HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-13 Establishing a Moratorium on the Submission and Processing of Building Permits and Land Use Approvals in the Lionshead Mixed Use 1 & 2 Zone Districts which would Result in the Net Loss of Accommodation Units, Parking, and Employee Housing Unitsf ~ ~
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO
ORDINANCE NO. 13, Series of 2006
SERIES 2006
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE
SUBMISSION AND PROCESSING OF BUILDING PERMITS AND LAND USE
APPROVALS IN THE LIONSHEAD MIXED USE 1 AND LIONSHEAD MIXED
USE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE NET LOSS OF
ACCOMMODATION UNITS, PARKING SPACES AND EMPLOYEE HOUSING
UNITS.
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, Colorado ("Town") is a home-rule
municipality organized and existing under the provisions of Colorado Constitution
Article XX;
WHEREAS, the preservation of a healthy and viable commercial climate in
Lionshead is vital to the economic and social welfare of the Town; and
WHEREAS, the retention of and increase in the number of
accommodation units, parking spaces and employee housing units in Lionshead
is vital to the preservation of a healthy and viable commercial climate in
rrr Lionshead; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is considering amendments to the
Lionshead Mixed Use 1, Lionshead Mixed Use 2 Zone Districts and the
Lionshead Master Redevelopment Plan which would address the retention of
accommadation units, parking spaces and employee housing units in Lionshead;
and
WHEREAS, any building permits and land use approvals which are
approved in the Lionshead Mixed Use 1 and Lionshead Mixed Use 2 Zone
Districts during the pendency of the Town Council's consideration of
amendments to the Lionshead Mixed Use 1, Lionshead Mixed Use 2 Zone
Districts, and amendment to the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan have
the potential to endanger the commercial climate in Lionshead, as they may
reduce the number of accommodation units, parking spaces and employee
housing units in existence and available; and,
WHEREAS, the Town Council ("Council") has determined that a
temporary moratorium of sixty (60) days on the submission and processing of
building permits and land use approvals resulting in the net loss of
accommodation units, parking spaces and employee housing units is sufficient to
effectively preserve the Town's commercial climate.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO:
Section 1. As of the effective date of this Ordinance, there shall be a
temporary moratorium of sixty (60) days on the submission applications for and
processing of building permits and land use approvals which would result in the
net loss of accommodation units, parking spaces and employee housing units in
the Lionshead Mixed Use 1 and Lionshead Mixed Use 2 Zone Districts.
Section 2. Severabilitv. tf any provision of this Ordinance is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance will remain valid, it being the intent of the Town that the remaining
provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
Section 4. Emeraencv Measure. Based upon all of the foregoing, the
Council finds and declares that there is reasonable justification for the adoption
of this Ordinance as an emergency measure, that this Ordinance is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public welfare, and that this Ordinance shall
therefore take effect immediately upon adoption as provided by Section 4.11 of
the Vail Home Rule Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED, ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY
MEASURE BY THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT
„r OR A VOTE OF FIVE (5) COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICHEVER IS LESS, AND
ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 18th DAY OF APRIL, 2006.
TOWN F VAIL, COLORADO
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Rod Slifer, Mayor
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orele~Donaldson, Town Clerk
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