6-40 Allotment System

1. Residential Development: New Lots and Parcels
   • These allotments are intended to provide for the development of residential floor area on:
     • (a) New subdivision lots or any other legally created lot or parcel determined not to have a development right;
     • (b) Thirty-five (35) acre parcels that are located within the Crystal River or Frying Pan areas and were created after January 10, 2000; and
     • (c) Thirty-five (35) acre parcels that are located within the remainder of unincorporated Pitkin County and were created after June 12, 1978.
2. Residential Development: Additions
   • These allotments are intended to provide for the development of additional residential floor area in existing dwelling units and related accessory structures, or for additional residential floor area in approved dwelling units and related dwelling units beyond that obtained on a lot or parcel pursuant to Sec. 6-30 or Sec. 6-40-10(b)(1). See also Sec. 5-20-70.
3. Commercial Development
   • These allotments are intended to provide for new commercial development and additions to existing commercial development that results in the creation of Employment Generation Units (EGUs). An Employment Generation Unit is the number of full-time equivalent employees generated by the project, based on the following formula:
     • (a) Square footage of commercial development x number of full time equivalent employees generated per 1,000 square feet = EGU.
     • (b) The standards of Sec. 8-30 shall be used to determine the employee generation of a project.
4. Tourist Accommodation Units
   • These allotments are intended to provide for the development of tourist accommodation units.

(d) Covenant

• Any applicant who is awarded an allotment shall prepare a covenant in a form provided by the County that addresses all of the commitments made in the application. The covenant shall be submitted prior to the submission of any building permit applications that would utilize the allotments that have been awarded. Following review and approval of the covenant by the Community Development Department, the covenant shall be recorded with the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder and shall run with and be a burden upon the land.

(e) Scoring Based on Merits of Proposed Development and Parcel Alone

• Scoring of individual development proposals shall be based on features and characteristics included in the proposed development and on the parcel where the proposed development would take place. Scores shall not be increased based on features or characteristics included in any subdivision containing the lot or parcel proposed for development, unless the feature or characteristic would actually be created by the proposed development. In the event an application includes proposed development, or on more than one tract of thirty-five (35) acres or more, each proposed lot or parcel shall be considered as an individual application. Scoring for a parcel, lot, or tract, will not be increased due to proposed improvements, features or characteristics proposed for other lots or parcels.

(f) Proportionality

• When scoring an application, the Planning and Zoning Commission should consider whether each commitment made by the applicant seeking points is proportional to the size of the allotment being requested. In other words, an applicant seeking an allotment for a large amount of floor area would be expected to make a proportionally greater commitment to obtain the same score as an applicant seeking a lesser amount of floor area.

(Code revised (all sections) Ord. 014-D, 2006, 07-05-08; § 4-30-50 (part) amended by Ord. 019-09, 06-24-09)

(Code Revised (all sections) by Ord. No. 14-d, 07_05_06; Table 6-4 (part) amended by Ord. 022-08, 07-09-08)

(a) Allocated Allotments Do Not Expire

• Allotments that are allocated to applicants shall not expire.

(b) Unallocated Allotments Expire Annually

• Allotments that are not allocated to any applicants expire automatically and are not carried forward into successive years. The annual allotments shall expire on December 31st of each calendar year or at such time as all applications for allotments in the particular development type have been processed and the requested allotments have either been awarded or have been denied.

(a) The following table establishes the annual deadlines for submission of applications for growth management allotments.

TABLE 6-5: GMQS Application Deadlines

TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Residential Development: New Lots September 1

Residential Development: Additions January 15; if all allotments are not awarded in this competition, then the bi-annual submission deadline is July 1

Commercial Development November 15

Tourist Accommodations Units October 1

(b) The procedures for submission and review of applications for GMQS allotments may be found in Sec. 2-40-40.