HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-16 Requiring Detailed Geotechnical Investigations to be Submitted Along with All Applications for Building Permits for the Construction of Buildings or Structures of for Driveway Cuts and Fills in Highland Meadows First Filing~ ~_
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ORDINANCE #16
(Series of 1982)
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE REQUIRING DETAILED
GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED
ALONG WITH ALL APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING
PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
OR STRUCTURES OR FOR DRIVEWAY CUTS AND FILLS
IN HIGHLAND MEADOWS FIRST FILING, HIGHLAND
MEADOWS SECOND FILING, VAIL VILLAGE WEST
FIRST FILING AND VAIL VILLAGE WEST SECOND
FILING; REQUIRING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS
WHO WISH TO OBTAIN BUILDING PERMITS FOR ANY
BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, CUTS OR FILLS IN SAID
SUBDIVISIONS SIGN AND ENTER INTO A RELEASE
AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN,
RELEASING AND HOLDING THE TOWN HARMLESS FROM
ANY DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY
THE BUILDING OF ANY STRUCTURES IN SAID SUB-
DIVISIONS; AND PROVIDING DETAILS IN RELATION
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WHEREAS, geological studies and surveys done by Woodward-
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Clyde Consultants, KKBNA, and Chen Associates indicate that the
area of the Town in which said subdivisions are located have
unstable soil conditions which are susceptible to movement if
subjected to even minor changes in the slope or ground conditions,
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WHEREAS, Chen and Associates and KKBNA in their reports have
suggested certain requirements which should be complied with when
building any structure in said subdivisions; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has concluded that for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of
Vail, all individuals who wish to build structures or buildings or
make cuts or fills in said subdivisions should be required to comply
with said requirements and to release and indemnify the Town for any
injury or damage which may result from such construction;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF VAIL, COLORADO, THAT:
1. All applications for building permits for any buildings or
structures or for any cuts and fills for any lots located in the
Highland Meadows Filing 1, Highland Meadows Filing 2, Vail Village
West Filing 1, and Vail Village West Filing 2 subdivisions, shall be
accompanied by an extremely detailed geotechnical soils investigation
which shall set forth existing ground water conditions, depth to bed rock,
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slope stability conditions and provide design parameters for foundations
and subsurface drainage requirements. All foundation designs must
withstand lateral loads as determined by said geotechnical investigation.
All such geotechnical investigations must be done by a licensed professional
engineer, qualified in geological and soils evaluation, and all soil
samples for such geotechnical investigations must be obtained from an
area which is in the footprint of the proposed building or structure.
2. All individuals applying for a building permit to build any
structure or building or make a cut or fill in said subdivisions shall
provide the Town of Vail with a release and hold harmless agreement
releasing and indemnifying the Town from any damages caused by such
construction to any person or property.
3. The Town Council specifically finds and states that it is the
opinion of the Town Council that an emergency exists and that this
ordinance is immediately necessary for the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare and the provisions of this ordinance shall
take full force and effect upon adoption in accordance with the Charter
of the Town of Vail as an emergency measure.
4. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance;
and the Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 5. The Town Council finds, determines and declares that
this ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare
of the Town of Vail and the inhabitants thereof.
INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AND
OkDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL THIS 15th DAY OF June 1982.
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Rodney E. ~'li'"fer, M orb
ATTEST:
Colleen b4. Kline, Town Clerk