HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.085-75RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
1 O0 Leaves
ORDINANCE NO, 85
(Series of 1975)
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT TO BE KNO~N AS THE
"OPEN SPACE ~ OS" ZONE; STATING AS THE PURPOSE THEREOF THE
PROVISION OF OPEN SPACE TO PROMOTE SCENIC BEAUTY, CONTAIN
URBAN SPRAWL~ PROTECT AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND RE-
DUCE POLLUTION; DESIGNATING AS PERMITTED USES AGRICULTURAL
ACTIVITIES, WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, PASSIVE PARK AND RECREATIONAL
USES, AND RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT LIMITING STRUCTURES WHICH
MAY BE CONSTRUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH USES
WHEREAS, through its general plan and zoning ordinance
based thereon, the City of Aspen provides a comr~unity in which
essentially every type of land use is permitted and exits includ-
ing lands devoted to residential, commercial, industrial, office,
lodge, academic and public,park and conservation uses, and
WHEREAS, having provided this extensive range of uses,
the City Council recognizes that the category of open space land
is a land use equal in importance to the traditional categories
enumerated above, and further recognizes that the City has
essentially reached the saturation point in permitting a broad
range of developed land uses, which point cannot be exceeded with-
out an unnecessary and unjustified disregard of the importance
of leaving undeveloped that open space land still remaining
within the City limits, or providing an open space zone dis-
trict that may be applied to future annexations and
WHEREAS, ~he City Council appreciates that once portions
or all of the remaining open space land within the City limits
is permitted to develop with any substantial degree of intensity
as traditionally permitted, the opportunity to recover its open
space character will have been virtually lost and open space
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
........................... 100 Leaves
land is a critically limited and valuable resource which must be
preserved and conserved wherever possible, and
WHEREAS, the presentation and conservation of open
space land is necessary to assure its continued availability
for agricultural purposes, for use as passive parks and limited
recreational purposes, for the enjoyment of scenic beauty, for
protection of the ecology and environment, for containment of
urban sprawl, and reducsd air, water and noise pollution,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
~ection 1
That Section 24-3.2 of the Municipal Code of the City
of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended by the addition of a new
zone district, the elements of which zone district shall pro-
vide as follows:
"District
Open Space-OS
Intention
To provide areas for agricultural, passive
park and limited recreational uses;to provide
for open space areas such as to promote scenic
beauty, contain urban sprawl, protect areas of
ecological and environmental importance, and
reduce air, ~ater and noise pollution.
Permitted Uses
Agricultural uses including crop production,
orchards, pasture and grazing lands, dairying,
tree farming and other farm and agricultural
uses provided no principal buildings are con-
structed; wildlife sanctuaries; passive park
and recreational uses provided no structures
or other improvements are permitted; railway
right-of-way, but not including railway yards,
terminal or maintenance and fueling facilities.
Conditional Uses
C
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
100 Leaves
Section 2
If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such in-
validity shall not affect other provisions or applications of
the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid pro-
visions or applications, and to this end the provisions or applic-
ations of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3
That a public hearing be held on this ordinance on
, 1975 at 5:00 P.~. in the City Council
Chambers, City Hall, Aspen, Colorado, fifteen (15) days prior
to which hearing notice of the same shall be published in a news-
paper of general circulation within the City.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by
law by the City Council of the City of Aspen, at its regular
meeting held , 1975.
ATTEST:
STACY STANDLEY III, MAYOR
KATHRYN S. IC~UTER, CITY CLERK
FINALLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED ON
, 1975.
ATTEST:
STACY STANDLEY III, ~YOR
~ATHRYN S. HAUTER, CITY CLERK
-3-