HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09 An Emergency Ordinance Temporarily Suspending the Issuance of Building Permits Related to the Conversion of Eating and Drinking EstablishmentsORDINANCE NO. 9
Series of 2025
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE
ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS RELATED TO THE CONVERSION
OF EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS TO ANY OTHER
PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL USE IN THE SBR, SBR-2, CC-1, CC-2,
LMU-1, LMU-2, AND PA ZONE DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan encourages pedestrian-
friendly environments with a sense of place and purpose;
WHEREAS, the Vail Village Master Plan encourages activity that provides night
life and evening entertainment;
WHEREAS, the Vail 5-Year Strategic Plan emphasizes the importance of
pedestrian uses that support nightlife and promote the vibrancy of Lionshead and Vail
Village;
WHEREAS, the Town is currently drafting amendments to the Vail Town Code that
promote the goals established in the adopted Master Plans, including reducing the
conversion of eating and drinking establishments into retail establishments;
WHEREAS, eating and drinking establishments are critical to the Town's economy
and are necessary to ensure that Lionshead and Vail Village are pedestrian-friendly
environments that provide nightlife and evening entertainment;
WHEREAS, the Town has experienced an increase in applications to convert
eating and drinking establishments into retail establishments;
WHEREAS, retail establishments do not foster the same sense of place and
purpose as eating and drinking establishments;
WHEREAS, retail establishments do not provide nightlife or evening
entertainment; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds it in the best interest of the public health, safety
and welfare to suspend the issuance of building permits related to the conversion of eating
and drinking establishments to any other permitted or conditional use in the zone districts
cited herein to allow the Town Council to consider amendments to the Vail Town Code in
furtherance of the Master Plans and related goals of supporting nightlife and maintaining
vibrancy in the Town.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, THAT:
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Section 1. Based on the foregoing recitals, the Town hereby suspends the
issuance of building permits related to the conversion of an eating and drinking
establishment to any other permitted or conditional use in the Ski Base/Recreation (SBR),
Ski Base/Recreation 2 (SBR-2), Commercial Core 1 (CC-1), Commercial Core 2 (CC-2),
Lionshead Mixed Use 1 (LMU-1), Lionshead Mixed Use 2 (LMU-2), and Public
Accommodation (PA) zone districts, for 180 days from the effective date of this
ordinance.
Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would
have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 3. Pursuant to § 4.11 of the Vail Town Charter, the Town Council
hereby finds and declares that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the
public health, safety and welfare, because the suspension is necessary to prevent the
loss of eating and drinking establishments in Lionshead and Vail Village, which are critical
elements to creating a pedestrian-friendly environment with nightlife and evening
entertainment consistent with the Town's adopted master plans and to give the Town
adequate time to prepare amendments to the Vail Town Code that promotes the same.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
INTRODUCED, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL this 15th day
of April, 2025.
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Travis Coggin, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Stephanie Johnson, Acting Town Clerk