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TO: Design Review Board
FROM: Ashley Clark, Planner
DATE: February 7, 2019
SUBJECT: Application to enclose master bedroom balcony, enlarge patio, add a
storage unit, enlarge glass door and add a BBQ grill on the front of the unit
Proposal:
The Bealer’s are proposing to enclose the
master bedroom over the existing balcony,
enlarge patio, add a storage unit, enlarge the
glass door, and add a BBQ grill on the front of
the unit. The proposal includes the addition of
45 GRFA. The applicant provided a letter from
the Ptarmigan Townhouse Association dated
January 21, 2019 approving the proposed work.
Staff Analysis:
1975 Placid Drive #12 is in the Ptarmigan
Townhomes Vail Village West Filing 2 and is
one of 39 units on the development lot. The density currently exceeds the maximum
number of allowable dwelling units. A picture submitted by the applicant shows the
abutting unit does not have a deck. The proposal will extend the master bedroom to the
deck. The exterior will be painted to match and have similar vertical siding as the
abutting unit. Therefore, staff finds that the proposal does not significantly change the
existing planes of the building and is generally consistent with the architectural design,
including exterior building finish materials.
Existing conditions Proposed elevation
Relevant Code Sections:
Code Requirement/Standard Comments
12-15-5 The purpose of this section is to provide an
inducement for the upgrading of existing dwelling
units which have been in existence within the town
for a period of at least five (5) years by permitting the
addition of up to two hundred fifty (250) square feet
of gross residential floor area (GRFA) to such
dwelling units. The two hundred fifty (250) square
feet of additional gross residential floor area may be
granted to existing single-family dwellings, existing
two-family and existing multi-family dwelling units
only once, but may be requested and granted in
more than one increment of less than two hundred
fifty (250) square feet.
Staff reviewed the Assessor’s database
as well as Laser Fiche. The records
indicate the structure was built in 1970,
with various building permits for
reroofing and mechanical work. The
standard of being within the town for a
period of at least five (5) years is met.
No evidence was found to support that
there has been a previous request for
GRFA under this section has been
made. The proposed increase is for an
additional 45 square feet which is less
than 250 square feet and therefore
meets this standard.
Future additions of GRFA under this
section will not be permitted to exceed
the 205 GRFA remaining after the
addition.
12-15-5.1 Eligible Time Frame: A single-family or two-family
dwelling unit shall be eligible for additional GRFA,
pursuant to this section, if it is in existence prior to
November 30, 1995, or a completed design review
board application for the original construction of said
unit has been accepted by the department of
community development by November 30, 1995.
In addition, at least five (5) years must have passed
from the date the single-family dwelling or two-family
dwelling unit was issued a certificate of occupancy
(whether temporary or final) or, in the event a
certificate of occupancy was not required for use of
the dwelling at the time of completion, from the date
of original completion and occupancy of the dwelling.
Staff reviewed the Assessor’s database
as well as Laser Fiche. The records
indicate the structure was built in 1970,
with various building permits for
reroofing and mechanical work. The
standard of being within the town for a
period of at least five (5) years and
since a certificate of occupancy was
issued is met.
12-15-5.9 . Nonconforming Structures And Site Improvements:
Structures which do not conform to density controls
shall be eligible for additional GRFA pursuant to this
section.
This structure is eligible, as it currently
exceeds the allowed density.
12-14-17 The setback from Gore Creek shall be fifty feet (50'). According to the site plan dated
12/5/2018 by Samuel Hoyt Ecker, the
deck will not encroach on the required
setback