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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Estes Valley Planning Commission 2003-01-21BRADFORD PUBLISHING CO.RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting of the Estes Valley Planning Commission January 21, 2003,1:30 p.m. Board Room, Estes Park Municipal Building Chair Cherie Pettyjohn, Commissioners Wendell Amos, Bill Joyce Kitchen, Edward Pohl, Richard Homeier, and Dominick Taddonio Chair Pettyjohn, Commissioners Amos, Horton, Kitchen, Pohl, Homeier, and Taddonio Town Attorney White, Director Joseph, Planner Chilcott, and Recording Secretary Williamson Planner Shirk, Town Board Liaison Habecker Commission: Attending: Also Attending: Absent: Chair Pettyjohn called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. passed unanimously. 2- fSS^ded (Pohi/Homeier) that Commissioner Amos be nominated for Chair and It passed unanimously. ner Homeier be nominated .d and seconded (Kitchen/Amos) that Commissioner Home.e It was moved and secono ^ , ,y, for Vice-Chair and it passed Development passed unanimously. The newly elected Chair took over the meeting at V.35 p.m. ci thp Planning Commission o pUBLICCQMMENI Cctntps Drive would like to encour®? 0f D|ants which require less water. She a so s uld be reviewed. and it Subdivision, ou..— N0ne- . Ce Tract 69B of the First Replat of Tract 69. a Development Plan 03.02, Sundance. Tract 6 River Additon NOne' AT OF t-OT ff AHO PORT.OH - ^ 4. AMENDEDqPL ^230 Hondius Lane, Applicant. Da create |ega, lot standing for BRADFORD PUBLISHING CO.RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Estes Valley Planning Commission - January 2i, zu03 Page z “RE” Rural Estate zoning district. It is staffs opinion that granting a minor modification to the setoaoks would hetp minimize site disturbance and visual intpaot, and provide more effect™ environmental and open space preservation. These lots mntam slope^n excess cf th^ percent and are within a mapped steep slope geologic hazard a,^ston roSrol nlan subiect to staff level review should address such issues as slope stab'iity. eros|on comro,and revegSattom'rhe applicant’s engineer ha® methc^sdfor0dSeminlng recommendation plan that provides for resee g A t DroposeC| Lot 31B will come steeoness of cut slopes based on soil characteristics. Access to proposea lo from^a prev'Jously dedicated access easement that crosses proposed Lot 11 A. Paul Bennett of Van Horn Engineering was present torepresenl the applicants. He stated the applicants have no issues with the conditions of approve. Public Comment: It was moved and seconded (Honieiej/Kitchenno recornim srbrsK^^ w,th the ,ouowin9 conditions’and “:::unanirnousl^ater se(vice will require a hydraulic analysis and booster pump report ,n .ca^^^ ■ available water pressure is adequate slope and eros.on co[)trol plan or compliance wi b- SaronnSnb9eL&- The note refemng to the form ,etter to Dave sh,rk dated 5- SSlTer 24W12002. code sign will be at tn public comment; tQ the maximum __OlA to tne iTiciAi»»i%-** Item 2-Employee Housing BRADFORD PUBLISHING CO.RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Estes Valley Planning Commission - January 21, 2003 Page 3 Planner Chilcott reviewed the proposed code changes for employee housing units. Director Joseph stated that parking may become an issue for some properties where impervious coverage has reached its maximum and where there are no surplus parking spaces. He advised that the Planning Commission may be asked to grant a variance to allow impervious coverage on a site to be exceeded in order to provide employee parking, or Planning Commission could find the current parking on site underutilized and exempt the property owner from adding more parking. Thomaf BS!kie28t64 East 36th, spoke in favor of the code change. He feels it would give the staff increased flexibility. He stated that most employee parking would be used in the evening: therefore a daytime business could have a shared parking agreement. It was moved and seconded (Pohl/Horton)to recommend acceptance of the code c,jange to the Town Board of Trustees and the Board of County Commissioners of Item 2 Employee Housing in the Nonresidential Zoning Districts to the Estes Va y Development Code, Block 6 and It passed unanimously. Item 1 - Accessory Use (Including Home Occupations) and Accessory Structures Director Joseph stated that staff would like to work on this item and bnng it back for and other accessory uses. John Spooner, nrenrber oHhe Car as an accessory use and this w°u'^'"c'urirt det|cted structures. He stated that the rode is no distinction made between attached an eallations The Car Club feels that the so complex that it is diffiouU to "P7?* *®eerq,hey believe an accessory bulling rould eouation should be a function of lot size, howeve neryhaDs up to twice the size. The Car be larger than the principle dwelling o"Jargerj^ U |ccesP0[yPbui|ding, He stated that by makingethe acreSory'bundtn^af^ndion^oUhe^^zeoUheJwse you ™y^enc»^ra| bSevesthere shmdd become control over the size of the accessory building attach Ti™.. T'S "SSSSlSS'.'IS™" “ ^ garage that he finds offensive. BRADFORD PUBLISHING CO.RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Estes Valley Planning Commission - January 21,2003 Page 4 Commissioner Kitchen stated that an accessory structure should not be based on the size of the house. She feels it could force people to build bigger homes in order to have a large accessory structure. She is also concerned about the slope of a lot, which has not been considered. 7 DM^TJoseph stated that the Town Board voted to reject the Block 5 Highway Corridors DesianStandardsatthe January 14.2003 meeting. He believes the people that objected to the oroDOsed regulations where opposed to the Town Board taking any steps in the direction to reoulate He9stated that following the meeting he has received calls from property owners that wSd to hfhavesome volunta^ design guidelines. He advised be developed for property owners to use on a voluntary base^Hefeels this wouia pursuing and might move the design guidelines in the right direction. Chair Amos stated that he does not want to work on a design handbook Utat is not going to be used unless there is some community support and an Ordinance is passed. There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m. Wendell Amos, Chair J^cq^lyn Williamson, Recording Secretary