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Stacked parking gets a thumbs up
By Mark Reaman
The Crested Butte Hotel being proposed by the developers of Sixth Street Station is making its way through Crested Butte’s Board of Zoning and Architectural Review (BOZAR). The proponents are hoping to receive approval for the project before summer.
On Tuesday, March 21 the board gave a general approval for the proposed parking plan that involves stacked underground parking with a mechanical lift system. The system requires professional valets and would stack cars vertically over one another and horizontally in front of each other to achieve space efficiencies.
Given the snow-heavy January, the board had some concerns with the project’s proposed snow management and removal plan. The staff will meet with the developers to iron out the details.
The proponents will continue working on traffic and delivery flow. Issues such as turning radius on Butte Avenue from the service alley, impacts of left turns from Sixth Street onto Teocalli, and traffic signage have yet to be settled.
According to Crested Butte Building Department assistant and sustainability coordinator Jessie Earley, “The hours of deliveries were discussed to ensure that they are sensitive to the neighboring residential buildings. [Developers] were also tasked to look at their trash plan and how trash trucks will work with the normal flow of traffic in the service alleys. The encroachments into the right-of-way on the north and south side of Teocalli were touched on, but [developers] will revise these and bring them back.”
The proposed hotel consists of two big buildings: the main hotel building comes in at 27,771 square feet, while the second “annex” building is 26,653 square feet. The property would encompass 33 “for sale” condo units that could turn into a total of 67 total hotel rooms, or “keys.” There are also some affordable housing units for staff, a small retail space and a hotel bar as part of the proposed project.
The BOZAR continued the meeting until April 12. Among issues still be discussed are the massing, size and architecture elements.
