HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Study Session EP Planning Commission 2023-04-18Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, April 18, 2023
Minutes of a Study Session of the ESTES PARK PLANNING
COMMISSION of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado.
Meeting was held in said Town of Estes Park on the 18 day of April 2023.
Commission: Chair Matt Comstock, Vice-Chair Matthew Heiser,
Commissioners Joe Elkins, Howard Hanson, Chris Pawson
Attending: Comstock, Hanson, Heiser, Pawson
Also Attending: Director Jessica Garner, Planner Kara Washam, Town
Attorney Dan Kramer, Town Board Liaison Barbara
MacAlpine, Recording Secretary Karin Swanlund
Absent: Elkins
Chair Comstock started the meeting at 12:00 p.m.
Ayres Associates, the consultants working on the Missing Middle Code Amendment,
were present and presented their current findings. Mike Scholl reviewed what was
discussed at the March Study Session. The Housing Needs Assessment and the
Strategic Plan were used to research the Missing Middle strategy. Two new zone
overlay districts are being considered to amend Chapter 9. Planned Unit Developments
of the Development Code: Mixed Neighborhood Residential and Neighborhood Village.
Matt Ashby explained that because of the unique geography of Estes Park, alternate
types of middle density are being reviewed, allowing for flexibility in building types and
project plans.
The overlay district would be up to the developer. Flexibility in addressing the
neighborhood's overall character by mixing unit design will be necessary. Ownership,
affordability and design standards are all still being looked at. This would be a multi-step
process: new zone district, rezone, platting the site and planning of the development.
Key questions to consider: Is this a workable approach; what is the balance of required
open space vs. affordability, landscaping and parking requirements?
There being no further business, Chair Comstock adjourned the meeting at 1:20 p.m.
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Recording Secretary Swanlund