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May 23, 2008
Henry Pratt
Gwathmey Pratt Schultz Lindall
1000 South Frontage Road West, Ste. 102
Vail, CO 81657
RE: Lot 8B, Block 2, Vail Potato Patch – Solar Vail
File Nos. PEC070052; PEC080006; PEC080013
Henry,
Please let this letter serve as notice of recent final approvals granted for the above referenced applications for a development plan, certain conditional uses and a variance at the
Solar Vail Site. Specifically, at their regularly scheduled meeting of March 24, 2008, the Town of Vail Planning and Environmental Commission approved the above referenced applications
with the following conditions:
PEC070052:
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, drainage, 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.
PEC080006:
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.
Also, please let this letter serve as notice of recent actions by the Vail Town Council regarding the above referenced applications. At their regular meeting of April 1, 2008, the Town
Council “called-up” or appealed the above referenced approvals. On May 6, 2008, the Vail Town Council voted unanimously to uphold the Planning and Environmental Commission’s March 24,
2008, approvals following a public hearing held to consider the appeal.
It has been my pleasure working with you and Mr. Faessler during the review of these applications. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (970) 477-3551 or shunn@vailgov.com with any
further questions regarding this matter or require assistance upon submittal for Design Review.
Regards, Cc: File
Scot Hunn
Senior Planner
Town of Vail Community Development Department
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