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Home My WebLink Aboutcoa.lu.sr.120 E Main St.A34-92 r-, .~ CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET City of Aspen DATE RECEIVED: 04/20/92 DATE COMPLETE: PARCEL ID AND CASE NO. 2735-124-38-002 A34-92 STAFF MEMBER: LL PROJECT NAME: (Old) Pitkin Countv Librarv Special Review to Reduce Parkinq Mitiqation Project Addres~~Main street Legal Address: Lots M. N & 0: Block 66 APPLICANT: Pitkin Countv Applicant Address: REPRESENTATIVE: Representative Address/Phone: Sunnv Vann: Vann Associates 230 East Ho?kins Avenue Aspen. CO 81611 -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- PAID: (YES) NO AMOUNT: $ NO. OF COPIES RECEIVED 1 TYPE OF APPLICATION: 1 STEP: 2 STEP: P&Z Meeting Date PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO VESTED RIGHTS: YES NO CC Meeting Date PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO VESTED RIGHTS: YES NO Planning Director Approval: Insubstantial Amendment or Exemption: Paid: Date: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- REFERRALS: City Attorney city Engineer Housing Dir. Aspen Water city Electric Envir.Hlth. Aspen Con. S.D. Mtn Bell Parks Dept. Holy Cross Fire Marshall Building Inspector Roaring Fork Energy Center School District Rocky Mtn NatGas State HwyDept(GW) State HwyDept(GJ) Other DATE REFERRED: INITIALS: ===========================================================~~A1 FINAL ROUTING: DATE ROUTED: / - )' a INITIAL;'~C ___ City Atty ___ City Engineer ___Zoning ___Env. Health ___ Housing Other: ti:ty ~~ FILE STATUS AND LOCATION: i I I I I '.'1 :;, I I I I I I I I I I I' I I I *Iii \/*~'" O()9201 f"""'... : l.:~, _'1 ,~ CITYOF1 ASPEN PIll(IN COUNTY LIBRARY 1::'<) E. I"!AIN ,;SPEN, CO fJjjj PO APPROVAL 81611 7/3 ( DATE 201.938 PURCHnORDER # PLEASE INVOICE: CITY OF ASPEN ACCOUNTS F'AYABLE 130 SO. GALENA ST. ASPEN" COL.ORADO PHONE #,,~ - = - 9C 503/'"I..:'MU"''',.Ju ) SHIP TO: CITY OF ASPEN PLANNING f" ZONING 1.30 S GALENA ST ASPEN, CO SHIP DATE: ()"i"/28/CJ2 REQUESTED BY: IvIAI"! FOr:: REQUISITION #: ':'>(>'7~n-' REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME AND PHONE # VENDOR PHONE # VENDOR TAX ID # QUANTITY I UNIT 1. I DESCRIPTION REFUND OF CODE AMENDt1ENT APPLICATION FOR PITKIN COUNTY LIBRARY MADE BY r-::' I Tl< I ti~ COUNTY I UNIT PRICE 9:1.2..0000 I TOTAL PRICE $ REMARKS: F-::E:V-(.'j".!D r-;!::: C,CT)F /'t!"rf.:.::\iL:;";:: :\iT ,c)r~';-:'L_. I c;( ; .'t,TD!\: ~::'c)F;: ;'::' TI< T i\: :""t')i i!\[TY iv; (:, D r" y':,', ;:~' J: -r;. ,. ,. ....\1' . PLEASE REFERENCE por, i ';'0 ON ALL SHIPMENTS, INVOICES, AND CORRESPONDENCE. .'..,'n.' ,',_L.' THE CITY OF ASPEN SALES TAX EXEMPT NUMBER IS 98-04557 VENDOR COPY -- WHITE DEPT COPY -- YELLOW NOT A VALID PURCHASE ORDER UNLESS SIGNED FOR APPROVAL ABOVE, FINANCE COpy -- PINK 816l.1 DEPT 81611 ':'''1.'- ;::).r'~ I TOTAL 912..00 .-:,.;,.. f"""'.. July 30, 1992 .,-" JUL30 Leslie Lamont Aspen/Pitkin county Planning Office 130 S. Galena Aspen, CO 81611 RE: Pitkin County Old Library Special Review Dear Leslie: Pitkin County The County is in the process of selling the old library building, therefore we request that our application for special review be withdrawn and request a refund of fees paid. Thank you. Si~lY' ,~ Reid Haughey county Manager pcsem/wp/7.158 Administration 530 E, Main. 3rd Floor Aspen, CO 81611 (~03) 920-5200 FAX 920-5198 @ printed on recycled paper County Commissioners SuiteS 506 E. Main Street Aspen, CO 81611 (303) 920-5150 County Attorney Suite I 530 E, Main Street Aspen, CO 8161 1 (303) 920-5190 Personnel and Finance SuiteF 530 E. Main Street Aspen. CO 6161 1 (303) 920-5220 Transportation Facilities 76 Service Center Road Aspen, C081611 (303) 920-5390 I"'" I"", "'- ~ Aspen/Pit 130 Asp (303) 9 - .',!'1i:.' ,:.\1;)' , .,. JI,' ~~ t~ 11\ \"",..;;",,1.; ";"y-:f.. ',' -II ,"..#' .., :. :;_:~ .f, ,;,;:;~,(:\[f:4 .~ J,'.-;"~;~('~ '<".f l' - J.,J' - _I. I I" ,~~::~/:.(/~.\ iqg Office treet 611 20-5197 July 30, 1992 Pitkin County Finance Department 560 E. Main st. Aspen, CO 81611 RE: Application Fee Refund Dear Sir or Madam: Enclosed please find a check from the City of Aspen in the amount of $912.00 which is was for the Pitkin County Library Special Review Application fee you submitted to us on May 13, 1992. Since the application has been withdrawn we are returning this fee to you. Thank you. Sincerely, Maggie McGrath Administrative Secretary MAM/mc Enclosure @"reCYcledPaper ~ ,-". - . TO Debbie Skehan MESSAGE DISPLAY i cci Reid Haughey From: Leslie Lamont Postmark: Jul 20,92 9:15 AM' Subject: Reply to a reply: pitkin county old library special review ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reply text: From Leslie Lamont: fyi a quick note would be ok Preceding message: From Debbie Skehan: I guess we should have a letter in file withdrawing this. Thanks From Leslie Lamont: as we discussed last week this file is colsed and the county should receive a refund should i have the county write a letter asking that the file be withdrawn? or can we just call it dead -------========x========------- /L/--71-t'~/ #- '[~. 0 ) [J.(J * d00,58:7 1t1/ d <l9- r-\ !"........, APR 2 0 1(::92 V ANN ASSOCIATES Planning Consultants April 20,1992 HAND DELIVERED Ms. Leslie Lamont, AICP Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Re: Pitkin County Library Special Review Application Dear Leslie: Please consider this letter an application for special review approval to reduce the parking mitigation required pursuant to City Council Ordinance No. 15-90 for the conver- sion of the old Pitkin County Library building to office use. The application is submitted pursuant to Section 7-404.B. (and the proposed amendments thereto) of the Land Use Regulations by the Pitkin County Library. Permission for Vann Associates, Planning Consultants, to represent the Applicant was previously provided in connection with the Applicant's text amendment application. Background On February 6, 1990, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a growth manage- ment quota system exemption to permit a so-called "change-in-use" of the old Pitkin County Library building from public to office use. The GMQS exemption, which was approved pursuant to Section 8-104.B.1.b. of the Regulations, was conditioned upon the provision of sufficient parking and affordable housing to mitigate the additional demand which would theoretically result from the building's change in use. In addition, the P&Z recommended that the City Council rezone the library property from P, Public, to 0, Office, to accommodate the change in use approval. On April 23, 1990, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 90-15, which formally rezoned the library property to 0, Office. As you know, the parking and affordable housing mitigation requirement imposed by the P&Z as a condition of their GMQS exemption approval was also imposed by the City Council as a condition of the rezoning. The condition stated that the amount of parking required to mitigate the change in use was to be based upon the applicable provisions of the Regulations, and that mitigation could be accomplished via a cash-in-Iieu payment. As the Applicant had previously received an employee credit in connection with the approval of a GMQS exemption for the construction of the new library building on the 230 East Hopkins Avenue' Aspen, Colorado 81611 . 303/925-6958 . Fax 303/920-9310 f"""'.. .~ Ms. Leslie Lamont, AICP April 20, 1992 Page 2 Rio Grande property, the amount of affordable housing required to mitigate the change in use was to be based upon the total number of employees generated by the purchaser of the building. The parking and affordable housing impacts resulting from the change in use were required to be mitigated prior to the issuance of a building permit or a certifi- cate of occupancy for the building. In November of 1991, the Applicant and a prospective purchaser of the library property submitted a request to the Planning Office for a clarification of the building's parking requirement. The Applicant wished to obtain a credit against the required parking mitigation for approximately nineteen (19), off-street parking spaces located adjacent to the west side ofPaepcke Park. Tne purpose of the credit request was to reduce the extent of the parking required to mitigate the building's change in. use, thereby enhancing the marketability of the property. The Planning Director formally denied the Applicant's request for a parking credit, and the Applicant appealed the matter to the City Council for further consideration. While the Council subsequently concurred with the Director's position, they indicated that they would consider other alternatives regarding the mitigation of the library building's parking requirement. As the possibility of a code amendment to address the parking issue was raised by both the Council and the Planning Office, the Applicant is presently pursuing this alternative. An application to amend various provisions of the Regulations pertaining to the City's off-street parking requirements was submitted by the Applicant on February 27, 1992. After reviewing the application, the Planning Office recommended changes to the proposed amendments, which were subsequently approved by the P&Z on March 31. The application is scheduled for City Council review on April 27 and May 26, 1992. While it is uncertain whether the proposed amendments will be approved by the Council, the Applicant has elected to proceed with this special review application on the assump- tion that the amended code language will be adopted as drafted. Review Requirements If adopted, the Applicant's proposed code amendments will allow the P&Z to reduce the commercial parking requirement in the 0, Office, zone district from three (3) spaces to one and one-half (1-1/2) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of net leasable area, and to permit the resulting requirement to be mitigated via a payment-in-Iieu of parking. In addition, the amendments will allow the City Council to further reduce and/or waive the parking requirement established by the P&Z. A further reduction and/or waiver is also subject to special review approval, and is specifically limited to existing buildings for which a .change-in-use. GMQS exemption is requested. As Table 1 below indicates, the existing library building presently contains approximately seven thousand five hundred and ninety (7,590) square feet of net leasable area. Based on the 0, Office, zone district's commercial parking requirement of three (3) spaces per f"""'.. ,-, Ms. Leslie Lamont, AICP April 20, 1992 Page 3 one thousand (1,000) square feet of net leasable area, twenty-three (23) parking spaces would theoretically be required to meet the office needs of the building. Table 1 Net Leasable Area Calculations 1. Gross Building Area (Sq. Ft.)l Basement Ground Floor 8,120 4,150 3,970 7,590 3,790 3,800 2. Net Leasable Area (Sq. Ft.) Basement Ground Floor All numbers rounded to the nearest ten (10) square feet. As only one (1) parking space is available on-site, a maximum of twenty-two (22) additional spaces, or an equivalent cash-in-lieu payment of $330,000.00, would arguably be required to mitigate the building's off-street, parking requirement. As this require- ment substantially impacts the marketability of the building, the Applicant hereby requests special review approval from the P&Z to reduce the building's parking require- ment to one and one-half (1-1/2) spaces per one thousand square feet, and to permit this requirement to be mitigated via a cash-in-Iieu payment. The actual number of required spaces will be determined by the net leasable requirements of the building's purchaser. The Applicant's request is based upon the physically inability to provide additional parking on-site; and the proximity of the property to the downtown area, an existing RFfA bus stop, and the City's municipal parking garage. As the building's prior library use was more intensive than the proposed office use, the lack of additional on-site parking should have little, if any, adverse impact upon the surrounding area. In fact, on- street parking impacts may actually decrease, depending upon the nature of the building's future office use. The Applicant's request, therefore, is consistent with the special review criteria of Sections 7-404.B.1. and 2., as amended. To further reduce the burden of the building's parking mitigation requirement, the Applicant also requests that the P&Z recommend to the City Council that the required cash-in-Iieu payment be waived pursuant to Section 7-404.B.3., as amended. The old library building is the recipient of a prior .change-in-use" approval, and a valid public purpose would be served by retaining the building as opposed to its demolition and reconstruction. Although the building is not historic, it significantly contributes to the character of the Main Street Historic District. f""""'.. ..-.", Ms. Leslie Lamont, AICP April 20, 1992 Page 4 While no physically ability exits to provide additional parking on-site, sufficient public parking is presently available in the immediate site area to adequately serve the building. The location of a major RFfA bus stop on the property, and the Applicant's prior conveyance of an easement for transit purposes, significantly supports alternative transportation modes. Based on the above, the requested waiver should pose no detriment to the community's public health, welfare or safety. Should you have any questions, or require additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, SV:cwv Attachment c:\buslcity,applapp18192,sr