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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Planning Commission 1977-05-17BRADFORD PUBLISHING CO., DENVER RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Planning Commission V' May 17, 1977 Commission: Attending: Chairman Petrocine, Members Blair, Hix, Sager, Graves, Sutter and Wagner Chairman Petrocine, Members Blair, Hix, Sager, Graves Also Attending: Secretary Hill, Town Engineer/Planner Van Horn Absent:Members Wagner and Sutter The minutes of the April 19, 1977 Planning Commission meeting were submitted and approved. MASSAGE PARLOR ORDINANCE - PUBLIC HEARING: Chairman Petrocine conducted a public hearing on the proposed amend­ ment^ to Section 1.04.020 and Chapter 17.32 of the Municipal Code re­ garding the definition of massage parlor and its allowable use in a 1 Commercial zoning district under special review.. There were no persons present speaking in favor of or in opposition to the proposed ordinance and no correspondence was received regarding the same. Only persons present in the audience were representatives of the news media and Roger Burton of Lord and Associates. Chairman Petrocine declared the hearing closed. Member Duane Blair moved the ordinance be favorably recommended to the Board of Trustees. Member Sager seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion unanimously carried, MASTER PLAN: Roger Burton of Lord and Associates commented briefly on the changes +h\M*S^er which were based on the recent study session anddistributed earlier to Planning Commission members. He stated that three copies of the revisions would be given to the Library and that Bob Lord and he will be presenting the revisions to the Presidents' Club on May 20th. The Planning Commission then scheduled a public hearing on the proposed Master Plan for June 21, 1977 at 1:30 p.m. OFF-STREET PARKING: Chairman Petrocine commented that the Planning Commission may wish to review the Town's off-street parking requirements and directed Engineer/Planner Van Horn to distribute to Planning Commission mem­ bers copies of the off-street parking ordinance and an explanation of the background of the ordinance. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. J) IoLl-lJ I'ld LV'J Joan Van Horn, Acting Secretary; U /i TOWN OF ESTES PARK Public Works Department •• William G. Van Horn Dircclor Estes Park, Colorado 80517 May 25, 1977 Dale G. Hill Estes Park Planning Commission TOWN OF ESTES PARK Post Office Box 1200 Estes Park, Colorado 80517 Dear Dale: wSfir5fs1enfctCariSfNovLS™'?97rent Parklng ordi— SSiriSS'leefSrt£aOPertie? sltuated -<=h thatPtSri«a bv 'T?f th Pr°Perty was more than 30% covered tbP The Pu^P°se of this provision was to relievehe conjested areas of individual parking responsibilitv d^fliciu'irn^ K?^30Z ?OVe?ed bySbulll?n|S wL y-^en we?ro“I?S2d ?tPwirit0 aCSUJSte ae^ial PhotOS-wcit; uDLainea, it was learned that nracticallv vision ThedpI^ftOWn di®trjct was exempt.from the 30% pro- Thf enforcement of the pre-1973 ordinance then tn ic!c mandatory to provide the necessary parking prior to issuing any building permit. prior h?HX^idUa:LS seekJng to build but unable to provide parkingAdts?n.entOUr|?r^t t0 SS?k 3 fromPthe sL^d o“g A^:-US5ment■ After several such requests, the Board of Adjustment requested that the ordinance be studlS to see rf It could be amended to be more workable. o1? t?r?S™dsi?gffteh^??S?nC 0rdin—. the belief P. O, Box 1200 1 flcphiim ( U) 1) r>Hh-5 ni Town of Estes Park Estes P.ifk, ColoivUlo fK)-)1.? Estes Park Planning Commission May 25, 1977 Page two 4. If no parking is required, and all of the private land in the downtown area will eventually be built upon; it would be extremely expensive if not impossible for the Town to acquire additional land for parking in areas in which it is needed. If parking is mandatory, a definite hardship would be imposed on individual owners because most of the lots of the original Town are not wide enough to allow for both a building and parking space. In view of the above, a payment in lieu of parking It set at the right amount, would: * AJlow development or re-development of property that could not provide its own parking, a. b. c. Provide an incentive for individuals to provide parking when possible. Help reduce the cost of public parking for those not directly benefiting from it. S7?n1?^r??:LOnS4rr|VieWed.::Ln recoinmending the amount of v730 in lieu of for each space were: a. For normal retail commercial this figure amounts to approximately 10% of building costs excluding land. It was believed that this percentage was low enough not to be a determining factor for a yes-no decision on a project. b. It was felt that the figure was high enough to be an incentive for the parking to be provided if at all possible, c. The figure amounts to approximately 30% of the average cost of recent parking developed by the Town. Realizing the possibility that the parking provided by the fee may not be adjacent to the paying property but that the people using the property would have to park on public parking somewhere, the 30% figure was believed equitable. Town of LsK'S F’ark tslf'S Park, Coior.aJo P.(r)f7 Estes Park Planning Commission May 25, 1977 Page three The new regulation has been enforced since 1973 and most of the parking requirements have been met by providing the actual parking. Two developments have paid the fee in lieu of parking. Sincerely, TOWN OF ESTES PARK Publ^ Works Department Bill Van Horn Public Works Director BVH/VO Enclosure Chapter 17.64 OFF-STREET PARKING Sections: 17.64.010 17.64.020 17.64.030 Requirements designated. Space—Construction. Space—Use restrictions. Sections; (Continued) 17.64.040 Payment in lieu of parking space. 17.64.010 Requirements designated. The following minimum off-street parking space shall be required within all applicable zoning districts in conjunction with any of the following buildings and uses; 1. Dwellings, one space for each dwelling unit; 2. Churches, hospitals and other public buildings (except schools), one space for one hundrd square feet of floor area, or major portion thereof; 3. Hotels, motels, rooming and boarding houses and similar accommodation units, one space for every rental unit; 4. Places serving food and beverages, one space for every one hundred square feet of building floor area, or major portion thereof; 5. All other business and commercial uses, one space for every two hundred square feet of building floor area, or major portion thereof; 6. Industrial and manufacturing establishments, one space for every four employees; 7. When the use of the property is such that the customers or patrons of a business or commercial enterprise do not use the floor area of a building for the primary use of the propertyone space..for'every three customers and., employees who Tise, or work at, the property at any one time. The location of the foregoing off-street parking space shall be designated on all applications for a building permit. The use of a property shall not be changed, if such use will require more off-street parking space than was required for the then current use of the property, until the above minimum off-street parking space has been provided’ for said property as required by the new use, and the location thereof furnished to the town. (Ord. 13-75 §1, 1975; Ofd. 28—73 §1, 1973: Ord. 4-72 §1, 1972; prior code §12.13(part): Ord. 185 §4(part), 1958). 17.64.020 Space—Construction. Each off-street parking space shall be not less than ten feet wide and twenty feet long; shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley; shall be surfaced with gravel, asphalt, concrete, or equivalent; shall be properly drained; and shall be located within convenient walking distance of the principal building for which the parking space is required. (Prior code §12.13 (part); Ord. 185 §4(part), 1958). > 17.64.Q 64.040 17.64.030 Space—Use restrictions. No part of an off- street parking space required for any building or used for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this title shall be included as a part of an off-street parking space similarly required for another building or use. (Prior code §12.13(part): Ord. 185 §4(part), 1958). 17.64.040 Payment in lieu of parking space. In lieu of the above requirement for off-street parking, the property^ owner may, upon the recommendation of the planning commission and the approval of the board of trustees, pay to the town the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars per required off-street parking space. The foregoing siim is to be placed in a fund for acquisition of off-street parking space by the town within the corporate limits of the town. (Ord. 28-73 §2, 1973).