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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.009-92 ~"'... . '~,.. ~..." ~. k.,'. \~~, ',I. ORDINANCE 61 (SERIES OF~) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ASPEN, AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, LAND USE REGULATIONS, BY AMENDING SUPPLEMEN~ARY REGULATIONS AND THE LIST OF CONDITIONAL USES FOR THE PUBLIC (PUB) AND SERVICE I COMMERCIAL I INDUSTRIAL (SCI) ZONES TO INCLUDE "ABOVE-GROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS". WHEREAS, section 24-7-1103 of the Municipal Code provided that amendments to Chapter 24 of the Code, to wi"t, "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 a certain text amendment to Chapter 24 arising from the City Maintenance Shop submission relating to rezoning, conditional use for above-ground fuel storage tanks, and Historic Landmark Designation, and conditional use review for above-ground fuel tanks; 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 city Maintenance Shop submission pursuant to procedure as authorizedl 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 . !f'" \\,<. I'a,. ". f "< fe,I' y '~. WHEREAS, the city council finds that the proposed text amendments will allow and promote compatibility of zone districts 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 24-5-509, "Miscellaneous provisions", of Division 5 of Article 5 of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code of the city of Aspen, colorado, is hereby amended at "A. Fuel storage Tanks", which new text shall read as follows: A. Fuel storage Tanks. All fuel storage tanks shall be completely buried beneath the surface of the ground except that above-ground storage tanks may be approved as conditional Uses in the service/commercial/ Industrial and Public zone districts. section 2: section 24-5-211, service/commercial/Industrial (S/C/I), of Division 2, "Zone Districts", of Article 5 of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code of the city of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby ame~ded by adding new subsection "C (9)" to "conditional Uses", which ,new subsection shall read as follows: Sec. 5-212 C. Conditional Uses. 9. Above ground fuel storage tanks section 3: 2 ." i# '0, '\<. I,a." i,'. ":. ',< .' ~, \i, ,<, section 24-5-220, "Public (PUB)", of Division 2, "Zone District", of Article 5 of Chapter 24 of the Municipal Code of the city of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended by adding new subsection "c (4)" to "Conditional Uses", which new subsection shall read 'as follows: Sec. 5-221 C. Conditional Uses. 4. Above ground fuel storage tanks section 4: 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 5: 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 6: A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on the~ day Of~,_ 1992 in the city council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, A~pen co~rado, 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 ..Y-1 ~ day of 3 .1.',"'" ~ ' 1992. (\'. ~ .,~ (I) (. FINALLY, adopted, passed and ~ 1992. ATTEST: '. ~W~ Kathryn . Koch, City Clerk -- ~ ~- John B nnet~ Mayor apP:o~ t~a ~ day of ~,..- . Frank Peters, Mayor Pro Tem 4