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RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION (HPC)
APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR MINOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
COMMERCIAL CORE HISTORIC DISTRICT, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN,
COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 37, SERIES OF 2007
PARCEL 10: N/A.
WHEREAS, the applicant, the City of Aspen, represented by Tim Ware, the City of Aspen
Parking Director, has requested Minor Development Review for the Commercial Core Historic
District, City and Townsite of Aspen, Colorado.
WHEREAS, Section 26.415.070 of the Municipal Code states that "no building or structure
shall be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, relocated or improved involving a
designated historic property or district until plans or sufficient information have been submitted
to the Community Development Director and approved in accordance with the procedures
established for their review;" and
WHEREAS, the procedure for a Minor Development Review is as follows. Staff reviews the
submittal materials and prepares a report that analyzes the project's conformance with the design
guidelines and other applicable Land Use Code Sections. This report is transmitted to the HPC
with relevant information on the proposed project and a recommendation to continue, approve,
disapprove or approve with conditions and the reasons for the recommendation. The HPC
reviews the application, the staff analysis report and the evidence presented at the hearing to
determine the project's conformance with the City of Aspen Historic Preservation Design
Guidelines. The HPC may approve, disapprove, approve with conditions, or continue the
application to obtain additional information necessary to make a decision to approve or deny; and
WHEREAS, Sara Adams, in her staff report dated October 10, 2007 performed an analysis of
the application based on the standards, found the review standards and the "City of Aspen
Historic Preservation Design Guidelines and Commercial Design Standards have been met; and
WHEREAS, at their regular meeting on October 10, 2007, the Historic Preservation
Commission considered the application, found the application for Minor Development met the
"City of Aspen Historic Preservation Design Guidelines" and approved the application by a vote
of5tol.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
That HPC approves the application for Minor Development for the Commercial Core Historic
District, with the following conditions;
I. The parking meters shall be free standing with solar panels on top.
2. Staff and monitor shall review and approve a site plan that indicates the locations for the
free standing parking meters prior to installation.
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3. There shall be no deviations from the exterior elevations as approved without first being
reviewed and approved by HPC staff and monitor, or the full board.
4. The conditions of approval will be required to be printed on the cover sheet of the
building permit plan set and all other prints made for the purpose of construction.
5. The development approvals granted herein shall constitute a site-specific development plan
vested for a period of three (3) years from the date of issuance of a development order.
However, any failure to abide by any of the terms and conditions attendant to this
approval shall result in the forfeiture of said vested property rights. Unless otherwise
exempted or extended, failure to properly record all plats and agreements required to be
recorded, as specified herein, within 180 days of the effective date of the development
order shall also result in the forfeiture of said vested property rights and shall render the
development order void within the meaning of Section 26.104.050 (Void permits).
Zoning that is not part of the approved site-specific development plan shall not result in
the creation of a vested property right.
No later than fourteen (14) days following final approval of all requisite reviews necessary
to obtain a development order as set forth in this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdictional boundaries of the
City of Aspen, a notice advising the general public of the approval of a site specific
development plan and creation of a vested property right pursuant to this Title. Such notice
shall be substantially in the following form:
Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval of a site specific development
plan, and the creation of a vested property right, valid for a period of three (3) years,
pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado
Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following described property: Commercial Core
Historic District.
Nothing in this approval shall exempt the development order from subsequent reviews
and approvals required by this approval of the general rules, regulations and ordinances or
the City of Aspen provided that such reviews and approvals are not inconsistent with this
approval.
The approval granted hereby shall be subject to all rights of referendum and judicial
review; the period of time permitted by law for the exercise of such rights shall not begin
to run until the date of publication of the notice of final development approval as required
under Section 26.304.070(A). The rights ofreferendum shall be limited as set forth in the
Colorado Constitution and the Aspen Home Rule Charter.
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION at its regular meeting on the 10th day of October
2007.
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Approved as to Form:
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Jim True, Special Counsel
Approved as to content:
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Jedrey Halferty, Chairman
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and, Chief Deputy Clerk