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Notes from Zoning and Planning Conference
held at Colorado University, Boulder
February 5 & 6. 1960
Trafton Bean
The proper approach to fringe area zoning iSI
1) Organization (fom . regional board).
2) Get the oosic factll. First requirement - all kinds of
accurate maps.
J) Dovelop interest on the part of the people who live in
the area concerned. Work with petitions.
4) Get a comlttee of land ownera to do the work. Recommond
neighborhood meetlngll and let them make the proposals.
5) Coordination - \11th the general plaDB of the area.
6) O!'fic1al review (hearing)
7) Adoption into low
Legal consideration in planning and zoning.
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.~e sure that all plons ara adopted according to the
State Enabling Act.
Proper planning must look into the futuro, consider future
needs.
Zoning ahould not be a "scioBorr. LCd pastA" job, that is, it
ahould not be a hit and miss or something that looks pretty
but rather Bomnthinc that ~AB aense.
Gen!l1'al commenta:
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TbeAllpen Planning Board should develop a general plan for
the region.
Aspen needs an up to date land use map. Tho present land use
map developed by Trrll"ton Bean ohould be studied and revised.
Henninl!er
Juot got the 701 program in Durango.
1) Raised the question of whether leosed land falls under
the preoent zoning laws of our city.
2) Brought up the genll1'al importance of subdividing rules
and regulations.
Lea Johnson, Publio Housing Official
General topic that public housing is prObllbly noCIISllary in all caoes of
proper urban rllnlNal or alum clearance. Public housing ill posoible
under the 701 law in !open.
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1) Subdivis10nll should Bet oolde a certain percentage of
land for public use, i.e., Ilchools, parka, etc. In the
question of anneXl1tion, the subdivider could be forced
to Ilet aside land or pay cOIIIpOnaation to the c1 ty liS a
condition of annexation.
2) By running util1t1oll into slum areas, the city perpetustlls
the alms.
3) It io vital that a well organized planning board works
tcgether with both the Ilchocl district and the recreation
districtll.
General questions and notes railled from the panel dioCUBsion.
1) Develop a land ulle map.
2) Develop a stroet plan projected into the future outolde
of the oi ty .
~5} Develop a plan for ochoolll and districts.
~ Develop a plan for extension of ut1l1ties.
Work on a publio improvemonto plan.
6) A good plllnnif1g board oets up priorities and schodulas.
7) A local p'.nni~g board should develop regional p'.n~ing.
The City o~ upon Planning Board ohouldl
1) Obtain the State Enabling statutes.
2) Determine what laws effect out city (are we a "hotlO rule"
city?) .
3) Obtain a latter from Trafton Bean regarding hill fee bads
(Doremuo already requested).
4) Correspond with J. K. Smith or Dick Brown of the State
Planning CamDioaion to see what help thoy can afford us
5) Determine whether the IDlFA 701 law oould benefit AIlpon.
6) lire the City of Aspen's fire zones estobliohod according
to the un1!'orm building code?
7) Should a Board of Appeals to review matterll concorned only
with the building code be eotablillhed? It DO, the board
should be composed primarily of people in tho building tradell.