3-209 Accommodations One Zone District | Telluride Land Use Code

Section 3-209 Accommodations One Zone District

3-209.A. Purpose. The purpose of the Accommodations One Zone District (AC-1) is to preserve the historical character of the neighborhood and to allow and encourage long term residential uses, while also serving the visitor population through uses associated with tourist accommodations, including visitor oriented accommodations and associated commercial uses. Existing historical structures in the AC-1 Zone District should be saved where possible, and its traditional scale and residential uses should be preserved. New development should respect the historical setbacks and grid pattern of existing platted lots.

A secondary purpose of the AC-1 Zone District is to promote additional long term housing by preserving and improving secondary structures for use as long term dwelling units and by encouraging the placement of a designated employee dwelling unit in buildings where tourist commercial or office uses are proposed.

3-209.B. Use Table. The uses permitted by right and the uses permitted on review in the Accommodations One Zone District are as follows:

Accommodations One Zone District Use Table
Uses Permitted By Right	Uses Permitted On Review
1. One-Family and Two-Family Dwelling Units	1. School, Church, Hospital or Public Building
2. Condominium Hotel, Hotels, Lodges, Roominghouses, Boardinghouses, Short-Term Dwelling Units (pursuant to and subject to Note 2 below)
3. Office and tourist related business use, not to exceed 1,000 square feet of business floor area per structure (pursuant to Note 1, below).	2. Office use and tourist related business uses that exceed 1,000 square feet of business floor area per structure (pursuant to Note 1, below)
4. Multi-Family Dwelling Units
5. Designated Employee Dwelling Units and Affordable Housing Units
6. Recreational Club Facilities & Uses
7. Timesharing, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-413 of this Title
8. Accessory Buildings and Uses

Note 1:If the building is a contributing or supporting “rated structure,” then the floor area utilized for office or tourist related business, excluding bars, taverns, and bar areas, shall not be counted in the determination of business floor area; provided, that such uses will not, in the determination of H.A.R.C., compromise the building’s rating. “Office and tourist related business use,” for purposes of this section, does not include floor area exclusively devoted to storage, utilities, rest rooms, lobbies, and stairwells. “Retail or office space” does not include floor area exclusively devoted to storage, utilities, rest rooms, lobbies and stairwells.

Note 2:Pursuant to and subject to all applicable terms and limitations imposed in the Telluride Municipal Code Chapter 6, Article 1 (Business Licenses).

Note 3:Lots in this zone district for all Uses Permitted by Right and Uses Permitted on Review are subject to the prohibition on certain lot line vacations contained in Section 6-408.W.

3-209.C. Dimensional Limitations. The following dimensional limitations apply to all uses permitted by right and uses permitted on review in the Accommodations One Zone District:

a. Minimum. Two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

b. Maximum. Five Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy (5,875) square feet, however such maximum may be increased pursuant to Article 6, Division 3, “Planned Unit Development”.

3-209.C.2. Minimum Lot Width. Twenty five feet (25') at the narrowest point.

a. Minimum. Twenty-five feet (25') for all lots.

b. Maximum. Fifty feet (50') for all lots, however such maximum may be increased pursuant to Article 6, Division 3, “Planned Unit Development”.

a. Each lot within the AC-1 Zone District shall have a minimum front yard setback equal to the average of the front yard setback of all structures on the same block in existence at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this subsection derives (Ordinance 403, November 13, 1979), illustrated as follows, unless modified by H.A.R.C.

b. Corner lot setbacks shall be a minimum of five feet (5'), for traffic safety purposes.

a. All buildings, three feet (3'), unless modified by H.A.R.C.

b. Corner lots, same as minimum front yard.

3-209.C.6. Minimum Rear Yard. All buildings, five feet (5').

a. The rear yard setback associated with a repositioned or relocated rated or non-rated THAS Secondary Structure may be reduced from five feet (5') to a minimum of zero feet (0'). A variation may be granted by H.A.R.C. provided H.A.R.C. finds the development application maintains or improves the historic rating designation of the historic structure according to the Telluride Historic and Architectural Survey and upon condition that the applicant stabilizes, improves and maintains such structure in good repair.

3-209.C.7. Minimum Floor Area. No limitation.

3-209.C.8. Maximum Floor Area. No limitation.

a. Principal buildings, twenty five feet (25'); provided that the maximum roof height shall not be twenty percent (20%) taller than the mean average of roof heights on principal buildings located within the same block or portion of any block located partly within the AC-1 Zone District.

b. Accessory and secondary buildings, sixteen feet (16').

3-209.C.10. Minimum Street Frontage. Twenty five feet (25') per lot.

a. For all buildings, one (1) unit of vertical rise to four (4) units of horizontal run unless modified or otherwise required by H.A.R.C.

b. No roof may begin less than seven feet (7') from ground level.

a. For the principal structure: forty-five percent (45%).

For developments comprised solely of Hotel, Lodge, Roominghouse, Boardinghouse, or Short-term Dwelling Unit uses (excepting affordable and employee housing): fifty percent (50%).

b. For secondary and accessory structures: fifteen percent (15%).

c. The site coverage of any rated THAS Secondary Structure shall be counted as half, provided H.A.R.C. finds the development application maintains or improves the historic ratings of all historic structures on the lot, and upon condition that the applicant stabilizes, improves, and maintains such structures in good repair.

d. No lot or lots in this zone district shall have more than a total of fifty percent (50%) site coverage by all structures.

3-209.D. Off Street Parking Requirements. The following number of off street parking spaces shall be provided for each use in the Accommodations One Zone District:

Use Category	Required Parking
Residential Dwelling Units	1 space per unit
Short-Term Dwelling Units	2 spaces for every 3 units
Hotel, Lodge, Roominghouse, Boardinghouse	2 spaces for every 3 units
High Intensity Use	One space per 500 square feet of floor area
Low Intensity Use	One space per 1,000 square feet of floor area
Assembly Areas	One space per 500 square feet of floor area

Lot Area	Required Parking
0- 3,000 sq. ft.	4 spaces; or the number of spaces required in 1.a, whichever is less
3,001- 5,000 sq. ft.	5 spaces; or the number of spaces required in 1.a, whichever is less
5,001- 7,000 sq. ft.	6 spaces; or the number of spaces required in 1.a, whichever is less
Greater than 7,000 sq.ft.	To be determined by P&Z

*excepting affordable and employee housing

3-209.D.2. Payment-In-Lieu of Parking. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article 3 to the contrary, the Planning Director may authorize, upon recommendation of H.A.R.C., “payment in lieu” of one (1) on site parking space on any lot which:

a. contains a rated and a non rated structure; and

b. contains a rear yard through which vehicle access to required parking is obstructed by either such structure; or

c. in the case of a corner lot, contains a side yard through which access is so obstructed.

In addition, such payment may be waived upon consent of the Town Council, upon condition that the applicant stabilizes, improves, and maintains such structures in good repair.

3-209.D.3. The Planning Director may approve tandem or stacked off street parking as provided for in Section 3-109.C.