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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO

ITEM/TOPIC:   Ordinance No. 16, Series of 2020, an Ordinance to amend Section 12-16-7: Use Specific Criteria and Standards, Vail Town Code, to amend the use specific criteria for funiculars and other similar conveyances.

PRESENTER(S):   Jonathan Spence, Planning Manager

ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL:   The Vail Town Council shall approve, approve with modifications, or deny Ordinance No. 16, Series of 2020, upon second reading.

BACKGROUND:   The proposed amendment will revise the criterion to allow for the use of a funicular to gain pedestrian access to accessory structures and recreation facilities/structures. Currently the use criterion restricts the use of funiculars to the access of residential dwellings only.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:   On October 12, 2020 the Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC) forwarded a unanimous recommendation, for approval, for a prescribed regulation amendment, pursuant to Section 12-3-7, Amendment, Vail Town Code.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Staff memorandum
Attachment A. Ordinance No. 16, Series of 2020
Attachment B. Staff Memorandum, PEC20-0023, October 12, 2020 with attachment
Attachment C. PEC Minutes, October 12, 2020