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SILVIA DAMS PITF IN COUNTY CLERK & RECORDER ROCOQi DOC UCC
AN ORDINANCE OF THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
AMENDING ARTICLE 3 OF THE PITHIN COUNTY LAND USE REGULATIONS IN
ORDER TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ZONE DISTRICT FOR THE
ASPEN METRO AREA AND THE EXTENDED ASPEN METRO AREA AS DEFINED BY
THE ASPEN AREA COMMUNITY PLAN.
ORDINANCE NO.9(c—l I
Recitals
1. The Aspen Area Community Plan(hereinafter "The Plan")recommends the adoption of an
Affordable Housing zone district inPitkin County, and the Plan also recommends refinement of the
existing Affordable Housing zone district in the City with additional revisions to the Resident
• Occupied category housing; and
2. The Aspen Area Community Plan also created a metro area development allocation pool
that requires any changes to the development review process for the metro area to be reviewed by
both the City and County Planning and Zoning Commissions as the Growth Management
Commission; and
3. The Plan establishes a goal that 60 percent of the Aspen Area work force should live up
valley of Aspen Village Mobile Home Park;
4. The Plan recommends that on certain large acreage parcels, "micro community" •
development may be appropriate.
5. The Community Development staff proposed to both the joint Planning and Zoning
Commissions and the Council and Board of County Commissioners the adoption of the Affordable
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Housing zone district in Pitkin County and additional revisions to the City's Affordable Housing
zone district; and
6. The Board of County Commissioners and the City Council did conduct several work
sessions with regard to the proposed amendments and the overall coordinated goals and objectives
of the Affordable Housing amendments as they relate to the Aspen Area Community Plan; and
7. The joint City and County Planning and Zoning Commissions held several work sessions
and did conduct public hearings to review the proposals on August 1, 1995, and again on
September 26, 1995; and
8. Upon review and consideration of the text amendment, agency and public comment
thereon, and those applicable standards as contained in the Pitkin County Land Use Code, the
• Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the text amendments
recommended by the Community Development staff;,and
9. The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners has reviewed and considered the text
amendments under the applicable provisions of the Pitkin County Land Use Code, has reviewed
and considered those recommendations by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and has taken
and considered public comment at public hearing; and
10. The Board of County Commissioners find that the text amendments meet or exceeds all
applicable development standards and is consistent with the goals and elements of the Aspen Area
Community Plan; and
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11. The Board of County Commissioners find that the proposed text amendment will allow and
promote better site design, encourage family-oriented affordable housing, promote housing
proposals that reflect surrounding neighborhood.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY DO HEREBY AMEND THE PITKI■ COUNTY
LAND USE CODE TO CREATE THE FOLLOWING NEW ZONE DISTRICTS:
Sec.3-40.71 Affordable Housing/Planned Unit Development(All 2/PUD).
A. INTENT. The purpose of the Affordable Housing(AH/2 PUD) zone district is to provide
for the use of land for the production of Category 1,2,3,and 4 affordable housing and
resident occupied units and lots (as defined by the Housing Authority Guidelines of the
Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority)within the Aspen Metro area. The zone district
also permits a limited component of free market units to off-set the cost of developing
• affordable housing. It is contemplated that land may also be subdivided in connection with
a development plan.
The Affordable Housing (AH 2/PUD)zone district is intended for residential use primarily
by permanent residents of the community. Recreational and institutional uses customarily
found in proximity to residential uses are included as special review uses. Commercial
uses which are accessory to the housing development are also included as special
review uses. Lands in the Affordable Housing (AH 2/PUD)zone district should be
scattered throughout the Metro Area to ensure a mix of housing types, including those
which are affordable by its working residents; at the same time the Affordable Housing (AH
2/PUD) zone district can protect the area's neighborhoods from rezoning pressures that
other non-community oriented zone districts may produce. Further, lands in the Affordable
Housing(AH 2/PUD)zone district should be located within walking distance of activity
areas or on transit routes, and on pedestrian and bicycle trails. The County AH zone
district Metro area regulations only apply within the Metro area, outside of the Aspen city
limits,as described in the definition section of the County Land Use Code.
B. Allowed Uses. The following uses are permitted as of right in the Affordable Housing(AH
2/PUD) zone district.
1. Residential uses restricted to Category 1,2,3, and 4 affordable housing guidelines
• and resident occupied units(as defined by the Housing Authority Guidelines of the
Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority).
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• 2. Accessory Buildings and Uses
3. Bus Stop and/or transit facilities
4. Day Care Centers
5. Home Occupations
6. Parks,Playground, Playing Fields
7. Solar Energy Collectors (Private Use)
8. Trails
C. Special Review Uses: The following uses are subject to special review:
- 1. Agriculture Stands
2. Caretaker Dwelling Units
3. Cemeteries
4. Churches
5. Club Houses or Recreational Buildings Used in connection with and accessory to a
permitted outdoor recreational use
6. Community Health Facilities
7. Dormitory Housing
8. Employee Dwelling Units
• 9. Farm Buildings
10. Golf Courses
11. Mobile Homes
12. Nursing, Convalescent, Rest, and Retirement Homes
13. Outdoor Recreational Uses
14. Commercial uses accessory to the housing development.
15. Prefabricated Homes not requiring building code exceptions
16. Satellite Reception Devices
17. Schools/Universities
18. Sewage Disposal Areas/Landfills/Water Plants
19. Uses,Activities and Facilities Permitted by Special Use Permit Issued by Federal
Agencies
20. Water Crossing and Diversion
D. Prohibited I Tses: The following uses are prohibited in the Affordable Housing(AFI) Zone
District.
1. Airport
2. Alpine Ski Areas and Support
3. Amusement and Entertainment Establishments
4. Animal Production and Husbandry Services, and Other Farm and Agricultural Uses
• 5.
6. Commercial Automobile Parking Lots
Commercial Camping Areas
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7. Commercial Firewood Splitting, Storage and Sales
8. Commercial Kennels and Veterinary Clinics
9. Commercial Riding Stables
10. Equipment Supplies and Contraction or Subcontraction
11. Essential Government and Public Utility Uses,Facilities and Services
12. Financial Institutions
13. General Services
14. Guest Ranches
15. Hospitals
16. Junk Yards
17. Logging
18. Medical/Dental Clinics
19. Mineral Exploration/Mining Concrete Batch Plants
21. Motels, Hotels, Lodges
22. Nordic Ski Areas and Support Facilities
23. Offices
24. Places for Retailing of Goods (where structures and businesses are greater than to
12,000 square feet of gross floor area)
25. Professional Offices
• 26. Radio Transmitting Station
27. Research Facilities, Indoors
28. Research Facilities, Other
29. Resort Cabins
30. Restaurants and Bars
31. Timesharing/Fractional Fees
32. Uses not Listed
33. Vehicle and Aircraft Sales and Service
D. Dimensional requirements. The following dimensional requirements shall apply to all
permitted and Special Review uses in the Affordable Housing(Ali) zone district.
1. Minimum lot area: 3,000 square feet
2. Minimum lot area per Principal Use is dependent upon the type of Affordable
Housing:
a. Detached residential dwelling: 3,000
b. Duplex: 1,500
c. For multi-family dwellings on a lot of less than 27,000 square feet or
between 27,000 square feet and 43,560 square feet or less when approved by
special review pursuant to Section 3-20,the following square feet
. requirements apply:
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1) Studio: 300
2) 1 bedroom: 400
3) 2 bedroom: 800
4) 3 bedroom: 1,200
5) Units with more than 3 bedrooms: One(1) bedroom per 400 square
feet of lot area.
. d. For multi-family dwellings on a lot of more than 27,000 square feet (except
when varied by special review)the following square feet requirements
apply:
1) Studio: 1,000
2) 1 bedroom: 1,250
3) 2 bedroom: 2,100
4) 3 bedroom: 3,630
5) Units with more than 3 bedrooms: One (1) bedroom per 1,000
square feet of lot area.
3. Minimum lot width(feet):
• Minimum Front Yard Setback:
Minimum Side Yard Setback:
Minimum Rear Yard Setback:
Maximum Height Principal and Accessory Structures: _
Minimum distance between buildings on the lot:
Minimum usable Open Space per Dwelling Unit:
To be determined during PUD review, based upon the criteria in Section 3-170
including but not limited to neighborhood compatibility and adjacent zone
district regulations.
4. Maximum Floor Area Ratio: The allowable floor area permitted in this zone is
determined by the following table and shall be applied to the proposed fathering
parcel. Floor area allocations on newly proposed subdivided lots shall be
determined as part of the Planned Unit Development review, but in no case shall
they cumulatively exceed the provisions of this section. Sites may be developed up
to 85%of the allowed floor area. Up to 100%of the floor area may be permitted by
special review, pursuant to Section 3-20.
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Lot Size Allowable Square Feet
0--15,000 square feet 1.1:1
15,001 square feet--25,000 square feet 1:1
25,001 —43,560 square feet .8:1
>1 acre-- 3 acres .6:1
>3 acres--6 acres .36:1
>6 acres .3:1
E. Off-street parking requirement. Parking standards in the AH 2/PUD zone shall be consistent
with the provisions of Section 3-1108, except for residential uses which shall be established
by special review pursuant to Section 3-20. The maximum number of parking spaces
required shall not exceed 1 space/bedroom for Free Market Units. Parking spaces shall not
exceed 1 space/bedroom or 2 spaces/dwelling unit, whichever is less for the Deed
Restricted Units (Category of Resident Occupied Units).
Sec. 3-40.72 Affordable Housing/Planned Unit Development(AH 3/PUD).
A. INTENT. The purpose of the Affordable Housing (AH 3/PUD)zone district is to provide
S . for the use of land for the production of Category 1,2,3, and 4 affordable housing and
resident occupied units (as defined by the Housing Authority Guidelines of the
Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority)within the Aspen area Community Plan
extended Metro Area. The zone district also permits a limited component of free market
units/lots to off-set the cost of developing affordable housing. It is contemplated that land
may also be subdivided in connection with a development plan. The Affordable Housing
(AH 3/PUD)zone district is intended for residential use primarily by permanent residents of
the community. Recreational and institutional uses customarily found in proximity to
residential uses are included as special review uses. Commercial uses which are accessory
to the housing development are also included as special review uses.
Lands in the Affordable Housing (AH)zone district should be scattered throughout the
AACP Housing to ensure a mix of housing types, including those which are affordable by
its working residents; at the same time the Affordable Housing (AH 3/PUD) zone district
can protect the area's neighborhoods from rezoning pressures that other non-community.
oriented zone districts may produce. Further, lands in the Affordable Housing(AH 3/PUD)
zone district should be located within walking distance on transit routes, and on pedestrian
and bicycle trails. These AR AACP housing area regulations apply to the area west of the
Metro area boundary (as described in the County Land Use Code definition section)to the
Aspen Village Mobile Home Park.
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B. Allowed Uses. The following uses are permitted as of right in the Affordable Housing (AH
3/PUD) zone district.
I. Residential uses restricted to Category 1,2,3, and 4 affordable housing guidelines
and resident occupied units(as defined by the Housing Authority Guidelines of the
Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority)
2. Accessory Buildings and Uses
• 3. Bus Stop and/or transit facilities
4. Crop Production
5. Day Care Centers
6. Home Occupations
7. Parks,Playground, Playing Fields
8. Solar Energy Collectors (Private Use)
9. Trails.
C. Special Review Uses: The following uses are subject to special review:
1. Agriculture Stands
2. Caretaker Dwelling Units
• 3. Cemeteries
4. Churches
5. Club Houses or Recreational Buildings Used in connection with and accessory to a
permitted outdoor recreational use
6. Community Health Facilities
7. Dormitory Housing
8. Employee Dwelling Units
9. Farm Buildings
10. Golf Courses
11. Mobile Homes
12. Nursing, Convalescent, Rest, and Retirement Homes
13. Outdoor Recreational Uses
14. Commercial uses accessory to the housing development.
15. Prefabricated Homes not requiring building code exceptions
16. Satellite Reception Devices . ,
17. Schools/Universities
18. Sewage Disposal Areas/Landfills/Water Plants
19. Uses,Activities and Facilities Permitted by Special Use Permit Issued by Federal
Agencies
20. Water Crossing and Diversion
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D. Prohibited Uses: The following uses are prohibited in the Affordable Housing (AH)Zone
District.
1. Airport
2. Alpine Ski Areas and Support
3. Amusement and Entertainment Establishments
4. Animal Production and Husbandry Services, and Other Farm and Agricultural Uses
5. Commercial Automobile Parking Lots
6. Commercial Camping Areas
7. Commercial Firewood Splitting, Storage and Sales
8. Commercial Kennels and Veterinary Clinics
9. Commercial Riding Stables
10. Equipment Supplies and Contraction or Subcontraction
11. Essential Government and Public Utility Uses,Facilities and Services
12. Financial Institutions
13. General Services
14. Guest Ranches
15. Hospitals
16. Junk Yards
• 17. Logging
18. Medical/Dental Clinics
19. Mineral Exploration/Mining Concrete Batch Plants
21. Motels,Hotels, Lodges
22. Nordic Ski Areas and Support Facilities
23. Offices
24. Places for Retailing of Goods(which structures and businesses are greater than
12,000 square feet of gross floor area per building)
25. Professional Offices
26. Radio Transmitting Station
27. Research Facilities,Indoors
28. Research Facilities, Other
29. Resort Cabins
30. Restaurants and Bars
31. Timesharing/Fractional Fees
32. Uses not Listed
33. Vehicle and Aircraft Sales and Service
D. Dimensional requirements. The following dimensional requirements shall apply to all
permitted and special review uses in the Affordable Housing 3/PUD (AH 3/PUD) zone
district.
• 1. Minimum lot size (square feet): 6,000
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• 2. Minimum lot area per dwelling unit(square feet):
a. Detached residential dwelling: 6,000
b. Duplex: 3,500/unit
c. For multi-family dwellings:
1) Studio: 1,000
2) 1 bedroom: 1,250
3) 2 bedroom: 2,000
4) 3 bedroom: 3,000
d. Units with more than 3 bedrooms: One(1)bedroom per 400 square feet of
lot area.
3. Minimum open space requirement per dwelling unit- 1,200 square feet
4. Minimum lot width(feet):
Minimum Front Yard Setback:
Minimum Side Yard Setback:
Minimum Rear Yard Setback:
• Maximum Height Principal and Accessory Structures:
Minimum distance between buildings on the lot:
To be determined during PUD review, based upon the criteria in Section 3-170
including but not limited to neighborhood compatibility and adjacent zone
district regulations.
5. Maximum Floor Area Ratio: The allowable floor area permitted in this zone is
determined by the following table and shall be applied to the proposed fathering
parcel. Floor area allocations on newly proposed subdivided lots shall be
determined as part of the Planned Unit Development review, but in no case shall
they cumulatively exceed the provisions of this section. Sites may be developed up
to 85%of the allowed floor area. Up to 100%of the floor area may be permitted by
special review,pursuant to Section 3-20.
Lot Size Allowable Square Feet
0-15,000 square feet 1.1:1
15,001 square feet--25,000 square feet 1:1
25,001 —43,560 square feet .8:1
>1 acre -- 3 acres .6:1
• >3 acres — 6 acres .36:1
>6 acres .3:1
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E. Off-street parking requirement. Parking standards in the AH 3/PUD zone shall be consistent
with the provisions of Section 3-1108,except for residential uses which shall be established
by special review pursuant to Section 3-20. The maximum number of parking spaces
required shall not exceed 1 space/bedroom for Free Market Units. Parking spaces shall not
exceed 1 space/bedroom or 2 spaces/dwelling unit,whichever is less for the Deed
Restricted Units(Category of Resident Occupied Units).
Sec. 3-150.100 Dwelling Units constructed in the All Zone District shall be amended to
read as follows:
Shall be comprised of at least seventy(70)percent of the unit mix, of the development. Of
this 70%,40% of the units/lots must be deed restricted to Category 1,2,3 or 4
pursuant to the Affordable Housing Guidelines, and Resident Occupied units may
comprise up to thirty(30) percent of the unit mix. Free market development may
comprise up to thirty (30) percent of the unit mix. However, only 40%of a project's
bedrooms may be located within free market or Resident Occupied units. Category
housing or resident occupied housing must comprise at least 60% of the bedroom mix
of the project. Despite these requirements, projects may be comprised of all Category deed
• restricted or Resident Occupied units. In the event that no free market development is
proposed as part of the project, the limitation on Resident Occupied units and bedroom mix
shall not apply. Residential uses may be comprised of single-family, duplex and multi-
family dwelling units.
Article 8 Definitions shall be amended to include a definition of the Aspen Metro Area as follows:
Metro Are.n means an area with the following boundaries: Beginning on the east end of
town(towards Independence Pass),the Metro Area begins on the east property boundary of
the Preserve Subdivision next to the North Star Preserve.
The Metro area Boundary crosses the Roaring Fork River and Highway 82 and connects
with the eastern property boundary of the Mountain Valley Subdivision. At the highest
point on the NE property boundary of the Mountain Valley Subdivision, the Metro Area
boundary line follows a ridge up Smuggler Mountain to the 10,000 foot elevation line
heading northerly until it intersects with the Smuggler Mountain Road. The Metro Area
boundary then heads westerly along Smuggler Mountain Road until it hits the upper
turnaround(8900 foot elevation line). At that point the Metro Area boundary line follows a
road northwesterly (the road to Wilk Willcinson's house vs. the main Smuggler Mountain
Road)until the road intersects with the main Smuggler Mountain Road. At the intersection
of the Hunter Creek Loop Road/Smuggler Mountain Road and the deck, the Metro Area
S boundary begins to follow private property boundaries, crossing Hunter Creek to the top of
Red Mountain at the 10,400 foot elevation line. The Metro Area boundary then follows the
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• Red Mountain ridge line until it intersects with private property boundaries until it intersects
with McLain Flats Road at the Slaughterhouse Bridge.
From the Slaughterhouse Bridge heading westerly the Metro Area boundary follows the
Roaring Fork River.
The boundary heads southwesterly when it intersects with the ACSD property boundary
and the easterly boundary of Wally Mills' property.
The Metro area boundary then heads westerly until it intersects with Brush Creek Road and
Highway 82. The Metro area boundary then heads easterly along the southerly Highway 82
right-of-way line through Shale Bluffs. The Metro area boundary then intersects with
private property boundaries heading easterly along the ridges and or subdivision property
lines, inclusive of the West Buttermilk Subdivision,that frame the valley floor to the
southwest of the airport until you reach the eastern edge of Buttermilk Mountain/Tiehack
ski area. At the eastern edge of the Eagle Pines subdivision where it intersects with the
8200 foot elevation line, the Metro area boundary continues to follow southeasterly
following the valley corridor until it turns (still on the 8200 foot elevation line) up along the
western side of the Maroon Creek drainage.
• At the point where 8300 foot elevation line intersects with the Maroon Creek Ranch
subdivision,the Metro Area boundary turns easterly, crosses Maroon Creek and connects
with the southeasterly property line of the (private portion) of the Highlands Ski area. The
boundary follows southeasterly until it intersects with the 8400 foot elevation line, then
heads northeasterly until it intersects with the southern boundary of the City of Aspen
Water plant property following that property line until the outflow water line crosses under
Castle Creek Road to Castle Creek.
On the eastern edge of Castle Creek the Metro area line follows private property lines until
it intersects with the 8100 foot elevation line. The Metro area boundary then follows the
8400 foot elevation line around to the front of Aspen Mountain to the south of the Aspen
city limits, then easterly to the intersection of the North Star Preserve property line. At that
point the Metro area boundary heads north along the easterly edge of the Preserve
Subdivision and completes the boundary of the Aspen Metro area Growth Management
Boundaries.
---INTRODUCED,FIRST READ,AND SET FOR PUBLIC ARINGauhe-December
12, 1" - r 1. meeting o e : . ..-of County-Commissioners
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES ON THE
• 2nd day of December, 1995.
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ATTEST:
r242/W edry,c0-( k „79oc , •
Jeangte Jones, ( IES R. True, Chairman
Deputy Clerk and Recorder /
DIte
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
John Ely, Cindy Houben,
_. Coun • emey Community Development Director
INTRODUC,Fj2,FAST READ,A SEUBLIC HEARING AT THE REGULAR MEETING
ON THE a DAY OF i , 199Y. S
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE
DAY OF /l Q R t, , 1991.g
Hevc/ a cia Spaced ee�iits bica rt.ea,.l �, /9 ?C
APPROVED AND ADOPTED AFTER SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE a3A_CQ
DAY OF_IIIILLter, 1996.
PUBLISHED AFTER ADOPTION IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE 04 DAY OF
1'Q.pJIAAni , 1996.
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