendix B, Exhibit 3 - ... Aspen Gonsolidated Sanitation CJJist1rict 565 North Mill Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 - ... Tele, (303) 925,3601 FAX #(303) 925,2537 .. Sy Kelly, Chairman John J. Snyder, Treas. Louis Popish, Secy, Albert Bishop Frank Loushin Bruce Matherly, Mgr. ... ... - MEMORANDUM ... DATE: July 29. 1992 - TO: Jan Derrington, Architect FROM: Bruce Matherly - RE: Bell Mountain Lodge Project ***************************************************************** This memo is to confirm that service is available for the Bell Mountain Lodge from the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District. The District line is located in the alley of Block 100 and currently serves that area. We have not seen recent plans contemplated for the Bell Mountain Lodge comments as the project works it's way department's process of review. for the development and will make detailed through the planning There are the cost of development. downstream constraints in the Galena Street line. repairing which. will be prorated to upstream in the form of a total connection charge surcharge. - ".,. .. . - ... .. .- - .. 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