HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.drac.19990812DESIGN REVIEW APPEALS COMMISSION - Minutes August 12, 1999
Roger Moyer, Vice-Chairperson, called the Special Design Review Appeals
Commission meeting to order at Noon in City Council Chambers with members
Roger Moyer, Bob Blaich, Tim Mooney and Mary Hirsch present. Steve Buettow
and Jeffrey Halferty were excused. Staff members present were Chris Bendon,
Community Development; David Hoefer, Assistant City Attorney; Jackie Lothian,
Deputy City Clerk.
REVIEW CRITERIA : a) yield greater compliance with the goals of the Aspen Area
Community Plan; b) more effectively address the issue or problem a given standard
or provision responds to; or c) be clearly necessary for reasons of fairness related
to unusual site specific constraints
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Steve Buettow was excused.
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING:
WESTEND PARTNERSHIP, 234 WEST HALLAM – WINDOW STANDARD
& ONE STORY ELEMENT
Sworn-in at the prior meeting (08/05/99): Jim Colombo, applicant. The Affidavit
of Notice was presented at the public hearing on August 5, 1999.
Chris Bendon stated that this was a continued public hearing for appeals from the
windows standard and one story element for 234 West Hallam, the East Residence.
At the prior meeting the committee requested amendments to the plan for entry
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canopy and horizontal element above the first story windows, the cantilevered-
out. It was now 12 inches and provided some relief from that front façade. The
Staff recommendation remained the same with amended conditions specific to the
window variance represented in the drawings dated August 10, 1999. The applicant
was required to seek a change order to the building permit.
Bendon said if the committee members chose to approve the one story element, then
condition #1 would have to be amended to include that standard.
Jim Colombo said that they had taken lead that majority of the board had asked for a
cantilevered element above the decks 12”. He said that they felt that it did
accommodate the interest in separation and any further expansion in that area would
become a structural problem as well a shade problem with an inhospitable condition.
It would have too much over-hang from the roofline from the inside looking out.
Colombo said it would cause shading with the southern exposure. A patina-copper
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DESIGN REVIEW APPEALS COMMISSION - Minutes August 12, 1999
element was added at 8-foot 6-inches as the board suggested and seemed to work
just fine. It distinctively showed the first floor element and there was a distinct
separation with the addition of the cantilevered element. Colombo noted the area
was also heavily treed.
Mary Hirsch noted that the changes of the door with the copper-entry lowered made
the window treatment (of the cantilever) friendlier. Colombo said that there was a
6-foot wall not shown that filled the area separating the 2 homes.
Tim Mooney stated that it was certainly an improvement and was now in
compliance. Bob Blaich said it was a real improvement on the window but he said
that there was still a problem with the 2-story element. Hirsch said the window was
an improvement and balcony was a directive for the step-back from the front door.
Moyer said that he was comfortable with a motion and the balcony over the front
door created more life. He said that with the cantilever, it broke up the front.
MOTION: Mary Hirsch moved to approve the waiver of window
standard, condition #1. for the East Residence located at 324 West
Hallam, as demonstrated in the drawings dated August 10 and the staff
report, meeting Standard B. Tim Mooney second. Roll call vote :
Blaich, no; Mooney, yes; Hirsch, yes; Moyer, yes. APPROVED 3-1
MOTION: Mary Hirsch moved to approve the request to waive the one
story element for the East Residence located at 324 West Hallam as
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demonstrated in the August 10 drawings, finding the design just as an
effective method. Tim Mooney second. Blaich, no; Mooney, yes; Hirsch,
yes; Moyer, yes. APPROVED 3-1.
Mooney said he wondered if the back of the canopy would be solid or was just the
height of the canopy re-designed. Colombo replied that there would probably be
bric-a-brac fill-in. Colombo thanked the board for the second meeting and the
recommendations.
Meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
Jackie Lothian, Deputy City Clerk
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