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Court action attempting to derail a Cooper Avenue worker-housing project faces skepticism from one judge who recently suggested the lawsuit is on shaky legal ground.
Litigation over worker-housing proposed for East Cooper Avenue prompted the project’s developers to postpone Wednesday’s hearing before the Historic Preservation Commission.
The historic miner’s cabin at 1020 E Cooper Ave. in Aspen is involved in two lawsuits pertaining to an affordable housing proposal. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times file photo)
A worker-housing project proposed for an east Aspen neighborhood now has legal hurdles to clear in addition to governmental ones.
An Aspen condominium association and a nonprofit organization filed separate complaints late Friday against the city of Aspen over City Council’s 3-2 decision April 19 to remand an application for a five-unit housing complex back to the Historic Preservation Commission, which originally denied the proposal.
Using attorneys from different Aspen law firms, the plaintiffs Cooper Avenue Victorian Condominium Association Inc. and the group Save Aspen introduced the complaints in Pitkin County District Court. Both lawsuits were filed under Colorado’s Rule 106, which allows citizens to appeal to the courts a governmental body’s decision on land use and development application