HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-13 An Emergency Ordinance Temporarily Suspending Acceptance and Processing of Applications, Scheduling of Public Hearings and the Issuance of Building Permits6/4/2025
ORDINANCE NO. 13
SERIES 2025
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE
ACCEPTANCE AND PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS, THE
SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND 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;
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2025, the Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 9, which
imposed a temporary suspension of 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; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds it in the best interest of the public health, safety
and welfare to suspend not only the issuance of building permits, but also the acceptance
and processing of applications and the scheduling of public hearings 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