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Home My WebLink AboutPEC16-0026 Narrative.pdf MICHAEL HAZARD ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE PLANNING INTERIORS The Chabad Vail Center is a small religious institution offering weekly services, educational programs and a variety of support services for the adults and children of the valley's Jewish community as well as tourists. They are seeking to acquire the 2,888 square foot upper level of the Treetops Commercial Plaza in the Lionshead Mixed Use 1 (LMU-1) Zone District for use as a religious institution as allowed as a conditional use (12-7H-3B). Anticipated Uses and Occupancy: • The Center will be staffed by Rabbi Mintz and his wife: the only projected full time occupants of the space. • As a community resource center they anticipate 2 to 10 unscheduled visitors on a typical day. • Weekly worship services, lasting approximately two and a half hours, are held on Saturday morning averaging roughly 15 people and topping out at 30 during busier holiday times. In observance of their religious norms the local community's members will arrive by foot. Similarly, out-of-town guests attending services will also arrive by foot, bolstered by the likelihood that many will be staying in nearby lodging. • Children's educational and social functions with an attendance of 5 to 12, are typically held down-valley with the exception of 8 to 10 times a year when these programs will be held at the Center. • Evening classes, lasting two hours with an average of 12 people, including employees, will occur approximately 6 times a year. Space Usage: As the accompanying plans will illustrate, the space will be divided into several rooms with the following projected specifics: • Library/Child's Play (432 SF) area will serve as a research/resource/reading room for the local community and visitors. As described, the children's programs are typically slated for down-valley locations. The use is for social and educational programs. This space is not programmed to be use as a day-long, child care facility. It will primarily function as a library. • Office (285 SF) -this will serve as Rabbi Mintz and his wife's base of operations with desk and file storage in addition to a small table for , informal meetings. • Conference Room (129 SF - Net seating area/371 SF net floor area) -for larger meetings, this space will be furnished with a typical conference table with a likely capacity of 16-20 people. • Lounge (323 SF net floor area) -this space will double as a reception/ seating area as well as a pre-post function space used by the P.O.BOX 1068 congregation in conjunctions with services and other functions. • Multifunction Space (192 SF - net seating area/552 net floor area) -this VAIL,COLORADO space will house weekly services and the other planned educational and 81658 social gatherings. 970.949.4958 P 970.376.0066 C MHA@VAIL.NET MICHAEL HAZARD ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE PLANNING Parking: INTERIORS The existing Treetops Plaza building was constructed in 1984 as an addition to an existing on-grade parking area. The original building consisted of 2 levels of parking dedicated to the existing Treetops Condominiums topped with: Retail 5,545 S.F. 2.3 spaces/1,000 N. S. F. 12.75 spaces Mezz. Retail level 2,476 S.F. 2.3 spaces/1,000 N. S. F. 5.70 spaces 18.45 spaces The original 1984 approval addressed offsite parking requirements through adoption of a Special Parking Assessment impact fee totaling $98,962 (see attached Memo from The Finance Department). The Chabad Vail Center will be occupying the upper level while The Vail Center, under its recently approved Conditional Use Permit 160006, will be occupying the lower level with reception, meeting, conference facilities in addition to a small bookstore and café as outlined below. Under a conditional use permit, it is the PEC that is tasked with determining appropriate parking capacities. As a matter of reference to similar parking requirements as set out by the Town Code, the following table uses parking standards set out in Art. 12-10-10A counting the Library/Child's Play Area, Office and Lounge as "Professional Office" Functions (2.7 spaces/1,000 net SF) and the remaining 2 spaces (Conference Rm. & Multi-functional Space) as "Theaters/Conference/ Meeting Facility" (1 space/165 SF net seating area): The Vail Centre: Retail Bookstore 1,062 S.F. 2.3 spaces/1,000 N. S. F. 2.44 spaces Café 163 S.F. 1/250 N.S.F. seating; 2 min. 2.00 spaces Conference 1,075 S.F. 1/165 N.S.F. seating; 2 min. 6.52 spaces Meeting Rms. 537 S.F. 1/165 N.S.F. seating; 2 min. 3.25 spaces 14.21 spaces Chabad Vail Center: Professional Offices 1,040 S.F. 2.7 spaces/1,000 N. S. F. 2.81 spaces Conference/Meet'g 321 S.F. 1/165 N.S.F. seating; 2 mn 1.95 spaces 4.76 spaces Total required parking: 18.97 spaces Using this comparison, the resulting parking impact is actually '/2 space less than that calculated for The Vail Centre's anticipated uses. Although The Center's weekly religious services will occur on Saturday mornings, they are unlikely to interfere with Vail Center's functions save for the café so it is fair to assume a lessened parking impact as a result. P.O.BOX 1068 VAIL,COLORADO 81658 970.949.4958 P 970.376.0066 C MHA@VAIL.NET MICHAEL HAZARD ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE PLANNING When referencing Art 12-16-6 (Criteria; Findings) of Chapter 16 Conditional Use INTERIORS Permits the following representations are offered: 1. Relationship and impact of the use on development objectives of the town. • The Chabad Vail Center will help invigorate a much underused core structure with a vital religious, social and educational resource for the Vail community and visiting tourists. 2. Effect of the use on light and air, distribution of population, transportation facilities, utilities, schools, parks and recreation facilities, and other public facilities and public facilities needs. • Parking impact are expected to be minimal as religious observances will limit use of vehicles as well as expected pedestrian access by out of town guests residing in nearby lodging. • Convenience of abundant public transit and shuttles will further lessen reliance upon parking facilities. 3. Effect upon traffic, with particular reference to congestion, automotive and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control, access, maneuverability, and removal of snow from the streets and parking areas. • The Center's Lionshead core location will avail its guests to pedestrian access and public transportation resulting in greatly lessened impact to The Town's traffic concerns. • Proximity to ample public parking will offer solutions to occasional park- ing demands. 4. Effect upon the character of the area in which the proposed use is to be located, including the scale and bulk of the proposed use in relation to surrounding uses. Such other factors and criteria as the commission deems applicable to the proposed use. • As no changes to the building's exterior are anticipated with this appli- cation, no impact to character is anticipated. 5. The environmental impact report concerning the proposed use, if an envi- ronmental impact report is required by chapter 12 of this title. • Not applicable. Conditional Use Application Inclusions: • Application Form • CUP narrative • Adjacent Property Address List • Title Documents • Finance Department Memo Re.: 1984 Parking Assessmnent • Chabad Vail Proposed Drawings - Shts.: A2.0-A2.3 • Reference Drawings: • Existing ILC • Existing Civil Engineering Site Plan P.O.BOX 1068 • Existing Elevations VAIL,COLORADO 81658 970.949.4958 P 970.376.0066 C MHA@VAIL.NET