L42 B1 BMBC final designTown of Avon
Final Design Staff Report
April 6, 1999, Planning & Zoning Commission meeting
Report date
December 20, 2019
Project type
12 Unit Multi-family Employee Housing Project
Legal description
Lot 42, Block 1, Benchmark at Beaver Creek Subdivision
Zoning
The Grand View Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Address
0690 Nottingham Road
Introduction
Cordevco, hired by Vail Resorts, is proposing to build a 12-unit deed restricted employee housing project. The parcel was recently rezoned from Industrial Commercial (IC) to Planned
Unit Development (PUD) to allow the residential use. The project would consist of ten 2-bedroom units and two 1-bedroom units. Vail Resorts intends for this project to provide a portion
of the employee housing units required by the recently approved Lot C and Confluence PUDs.
Primary exterior building materials consist of light beige stucco and stained wood siding with an Elk Prestique Weathered Wood roof. Dark brown trim and a stone base provide accents.
The lot faces south, rising up from Nottingham Road. It is relatively steep, with slopes between 18% to 25%. It is boarded by Beacon Hill and Bristol Pines condominiums on the east and
Tract B to the west.
Design Review Considerations
According to the Commission’s Procedures, Rules & Regulations, Section 4.10, the Commission shall consider the following items in reviewing the design of this project:
The conformance with setbacks, massing, access, land use and other provisions of the Zoning Code.
Allowed use: Conforms with the allowed residential use.
Density: Twelve units complies with this lot’s twelve dwelling unit designation.
Lot Coverage: The proposed 27% of building coverage complies with the 50% maximum.
Setbacks: No proposed encroachments.
Easements: The Town is in the process of finalizing an off-site grading and snow storage easement to allow the project to utilize the surrounding Town owned open space tract.
Building Height: The largest determined height of 31' 9" on the south elevation complies with the 40' maximum limit.
Grading: All proposed grades conform with the maximum of 2:1 slope guideline and the proposed driveway grades comply with Town standards.
Parking: The twelve garage and the fifteen surface parking spaces conform to the required twenty-seven spaces.
Snow Storage: Submitted plans, utilizing an easement for Town owned open space, show snow storage area equal to the minimum standard of 20% of the proposed impermeable surface area.
Landscaping: Staff recommends that the landscape planters near the three walkways be extended southward to line up with the end of the exterior decks. We also recommend that additional
shrubbery be added south of the parking area and to the areas near both of the building’s front corners to provide a better mix of plant materials.
The conformance with other applicable rules and regulations of the Town of Avon.
The proposed “carriage style” exterior light fixtures appear to have significant potential to cause off-site glare. Staff recommends that these fixtures not be approved and that the
applicant provides alternative fixtures prior to installation.
The type and quality of materials of which the structure is to be constructed.
The design of site grading and drainage to minimize impacts to adjacent sites, rights-of-way and easements.
The compatibility of proposed improvements with site topography, to minimize site disturbance, orient with slope, step building with slope, and minimize benching or other significant
alteration of existing topography.
The grades behind the project have been raised to minimize the retainage and off site grading. This modification also eliminates the need to collect drainage behind the project and pipe
it underneath the building.
The appearance of proposed improvements as viewed from adjacent and neighboring properties and public ways, with respect to architectural style, massing, height, orientation to street,
quality of materials, and colors.
The objective that no improvement be so similar or dissimilar to others in the vicinity that monetary or aesthetic values will be impaired.
The general conformance of the proposed improvements with the adopted Goals, Policies and Programs for the Town of Avon.
Staff Recommendation
Based upon the project’s general compliance with the above criteria, staff recommends final design approval with conditions.
Recommended Motion
“I move to approve the final design of The Grand View twelve-plex for Lot 42, Block 1, Benchmark at Beaver Creek Subdivision as depicted on the application and plan set dated March 29,
1999, with the following conditions:
That the landscape planters be extended southward to line up with the end of the exterior decks.
That additional shrubbery be added south of the surface parking area.
That additional landscaping be added to the areas near both the southwest and southeast building corners.
That all the proposed “carriage style” light fixtures are not approved due to the concern for their potential to cause glare.
That an easement agreement is executed between the Grand View Condominium developments and the Town of Avon allowing the utilization of Tract B, a Town of Avon owned open space parcel,
for the construction and location of necessary retaining walls, off-site grading and snow storage.
If you have any questions regarding this project or any planning matter, please call me at
748-4030, or stop by the Community Development Department.
Respectfully submitted,
George H. Harrison
Planner
Planning & Zoning Commission Action
( Approved as submitted ( Approved with conditions (noted below)
( Denied ( Tabled ( Withdrawn by applicant
Conditions of approval, reasons for tabling or withdrawal of application, or basis for denial (refer to code or guidelines by number):
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Signed:
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Chris Evans, Chair
Attest:
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Sue Railton, Secretary