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Henry Pratt
GPSL Architects, P.C.
1000 South Frontage Road West, Ste. 102
Vail, CO. 81657
Re: Vail Potato Patch, Block 2, Lot 8B, Solar Vail
Henry,
In conjunction with the attached Town of Vail Community Development Department “action forms”, please let this letter serve as notice of actions taken by the Town of Vail Planning and
Environmental Commission to approve, with conditions, a site specific development plan (PEC070052), conditional use permits (PEC080006), and a variance (PEC080013) for the Solar Vail
property.
Development Plan (PEC070052)
The Commission voted 5-1-0, Pierce opposed, to approve the develop plan, with the following conditions:
1. The Developer shall revise the plans prior to or concurrent with any application for Design Review to ensure the minimum standards for snow storage are met on-site. A snow storage
management plan may be provided in conjunction with any requested variance from the standards to further demonstrate the Developer’s ability to comply with Town of Vail standards;
2. Prior to or concurrent with any application for Design Review, the Developer shall submit a Master Sign Program and install signage within the parking areas designating “office” parking
and “residential/tenant” parking. Any plan submitted shall included provisions regulating maintenance of the hammerhead in the winter months free from snow storage and accumulation to
ensure use by all vehicles;
3. The Developer shall be required to submit a detailed and final lighting plan, showing all fixture locations, fixture types and lumens/output; such plan should be accompanied by cut
sheets for each proposed fixture in conjunction with any Design Review application;
4. The Developer shall be required to submit a final site re-vegetation and erosion control plan inclusive of details showing all areas to receive native re-seeding and specifying rates
of application, as well as temporary irrigation to be used, with any Design Review application;
5. The Developer shall submit final details for Design Review for any fence to be located between the Red Sandstone Elementary School site and Solar Vail. Detailing for any fence shall
compliment and otherwise match the materials, textures and colors used on the Solar Vail building;
6. The Developer shall be required to provide a building code and fire code analysis with any submittal for building permit;
7. The Developer shall obtain an access easement agreement from the Town of Vail for any and all driveway, grading, draingage, retainage, planting or other ancillary improvements on,
over or across Town owned Tract A. Such agreement shall be required to be executed prior to or in conjunction with any building permit application;
8. The Developer submits a complete set of civil engineered drawings of the Approved Development Plans including the required off site improvements, to the Town of Vail Community Development
Department for review and approval of the drawings, prior to making application for the issuance of a building permit for the Solar Vail building improvements;
9. The Developer submits a site specific geologic investigation in conjunction with any building permit application, in accordance with Section 12-21-15, Vail Town Code, for any proposed
development within a mapped Rock Fall Hazard areas;
10. The Developer shall address all the comments and conditions identified in the memorandum from the Town Project Engineer dated February 14, 2008, in conjunction with building permit
application;
11. Pursuant to Chapter 12-23, Commercial Linkage, Vail Town Code, the Developer shall provide 3.1 deed restricted bed(s), to be assigned to the approved office uses on-site, per the
approved Employee Housing Mitigation Plan; and
12. The Developer shall provide the legally executed and duly recorded Type VI deed restriction with the Eagle County Clerk & Recorder’s Office for the on-site employee housing units,
and that said units shall sized according to the Town of Vail minimum size requirements according to Chapter 12-23, Vail Town Code, and be made available for occupancy, prior to the
issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy for the Solar Vail project.
Variance to 40% slope restrictions (PEC080013)
The Commission voted 5-1-0, Pierce opposed, to approve the develop plan, with the following conditions:
Approved with no conditions.
Conditional Use Permits (PEC080006)
Approved, with the following condition:
1. The Conditional Use Permit granted for Professional Office uses will be subject to “call up” by the Town, upon any determination by the Town that parking provided on site is not adequate
to accommodate the approved conditional uses on-site.