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February 1-9, 1990
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Mr. Abe Shapiro
P.O. Box 1448Vail, Colorado 8l-658
RE: Unplatted vaaant Iand tionsrldg€ Filing #1
Dear Abe:
The following is a sunmary of the Town of Vai}ts responses to
your questions listed in your Letter dated January 22, l-990'
1. Is this Lionsridge Loop roadway land owned by the Town
of VaiI?
our Town Engineer, Greg Hall, states that you will need to have a
title report conpleted on the right of way, presumably owned by
the Town of vaill in order to rnake a final deternination of
whether the town owns the land or not.
2. fs this roadway an abandoned roadhtay with no future
plans for it to be developed as a roadway?
3. If answers to #1 and #2 (above) are affirnative and if
I satisfy alt ihe town rdquirements for a single fanily
residence with a caretaker unit, would the town
consider selling the roadway land to ne?
Selli.ng the property to you nust be a decision for the Town
Council to rnlke-. Should the Council decide to sell the property,
all tbe utilities should be contacted. Your driveway to a
possible residence will need to meet town standards. If your
froject has more than one residence, 9ay a nultifanily
itev6loprnent (this would require rezoning), .the driveway would
need to rneet private road standards according to the Town
Engineer. erlg Hall also states that the driveway/roadway design
will need to meet approved engineering standards for retaining
waLls and slope stabilitY.
I also talked to Peter Patten about your request. He explainedto me that he had talked to you on the pbone around January 3
about the project. He reguested a suri\ley showing topography and
areas of 4ot slope. He also requested ttrat you indicate the road
layout and receive a letter fron the Forest Service docunenting
access rights before proceeding to the Council on the purchase.
In discussing the agricultural open space zoning with Larry
Eskwith, Tonn Attorney, it appears that in order to develop this
unplatted parcel you would need to neet the minimun lot or site
area for the agricultural. open space zone as well as buildablearea. This section of the code gtates in 18.32.050, Lot Area and
Site Dinensions, 'rthe minirnum lot or site area shall be 35 acres
with a ninimum of l acre of buildable area per dweJ.ling unitrr.
Given this zoning reguirement, my understanding is that you will
not have the acreage to meet the nininurn lot size. The land use
plan also indicates this area as open space. Give these factors,
it appears that you do not have, at present, a developable lot.
You may always reguest to rezone a parcel , however I believe site
size, land use designation, steep slopes of the site, and concern
about the feasibility of designing a road to access the site are
aL1 issues that do not nake this site very suitable for a
rezoning.
r am sorry that this letter could not be sent to you earlier.
This parcel is unusual and I felt that it was iurportant to
discuss your request with Larry Eskwith, Peter Patten and Greg
Hall. If you have any further questions please feel free to caII
me at 479-2L38. Thank you for your patience.
Sincerely,
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Senior Planner
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cc: Larry Eskwith, Town AttorneY
Greg Hall, Town Engineer
Mike Mollica, PLanner II