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Home My WebLink AboutPEC130001 recommendation of approval form Project Name:AMENDMENT TO DISTRICT BOUNDAPEC Number: PEC130001 Project Description: AMENDMENT TO LRMP- CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUNDIAL PLAZA TO ALLOW PUBLIC PARK Participants: OWNER TOWN OF VAIL 01/08/2013 75 S FRONTAGE RD W VAIL, CO 816575096 APPLICANT TOWN OF VAIL 01/08/2013 75 S FRONTAGE RD W VAIL, CO 816575096 Project Address: Location: SUNDIAL PLAZA IN THE LIONSHEAD MALL Legal Description:Lot: C Block: Subdivision: VAIL LIONSHEAD FILING 1 Parcel Number:2101-063-2500-2 Comments:Recommendation of approval to TC BOARD/STAFF ACTION Motion By:Kurz Action: APPROVED Second By:Cartin Vote:7-0-0 Date of Approval: 01/28/2013 Conditions: Cond: 8 (PLAN): No changes to these plans may be made without the written consent of Town of Vail staff and/or the appropriate review committee(s). Planner: PEC Fee Paid: $1,300.00 TOWN OF VAIL' a !JAN 08 2013 W� I : ao !Q►1l1�1� E�I� �'i�� Department of Community Development 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Tel : 970-479-2128 www.vailgov.com Development Review Coordinator Amendment to District Boundaries (Rezoning) or Zoning Ordinance Application for Review by the Planning and Environmental Commission General Information: An amendment of the zoning regulations or change in zone district boundaries may be initiated by the Town Councif, by the Planning and Environmental Commission, by petition of any resident or property owner in the Town, or by the Administrator. Required criteria and findings for such petition are stated in Section 12-3-7C, Vail Town Code. Relevant sections of the Vail Town Code can be found on the Town's website at www.vailgov.com. The proposed project may also require other permits or applications and/or review by the Design Review Board and/or Town Council. Fee: $1300 Description of the Request: A text amendment to the Lionshead Master Plan adopted Dec 15, 1998 and updated December 22, 2011. Applicant is requesting an amendment to Section 5.8.6. See attached. Physical Address: Tract C Lionshead 6th Filing Parcel Number: 2101-063-25-002 (Contact Eagle Co. Assessor at 970-328-8640 for parcel no.) Property Owner: Town of Vail Mailing Address: �5 South Frontage Road West, Vail, CO 81657 Phone: 970-479-2337 Owner's Signature: Primary ContacU Owner Representative: Gregg Barrie Mailing Address: 1309 Elkhorn Drive, Vail, CO 81657 Phone: 9�0-479-2337 E-Mail: 9barrie@vailgov.com Fax: 970-479-2166 For O�ce Use Only: Cash_ CC: Visa / MC Last 4 CC # Exp. Date: Auth # Check # Fee Paid: ..(� �j--�P�r-� /�-�— Received Fro Meeting Date: ��;�,\ � � PEC No.: �.�� l� L�0 (� � Planner. ��1 �— ProjectNo: ��i�c� d7S� Zoning: Land Use: Location of the Proposal: Lot: Block: Subdivision: �.. 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K f�TJTAI ili�►/��ils►/! series of gateways, portals, landmarks and useful public spaces that will increase and enhance the character and identity of the pedestrian environment. 4.10.1 Gateways and Portals Gateways and portals are elements that signify important points of entry and transition and serve to reinforce the identity and functionality of both. They are announcements of direction and relative importance. Gateways can be created using building forms, landscaping, paving patterns, or signage. Portals and gateways are discussed in the architectural design guidelines (see chapter 8). The creation of gateways and portals is encouraged as a basic component of redevelopment, especially in transition areas between different domains, or public, semi-public, and private areas. A change in the hierarchy of the surrounding environment should be announced and well delineated. There are several critical locations where gateway and portals need to occur (see Map R). 410.1.1 Vehicular Gateways Because the majority of people coming to Lionshead arrive by vehicle, it is important that the vehicular arrival points announce and help establish the identity of Lionshead. The two primary vehicular gateways are the east and west boundaries of the study area on South Frontage Road (see Map R). Landscaping, signage, and the adjacent buildings should all communicate to motorists that they have entered the Lionshead resort area. Secondary vehicular gateways include all of the cross-streets that access Lionshead from the frontage road. These intersections should have a consistent landscape treatment and visible directional signage. A consistent signage package announcing the lodging destinations on each street should be an integral component of South Frontage Road improvements. 4.10.1.2 Pedestrian Portals/ Gateways Four primary pedestrian portals are critical to establishing the character and identity of Lionshead (see Map T): 1) the pedestrian entry on the west end of the parkiny stnicture; 2) the top of the grade transition from the north day lot into the retail mall; 3) the intersection of West Lionshead Circle and Lionshead Place at the western end of the retail mall; and 4) the transition between the ski yard and the retail mall. 4.10.2 Landmarks A landmark is a significant architectural element that all the visitors to Lionshead can identify and remember. Landmarks signify important points of entry, turning points and critical intersections in the pedestrian network, as well as destinations and visual reference points. The single landmark in Lionshead today is the Gondola clock tower, which will be replaced with the Vail Associates core site redevelopment. Appropriate locations for new landmarks in Lionshead are the east pedestrian portal, the central retail mall adjacent to the main pedestrian plaza, and the west pedestrian portal adjacent to the intersection of West Lionshead Circle and Lionshead Place. In addition, the potential 4-41 civic center complex at the east end of the parking structure should function as a significant architectural landmark for the east end of Lionshead. 411 Public Art Through the Art in Public Places board, the Town of Vail has long recognized the importance of public art in pedestrian environments. Future development and redevelopment projects in Lionshead, especially projects impacting the retail mall and primary pedestrian environments, should seek to incorporate public art according to the Town of Vail Art in Public Places Master Plan (not adopted as of the writing of this document). Pedestrian circulation systems, portals and gateways, landmarks, pedestrian plazas and architecture all present opportunities to incorporate public art. 4.12 Youth Recreation Throughout the masterplan process there was public input regarding the need for both indoor and outdoor non-skier related recreation opportunities for children and youth. Since the removal of the playground south of Gare Creek in 1995, the only such activities include the Vail Associates putt-putt golf course and the open play field of the ski yard. As the redevelopment of Lionshead progresses the creation of a programmed children's play area should be a community priority. Programmatic components of such as play area could include "tot-lot" play equipment, a volleyball court, swing sets, and creative play struchues. Landscaping, benches, and picnic tables should also be integrated into the design such a play area. The location of such a play area will need to be readily accessible from the Lionshead pedestrian mall area and the Gore Creek recreation path, and will require good southern solar exposure. In addition to the play area described above, the potential of integrating children's play areas into the Lionshead pedestrian retail mall should be considered when improvements to the mall are made. Good examples of such play areas can be found in the Aspen, Breckenridge, and Boulder pedestrian retail districts. 4.13 Live Beds The maintenance, preservation, and enhancement of the live bed base are critical to the future success of Lionshead and as such, special emphasis should be placed on increasing the number of live beds in Lionshead as the area undergoes redevelopment. The Lionshead area currently contains a"large percentage of the Town's overall lodb ng bed base. The bed base in Lionshead's consists of a variety of residential and lodging products including hotels, condominituns, timeshares and hybrids of all three. The vast majority of live beds in Lionshead are not accommodation units in hotels, but instead, in dwelling units in residential condominiums such as the Vail 21, Treetops, Antlers Lodge, Lion Square Lodge, Lifthouse Lodge, Landmark Tower and Townhomes, Lionshead Arcade, and Montaneros, all of which have some form of rental/property management program that encourages short term rental of dwelling units when the owners are not in residence. It has been the experience in Lionshead that condominium projects which include a voluntary rental management program have occupancy rates which exceed the occupancy rate of hotel products, and therefore tend to provide mare live beds and produce more lodging tax revenues to the Town. Applications far new development or redevelopment which maintain, preserve, and enhance the live bed base in Lionshead have a significantly greater chance of approval in the development review process than those which do not. 4-42 5.8 Lionshead Retail Core The Lionshead retail core (see figure 5-8) is comprised of the Vail Associates core site, the surrounding pedestrian mall environment, and the retail faces of adjacent buildings. This central area is the heart and soul of Lionshead and constitutes the most critical area for public and private improvements. The Vail Associates core site represents the most likely near-term redevelopment project, but it is essential that the Town of Vail take all available steps to encourage and facilitate other efforts to enhance and redevelop the retail core. Specific recommendations are as follows: 5.8.1 Build-To Lines A signiiicant proble opposing retail faces, m in the retail mall today is the excessive distance between which causes pedestrians to interact with only one side of the street. To remedy this, build-to lines are recommended (see Map S) to create a continuous, well-defined retail experience in which all ground floor spaces directly address the pedestrian street. Of special note, the corridor defined by the build-to lines between the existin� Landmark retail and Sunbird Lodge is centered on Tract C. In other words, the build-to lines in this east-west corridor will impact both the Vail Associates property and the Landmark Retail property equally. 5.8.2 Ground Level Retail Expansion Opportunities Ground floor retail expansion should be encouraged on existin� structures that do not currently extend to their designated build-to lines and are not likely to be completely redeveloped. The most significant places for jround floor retail expansion are the east face of the Vail 21 building and the south and west faces of the Lionshead Arcade building. 5.8.3 Pedestrian Connections Through the Core Site There is a critical north-south pedestrian connection between the ski yard and the proposed transportation and skier drop-off uses on the north day lot. This connection will require at least one north-south penetration through the Vail Associates core site, and there is an opportunity to create a second one, as shown in figure 5-9. The east- west pedestrian corridor originating at the east Lionshead pedestrian portal should also be extended into the Vail Associates core site, connecting with the north-south corridors. These connections should be part of the "primary retail mall" (see site design guidelines, chapter 6) to reinforce the village character of the core. It is not necessary that flanking architectural forms be completely separated in order to define pedestrian corridors. Instead, opportunities to create significant architectural portals are encoura�ed to hijhlight the transition from one public space into another. 5.8.4 Hierarchy of Pedestrian Space The Lionshead retail core is composed of a hierarchy of primary and secondary pedestrian corridors and spaces (see site design guidelines, chapter 6), shown in figure 5-9. While both are important to the total retail environment, the primary should read as the dominant pedestrian flow pattern. 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The sunny south-facing sides of buildings (for example, at the Lifthouse Lodge and the creek side of the VA core site) are ideal for restaurants. The shadier north-facin� sides are more appropriate for retail uses that do not bene�t as much from a direct relationship with the outdoors. Use of �round floor commercial space for o�ces is not recommended on the primary pedestrian mall; these businesses should be located instead on the second story or outside the main pedestrian corridor. S.S.b Plazas and Nodes Dynamic pedestrian plazas and nodes are encouraged at each significant intersection in the retail core. Successful plazas are those that have good sun exposure, that are located on primary pedestrian corridors, and that are properly proportioned to encoura�e seatin�;, eating, gatherin� and events. Successful naies are concentrations of activities, landmarks and spaces where people w�.nt to congregate. Focal elements such as fountains, landscaping, and public art help to give each node a unique idenrify and serve as visual reference points. A funda,mental objective of the master plan is to introduce these qualities in the Lionshead core. , The central Lionshead public plaza, for example (shown in figure 5-10), presents an opportunity to create a vibrant center of activity surrounded by active retail and restaurant spaces and animated with an ice rink. The development of a small infill �� rn� building at the north ed�e of the plaza is recommended to de�ne the space and introduce / additional retail opportunities. The buildin� could incorporate an underground service '� and delivery corridor to the north day lot transportation center, A food and beverage operation on a rooftop deck over this structure could provide a unique ��antage point marking the new north Lionshead pedestrian portal and opening views into the central Lionshead plaza and up to the mountain. Because the Lionshead pedestrian mall is also an emergency vehicle access carridor, its proportions and the design of the elements within it must accommodate the turning movements and clearance requirements of fire trucks and other larbe �ehicles. 5.8.7 The Core Site as a Priority Location for a Resort Hotel The Vail Associates core site has been identi�ed as a priority location for a high•end resort hotel. Although the hotel would be a private development, the Town of Vail should take all reasonable measures to encourage and facilitate this goal. The benefits of a hotel in the Lionshead core, discussed throughout this document, include a signif'icant increase in the Lionshead "live" bed base, an increase in the number of visitors in the retail core, and a stron�er identity as a �esort destination. 5.8.8 Pedestrian/ Retail Connection to West Lionshead Circle The most important missing link in the Lionshead retail mall is a direct connection between the east end of the Montaneros condominiums and ihe intersection of West Lions�iead Cucle and Lionshead Place. This connection would connect the Lionshead mall to West Lionshead Circle and would remove the awkward grade transition at 5-18